06th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160042212 | CARD READER - A card reader to read information in an integrated circuit (IC) card includes a housing, a first antenna, a control circuit, and a switch unit. The first antenna is disposed inside of the housing to communicate with the IC card. The control circuit communicates with the IC card within a communication range of the first antenna and performs at least a process that acquires data from a memory in the IC card. The switch unit includes a radio frequency (RF) tag having a second antenna and functions as a switch that performs a predetermined function by causing the RF tag to communicate with the control circuit via the second antenna and the first antenna when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The second antenna of the switch unit is in a side lobe of the first antenna. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042213 | RFID User Input Device with One or More Integrated Circuits for Use with an RFID System - A RFID system that includes a RFID user input device and an RFID-enabled device. The user input device is configured to send one or more commands to control the enabled device. The user input device may include an antenna pattern operatively connected to one or more separate integrated circuits. The user input device may further include an input component associated with each integrated circuit. The input components may be activated causing information stored at the associated integrated circuit to be sent to the enabled device. The enabled device may be configured to act upon the information in a desired manner. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042214 | Systems and Methods for Monitoring System Components and Stored Content using NFC Tags - A system for monitoring a period of use of components includes a number of components each having an integrated or attached NFC tag and a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a processing system, an NFC reader and an output device for providing information to a user. The monitoring system is configured to read data from an NFC tag of one of said components brought into proximity to said NFC reader and determine whether said component has been previously used. For a previously used component, the monitoring system generates an indication to a user of a period-of-use status. For a component not previously used, the monitoring system stores data indicative of a first date of use of the component. Also disclosed is a system for monitoring the expiration date of perishable goods. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042215 | A FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION ELEMENT, A DISPLAY SCREEN AND A DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses a fingerprint recognition element comprising: a plurality of parallel fingerprint detecting electrodes, the distance between two adjacent fingerprint detecting electrodes being not larger than the distance between adjacent ridge and valley in the fingerprint, a fingerprint recognition signal being loaded to one end of each fingerprint detecting electrode, and the fingerprint recognition signal being acquired in real time at the other end of each fingerprint detecting electrode. The present invention further discloses a display screen comprising the fingerprint recognition element and a display device comprising the display screen. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042216 | Array Substrate, Driving Method Thereof, and Display Apparatus - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an array substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus. A fingerprint recognition module can be arranged within a display region, so as to achieve a purpose of simplifying operations and manufacturing processes. The present disclosure provides an array substrate, the array substrate comprises a base on which gate lines and data lines as well as pixel units defined by the gate lines and the data lines are formed, and the plurality of fingerprint recognition circuits for performing fingerprint recognition are further formed on the base, the fingerprint recognition circuits are arranged within the pixel unit. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042217 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND TOUCH DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A fingerprint sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate, and an electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode on at least one of one surface of the piezoelectric substrate and an opposite surface opposite to the one surface. The electrode includes a node area in which the first electrode crosses the second electrode, and the node area transmits and receives a signal by an object that makes contact with the node area or approaches the node area in a direction of the piezoelectric substrate. The fingerprint sensor includes a substrate including a first area to a fourth area. At least one of first and second electrodes is provided in the first area to the third area, and a chip connected with the first and second electrodes is provided in the fourth area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042218 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION DEVICE HAVING SENSING ELECTRODES WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTION SELECTIONS - A biometric identification device having sensing electrodes with multiple connection selections includes a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on a surface of a substrate, each sensing electrode corresponding to a data readout selector and at least one reference voltage selector. The data readout selector has a first terminal connected to the sensing electrode and a second terminal connected to a corresponding data readout select trace. The reference voltage selector has a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the data readout selector and a second terminal connected to a corresponding reference voltage select trace. A control unit divides the sensing electrodes into at least one sensing area and at least one non-sensing area by means of the data readout selectors, the data readout select traces, the reference voltage selectors, and the reference voltage select traces. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042219 | USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON FINGERPRINT AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) SIGNAL - An authentication apparatus includes a biometric data acquirer configured to acquire fingerprint data and an electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform of a user, and a humidity level acquirer configured to acquire a humidity level of skin of the user. The apparatus further includes a similarity extractor configured to adjust a first similarity between the fingerprint data and reference fingerprint data of a pre-registered user, and a second similarity between the ECG waveform and a reference ECG waveform of the pre-registered user, based on the humidity level, and extract a combined similarity based on the adjusted first similarity and the adjusted second similarity. The apparatus further includes an authenticator configured to authenticate whether the user is the pre-registered user based on the combined similarity. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042220 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a terminal device comprising: a housing and a fingerprint recognition unit, the housing having an accommodating space formed therein, and comprising a front surface, a rear surface, and a side which connects the front surface to the rear surface, and the fingerprint recognition unit comprising: a fingerprint recognition module and a fingerprint collection part, wherein the fingerprint recognition module is connected to the fingerprint collection part, the fingerprint collection part is configured to collect a fingerprint, and the fingerprint recognition module is configured to recognize the fingerprint collected by the fingerprint collection part, wherein the fingerprint recognition module is arranged in the accommodating space and the fingerprint collection part is arranged on the side. The present disclosure further provides an information processing method and a terminal device, to enable a user to operate the terminal device through a fingerprint. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042221 | DETERMINING LENS CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments relating to determining characteristics of eyeglass lenses are disclosed. A head-mounted display device comprises a camera communicatively coupled to a computing device and including an optical axis having a center point. Light sources are configured to emit light rays toward the lens to produce lens glints. The light sources are in a light source plane that is spaced from a lens plane by an offset distance of between 8 mm and 12 mm. The light sources are either spaced vertically from a line perpendicular to the light source plane and extending through the center point by a distance between 13 mm and 53 mm, or spaced horizontally from the line by a distance of between 13 mm and 80 mm. Lens characterization program logic identifies an image location of each lens glint, and outputs an estimated lens shape model comprising the one or more lens characteristics. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042222 | METHOD OF DETERMINING, IN AN IMAGE, AT LEAST ONE ZONE LIABLE TO REPRESENT AT LEAST ONE FINGER OF AN INDIVIDUAL - A method of detecting zones liable to contain at least one finger print in an image of at least one portion of hand of an individual includes a step of acquiring the image, a step of determining a plurality of zones of the acquired image and a first selection step. The step of determining a plurality of zones determines that each zone is a continuous zone of points of the acquired image which each exhibit a luminous intensity level greater than or equal to a selected luminous intensity threshold value. The first selection step selects, from among the zones determined, the zones which are liable to represent at least one print of a finger. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION - At least some example embodiments disclose a method and apparatus for facial recognition. The facial recognition method includes detecting initial landmarks from a facial image, first normalizing the facial image using the initial landmarks, updating a position of at least one of intermediate landmarks based on the first normalizing, the intermediate landmarks being landmarks transformed from the initial landmarks through the first normalizing, second normalizing the facial image after the updating and recognizing a face using a feature of the second normalized facial image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042224 | An Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on a detected user position indication of a facial feature associated with a face, provide for anchoring of the position of a corresponding computer generated facial feature so that facial landmark localisation for the corresponding computer generated facial feature can be anchored around the corresponding position on a computer generated image of the face. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACE ALERT - Various embodiments described herein notifying users regarding photos in which they may appear and suggest photo tags accordingly. Subject to user preferences and privacy settings, facial recognition with respect to a specific user of a social networking system may be performed on one or more photos added by, or otherwise associated with, other entities of the social networking system. For those photos in which the specific user is facially recognized, a suggested photo tag for the specific user may be associated with the recognized photos and the specific user may be alerted accordingly. Depending on the embodiment, the specific user may be provided with an option to confirm the suggested photo tag, decline the suggested photo tag, or do nothing. In the event the specific user declines the suggested photo tag with respect to a particular photo, other users may be prevented from tagging the specific user with respect to the particular photo. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042226 | SENTIMENT ANALYSIS IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE - In an approach to determine a sentiment of an attendee of a video conference, the computer receives a video of an attendee of a video conference and, then, determines, based, at least in part, on the video of the attendee, a first sentiment of the attendee. Furthermore, in the approach the computer receives an indication of an attendee activity on a first application and determines, based, in part, on the attendee activity whether the first sentiment of the attendee is related to the video conference. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VIEW INVARIANT SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DESCRIPTORS FOR MOTION DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - A method and system for determining view invariant spatial-temporal descriptors encoding details of both motion dynamics and posture interactions that are highly representative and discriminative. The method and system describe determining posture interactions descriptors and motion dynamics descriptors by utilizing cosine similarity approach thereby rendering the descriptors to be view invariant. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042228 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNITION AND TRANSLATION OF GESTURES - A system for recognizing hand gestures, comprising a gesture database configured to store information related to a plurality of gestures; a recognition controller configured to capture data related to a hand gesture being performed by a user; a recognition module configured to: determine hand characteristic information from the captured data, determine finger characteristic information from the captured data, compare the hand and finger characteristic information to the information stored in the database to determine a most likely gesture, and outputting the determined most likely gesture. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042229 | IMAGE FILING METHOD - An image filing method including following steps is provided. A plurality of documents are scanned in sequence to generate a plurality of scan image data. A sheet form is searched from these image scan data. When there are M sheet forms searched from the scan image data, the scan image data are divided into M groups, and the sheet form is set up in a home page of each group, wherein M is an integral larger than 1. M files corresponding to the M groups are created. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042230 | PROCESSING OF IMAGES DURING ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OF BOOKS FOR CONVERSION TO AUDIO FORMAT - A system to process graphical elements within a book during assessment of the book for suitability for conversion to an audio format includes an image classification subsystem, an image processing subsystem, and a weighting subsystem. The image classification subsystem is configured to classify a graphical element based on at least one of a context of the graphical element and properties of the graphical element. The image processing subsystem is configured process the graphical element to create a processed graphical element, the processing responsive to the classification of the graphical element. The weighting subsystem is configured to produce a weighting corresponding to the processed graphical element, the weighting indicating an impact of the graphical element of suitability of the book for conversion to the audio format. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042231 | DETECTION APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT OF OBJECT, DETECTION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The average value calculation section acquires luminance information and color information, from captured images continuously captured in frame as a unit by an image capture unit. The detection method determination section determines either one or both among the luminance information and color information to use in order to detect movement of the predetermined object, based on the luminance information and color information acquired. The motion detection section detects movement of the predetermined object using either one or both among the luminance information and color information based on the result determined. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042232 | METHOD OF PREDICTING CROP YIELD LOSS DUE TO N-DEFICIENCY - A method for determining the yield loss of a crop using remote sensor data is described. The yield loss is determined using the reflectivity of light by the crop canopy measured from remote sensor data such as an aerial photograph that is digitized and spatially referenced to the field's longitude and latitude. Pixel values from the aerial photograph, expressed relative to pixel values from well fertilized areas of the field, are transformed to yield losses using a linear transformation that was developed using empirical data. A similar method is described to determine recommended nitrogen fertilization rates for the crop fields. The yield loss data is useful for nitrogen fertilization management, as it allows a producer of crops to weigh the expense of fertilization against the loss of revenue due to yield loss. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING EVALUATION OF VISUAL APPEAL OF TWO OR MORE OBJECTS - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method of facilitating evaluation of visual appeal of a combination of two or more objects. The method may include presenting a user-interface to enable a user to perform a first identification of one or more first objects and a second identification of one or more second objects. Further, the method may include retrieving one or more first images of the one or more first objects based on the first identification. Additionally, the method may include retrieving one or more second images of the one or more second objects based on the second identification. Furthermore, the method may include creating a combination image based on each of the one or more first images and the one or more second images. The combination image may represent a virtual combination of each of the one or more first objects and the one or more second objects. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042234 | Vehicle Counting and Emission Estimation - A computing device, for example, receives image data of vehicles on a path captured by a camera. The image is analyzed using a low level feature extraction on the image data. The computing device estimates exhaust levels produced by the vehicles based on the low level feature extraction or based on vehicle classifications and quantities determined from the low level feature extraction. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042235 | THERMOGRAPHIC MODULE FOR PAVERS - A system comprising a temperature measurement device for continuously detecting temperature values of a pavement laid by means of a paver. The system further comprises an image recording unit and an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is configured to determine an area of the laid pavement as a deviation area, if, based on temperature values detected for the area, one or more deviation criteria are fulfilled, wherein the determination is carried out during laying and in temporal proximity to the detection of the temperature values for the area. The system is additionally configured to generate, making use of the image recording unit, an image assigned to the deviation area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042236 | BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNIZER DEVICE - This invention is provided with: a camera for capturing the image of a travel path; an edge point extraction unit for extracting edge points on the basis of the brightness of an image captured by the camera; a candidate line extraction unit for extracting, on the basis of the succession of the extracted edge points, a candidate line for a boundary line demarcating the travel path; a frequency calculation unit for calculating, on the basis of edge points belonging to the candidate line extracted by the candidate line extraction unit, the frequency distribution of the edge points for a parameter that specifies the width of the boundary line; a probability generation unit for calculating, on the basis of the frequency distribution calculated by the frequency calculation unit, the distribution for the probability that the candidate line at the parameter is the boundary line; and a boundary line recognition unit for recognizing the boundary line on the basis of the probability distribution calculated by the probability generation unit. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042237 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A jump-out determination unit determines whether or not an object is approaching a travel direction of a vehicle based on movement information relating to movement of the object, the movement information having been acquired by a speed variation calculation unit after a pre-indication of that the object approaches the travel direction of the vehicle is detected by a jump-out pre-indication calculation unit of a detection apparatus. As a result, the sudden approach of the object toward the travel direction, which is difficult to determine solely from the movement information relating to the object, can be detected with improved precision. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042238 | DRIVER ACTIVE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver active safety control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of image capture sensors, a video display screen, a central driver active safety control module and at least one non-imaging sensor. The control module at least includes an image processor, a vision core and a fusion core. The image processor processes image data captured by and received from at least a forward viewing image capture sensor for at least one of (i) automatic headlamp control, (ii) lane departure warning and (iii) traffic sign recognition. The vision core is operable to manipulate image data captured by and received at least from rearward and sideward viewing image capture sensors to form video images for displaying on the video display screen. The fusion core is operable to process inputs received to enhance control by the control module of a driver assistance system of the equipped vehicle. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042239 | Variable Speed Sign Value Prediction and Confidence Modeling - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for predicting the value of a variable speed sign (VSS) and determining the predicted value's associated confidence level. Highly assisted driving (HAD) vehicles may read or capture images of the VSS. The speed limit values, images, or videos of the VSS are reported and received by a network and database for analysis. A predicted speed limit value is determined for the variable speed sign from at least a portion of the received traffic data. A confidence level is also calculated for the predicted speed limit value for the variable speed sign. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042240 | GAZE DIRECTION DETECTION DEVICE, AND GAZE DIRECTION DETECTION METHOD - A gaze direction detection device according to the present technology includes a detector for detecting a gaze of a driver over a predetermined period of time, a determiner for outputting second gaze information indicating that the driver is gazing, from first gaze information detected by the detector, a generator for generating a gaze distribution from the second gaze information output by the determiner, and a corrector for correcting the first gaze information detected by the detector, where the corrector calculates a center of a reference distribution that is set in advance and a center of the gaze distribution generated by the generator, and causes the center of the reference distribution and the center of the gaze distribution to overlap each other, and then calculates a correction parameter based on a difference between the reference distribution and the gaze distribution, and corrects the first gaze information with the correction parameter. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042241 | INTERACTIVE INDICIA READER - An interactive indicia (e.g., barcode) reader is disclosed. This indicia reader incorporates a projector to display context sensitive information on a surface. This information may represent manufacturer or store related information about the item with the indicia. What is more, the indicia reader may also recognize a user's interaction with the projected image. In this way, the indicia reader may enhance the information that it provides, as well as expanding the data that it can collect. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042242 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processor includes: a similarity data generation portion generating, for a position within the search range, similarity data that represents the calculated similarity to the image in the reference block in association with the position within the search range; a similarity correction portion smoothing the similarity data in a direction of space on a basis of similarity data; a result evaluation portion detecting a position with a maximum similarity value in each piece of the smoothed similarity data; a depth image generation portion generating a depth image by associating the position of the subject in the depth direction with an image plane; and an output information generation section performing given information processing on a basis of the subject position in a three-dimensional space using the depth image and outputting the result of information processing. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042243 | OBJECT MONITORING SYSTEM, OBJECT MONITORING METHOD, AND MONITORING TARGET EXTRACTION PROGRAM - First imaging means | 2016-02-11 |
20160042244 | IMAGE FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image feature extraction method including a step of defining a combination of at least two kinds of solid angles along at least two directions, of an input spherical image; a step of determining respective values of the combination of the at least two kinds of solid angles, so that surface areas of spherical crowns of spherical segments, which are obtained by dividing the spherical image by the respective values of the combination of the at least two kinds solid angles, have a same value; and a step of generating, by utilizing the respective values of the combination of the at least two kinds of solid angles, an image feature template so as to conduct image feature extraction. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042245 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is an identification method comprising: with at least a part of a skeleton part of an identification mark attached to a component or a product defined as a matching area, identifying the component, product, or product having the component as one of its constituent elements using a textured pattern formed in the matching area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042246 | A HAAR CALCULATION SYSTEM, AN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED METHODS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A compute engine is arranged to retrieve a block of image data corresponding to a rectangular image region; calculate integral image values for all pixels of the block of image data to obtain an integral image of the block of image data; and store the integral image of the block in the one or more memories. The main processor determines which blocks of image data comprise pixels of the predefined rectangular region of the image, and defines a respective rectangular region part as the pixels of the block that belong to the predefined rectangular region of the image; calculate a HAAR feature of the rectangular region part for each block of image data that comprise pixels of the predefined rectangular region of the image; and add the HAAR features of the rectangular region parts to obtain the HAAR feature of the predefined rectangular region of the image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042247 | MULTI-VIEW FINGERPRINT MATCHING - A method and a device are provided for performing a recognition process. The recognition process compares an individual fingerprint view to a fingerprint enrollment template in order to determine whether a match has been found. The determination of a match is based on individual match statistics collected between the individual fingerprint view and each view of the fingerprint enrollment template. Additionally, inter-view match statistics between each view of the fingerprint enrollment template may also be determined. The inter-view match statistics can be analyzed along with the individual match statistics to further inform the determination of a match between the individual fingerprint view and the fingerprint enrollment template. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain three-dimensional image data and positions of a plurality of feature points in the three-dimensional image data; a designation unit configured to designate a designation point indicating a portion of interest in the three-dimensional image data; a selection unit configured to select, using information determined by a position of the designation point and the positions of the plurality of feature points, a feature point from the plurality of feature points; a generation unit configured to generate, from the three-dimensional image data, a cross section image on a plane determined based on the position of the designation point and a position of the selected feature point; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the generated cross section image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042249 | EVENT-BASED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND SCORING - Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042250 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT GENERATION - Generation of interactive content. In an embodiment, a representation of candidate object(s) in content of a digital media asset are received. For each of the candidate object(s), feature(s) of the candidate object are compared to corresponding feature(s) of a plurality of reference objects to identify reference object(s) that match the candidate object. For each of the matched candidate object(s), a hotspot package is generated. The hotspot package may comprise a visual overlay which comprises information associated with the reference object(s) matched to the respective candidate object. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042251 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT GENERATION - Generation of interactive content. In an embodiment, a representation of candidate object(s) in content of a digital media asset are received. For each of the candidate object(s), feature(s) of the candidate object are compared to corresponding feature(s) of a plurality of reference objects to identify reference object(s) that match the candidate object. For each of the matched candidate object(s), a hotspot package is generated. The hotspot package may comprise a visual overlay which comprises information associated with the reference object(s) matched to the respective candidate object. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042252 | Multi-Dimensional Realization of Visual Content of an Image Collection - A computing system for realizing visual content of an image collection executes feature detection algorithms and semantic reasoning techniques on the images in the collection to elicit a number of different types of visual features of the images. The computing system indexes the visual features and provides technologies for multi-dimensional content-based clustering, searching, and iterative exploration of the image collection using the visual features and/or the visual feature indices. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042253 | Multi-Dimensional Realization of Visual Content of an Image Collection - A computing system for realizing visual content of an image collection executes feature detection algorithms and semantic reasoning techniques on the images in the collection to elicit a number of different types of visual features of the images. The computing system indexes the visual features and provides technologies for multi-dimensional content-based clustering, searching, and iterative exploration of the image collection using the visual features and/or the visual feature indices. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042254 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A server is provided which generates learning data used in learning a classification rule for classifying an image that is input from an image input device. The server receives an initial image that is input from an image input device. The server also acquires device information on an image input device. Furthermore, the server generates an image different from the initial image using a parameter determined based on the device information to generate learning data using the generated image and the input image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042255 | Method and Systems For Incorporating Advertisements In Objects Printed On Three-Dimensional Printers - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable advertisements (e.g., promotions, signs, logos, samples, etc.) to be part of the 3-D printing process. In an embodiment, advertisements (i.e., “ads”), such as partial product samples, may be 3-D printed prior to 3-D printing a purchased 3-D printable good. In another embodiment, ads may be 3-D printed on a 3-D printable good itself (e.g., embossed, impressed, as a tag, etc.). In a further embodiment, users may select the ads to be 3-D printed on their goods in return for compensation from advertisers. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042256 | TAPE PRINTER AND METHOD OF GENERATING PRINT DATA IN TAPE PRINTER - Disclosed is tape printer including: a display section that selectively displays one of a plurality of evaluation images based on the number of evaluation characters placed in a first mode; a first operation section used to operate the evaluation image in a first direction; a second operation section used to operate the evaluation image in a second direction; an image change section that changes the evaluation image to another evaluation image in which the number of the evaluation characters placed in the first mode is incremented in the first direction and changes the evaluation image to another evaluation image in which the number of the evaluation characters placed in a second mode is incremented in the second direction; and a print data generation section that generates print data of the displayed evaluation image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042257 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORD MEDIUM - An image forming system is provided. One or more embodiments sets forth an image forming method using printing data that includes a plurality of strip information including a plurality of images, respectively, segmented into a plurality of regions by rendering at least one page from a file, and that includes unique information having information on respective number indicators allocated to the plurality of strip information The method includes sequentially receiving the unique information and the plurality of strip information, detecting an intended number of the plurality of strip information configuring the page based on the received unique information, determining whether all of an intended plurality of strip information configuring the page are received by comparing the intended number of the plurality of detected strip information with a detected number of the received plurality of strip information, and performing printing using the plurality of received strip information based on the determining. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042258 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - One or more image processing apparatuses, one or more image processing methods and one or more storage mediums are provided herein. In at least one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more objects, a check unit configured to perform check processing for checking whether to combine an object with another object, for each of a plurality of objects acquired by the acquisition unit, and a determining unit configured to determine, based on a result of the check processing for each of the plurality of objects, whether to perform the check processing for checking whether to combine an object with another object, for an object acquired subsequently to the plurality of objects by the acquisition unit. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042259 | CREDITS TO USE A DEVICE AND ATTACKER RESISTANT COUNTER - Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory readable medium, and method to manage license to use agreements. The maximum number of credits a device is allowed to consume is determined. An attacker resistant counter is increased using an atomic write. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042260 | TAMPER-PROOF QUALITY MANAGEMENT BARCODE INDICATORS - A tamper-proof barcoded quality indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of time and temperature thresholds following actuation thereof, including a first barcode including a first colorable area and being machine-readable before exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, a second barcode including a second colorable area and not being machine-readable before exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator, a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, at a rate which is at least partially a function of time, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously for simultaneous coloring thereof upon exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable, and a tamper-proof actuator element operative to actuate the indicator. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042261 | STRUCTURALLY ENCODED COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STRUCTURALLY ENCODED COMPONENT - A structurally encoded component stores identification data and comprises a readable body. The readable body comprises at least one detectable element and indicia as a plurality of detectable elements disposed within the structurally encoded component. The indicia are discernible by at least one of x-ray, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, positron emission tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042262 | INFORMATION CODE, INFORMATION CODE PRODUCING METHOD, INFORMATION CODE READER, AND SYSTEM WHICH USES INFORMATION CODE - An information code producing apparatus produces a free space inside the code region of an information code arranged on a medium such as sheets of paper. The free space is arranged at a position other than specification pattern regions. Data being interpreted, which are expressed by cells, are not recorded in the free space. The free space has a preset size which is larger than that of a single cell. The information code producing apparatus detects the size of this free space by, at least, either selection from a plurality of candidate shapes prepared in advance or input of shape designating information provided from the outside. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042263 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH SCANNABLE IMAGE INCLUDING DYNAMIC DATA - A mobile phone is disclosed. The mobile phone may receive a first request to generate an initial scannable image, and a second request to generate modified scannable image. The modified scannable image can include a static portion that corresponds to a static portion of the initial scannable image. The modified scannable image may also include another portion that has a different appearance than a corresponding portion of the initial scannable image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042264 | Displaying a Barcode on a Display of an Infusion Pump - An infusion pump system includes an infusion channel, and a display associated with the infusion channel. The display is for rendering a scannable barcode. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042265 | Security Element for Value Documents - The invention concerns a security element having a magnetic coding consisting of magnetic coding elements. At least one of the magnetic coding elements has a grid-shaped magnetic region which is formed by a plurality of mutually parallel grid strips made of magnetic material which respectively have a magnetic anisotropy. The grid strips lead, through their magnetic anisotropy, to the magnetization direction of the coding element being able to differ from the direction of the applied magnetic field. Since the resultant magnetic signals that the grid-shaped magnetic regions deliver cannot be simulated by conventional magnetic regions, said coding elements increase the anti-forgery security of the security element. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042266 | A CARD, AN ASSEMBLY, A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE CARD AND A METHOD OF OUTPUTTING INFORMATION - A card configured to output an magnetic field on or at a surface thereof, the card comprising an elongated magnetically conducting material on or at the surface of the card, the magnetically conducting material having a first and a second guide ends, and a field generator positioned so as to feed a magnetic field into the magnetically conducting material. The magnetically conducting material is positioned at the position where the reading head travels and forms a return path for the field generated by the field generator, whereby field from the generator is fed to the reading head via the magnetically conducting material. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042267 | Electrical Control Unit and RFID Read/Write Device - An electrical control unit which is supplied in operation with an operating voltage, has: a non-volatile memory for storing operating parameter values and/or program code of the control unit, a control device which is coupled to the memory and controls an operation of the control unit depending on the stored operating parameter values and/or the stored program code as long as the control unit is supplied with the operating voltage, and a passive radio-frequency identification transponder, which is coupled to the memory and, regardless of whether the control unit is or is not supplied with the operating voltage, is designed to store operating parameter values transferred from an RFID read/write device and/or program code transferred from the RFID read/write device in the memory and/or to transfer operating parameter values stored in the memory and/or program code stored in the memory to the RFID read/write device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042268 | LAYERED STRUCTURE WITH CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FOR RECOGNITION OF MANIPULATION AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a layered structure ( | 2016-02-11 |
20160042269 | COUNTER MODULE ADAPTOR ASSEMBLY FOR ROTARY GAS METERS - An apparatus for use with a backup counter module, the apparatus having: a housing having a first end for coupling the housing to a gas meter body, and a second end for coupling an electronic counter module to the housing; and the second end having an inner surface with at least two sets of backup counter module engagement features for securing an output end of a backup counter module in one of at least two backup counter module positions. The housing may be coupled to a first gas meter body with a backup counter module positioned within the housing in one of the at least two backup counter module positions. The housing may alternatively be coupled to a second gas meter body with the backup counter module positioned within the housing in another of the at least two backup counter module positions. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042270 | BRAIN EMULATOR SUPPORT SYSTEM - A technology to build emulated nervous systems is presented here, as well as the interface method for operating the emulated nervous system. The technology provides for inclusion of neuroanatomically accurate definitions organized hierarchically. This permits a highly realistic nervous system to be created and interact with its surrounding environment. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042271 | ARTIFICIAL NEURONS AND SPIKING NEURONS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS PULSE MODULATION - A method for configuring an artificial neuron includes receiving a set of input spike trains comprising asynchronous pulse modulation coding representations. The method also includes generating output spikes representing a similarity between the set of input spike trains and a spatial-temporal filter. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042272 | DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICS, PREDICTIVE MODELING & OPITMIZATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN MARCELLUS SHALE - A computer system, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the computer system is programmed with a set of computer-readable instructions configured to implement a method for determining a drill site in a shale, tight gas sands, coal bed methane or other unconventional well field for an oil or gas well and one or more parameter settings therefore, the computer-readable instructions comprising: one or more data mining instructions for data mining of a first part of a set of measurement or objective data parameters from existing oil or gas wells in the well field that, when executed, produce a ranking of each parameter and its respective effect on oil or gas well production from the well field; one or more training instructions that, when executed, produce a model comprising an artificial neural network (ANN) trained with the first part of the set of measurement or objective data parameters and/or the ranking that is useful for producing a group of optimized settings for one or more of the parameters for an estimated maximum output from one or more locations in the well field; and one or more calibration and/or validation instructions that, when executed, calibrate and/or validate the model using a second part of the set of measurement or objective data parameters from existing oil or gas wells in the well field. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RULE CREATION BASED ON FREQUENCY OF QUESTION - A method is provided for prioritizing rule creation for computer-assisted customer care. When a question from a user of a device is received by a customer care analytics engine for which no rule is automatically fired, the question and a related device profile of the device are added to an unfired questions list. The analytics engine parses the question to match terms in other questions in the list. The question is also added to an appropriate category in the list based on the device profile. A prioritization algorithm is used to rank the question among other questions within the list or the category, ranking the question more highly according to the frequency of those terms in the category or the list. According to its rank-wise order, the question is directed for creation of a rule to permit automatic handling of questions having the same or similar terms in the future. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042274 | KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION SYSTEM ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK - Knowledge automation techniques may include receiving a selection of a knowledge unit from a plurality of knowledge units for addition into a target knowledge pack, and computing, for each remaining knowledge unit in the plurality of knowledge units, a knowledge unit distance metric between the selected knowledge unit and the remaining knowledge unit. Based on the knowledge unit distance metric, a set of one or more relevant knowledge units can be determined. For each relevant knowledge unit, one or more knowledge packs from a set of published knowledge packs that the relevant knowledge unit is part of can be identified. One or more suggested knowledge consumers for the target knowledge pack can be determined from the knowledge consumers of the identified knowledge packs. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042275 | Debugging Code Using a Question and Answer System Based on Documentation and Code Change Records - Mechanisms are provided, in a Question and Answer (QA) system comprising a processor and a memory, for debugging code. An input question identifying an error during execution of code is processed by the QA system using a corpus corresponding to a software product associated with the code, thereby generating a first candidate answer set. The QA system processes the input question using a code change record repository identifying changes to the code performed over time to generate a second candidate answer set. The QA system generates a final answer to the input question based on the first and second candidate answer sets and outputs the final answer to the input question. The final answer to the input question identifies at least one of a source, in the code, of the error or a solution to resolving the error. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042276 | METHOD OF AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF NEW TOPICS - The present disclosure relates to a method for performing automated discovery of new topics from unlimited documents related to any subject domain, employing a multi-component extension of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (MC-LDA) topic models, to discover related topics in a corpus. The resulting data may contain millions of term vectors from any subject domain identifying the most distinguished co-occurring topics that users may be interested in, for periodically building new topic ID models using new content, which may be employed to compare one by one with existing model to measure the significance of changes, using term vectors differences with no correlation with a Periodic New Model, for periodic updates of automated discovery of new topics, which may be used to build a new topic ID model in-memory database to allow query-time linking on massive data-set for automated discovery of new topics. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042277 | SOCIAL ACTION AND SOCIAL TIE PREDICTION - Example implementations relate to predicting social actions and social ties of users in a social network. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may access social network data associated with a set of users of a social network. The processor may also parse social action data and social tie data from the social network data and calculate a set of parameters defining relationships between the social action data and the social tie data. The processor may further determine, using the set of parameters, a social action and a social tie associated with a particular user of the social network. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042278 | PREDICTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF RESOURCE REFRESH IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - A set of features is identified in a resource provided from a Content Delivery Network (CDN), a feature causing a first information available in the resource at a first time to change to a second information in the resource at a second time responsive to an event. A set of weights is determined corresponding to the set of features. A weight is related to a corresponding feature in the set of features. Using the set of weights and the set of features to compute an entropy comprising a probability that the resource is going to change. Using the entropy, a stale probability is computed, comprising a probability that an outdated version of the resource is going to be served from a cache in the CDN at the second time. A refresh information is adjusted responsive to the stale probability exceeding a threshold probability. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042279 | Recommending Objects To A User Of A Social Networking System Based On Implicit Interactions Between The User And The Recommended Objects - The social networking system monitors implicit interactions between a user and objects of the social networking system with which the user has not established a connection. Based on the implicit interactions between the user and an object, the social networking system identifies a soft connection between the user and the object. The social networking system may then identify soft connections to include in a candidate list of soft connections to recommend to the user. The social networking system may also extract signals from the set of candidate list of soft connections, and may use the extracted signals to rank the soft connections in the list of candidate soft connections. The social networking system may then recommend soft connections to the user based on the rank associated with the soft connections in the candidate list of soft connections. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042280 | NETWORK RESILIENCY THROUGH MEMORY HEALTH MONITORING AND PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT - A method for managing a network queue memory includes receiving sensor information about the network queue memory, predicting a memory failure in the network queue memory based on the sensor information, and outputting a notification through a plurality of nodes forming a network and using the network queue memory, the notification configuring communications between the nodes. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042281 | SENTIMENT ANALYSIS IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE - In an approach to determine a sentiment of an attendee of a video conference, the computer receives a video of an attendee of a video conference and, then, determines, based, at least in part, on the video of the attendee, a first sentiment of the attendee. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042282 | RELATIONSHIP EVALUATOR - Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for determining one or more relationship suggestions and/or predictions based upon one or more relationship values are provided herein. One or more user inputs received from at least one user, simulation, and/or population may be used to determine safe and/or acceptable matches. Based upon one or more safe matches corresponding to a preferred level of compatibility and/or one or more acceptable matches corresponding to an adequate level of compatibility, one or more time dependent values may be generated using one or more functions (e.g., the partition function) and factors (e.g., rigidity, depreciation, and/or people met and/or relationships made per time period). The one or more relationship values may be used to determine one or more relationship suggestions and/or predictions. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042283 | Detector Devices for Presenting Notifications and Supporting Context Inferences - Techniques can relate to generating inferences based on network devices' measuring of environmental data points and generating notifications or controlling devices based on the inferences. One or more environmental data points can be accessed. Each environmental data point in the one or more environmental data points can include one measured by a detector device and that characterizes a corresponding environmental stimulus. At least one of the environmental data points can be indicative of a light intensity or power usage measured by a first device. An inference can be generated based on the one or more environmental data points. A notification or device control can be identified based on the inference. A communication can be generated and transmitted to a second device. Receipt of the communication can cause the second device to present the notification or to be controlled in accordance with the device control. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MEME VIRALITY BASED ON NETWORK STRUCTURE - Systems and methods for predicting virality of a content item are disclosed. A method includes: receiving a social network structure; identifying communities within the social network structure, where communities are identified as dense subnetworks in the social network structure; receiving social network content that includes one or more content items; and identifying one or more content items that are predicted to become viral based on utilization of the content items between different communities in the social network structure. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND PRIORITIZING CHANGES AND DIFFERENCES TO CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - A method for analyzing and prioritizing changes to configuration parameters of applications in an information technology system, including collecting configuration parameters of applications executed on computer stations in a network, storing the collected configuration parameters in a database, comparing the configuration parameters of an application from a specific station with configuration parameters of the application at different stations, determining differences in the configuration parameters by the comparing, analyzing the determined differences according to a set of analysis dimensions that represent rules for evaluating the differences, assigning a score representing the level of conformity of the differences to each of the analysis dimensions, defining a context for reviewing the differences, assigning a weight to each analysis dimension representing the importance of the analysis dimension, adjusting the weights assigned to the analysis dimension based on the context, calculating a total risk for each analysis dimension for displaying to a user. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042286 | Method and System for Analyzing Data in a Database - A method and system analyze data in a database. The method and system include defining a plurality of set of rules, wherein each set of rules corresponds to a predictive model, storing the each set of rules corresponding to the predictive model in a library as a user-defined function, and calling the user-defined function via a standard sequel language. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042287 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Detecting Anomalies Using Sample-Based Rule Identification - A computer-implemented system and method for detecting anomalies using sample-based rule identification is provided. Data for data is maintained analytics in a database. A set of anomaly rules is defined. A rare pattern in the data is statistically identified. The identified rare pattern is labeled as at least one of anomaly and non-anomaly based on verification by a domain expert. The set of anomaly rules is adjusted based on the labeled anomaly. Other anomalies in the data are detected and classified by applying the adjusted set of anomaly rules to the data. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042288 | MAPPING USER ACTIONS TO HISTORICAL PATHS TO DETERMINE A PREDICTED ENDPOINT - A first signature log generated by a first processing system is received. A first listing of the recorded series of user inputs included in the signature log is compared to at least one historical log indicating at least one historical path, each historical path including at least second listing of a series of historical user inputs that corresponds to a historical endpoint in the computer program. Responsive to comparing the first listing of the recorded series of user inputs to the at least one historical log, the historical path to which the recorded series of user inputs at least partially corresponds is identified and the at least one historical endpoint is identified as a predicted endpoint in the computer program. Based on the predicted endpoint, a predicted path corresponding to the predicted endpoint in the computer program is selected and output. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042289 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING USING MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION INTERVALS - Aspects of the present disclosure provide a generic and adaptive approach to adaptive thresholding by using a maximum concentration interval of data to determine one or more adaptive thresholds for any type of operational metric. The generated adaptive thresholds and operational metrics may be used to calculate or otherwise perform a statistical analysis that provides a confidence-level for any changes detected in the operational metric behavior. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042290 | ANNOTATION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON A FACTOR GRAPH - In order to address annotation bias in batch annotations, obtained via crowdsourcing, on a set of comments on user posts in a social network, a system determines an annotation probability distribution based on a factor-graph model of the batch annotations. In particular, during operation the system computes the factor-graph model that represents relationships between feature vectors that represent the comments and the annotations for the comments. Note that, for a given batch of k comments, the factor-graph model may include a statistically dependent combination of statistically independent models of the interrelationships between the feature vectors and the annotations for the k comments. Then, the system calculates the annotation probability distribution based on model parameters associated with the factor-graph model, a mapping function that maps from the feature vectors to the annotations, and an indicator function that represents the annotations for the comments in the batches. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042291 | SOLUTION SEARCH SYSTEM, SOLUTION SEARCH METHOD, AND SOLUTION SEARCH PROGRAM - A solution search system, which can search for a test object, expected to output an optimal result, from at least two test objects each outputting a result based on a probability distribution, includes: a record superiority comparing unit which can obtain past records of the test objects based on an accumulation of the output results and can compare all records for superiority/inferiority; a controlling unit which can control a measurement variable of the test objects, based on the compared superiority/inferiority records, and a latest result output from the test object; and an output instructing unit which can instruct the test object, the measurement variable of which has exceeded a threshold value, to output a result, wherein the output instructing unit determines, as a desired solution, at least one test object to which the largest number of the output instructions have finally been given after repetition of the output instructions. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042292 | AUTOMATED METHODOLOGY FOR INDUCTIVE BIAS SELECTION AND ADAPTIVE ENSEMBLE CHOICE TO OPTIMIZE PREDICTIVE POWER - A computer-implemented method of automating inductive bias selection includes a computer receiving a plurality of examples, each example providing a plurality of feature-value pairs. The computer constructs an inductive bias dataset which correlates each respective example in the plurality of examples with numerical indications of training quality. The numerical indications of training quality for each respective example are generated by creating a plurality of models, with each model corresponding to a distinct set of inductive biases. The training quality for each respective model is evaluated when applied to the respective example. The computer uses the inductive bias dataset to select a plurality of inductive biases for application to one or more new datasets. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042293 | PREDICTING AN IDENTITY OF A PERSON BASED ON AN ACTIVITY HISTORY - Systems and methods for predicting an identity of a person are provided. In some aspects, a list of subject activities accessed by a subject person is received. For each of a plurality of stored persons, a stored list of activities accessed with by the stored person is accessed in one or more data repositories. An intersection is calculated between the list of subject activities and the stored list of activities for at least one stored person from the plurality of stored persons. That the subject person is likely to correspond to the at least one stored person from among the plurality of stored persons is predicted, based on the calculated intersection. An indication that the subject person is likely to correspond to the at least one stored person from among the plurality of stored persons is provided. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042294 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT MINIMIZE AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION - Quantum processor based techniques minimize an objective function for example by operating the quantum processor as a sample generator providing low-energy samples from a probability distribution with high probability. The probability distribution is shaped to assign relative probabilities to samples based on their corresponding objective function values until the samples converge on a minimum for the objective function. Problems having a number of variables and/or a connectivity between variables that does not match that of the quantum processor may be solved. Interaction with the quantum processor may be via a digital computer. The digital computer stores a hierarchical stack of software modules to facilitate interacting with the quantum processor via various levels of programming environment, from a machine language level up to an end-use applications level. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042295 | SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE COMPUTATION - A technique solves an SVM problem on table J, defined as the join of two tables T | 2016-02-11 |
20160042296 | Generating and Using a Knowledge-Enhanced Model - Functionality is described herein for generating a model on the basis of user-behavioral data and knowledge data. In one case, the user-behavioral data identifies queries submitted by users, together with selections made by the users in response to the queries. The knowledge data represents relationships among linguistic items, as expressed by one or more structured knowledge resources. The functionality leverages the knowledge data to supply information regarding semantic relationships which may not be adequately captured by the user-behavioral data, to thereby produce a more robust and accurate model (compared to a model produced on the basis of only user-behavioral data). Functionality is also described herein for applying the model, once trained. In one case, the model may correspond to a deep learning model. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042297 | TUTOR MODEL BUILDING SYSTEM - A tutor model building system includes a user interface device having a monitor to present to a user a predetermined learning interface of a problem requiring a solution and an input device for the user to enter data showing actions taken to arrive at a solution into the system, a computer to capture the actions entered by the developer user and to generate a behavior demonstration associated with the actions entered and to combine a plurality of behavior demonstrations created from a plurality of user entered data to a behavior graph, and an output device to provide the behavior graph to an authoring tool. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042298 | CONTENT DISCOVERY AND INGESTION - Knowledge automation techniques may include discovering data files from one or more content repositories, and identifying key terms in the data files. For each of the identified key terms, a frequency of occurrence of the key term in the corresponding data file, and locations of the key term in the corresponding data file can be determined. A plurality of knowledge units can be generated from the data files based on the determined frequencies of occurrence and the determined locations of the key terms. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042299 | IDENTIFICATION AND BRIDGING OF KNOWLEDGE GAPS - Knowledge automation techniques may include techniques may include monitoring search queries for content in one or more data stores performed by a plurality of users, and identifying, based on the search queries, a set of one or more search terms. A frequency count for each search term based on a number of occurrence of the search term in the search queries can be determined, and search results corresponding to the search queries can be analyzed. The techniques may include determining, based on the frequency count of each search term and the user responses to the search results, a knowledge gap indicating a lack of content associated with a particular search term in the one or more data stores. The techniques may also include identifying a content source to fill the knowledge gap. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042300 | SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE BOOKING PARTNER SPECIFICATIONS IN THE SAME FLIGHT AND TRAVEL SEARCH QUERY - Computer-implemented methods, software, and systems efficiently process a travel search query that includes multiple partner specifications. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a travel search query for a journey, retrieving multiple booking partner specifications associated with the received travel search query, retrieving other data applicable to the received travel search query from a data store, creating a computation record for each travel-search-query-associated computation determined to require data associated with a particular booking partner specification of the multiple booking partner specifications, for each computation record repeating the associated travel-search-query-associated computation for data similar to the required data associated with each applicable booking partner specification to generate fares, tagging each generated fare with the accessed data for which it is valid to generate tagged generated fares, and returning the tagged generated fares for use in generating a travel search query pricing solution in a response to the received travel search query. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042301 | SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE PASSENGER COUNTS IN A SINGLE TRAVEL SEARCH QUERY - Computer-implemented methods, software, and systems compute flight prices for several passenger counts simultaneously in one travel search query. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a travel search query, retrieving data from a data store applicable to the received travel search query, generating a plurality of itineraries from the retrieved data, generating one or more availability lines associated with each itinerary of the plurality of itineraries, each availability line indicating a number of seats available for travel for each of a plurality of booking codes for one or more flights associated with each availability line and a booking code condition, constructing a plurality of generated fares from the generated itineraries, the generated availability lines, and fare data, constructing generated fare combinations using the generated fares, generating possible pricing solutions from the constructed generated fare combinations, and storing the generated possible pricing solutions into a pricing graph. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The information providing server retrieves piece of first posted information, posted by user, on a base plan provided by a facility that requests a recommended plan, and also retrieves piece of second posted information, posted by the user, on reference plan different from the base plan. The information providing server identifies first popular element popular with the user, who posted the piece of first posted information, and also identifies second popular element that are popular with the user and different from the first popular element. Then, the information providing server determines the identified first popular element and second popular element as plan elements included in a new recommended plan to be recommended for the facility that requests the recommended plan. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042303 | DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPATCHING VEHICLES - Provided are a fully automated dispatch system and method of dispatching vehicles that requires no direct communication between a dispatch person and the driver or passenger. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042304 | RISK-BASED EXECUTION FOR PROJECTS - Disclosed is a risk-based project management system. The risk-based project management system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a program module stored in the memory. During the planning phase of a project, the program and project management system is typically configured for: prompting a first user to provide inherent risk information regarding the project, receiving inherent risk information regarding the project; and based on the received inherent project risk information, calculating an inherent project risk score. During the execution phase of a project, the program and project management system is typically configured for receiving residual risk information regarding the project and, based on the received residual project risk information, calculating a residual project risk score. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042305 | ENVIRONMENT RISK SORTING SYSTEM - An environment risk sorting system includes a plant environment database for storing pieces of environment risk data; a risk sorting server for updating the environment risk data; a managing server coupled with the risk sorting server, wherein, the risk sorting server executes generating through a first risk evaluation module, based on the environment risk data, a first risk evaluation result for each abandoned plant, which produces an environmental site evaluation list, through which, an environmental site evaluation data of each abandoned plant and a on-spot environmental site evaluation data are obtained, updating through a second risk evaluation module succeeding environment risk data based on the environmental site evaluation data of each abandoned plant and hence generating a second risk evaluation result for each abandoned plant, which, in turn, produces an investigation list of each abandoned plant as a basis for follow-up investigation. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042306 | CARE PLAN REGIMENT DEVELOPMENT - Embodiments of the invention include a system for helping a patient adhere to a care plan, the care plan designed to be followed by the patient in order to improve the patient's health, the system comprising: a task scheduling module configured to schedule one or more tasks included in the care plan, wherein a scheduled task is intended to be completed by the patient at the scheduled time; a task adherence estimation module configured to estimate the likelihood that the scheduled task will be completed by the patient at the scheduled time; and an alternative task presentation module configured to present the patient an alternative task, wherein the alternative task is intended to replace the scheduled task when the task adherence estimation module determines the patient is unlikely to complete the scheduled task and when the alternative task is accepted by the patient. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042307 | SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SMART IMPECCABLE SERVICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. - Methods and systems for providing utmost customer service, accountability, and job performance are described. An example method may involve a computing device determining a particular client associated with a specific plan and as a result compiles a corresponding database, propagates configuration data towards at least one apparatus, which is thereby enabled to interact with an agent and exchange a plurality of data points with the computing device for use in updating the corresponding database. The plurality of data points are associated with resources expanded and the agent in performing one or more tasks assigned to the agent via the apparatus. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042308 | Timesly: A Mobile Solution for Attendance Verification Powered by Face Technology - Timesly is an invention that enables business managers to monitor their workforce and ensure accurate Employee compensation through mobile and stationary devices equipped with facial recognition technology and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Timesly records an Employee's work start and stop times without running the risk of fraudulent time recording by another Employee or at an unintended work site. Powered by facial recognition technology, Timesly is able to immediately recognize whether an Employee is clocking in for someone else and notify the Manager. Timesly's utility on mobile devices means managers can monitor their Employee workforce at changing or remote work locations. GPS technology permits managers to then verify that time entries are all entered at the designated location. Timesly enables Managers to pay the correct Employee for the assigned work completed at the intended worksite. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042309 | SCHEDULE IMPACT MAP - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving an indication of a floor plan of a building project; receiving an indication of an inspection report, the inspection report associated with an inspection type; identifying a forecast date associated with each room in the floor plan, the forecast date indicating when an inspection type associated with the respective room is to be completed; for each room, determining how close each room's forecast date is to a present date, and if the room's forecast date is past the present date; generating a visual map of the floor plan; associating a color of each room in the floor plan based on the determining; and providing the visual map with the associated color of each room for display. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042310 | PRODUCT OPERATIONS TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A product operations tracking system involves an apparatus and system to track and monitor the operational use of assets, with an emphasis on tubular products in the oil and gas industry. A tracking device is manufactured into an end protector, such as a thread protector, attached to an asset, which in a preferred embodiment will include a camera, a GPS and related antennas, an on/off switch, a timer which may comprise software in a processor, and a power source. The removal of the end protector begins operation of a timer which will deactivate once thread connector is reconnected to the equipment to log actual usage history of the typically rented or leased asset. Once the equipment is returned to the owner, the record in the tracking device indicates the time of usage. | 2016-02-11 |
20160042311 | INFORMATION OPERATION - An information operation method and apparatus are described to solve the technical problem in the prior art of inconvenient, error-prone, and ineffective use of an identification number with a long length for communication and information operation. The techniques of the present disclosure generate a short identification number corresponding to an original identification number; store the short identification number and a corresponding relationship between the original identification number and the short identification number; upon a receipt of an operation request that includes the short identification number, search for the original identification number corresponding to the short identification number carried in the operation request; and perform an operation based on information corresponding to the found original identification number. The techniques of the present disclosure replace the original identification number with the generated short identification number for communication and information operation, which are convenient and less error-prone and enhance the operation efficiency. | 2016-02-11 |