07th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190050909 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CHATBOT - A server, method and computer readable medium for providing targeted content is provided. Input messages are received and output messages are sent via a network. A conversation agent generates the output message based on the input message. A targeted content generator selects a conversation module from a plurality of conversation modules and generates a plurality of targeted messages to be sent to a user. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050910 | SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MOBILE DEVICES AND OTHER COMPUTER DEVICES - Improved identification of a computer configured with an operating system (OS), a web browser and one or more applications is disclosed. An identifying code for advertisers (IFA) may be obtained via the operating system (OS) of the computer. A first application configuring the computer may include instructions to initiate an ad call comprising a request including the IFA to cause the first application to render an advertisement received by the computing device from a first web resource in response to the ad call. The web browser may execute the script to configure the web browser with a durable id (DID). The web browser may also communicate the DID to associate the IFA with the computing device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050911 | Reward System For Micro Influencers In A Social Media Marketing Campaign - A business accesses a campaign server and inputs information relevant to a marketing campaign. The server sends invitations to social media influencers, who then post content to various platforms to influence customers to act in ways beneficial to the business, either by further advancing the marketing campaign or by actually generating revenue for the sponsor. The system tracks the social media reactions of customers (likes, shares, etc.), as well as real-world activity (product purchases, physical attendance at advertised locations, etc.), attributable to each influencer, and points are awarded based on the activity they generate among customers. The points are weighted according to the type of activity generated and/or the social media platforms on which the activity is generated, and the running point totals of the influencers are published to foster competition among them. A total reward is allocated and paid to the influencers according to their relative total accumulated points. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050912 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION - Providing content items on electronic documents comprises a content item server. The server identifies features associated with a particular item and receives a request to create a content item to be displayed on user computing devices. The server creates a content item comprising at least one of the features associated with the particular item. The server receives a request to display the content item in conjunction with an electronic document on a user computing device and assesses at least one updated features associated with the content item. The server updates the content item with the at least one updated feature associated with the item and provides the updated content item to the user computing device to display in conjunction with the electronic document. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050913 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION - Providing content items on electronic documents comprises a content item server. The server receives a content item to be displayed on user computing devices, wherein the content item comprises characteristics associated with a particular item associated with the content item. The server receives a request to serve the content item in connection with relevant electronic documents and an indication that an electronic document is to be displayed on a user computing device. The server determines features of the electronic document and that the characteristics of the content item correspond to the features of the electronic document. The server provides the content item to the user computing device to display the content item in conjunction with the electronic document. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION OF VISUAL JOB ADVERTISEMENTS - This disclosure relates to a system and method for creating a job advertisement. The job advertisement includes visual information which is presented an in organized, easily digestible manner. An example system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first computing device a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The second computing device is configured to receive an input of text describing a job from the first computing device and create a job advertisement including at least one image representative of at least a portion of the text. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050915 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING APPRAISAL OF PROPERTIES - Disclosed is a method for facilitating appraisal of properties. The method includes receiving an appraisal request from a requester device. Further, the method includes receiving an appraisal job posting from an appraisal management. Further, the method includes analyzing the appraisal job posting. Further, the method includes identifying at least one appraiser based on the analyzing. Further, the method includes transmitting the appraisal job posting to at least one appraiser device. Further, the method includes receiving at least one acceptance from the at least one appraiser device. Further, the method includes receiving at least one credential from the at least one appraiser device. Further, the method includes determining an eligibility of the at least one appraiser. Further, the method includes transmitting an assignment of the appraisal job posting to each of the at least one appraiser device and the appraisal management device based on the eligibility. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050916 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING FOOD PRODUCT SLICE THICKNESSES - Systems, methods and slice thickness gauges that are capable of providing customers with identifying features representative of varying thicknesses of food products slices available for purchase, and with which customers can place orders for sliced food products having a desired slice thickness. The method includes providing a slice thickness gauge to a customer. The slice thickness gauge includes a plurality of identifying features each identifying feature corresponding to a thickness of a food product that may be produced by the attendant. The identifying features include a numeric value that is an integer devoid of fractions and decimal values and corresponds to a slice measurement that can be configured on a slicing machine. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RATING OF ENTERPRISE USING CROWDSOURCING IN COMBINATION WITH WEIGHTED EVALUATOR RATINGS - Enterprise evaluation based on crowdsourcing concepts. An approach to enterprise evaluation is described that uses crowd-sourced data and an iterative approach. Individual enterprise evaluators are themselves evaluated and assigned weighting factors based on their acumen and accuracy with regard to enterprise evaluation. Enterprise evaluations are provided by each enterprise evaluator, who collectively form a crowdsourcing crowd, and weighted according to each evaluator's assigned weighting factor. The crowd-sourced weighted-averages from all evaluators are combined and used periodically and iteratively to evaluate the individual crowdsourcing participants and to re-calculate their individual weighting factors. The approach provides more accurate and more directed enterprise evaluations as compared to simple arithmetic averaging of crowd-sourced data, and is improved over time with each iteration. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050918 | FUELING STATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Fueling station network management systems and methods generate rating metrics and/or rankings regarding one or more fueling stations based, in part, on user fueling experience feedback data. A user device can include an application through which user feedback can be received and communicated to a data server. Additionally, the fueling station can also provide information, such as a status of the fueling station, to the data server. The data server can provide suggested fueling stations to a user based on the user's location and/or the user feedback and fueling station data. An incentivization system can be included to incentivize users to provide feedback regarding their fueling experience. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050919 | FOOD ORDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON PREDEFINED VARIABLES - The present invention relates to a system and method of ordering food online based on a set of predefined variables. The variables used for primarily suggesting the food items are nutrients, tastes and ingredients of the previously ordered dishes or food items in the order history. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050920 | DYNAMIC GROUP PURCHASE FLOWS USING AUTHORIZED TEMPORAL PAYMENT TOKENS - Systems, methods and media are provided for operating a group purchase event in a networked system. An example method comprises initiating a digital instance of a group purchase event and defining a target balance, identifying a potential contributor list from a social or community group, transmitting an electronic communication to first and second parties on the potential contributor list via an electronic communication pathway, and based on a received response to the electronic communication, authorizing the first and second parties to participate in the group purchase event. One example identifies and presents, in a display of an electronic device, a list of items purchasable at prices less than or equal to a current balance of a money pool, and monitors changes in the current balance. Based on a change in the current balance, the displayed list of items is dynamically updated. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050921 | VALIDATING IDENTIFICATION OF A USER FOR PURCHASE OF AGE-RESTRICTED ITEMS - An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the purchase is complete, prompting the user to enable the age validation feature of the mobile wallet application of the user mobile device, directing a software application loaded on the user mobile device to access at least one biometric data input functionality of the user mobile device to capture the at least one biometric of the user, and comparing biometric features of the user captured by at least one camera. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050922 | Electronic bond and guaranty process and business method - Disclosed is a method by which suretyship bonds and guaranties can be purchased and deployed over the Internet in real time, providing automatic application evaluation and policy binding. The principal's credit card information is used in a repeating cycle of pre-authorized charges so that the card account serves as effective collateral. A bond seal image, safeguarded against piracy, appears in Web pages indicating the existence of bond coverage. A dynamically updated gauge displays the margin of coverage available under the bond at any given moment. Means of integrating the information technology of auction site and surety company are also disclosed. The invention makes possible an unprecedented level of security in user-to-user auction environments and eliminates the need for online escrow services. Means of accepting bidder deposit accounts is also disclosed, enabling automatic, electronic payment the moment an Internet auction closes and eliminating the need for online payment services. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050923 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL SHOPPING ON A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. The system receives a selection, over a network, at a social shopping platform. The selection identifies a request from a user in a first community of users and is associated with a listing describing an item for sale. The social shopping platform includes multiple network-based marketplaces respectively associated with communities. The communities include the first community of users being associated with a first network-based marketplace. The system identifies the first network-based marketplace based on the request. The first network-based marketplace is used by the first community of users for transacting items of a single domain. Finally, the system updates a user reputation score based on the activity associated with the first network-based marketplace and presents second user interface information, over the network, including the listing. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050924 | METHOD, MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING COUNTERFEITS ONLINE - Systems and methods change a user interface for the purpose of guiding a user in supplementing a product listing with an image to evidence the product's authenticity. Example embodiments include a machine-implemented method for accessing at least one database to retrieve an authenticity criterion mapped to a product and at least one reference image that depicts adequate detail of a product specimen to fulfill the authenticity criterion. The machine can further cause a user device to display the reference image to the user along with a suggestion that the user submit a candidate image depicting similar detail of the product. In some example embodiments, the method further includes retrieving the candidate image, confirming receipt of the candidate image, and displaying the candidate image, as well as adjusting a rank for a candidate specimen based on various factors. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050925 | ORDERING, CUSTOMIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF A HIERARCHY OF KEYS AND LOCKS - Ordering, customizing, and managing a hierarchy of keys and locks. In an embodiment, a keying tree is graphically generated to comprise a key representation and at least one lock representation. The key representation represents at least one master key, as a root node, and comprises a key-name input, a key-quantity input, and a key-deletion input. The at least one lock representation represents at least one locking device, as at least one leaf node, and comprises a lock-name input, a lock-build input, a lock-quantity input, and a lock-deletion input. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050926 | LIVESTOCK TRADING PLATFORM - The Livestock Trading Platform invention is a novel confluence of software and hardware to improve how livestock are managed and marketed. The collection of animal biometric data inclusive of facial recognition and weight estimates along with a distributed ledger payment gateway and a geo-fencing system to control animal grazing locations and movements will allow livestock producers to supply livestock consumers, individual, animal-level traceability data which, taken in aggregate, will allow a livestock producers to supply a livestock consumers with whole herd data. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050927 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMERCE - An apparatus, system and method are provided for facilitating commerce. An audio query describing information requested by the user is received. The audio query is processed to identify at least one category corresponding to the information requested by the user. At least one selected from the group of an image, audio data, and textual information to be presented on a user interface of the device is transmitted over the network connection. The at least one of the image, the audio data, and the textual information is associated with the identified at least one category in response to the received audio query describing the information requested. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050928 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMERCE - An apparatus, system and method are provided for facilitating commerce. At least one image of an item is received one or more computing devices from a device associated with a user. The at least one image of the item is compared to a plurality of images of corresponding items for sale using artificial intelligence running on the one or more computing devices. A set of matching images is identified from the plurality of images of the corresponding items for sale matching the at least one image of the item based on the use of the artificial intelligence running on the one or more computing devices. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT SELECTION AND PROFITABILITY INDICATION - A computer based system and method for optimizing product selection is disclosed. The system has a financial measurement gauge that is stored on computer readable media and graphically displayed on a computer monitor. The financial measurement gauge has a central symbol with a plurality of marks on either side of the central symbol. The marks may take on a color; the color and placement of the marks in relationship to the central symbol being indicative of the profitability to the seller of the product being displayed with a given query. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050930 | RECOMMENDING APPLICATIONS BASED ON SEARCH HISTORIES - Search histories of users are collected and correlated with the application download or usage history of the users to identify queries that are correlated with the use of particular applications. The search histories can come from a variety of sources such as map applications and web browsing applications. The correlations are used to generate a mapping of queries to applications. The mapping can be later used to recommend applications to a user based on a recent query submitted by the user or based on a subset of the search history of the user. In this way, a user can be recommended applications based on their interests as expressed through their search history. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050931 | NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SERVER - Provided herein is a network system that includes: a first terminal that includes a speaker; a second terminal that includes a display; and a server that causes the first terminal to output an audio, and that causes the second terminal to display an image concerning the audio. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050932 | REAL-TIME PRICING THROUGH SMART-PRICE-TAGS - Various embodiments determine a sale price of an item via a smart price tag associated with the item. In one embodiment, the smart price tag is detected as being shaken. Responsive to detecting the smart price tag as being shaken, a request for a current sale price of the item for sale is sent to a back end price server. The current sale price of the item for sale is received from the back end price server and displayed for a predetermined period of time. The current sale price may be displayed on the smart price tag or a separate display sign. The current price is displayed until expiration of a predetermined period of time unless a lock request is detected which locks the price of the item for sale at the current sale price. If a price unlock button is pressed, the sale price of the item is unlocked. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050933 | SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT BASED ON STORE'S INTRANET, MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING PAYMENT FUNCTION BASED ON STORE'S INTRANET, METHOD FOR PROVIDING PAYMENT SERVICE BASED ON STORE'S INTRANET, AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A system for payment based on a store's intranet, a mobile terminal including a payment function based on a store's intranet, a method for providing a payment service based on a store's intranet, and a program for performing the same are provided. The method includes providing, by a store client, a payment page in a store depending on a request of a user client, receiving, by the store client, a virtual code and order information which are input to the payment page, and transmitting, by the store client, the virtual code and the order information to a payment service server over the Internet. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050934 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULFILLING PURCHASE ORDERS - This is a distributed computing solution that allows a procurement agent to process, manage and fulfill purchase orders for one or more distribution clients. The system can analyze and track the fulfillment of all orders to ensure that the most efficient supplier is utilized. Furthermore, the system tracks the progress of the orders to ensure that the orders are fulfilled on time or that the appropriate extensions are obtained from the distribution clients, if necessary. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050935 | Device And Method For Exchange Market - A method for implementing an exchange market involves gathering, from a multitude of users, a multitude of wish lists including a multitude of marketable products and gathering, from a multitude of users, a multitude of offer lists including a multitude of marketable products. The method continues by matching, using a data structure, a selection of marketable products from the multitude of offer lists stored in the data structure to a selection of marketable products from the multitude of wish lists stored in the data structure to identify a multitude of matches, assigning a ranking value to each of the multitude of matches based on information stored in the data structure, positioning the multitude of matches according to the ranking value to obtain an ordered list, and presenting the multitude of matches according the ordered list. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MOBILE OBJECT - There are provided an information processing device and an information processing method which are capable of processing information provided in a mobile object such as a vehicle and a mobile object. A calculation unit 104 performs a process of extracting stores which can be stopped off or products or services which can be provided in each store on the basis of selection of a final destination, a boarding time, a purpose of boarding, a route, or a boarding course designated by a passenger via an input unit 101 or information such as a budget or the like and giving a notification to the passenger through a display unit 102. Further, a driving route, an arrival time to a destination, and providable products or services are dynamically changed in response to selection of a product or a service by the passenger. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050937 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSIENT LOCAL COMMERCE SEARCH - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for a transient local commerce search service is provided. A search query including a user specified location and a user specified time period is received. One or more transient merchants temporarily located within the user specified location at least during the user specified time period are identified. A user interface displaying a map and an indicator of temporary location of the one or more transient merchants is displayed. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050938 | Apparatus for Making a Goods Sales Offer - Apparatus for making a goods sales offer, comprising a server ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050939 | System and Method for Visualization of Items in an Environment Using Augmented Reality - Systems and methods for visualization of an item in an environment using augmented reality are provided. Environment image data containing an image of an environment is received. A selection of an item for placement into an indicated location of the environment is received. An item image of the selected item is scaled based on dimensions determined from the environment image data for the environment. The scaled item image is augmented into the image of the environment at the indicated location to generate an augmented reality image. The augmented reality image is displayed on a device of a user, whereby the scaled item image in the augmented reality image is selectable to cause display of information. A selection of the scaled item image is received. In response to the selection of the scaled item image, the information is presented on the device of the user. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050940 | System and method for expedited liquidation for peer to peer securities - This invention is a liquidity solution for the peer to peer lending market. Through the use of distributed computing networks, a defined community of investors is able to provide liquidity through a trading device as part of a pool of lenders who agree to pay standardized pre-set micro units across a set of loans. By arranging for these transactions in this manner, liquidity is enhanced for the original purchasers of peer to peer loans as well as for the community of lenders who agree to be part of the lending platform. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT AN EXCHANGE MESSAGING POLICY - Systems for and methods of evaluating messaging, comprising, receiving, via at least one server device, one or more messages, and said at least one server device processing at least one of the one or more messages by grading content included in said at least one message, applying a weighting factor to said at least one message according to said grading, thereby determining a weighted message count for said at least one message, aggregating the weighted message count for said at least one message, and initiating an action if the aggregated weighted message count meets or exceeds a predetermined count threshold. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050942 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC REAL-TIME ANALYSIS FROM MULTI-MODAL DATA FUSION FOR CONTEXTUAL RISK IDENTIFICATION - Disclosed is a system and method to automatically identify property-related risks through the use of computer vision, sensors, and/or building information models (BIMs). The ability to automatically identify a variety of hazards helps mitigate the associated risks, and thus reduces the number of accidents or fatalities that would otherwise occur. In some embodiments, a “risk map” can be generated by mapping the identified risks for a given property. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050943 | USER VERIFICATION BY COMPARING PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR DATA WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA DERIVED FROM FACIAL VIDEO - To participate in a health incentive program, a customer of a health-related business such as a health insurance company or medical group entity may use a physiological measurement device to report health-related activity to the business. However, a customer may report fraudulent activity to the business by allowing another party to use the physiological measurement device. In embodiments, an electronic device, a collection and validation server, and a physiological measurement device may execute methods to ensure that the user of the physiological measurement device has identified themselves properly to the business. In embodiments, the electronic device and the physiological measurement device may produce sets of physiological measurement data that are compared to determine that a user of the electronic device is the same as the user of the physiological measurement device. The electronic device may produce a set of physiological measurement data using video and image processing techniques. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050944 | SOLUTION TO INCOME INEQUALITY AND WEALTH INEQUALITY - The preceding disclosure concerns a novel solution to income inequality and wealth inequality (the “Solution”). The Solution is comprised of, among other elements, the following embodiments: an income equality generator; a wealth equality generator; future income swaps; future wealth swaps; income verification for future income swaps; and wealth verification for future wealth swaps. The embodiments are useful, novel, and non-obvious individually. Likewise, the embodiments are useful, novel, and non-obvious when taken collectively. Income inequality and/or wealth inequality—the problem(s) solved by the income equality generator and/or wealth equality generator alone or in combination with future income swaps and/or future wealth swaps and income verification for future income swaps and/or wealth verification for future wealth swaps—do not occur in nature, are a relatively new problem, and are problems that have increased in magnitude in recent years. The Solution does not constitute a software implementation of a process that is already in use. Nor do the embodiments, either individually or collectively. Importantly, we do not seek patent protection for all means by which income equality and/or wealth equality may be generated; for all swap products (i.e., those not related to income or wealth); or other income verification processes for future income swaps and/or future wealth swaps that may be similar to those that are detailed in this application. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050945 | AUTO-SUGGESTION FOR GROUP ACTIVITIES BASED ON COMBINED USER DATA SETS - An event service is configured to create groups of computing device users proactively and intelligently based on analyses of user data sets of group members that describe location, availability, social graphs, and interests. The event service is further configured to identify events and activities by analyzing data acquired from web-based and external resources such as third-party databases and large data sets, and obtain marketing information including discounts, coupons, and other promotions that are pertinent to a given event. Utilizing the user data sets from the combined group, the event service can make suggestions for group activities at suitable times and location to enable the members to discover and participate in activities with other members of the group that are relevant and interesting while taking advantage of available promotions. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050946 | AUTOMATED ACTIVITY TRACKING SYSTEM - Beacons that transmit identification signals are located on equipment that workers may utilize during the course of their jobs. A server may define parameters about the equipment the beacons are located on and geo-fences around areas of interest. A worker carriers a wireless device that is capable of receiving the beacon signals and determining location of the worker. The wireless device has an activity tracking app running thereon that can communicate with the server. A determination is made as to the equipment assigned to the worker based on the beacon signals received by the worker and if the worker is within an area of interest based on their location. Activities can be initiated for the worker based on the defined area and the equipment (e.g., if worker is assigned a tractor and a mower and is within field 1, the activity the worker is assigned is mowing field 1). | 2019-02-14 |
20190050947 | AGRICULTURAL FIELD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An agricultural field management system includes a map data recording section having a field map layer for recording field map data, a field work data recording section having a machine-type-specific field work layer for recording field work data generated for each work implemented by various kinds of farm work machine on the field, a data management section | 2019-02-14 |
20190050948 | MACHINE LEARNING IN AGRICULTURAL PLANTING, GROWING, AND HARVESTING CONTEXTS - A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050949 | EXERGY TOKEN - A method for the management of energy data includes methods, systems and computer program products. One of the methods includes receiving, by a self-executing contract, settlement information from at least two nodes in a network, the network comprising a plurality of nodes, each node in the plurality of nodes may maintain at least a predetermined number of tokens, each token representing a value. The method includes validating a current state of a public ledger. The method includes generating fulfillment information based on the received settlement information. The method also includes contributing to an updated state of the public ledger using the fulfillment information; wherein each token is associated with a payload describing the production, consumption, management, storage or transmission of electricity. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL WATER USE EFFICIENCY - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for providing a customer engagement platform to increase residential water user efficiency, wherein the method is implemented in one or more servers programmed to execute the method, the method comprising: estimating, with the one or more servers, one or more end uses of water for a household, wherein the estimating includes calculating water consumption for each end use. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050951 | MULTI-MODAL VEHICLE IMPLEMENTED FOOD PREPARATION, COOKING, AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Vehicles, components, and methods are disclosed for preparing hot food during delivery or at a remote location. A multi-modal food distribution system may operate in one or more various modes, including a constellation mode, a cook enroute mode, and a pop-up kitchen mode, to deliver hot, prepared food to customers. The vehicles in the system may be configurable to change between each of the different modes depending upon information received by the system. The system may in the constellation mode include additional delivery vehicles that retrieve food from a vehicle that serves as a hub. The additional delivery vehicles may deliver the food to the delivery destination. In the cook enroute mode, the vehicle may prepare and cook food enroute to a delivery destination. In a pop-up kitchen mode, the vehicle may prepare food for pick up by customers. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050952 | MULTI-MODAL VEHICLE IMPLEMENTED FOOD PREPARATION, COOKING, AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Vehicles, components, and methods are disclosed for preparing hot food during delivery or at a remote location. A multi-modal food distribution system may operate in one or more various modes, including a constellation mode, a cook enroute mode, and a pop-up kitchen mode, to deliver hot, prepared food to customers. The vehicles in the system may be configurable to change between each of the different modes depending upon information received by the system. The system may in the constellation mode include additional delivery vehicles that retrieve food from a vehicle that serves as a hub. The additional delivery vehicles may deliver the food to the delivery destination. In the cook enroute mode, the vehicle may prepare and cook food enroute to a delivery destination. In a pop-up kitchen mode, the vehicle may prepare food for pick up by customers. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING AN APPRAISAL REPORT AND PROVIDING AN APPRAISAL SCORE - A computer-based method for validating an appraisal report includes receiving appraisal data for a property, receiving property data for the property, verifying the appraisal data meets an appraisal guideline, providing a list of appraisal items that are present in the appraisal data, providing a medium discrepancy amount and a high discrepancy amount for the list of appraisal items, calculating a difference amount between the appraisal data and the property data for each appraisal item, and comparing the difference amount to the medium discrepancy amount and the high discrepancy amount. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050954 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING TITLE SERVICES IN A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION - A method of providing title services in a real estate transaction is provided. The method includes contracting with a seller of a property to provide title services for the real estate transaction, and after contracting with the seller but before receiving an offer to purchase the property, providing a first subset of the title services to the seller. The method further includes receiving the offer to purchase the property from a buyer and completing the title services by providing a second subset of the title services to the seller to settle the real estate transaction. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050955 | DETECTION OF FRAUD FOR ACCESS CONTROL VIA FACIAL RECOGNITION - A fraud detection method for access control via facial recognition, wherein the following are carried out in the region of a zone where the access control is verified for an individual presenting in the region of the zone: a measure of the weight of the individual, at least one weight sensor being provided on the ground for this purpose; an estimation of the weight of the individual by processing by a computer unit of an image acquired of the face of an individual presenting at the access control; a comparison by the computer unit between the estimated weight and the measured weight and wherein the computer unit triggers or not the sending of a fraud detection signal as a function of the result of this comparison. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050956 | Phase Rotation Watermarking for Phase Modulation - A method of generating a phase modulated signal includes generating a sequence of phase modulated host symbols having continuous, antipodal phase transitions between adjacent ones of the host symbols representing different states, and generating a sequence of overlay symbols each spanning a respective set of the host symbols. The method further includes rotating the continuous, antipodal phase transitions between the adjacent ones of the host symbols in each set of the host symbols in a same rotation direction according to a symbol state of the respective overlay symbol spanning the set of the host symbols, and generating a phase modulated transmit signal that conveys the continuous, antipodal phase transitions rotated according to the symbol states of the overlay symbols. For M-ary PSK, the method further includes encoding both antipodal and non-antipodal host symbol phase shifts to carry the data of the overlay symbols. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050957 | MEMORY ALLOCATION TYPE FOR MEDIA BUFFER - Methods and devices for allocating memory for use with a camera resources may include receiving camera resource requests from application plurality of applications to use a camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a memory type to allocate to the applications for the camera resource based on the camera resource request and compatibility information of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a buffer and a buffer type to provide each of the applications based on an access mode of the camera resource, wherein the buffer type comprises one or more of a shared type, a copy type, and a secure type. The methods and devices may include providing the application access to the buffer based on the determination. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050958 | UNIFORM PREDICATES IN SHADERS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - A method for processing data in a graphics processing unit including receiving an indication that all threads of a warp in a graphics processing unit (GPU) are to execute a same branch in a first set of instructions, storing one or more predicate bits in a memory as a single set of predicate bits, wherein the single set of predicate bits applies to all of the threads in the warp, and executing a portion of the first set of instructions in accordance with the single set of predicate bits. Executing the first set of instructions may include executing the first set of instruction in accordance with the single set of predicate bits using a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) processing core and/or executing the first set of instruction in accordance with the single set of predicate bits using a scalar processing unit. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050959 | MACHINE SURROUND VIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPOSITE SURROUND VIEW USING SAME - A surround view system for a machine is provided. The surround view system includes a plurality of image capturing devices generating image data of surroundings of the machine, and an object detection system for detecting an object in a target field of view of the machine and generating object position data corresponding to the object. The surround view system also includes an image processing system configured to generate an initial 3-dimensional composite surround view by projecting the image data on a virtual model corresponding to the machine. The virtual model has a 3-dimensional shape based on an initial calibration position data. The image processing system is also configured to modify the 3-dimensional shape of the virtual model based on the object position data, and generate an updated 3-dimensional composite surround view by projecting the image data on the virtual model having a modified 3-dimensional shape. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING 3D MODEL RESOLUTION - Systems and methods of enhancing the resolution or restoring details associated with high resolution images into a filtered digital surface model (DSM) for location-based applications and analyses. The disclosed methods include mapping the changing gray scale values (intensity) from the images to changes in elevation in the DSM using a regression over a local neighborhood of pixels. Further, the disclosed methods do not rely on information about the sensor illumination geometry, and are extendable to be able to utilize any types of images. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments are sensor agnostic. That is, the disclosed methods can be applied on any type of images collected by any type of sensor. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050961 | CONTENT AWARE SAMPLING DURING PATCH SYNTHESIS - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed at image synthesis utilizing sampling of patch correspondence information between iterations at different scales. A patch synthesis technique can be performed to synthesize a target region at a first image scale based on portions of a source region that are identified by the patch synthesis technique. The image can then be sampled to generate an image at a second image scale. The sampling can include generating patch correspondence information for the image at the second image scale. Invalid patch assignments in the patch correspondence information at the second image scale can then be identified, and valid patches can be assigned to the pixels having invalid patch assignments. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050962 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control device, receiving a first image and a second image, includes: a scaler, scaling the first image according to a first scaling ratio to form a first scaled image; a frame buffer, storing the first scaled image and the second image, wherein the second image is not scaled; and a display controller, transmitting a combined image according to the first scaled image and the second image in the frame buffer to a display device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050963 | TRANSMISSION METHOD OF DISPLAY DATA, APPARATUS AND MOBILE DEVICE - There are proposed in the present disclosure a transmission method of display data, an apparatus and a mobile device. The method includes: performing statistics on a number of pixel points in the display data based on grayscale; adjusting an initial output resolution according to a result obtained from the statistics; transmitting the display data according to an adjusted output resolution. The present disclosure is capable of reducing system power consumption of the mobile device effectively. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050964 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING CONTENTS AS THE DISPLAY IS ROTATED AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The display device includes: displaying a plurality of objects on a rotatable display of the display device; based on an event occurring, rotating the rotatable display in a first direction; and based on the rotatable display being rotated in the first direction, rotating and displaying constituent elements included in the plurality of objects in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, while maintaining an arrangement of the plurality of objects. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050965 | DISTORTION CORRECTION OF MULTIPLE MRI IMAGES BASED ON A FULL BODY REFERENCE IMAGE - Methods, systems, products, devices, and/or apparatus generally related to distortion correction of multiple MRI images based on a full body reference image. An example method for distortion correction of multiple MRI images based on a full body reference image may include acquiring at least one reference image of a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging system, storing a correction field map based on the at least one reference image, the correction field map including information regarding a correction field for each of a plurality of portions of the subject, acquiring a plurality of images by the magnetic resonance imaging system, each of the plurality of images corresponding to a respective portion of the subject, and while acquiring each of the plurality of images, applying a correction field specified by the correction field map for the respective portion of the subject. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NOISE OF SATELLITE IMAGE AND RESTORING IMAGE - A method of restoring an image is disclosed. The method may include obtaining multispectral images of an identical object using a plurality of different channels, identifying a noise image including a noise among the multispectral images, determining reference images to be used to restore the noise image among the multispectral images, detecting a noise area of the noise image based on a relationship between the noise image and the reference images, and restoring the detected noise area using pixels of the reference images. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050967 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: calculate, in a pixel block including a pixel of interest and a plurality of surrounding pixels, an absolute value of a difference in pixel value between the pixel of interest and each surrounding pixel; calculate a weighted average of pixel values of the pixel of interest and each surrounding pixel in accordance with the calculated absolute value; and perform smoothing processing for a pixel value calculated by the weighted average. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050968 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a frame memory that saves a cyclic image of an immediately preceding frame as a reference image; and a processor comprising hardware. The processor is configured to: decompose an input image into a plurality of resolution images; set, as a base image, an image having a lower resolution than the input image among the plurality of resolution images and that detects a motion vector between the base image and the reference image; subject the reference image to motion compensation on the basis of the motion vector to generate a motion-compensated image; combine the base image with the motion-compensated image to generate a noise-reduced base image that serves as a new cyclic image; and combine the noise-reduced base image with the resolution image or resolution images other than the base image among the plurality of resolution images. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF RAIN STREAK DISTORTION FROM A VIDEO - Systems and methods for removing rain streak distortion from a distorted video are described. The system receives sample non-distorted images and sample distorted images of a video. The sample non-distorted images are indicative of non-raining condition and the sample distorted images are indicative of raining condition in the video. The system further determines first temporal information from the sample distorted images and second temporal information from the sample non-distorted images. The first temporal information indicative of a change in the rain streak distortion pattern and the second temporal information indicative of a change in a non-rain streak distortion pattern. Further, the system correlates the first temporal information with the second temporal information to generate a training model comprising one or more trained weights. Further, the system removes the rain streak distortion from a real-time distorted video by applying the training model, which results in the generation of the non-distorted video. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050970 | METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE DISTURBANCES CAUSED BY RECONSTRUCTED DEFECTIVE PIXELS IN DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY - A method for removing defective pixel image-artifacts includes an adaptive reconstruction kernel taking up to four main and diagonal, defect-free sub-kernel directions into account composed for each defective image pixel. The defective pixels impacted image is real-time corrected by statistical filtering or by a weighed directional convolution of kernel-associated replacement values, calculated by means of an advanced multi-parabolic reconstruction algorithm, for each contributing sub-kernel direction based on 5×5 pixels neighborhood image data readily accessible via a predetermined AMP kernels image-offsets structure. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050971 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image signal is subjected to image correction performed by an image correction unit on the basis of retinex processing. The image correction unit performs spectral decomposition for the image signal. A retinex unit performs retinex processing for the image signal subjected to the spectral decomposition, and a spectrum synthesis unit synthesizes the image signal output from the retinex unit. A transformation unit performs transformation from a RGB color space to a HSV color space, and an inverse transformation unit performs transformation from the HSV color space to the RGB color space. The transformation unit transforms an input image signal and outputs the transformed image signal to the spectral decomposition unit. The inverse transformation unit receives the output signal from the spectrum synthesis unit and outputs an image correction signal. Spectral decomposition of the image signal in the spectral decomposition unit is hue-based spectral decomposition in the HSV color space. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050972 | Method and apparatus for correction of an image - Disclosed is an apparatus comprising a processing device and a method for color correction of an image in a processing device, the method comprising: obtaining an image; determining a Laplacian matrix of the image; obtaining a first region of the image, the first region being indicative of a part of the image to be color corrected; obtaining a second region of the image; obtaining a first recoloring image based on the second region; determining a first corrected region of a first corrected image based on the Laplacian matrix and the first recoloring image; and obtaining and outputting a corrected image based on the first corrected region of the first corrected image. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050973 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DATA ENHANCEMENT - A sensor system may comprise a sensor; a processor in electronic communication with the sensor; and/or a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise recording, by the sensor, a low quality data sample; and/or applying, by the processor, a mapping function having a plurality of tuned parameters to the low quality data sample, producing a high quality data output. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050974 | Nuisance Reduction Using Location-Based Attributes - Methods and systems are disclosed that provide nuisance reduction in images, such as semiconductor images that include one or more metal lines. A potential defect is correlated against pixel grey level intensity charts for two perpendicular axes. A position of the potential defect relative to a pattern, such as a metal line, is determined along the two axes. The potential defect can be classified as a defect of interest or nuisance event. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050975 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM - An image inspection apparatus includes: an image area signal generator that refers to information from an image forming apparatus to set lengths of turning on and off of a sub-scanning image area signal that determines turning on and off of reading, and generates the sub-scanning image area signal to indicate a start of image formation; a reader that reads an image; an inspector that compares a read image generated through reading with an expected-value image; and a controller that controls the image area signal generator, the reader, and the inspector, wherein, when a deviation equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is detected at positions of sub-scanning on corresponding images during the comparison, the controller adjusts an OFF period of the sub-scanning image area signal to eliminate a positional deviation of sub-scanning on the corresponding images between the read image and the expected-value image. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050976 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT OF GLUE APPLICATION - A system for determining an amount of glue applied to a shoe portion includes a lighting device, an image capturing device and a processor. The lighting device illuminates the shoe portion with light beams that have wavelengths within a predetermined range. The image capturing device captures an image associated with the shoe portion under illumination of the light beams, and outputs the image associated with the shoe portion. The processor obtains chromaticity values of pixels selected from an instance of the image associated with the shoe portion that is applied with glue, and generates a result of estimation regarding the amount of the glue applied to the shoe portion based on the chromaticity values and at least one reference value. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050977 | INSPECTION SUPPORT METHOD AND INSPECTION SUPPORT DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection support method and an inspection support device capable of easily inspecting packaged medicines. In accordance with the inspection support method and the inspection support device according to an aspect of the present invention, since images of packaged medicines and identification information items and quantities of medicines extracted from a prescription are displayed on a display device (display unit), a user can easily check whether or not the packaged medicines match those written in the prescription. Since master images are registered in a case where the determination of “whether or not identification information items and quantities of the packaged medicines match the identification information items and quantities which are extracted from the prescription and are displayed” is positive for all the medicines written in the prescription, it is possible to reduce a concern that inappropriate images will be registered as the master images. It is easy to align imaging conditions between the master images and collating target images, and it is possible to increase collation accuracy. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050978 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - In an ultrasonic inspection performed on an inspection object including a fine and multi-layer structure such as a semiconductor wafer and a MEMS wafer, a defect is detected by: separating a defect present inside from a normal pattern; obtaining an image of the inspection object by imaging the inspection object having a pattern formed thereon to enable a highly sensitive detection; generating a reference image that does not include a defect from the obtained image of the inspection object; | 2019-02-14 |
20190050979 | WAFER MAP ANALYZER, METHOD FOR ANALYZING WAFER MAP USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for analyzing a wafer map using a wafer map analyzer includes generating first wafer maps each displaying characteristics of a first wafer for a corresponding channel of a plurality of channels. The first wafer maps are auto-encoded together to extract a first feature. The method also includes determining whether the first feature is a valid pattern, classifying the type of the first feature based on unsupervised learning when the first feature is a valid pattern and extracting a representative image of features classified into the same type as the first feature. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050980 | DIGITAL PATHOLOGICAL SECTION SCANNING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a digital pathological section scanning system and relates to the field of a section scanning technology. The system comprises a scanning end, an image processing end, a remote server, a first client end and a second client end; wherein, the scanning end scans a pathological section to form an original pathological section image and transmits the original pathological section image to the image processing end for processing; the image processing end processes the original pathological section image to form a digital pathological section image and sends the digital pathological section image to the remote server; the first client end transmits medical record information including attending physician information to the remote server; the remote server associates the digital pathologic section image with the attending physician information and saves the digital pathological section image in the storage unit corresponding to the attending physician information. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING A TARGET OBJECT FROM A 3D IMAGE - A computer-implemented method for automatically detecting a target object from a 3D image is disclosed. The method may include receiving the 3D image acquired by an imaging device. The method may further include detecting, by a processor, a plurality of bounding boxes as containing the target object using a 3D learning network. The learning network may be trained to generate a plurality of feature maps of varying scales based on the 3D image. The method may also include determining, by the processor, a set of parameters identifying each detected bounding box using the 3D learning network, and locating, by the processor, the target object based on the set of parameters. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING A PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION FROM A MEDICAL IMAGE OF A PATIENT - The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for automatically detecting a physiological condition from a medical image of a patient. The method may include receiving the medical image acquired by an imaging device. The method may further include detecting, by a processor, target objects and obtaining the corresponding target object patches from the received medical image. And the method may further include determining, by the processor, a first parameter using a first learning network for each target object patch. The first parameter represents the physiological condition level of the corresponding target object, and the first learning network is trained by adding one or more auxiliary classification layers. This method can quickly, accurately, and automatically predict target object level and/or image (patient) level physiological condition from a medical image of a patient by means of a learning network, such as 3D learning network. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050983 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a first setting unit configured to set, in a learning image, a plurality of mutually different position coordinates belonging to a region of interest presenting a site of interest rendered in the learning image, an extracting unit configured to extract the region of interest by using the plurality of position coordinates, a calculating unit configured to calculate a feature value for determining an attribute of the site of interest from a plurality of extraction results of the region of interest corresponding to the plurality of position coordinates, and a constructing unit configured to construct an identifier for determining the attribute based on a plurality of the feature values corresponding to the plurality of extraction results of the region of interest and a correct answer value of the attribute of the site of interest rendered in the learning image. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050984 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL - A method and a system for supporting medical personnel in a procedure on a patient are provided. Medical image data of the patient and of a medical object is continuously captured. Using the image data, a digital patient model is generated and continuously updated, and a position of the medical object is continuously tracked. Through automatic processing of the image data, a situational and/or spatial context in which the medical object is situated is determined. Based on the determined context from the patient model, speech data that describes at least part of the determined context in speech form is automatically generated. The speech data is then output to the medical personnel by an acoustic speech output and/or as text on a display surface. Thus, the medical personnel may be informed particularly reliably and with little distraction about the respective current situation. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050985 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PULSATILITY DETECTION - The present invention relates to a device, system and method for pulsatility detection. The proposed device comprises an input interface ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050986 | SUBTRACTION ALGORITHM FOR DETECTION OF TUMORS - A system and method for detecting tumors. Three-dimensional scans of a patient are performed with penetrating radiation, before and/or after the injection of a contrast agent. Raw density arrays are formed from the scans. The median density within an organ is calculated and subtracted from each of the raw density arrays, to form offset arrays. The offset arrays are subtracted pairwise and the differences are summed to form a discriminator array. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050987 | DEEP LEARNING MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION - Methods and apparatus for improved deep learning for image acquisition are provided. An imaging system configuration apparatus includes a training learning device including a first processor to implement a first deep learning network (DLN) to learn a first set of imaging system configuration parameters based on a first set of inputs from a plurality of prior image acquisitions to configure at least one imaging system for image acquisition, the training learning device to receive and process feedback including operational data from the plurality of image acquisitions by the at least one imaging system. The example apparatus includes a deployed learning device including a second processor to implement a second DLN, the second DLN generated from the first DLN of the training learning device, the deployed learning device configured to provide a second imaging system configuration parameter to the imaging system in response to receiving a second input for image acquisition. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050988 | IMAGE-BASED DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A diagnostic system performs disease diagnostic tests using at least an optical property modifying device and a mobile device. A user provides a biological sample from a patient to the optical property modifying device that reacts with a reagent in one or more reaction chambers of the device. The user captures one or more images of the one or more reaction chambers using an optical sensor of the mobile device. The diagnostic system can determine a quality level of the images based on factors such as skew, scale, focusing, shadowing, or white-balancing. Based on an analysis of the captured image, the diagnostic system can determine a test result of a disease diagnostic test for the patient. The diagnostic system may communicate the test result, as well as instructions for the disease diagnostic test, to the user via the mobile device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ACCURACY IN A PATIENT MODEL - Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing patient anatomy models with indications of model accuracy included with the model. Accuracy is determined, for example, by analyzing gradients at tissue boundaries or by analyzing tissue surface curvature in a three-dimensional anatomy model. The determined accuracy is graphically provided to an operator along with the patient model. The overlaid accuracy indications facilitate the operator's understanding of the model, for example by showing areas of the model that may deviate from the modeled patient's actual anatomy. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050990 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - Provided is a method of operating a medical imaging apparatus, comprising: acquiring a first image of a first type corresponding to a first respiratory state of an object; determining motion information of the object with respect to a respiratory state, based on first and second images of a second type respectively corresponding to the first respiratory state and a second respiratory state of the object; and generating a second image of the first type corresponding to the second respiratory state by applying the motion information to the first image of the first type. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING BURN WOUND DEPTH - A method for evaluating the depth of a burn wound in a subject comprises (a) receiving an imaging video of the burn wound collected by an ultrasound transducer, (b) evaluating nodes and edges connecting the nodes in a plurality of layers of the burn wound in a plurality of frames of the imaging video, with a classifier system, the classifier system comprising a convolutional neural network that compares the nodes and edges of the burn wound with nodes and edges in a plurality of layers of a plurality of historical burn wounds of known depth, and (c) assigning a depth to the burn wound, the assigned depth being an average of depths associated with a plurality of the historical burn wounds having a predetermined minimum similarity of nodes and edges to the nodes and edges of the burn wound. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050992 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for segmenting three-dimensional images. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method for segmenting a three-dimensional image is provided. The method may include receiving the three-dimensional image acquired by an imaging device, and creating a first stack of two-dimensional images from a first plane of the three-dimensional image and a second stack of two-dimensional images from a second plane of the three-dimensional image. The method may further include segmenting, by a processor, the first stack and the second stack of two-dimensional images using at least one neural network model. The method may also include determining, by the processor, a label map for the three-dimensional image by aggregating the segmentation results from the first stack and second stack. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050993 | LANE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A lane detection method and apparatus is disclosed. The lane detection apparatus may set a regions of interest (ROIs) in a forward-view image of a vehicle obtained by a camera, estimate lane pixels corresponding to a lane from each of the ROIs using a neural network-based detector, and determine a lane region in the forward-view image based on the lane pixels. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050994 | CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A control method includes: estimating, in a first image within an image series, a plurality of sets including candidate regions and indexes according to image feature quantities of the first image, the candidate regions being regions in which presence of an object is estimated within the first image, the indexes being values indicating possibilities of the presence of the object in the candidate regions; obtaining movement information about movement of the object from the image series; correcting the candidate regions and the indexes in the plurality of sets based on the movement information obtained by the second processing; and determining the position of the object in the first image based on the plurality of sets including the corrected candidate regions and the corrected indexes. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050995 | CAMERA MOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, CAMERA MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a camera motion estimation device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors configured to function as a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and an estimation unit. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire feature point correspondence information indicating correspondence between feature points included in time series images. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire pixel flow information indicating a locus of a pixel included in the time series image. The estimation unit is configured to estimate a motion of a camera that has captured the time series images, using the pixel flow information and the feature point correspondence information. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050996 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE TEMPORAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR ACTION RECOGNITION SYSTEMS - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to generate temporal representations for action recognition systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an optical flow computer to compute a first optical flow based on first and second video frames separated by a first amount of time and compute a second optical flow based on third and fourth video frames separated by a second amount of time, the second amount of time different than the first amount of time, and an aggregator to combine the first optical flow and the second optical flow to form an image representing action in a video. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050997 | Visual odometry device for 3D Vehicle Motion Estimation and visual odometry method for 3D Vehicle Motion Estimation - A visual odometry device, including: an image sensor configured to provide a first image and a second image; a visual feature extractor configured to extract at least three visual features corresponding to each of the first image and the second image; and a position determiner, configured to determine a change of a position of the at least three visual features between the first image and the second image, and to determine a degree of translation of the visual odometry device based on the determined change of position. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050998 | Scene Flow Camera - A method and system for acquiring dense 3D depth maps and scene flow using a plurality of image sensors, each image sensor associated with an optical flow processor, the optical flow fields being aligned to find dense image correspondences. The disparity and/or ratio of detected optical flows in corresponding pixels combined with the parameters of the two optical paths and the baseline between the image sensors is used to compute dense depth maps and scene flow. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050999 | Dilated Fully Convolutional Network for Multi-Agent 2D/3D Medical Image Registration - A method and system for 3D/3D medical image registration. A digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) is rendered from a 3D medical volume based on current transformation parameters. A trained multi-agent deep neural network (DNN) is applied to a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) in the DRR and a 2D medical image. The trained multi-agent DNN applies a respective agent to each ROI to calculate a respective set of action-values from each ROI. A maximum action-value and a proposed action associated with the maximum action value are determined for each agent. A subset of agents is selected based on the maximum action-values determined for the agents. The proposed actions determined for the selected subset of agents are aggregated to determine an optimal adjustment to the transformation parameters and the transformation parameters are adjusted by the determined optimal adjustment. The 3D medical volume is registered to the 2D medical image using final transformation parameters resulting from a plurality of iterations. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051000 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING PAIR-WISE EPIPOLAR CONSTRAINTS AND SOLVING FOR PANORAMA POSE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to determining the location and orientation of panoramic images by a computing apparatus. One or more computing devices may receive alignment data between a first panoramic image and second panoramic image and original location data for the first panoramic image and the second panoramic image. The one or more computing devices may determine relative orientations between the pair of panoramic images based on the alignment data and calculate a heading from the first panoramic image to the second panoramic image based on the original location data. The location data and alignment data may be optimized by the one or more computing devices based on the relative orientations between the pair of panoramic images and the original location data. The one or more computing devices may replace the original location data and relative orientations with the optimized relative orientations and optimized location data. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING PAIR-WISE EPIPOLAR CONSTRAINTS AND SOLVING FOR PANORAMA POSE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to connecting panoramic images. One or more computing devices may load and display a first panoramic image captured at a first location and receive a selection of an area on the first panoramic image, the area corresponding to where a connection to other panoramic images may be made. The one or more computing devices may identify and display one or more nearby panoramic images which were captured near the first location and receive a selection of one of the one or more nearby panoramic images. The one or more computing devices may display the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic image and align the selected panoramic image with the first panoramic image such that the selected panoramic image is oriented in the same direction as the first panoramic image. The one or more computing devices may connect the selected panoramic image with the first panoramic image. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051002 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING OF CORONARY VESSELS - The present invention relates to a method and a device for medical imaging of coronary vessels, the device comprising: a data extracting module configured to extract a first vessel map from computed tomography angiography data covering at least one reference cardiac phase and a set of second vessel maps from three-dimensional rotational angiography data covering at least one cardiac cycle; an interpolation module configured to generate a series of warped versions of the first vessel map aligned with the set of second vessel maps, the series starting at the at least one reference cardiac phase; and a merging module configured to merge the series and the set of second vessel maps at the different phases in order to generate a final imaging map of the coronary vessels. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051003 | Identifying Spatial Locations of Images Using Location Data from Mobile Devices - A system determines spatial locations of pixels of an image. The system includes a processor configured to: receive location data from devices located within a hotspot; generate a density map for the hotspot including density pixels associated with spatial locations defined by the location data, each density pixel having a value indicating an amount of location data received from an associated spatial location; match the density pixels of the density map to at least a portion of the pixels of the image; and determine spatial locations of the at least a portion of the pixels of the image based on the spatial locations of the matching density pixels of the density map. In some embodiments, the image and density map are converted to edge maps, and a convolution is applied to the edge maps to match the density map to the pixels of the image. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051004 | 3D SENSING TECHNOLOGY BASED ON MULTIPLE STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION - Various embodiments can measure a distance of an object. For achieving this, a first light source and a second light source can be configured to emit first light and a second light toward the object to illuminate the object. The emission of the first light and second light can be configured such that the two lights converge at a first point and diverge at a second point. An optical sensor can be used to capture a first image of the object illuminated by the first light, and capture a second image of the object illuminated by the second light. An image difference between the first image and the second image of the object can be determined. The distance of the object with respect to the first point can then be determined based on the image difference and a distance difference between the first point and the second point. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051005 | IMAGE DEPTH SENSING METHOD AND IMAGE DEPTH SENSING APPARATUS - An image depth sensing method adapted to obtain depth information within a field of view by an image depth sensing apparatus is provided. The method includes the following steps: determining whether the field of view includes a distant object with a depth greater than a distance threshold; in response to determining that the field of view does not include the distant object, obtaining the depth information within the field of view according to a general mode; and in response to determining that the field of view includes the distant object, obtaining the depth information within the field of view according to an enhanced mode. A maximum depth which can be detected in the general mode is not greater than the distance threshold, and a maximum depth which can be detected in the enhanced mode is greater than the distance threshold. In addition, an image depth sensing apparatus is also provided. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051006 | ADAPTIVE PROCESSING OF SPATIAL IMAGING DATA - Machine vision processing includes capturing 3D spatial data representing a field of view and including ranging measurements to various points within the field of view, applying a segmentation algorithm to the 3D spatial data to produce a segmentation assessment indicating a presence of individual objects within the field of view, wherein the segmentation algorithm is based on at least one adjustable parameter, and adjusting a value of the at least one adjustable parameter based on the ranging measurements. The segmentation assessment is based on application of the segmentation algorithm to the 3D spatial data, with different values of the at least one adjustable parameter value corresponding to different values of the ranging measurements of the various points within the field of view. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051007 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DEPTH MAP SIZE IN COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus to reduce a depth map size for use in a collision avoidance system are described herein. Examples described herein may be implemented in an unmanned aerial vehicle. An example unmanned aerial vehicle includes a depth sensor to generate a first depth map. The first depth map includes a plurality of pixels having respective distance values. The unmanned aerial vehicle also includes a depth map modifier to divide the plurality of pixels into blocks of pixels and generate a second depth map having fewer pixels than the first depth map based on distance values of the pixels in the blocks of pixels. The unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a collision avoidance system to analyze the second depth map. | 2019-02-14 |
20190051008 | Method for measuring the circumference/width/length of a human body or object using a picture/photograph from a mobile camera or web camera feature. - This is a method of showing a visual measurement/circumference/width/length of parts/areas of a human body or object. | 2019-02-14 |