07th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160050265 | DYNAMICALLY PRESENTING VEHICLE SENSOR DATA VIA MOBILE GATEWAY PROXIMITY NETWORK - A new sensor is detected being added to a vehicle sensor bus. A publication topic is created based on the new sensor. The publication topic is made available via at least to a server component operating via the proximity networking radio. Data from the new sensor is added to the publication topic. In response to a subscription to the publication topic via a user device, the data is dynamically presented to the user device via the server component. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050266 | SOCIAL CIRCLES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting contact data for displaying representations of contacts for display to a user, the contacts being contacts of the user within a computer-implemented social networking service, generating a first social circle of the user, the first social circle comprising a first subset of contacts of the user within the social networking service and defining a first distribution for digital content, generating a second social circle of the user, the second social circle comprising a second subset of contacts of the user within the social networking service and defining a second distribution for digital content, and, in response to user input, providing the first social circle and the second social circle for selection by the user to define a distribution of digital content, the distribution comprising at least one of the first distribution and the second distribution. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050267 | Sign-In Method and Terminal - A sign-in method includes receiving, by a first terminal, a sign-in request message sent by a second terminal, where the sign-in request message carries an identifier (ID) of an activity and an ID of a user of the second terminal, and the sign-in request message is used to indicate that the user of the second terminal requests to sign in to the activity in the first terminal; and sending a sign-in response message to the second terminal, where the sign-in response message carries the ID of the activity, and the sign-in response message is used to indicate that the user of the second terminal successfully signs in to the activity in the first terminal. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050268 | CONTENTS SHARING METHOD BETWEEN MOBILE TERMINAL AND LOCAL SERVER - Provided is a contents sharing method between a mobile terminal and a local server. The contents sharing method between a client terminal storing metadata and a server terminal storing the metadata, the method comprising requesting the server terminal for a contents share service; and receiving information on contents corresponding to matching metadata as a result of comparing the metadata stored in the client terminal and the metadata stored in the server terminal, thereby sharing contents desired by the user without the user's intervention. Also, the user can communicate desired contents information with people in a bus, subway, library, etc., which forms a social network, and produces a contents flow between mobile terminals, thereby creating a new business model such as contents resale, promotion, etc. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050269 | VEHICLE DATA SYSTEM UTILIZING PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE GATEWAYS - At least one of a set of topics published by one or more vehicle-located mobile gateways is subscribed to. A set of publication topics is created based on the first set of topics, the publication topics made available to a client. A subscription request is received from the client corresponding to a selected topic of the set of publication topics. First sequential data is received from the one or more mobile gateways in response to the subscription to the at least one of the set of topics of the one or more mobile gateways. Second sequential data is sent to the client responsive to the subscription request, the second sequential data being based on the first sequential data. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050270 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication terminal includes an attribute data acquisition unit that acquires attribute data indicating an attribute of real data if at least a single piece of the real data is added or updated as one of content items on a data memory, a notification controller that controls a notification unit to notify a user of the attribute indicated by the attribute data acquired by the attribute data acquisition unit, and a real data acquisition unit that acquires real data predetermined as an acquisition target by the communication terminal with the notification controller not notifying the user of the attribute indicated by the attribute data if the attribute indicated by the attribute data acquired by the attribute data acquisition unit matches the attribute of the predetermined real data. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050271 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTENT CLIENT AND CONTENT SERVER - According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a timer, a synchronization processor and a signal generator. The timer updates a first timer value by counting up in synchronization with a clock signal. The synchronization processor executes a time synchronization process in order to synchronize the first timer value with a second timer value inside each of other communication apparatuses belonging to a common network. A signal generator generates a timing signal reporting arrival of a timing when content is to be controlled, based on the first timer value and content control information indicative of the timing when the content is to be controlled. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050272 | ZERO-KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING ENGINE - Methods, systems, and apparatus are described providing social networking engines. Specifically, the present specification relates to a method for implementing software containers implementing social network engines that may be configured to act in a zero-knowledge environment. In such implementations, all information pertaining to the social network engine associated with a user that is stored in the container is solely that of a user unless explicitly shared by the user. In some implementations, the containers may be configured to participate in a publish-and-subscribe network in order to share information. In addition, the containers may be provisioned with controls so that global operators may comply with local privacy rules. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050273 | ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL METHOD - Electrical distribution system for an aircraft comprising at least one computer communicating with the avionics ( | 2016-02-18 |
20160050274 | Inter-Protocol Copy Offload - Methods and apparatuses for performing inter-protocol copy offload operations are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request in a first interface protocol from a host device. The request is a request to copy a data set from a source data storage location to a destination data storage location. The request includes a token, representing the data set, to be copied that was created using a second interface protocol that is different from the first interface protocol. The method also includes transferring the data set, in response to receiving the request, from the source data storage location to the destination data storage location without transferring the data set to the host device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050275 | EFFICIENT REPLICATION OF CHANGES TO A BYTE-ADDRESSABLE PERSISTENT MEMORY OVER A NETWORK - A system and method for efficiently replicating data stored in a byte-addressable, persistent memory of a host computer. A user-level library of the host computer may configure the persistent memory as a software transactional memory (STM) system defined by operations, such as a STM commit operation, that ensure safe and consistent storage of the data within a region of the persistent memory. The library may then cooperate with an application executing on the host computer to control access to the data, e.g., to change the data, as a transaction using the STM commit operation. Within a context of the transaction, the library may precisely determine which bytes of the data have changed within the region, as well as how and when the data bytes have changed. Armed with precise knowledge of the context of the transaction, the library may efficiently replicate the changed data at the byte-addressable granularity. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050276 | EFFICIENT STORAGE OF SMALL RANDOM CHANGES TO DATA ON DISK - The embodiments described herein provide a system and method for efficiently storing small, random modifications or changes to data on one or more storage devices, such as disks, of storage servers coupled to a host computer in a network environment. Illustratively, the data is stored in a region of a byte-addressable, persistent memory of the host computer and is replicated (i.e., copied) as changed data of the region on the disks at the granularity at which it was modified, e.g., at the byte-addressable granularity. To that end, each storage server employs a data structure (e.g., a Fibonacci array) that is configured to efficiently accumulate the small, random data changes into one or more large blocks of changed data for storage on the disks in a manner that realizes the streaming bandwidth of the disk. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050277 | FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH SYSTEM - A Fibre Channel (FC) switch system includes a server IHS and a storage IHS that each communicate using an FC protocol. A switch IHS couples the server IHS to the storage IHS. A first converter in the switch IHS receives first FC data traffic from the server IHS and converts it to first FC over Ethernet (FCoE) data traffic. A protocol processing engine in the switch IHS is coupled to the first converter and receives the first FCoE data traffic from the first converter and processes it to provide second FCoE data traffic for delivery to the storage IHS. A second converter in the switch IHS is coupled to the protocol processing engine and the storage IHS and receives the second FCoE data traffic from the protocol processing engine, converts it to second FC data traffic, and sends the second FC data traffic to the storage IHS. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050278 | INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD - An information storage system and an information storage method allow necessary information to be stored in the proper amount with a simple operation for people to share the information. The system includes an input unit including a plurality of press-type switches each of which accepts input for an on-signal or an off-signal and a data server storing pieces of identification information each identifying a corresponding one of the switches and messages in association with each other and outputs, in response to input accepted by each of the switches, a corresponding one of the messages. The input unit transmits an on-signal or an off-signal and a piece of identification information to the data server. The data server receives the on-signal or the off-signal and the piece of identification information and extracts and outputs a message associated with the piece of identification information received together with the on-signal. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050279 | METHOD FOR MANAGING IoT DEVICES AND ANALYZING SERVICE OF BIG DATA - Disclosed is a method for operating an IoT big data analysis service using a computer system connected to at least one mFinity IoT device through the Internet, the method comprising: determining whether data transferred through the internet using an mFinity IoT web server from the mFinity IoT device is a known source point; and storing the data in an mFinity big data cloud if the data is determined to be a known source point, wherein a Hadoop server, which is a big data analysis system analyzes the stored data and produces a big data analysis report. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050280 | Wireless Access Point for Facilitating Bidirectional, Application-Layer Communication Among Computing Devices - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for establishing bidirectional communication among computing devices. In some aspects, a wireless access establishes a communication link with a first computing device. The access point identifies, based on communications between the first computing device and the access point, an application executed on the first computing device. The access point determines that a second computing device that is in communication with the access point can present outputs generated by the application and generate input events usable by the application. The access point transmits a notification to the first computing device that the second computing device is accessible via the access point. The access point can transmit the notification based on determining that the second computing device can present the outputs and generate the input events that are usable by the application. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050281 | SEAMLESS PEER TO PEER INTERNET CONNECTIVITY - A system and methods for seamlessly providing access to a data network via a peer-to-peer connection service is provided. The peer-to-peer connection service is provided to a client device by a host device. The client device scans for available data network connections and recognizes a beacon broadcast by the host device. The beacon contains a unique identifier that indicates that the host device is configured to provide the peer-to-peer connection service. Upon recognizing the unique identifier, the client device transmits authentication credentials to the host device, which in turn transmits the authentication credentials to a server configured to determine whether a social media connection exists between a user account associated with the client device and a user account associated with the host device. If the social media connection exists, then the host device provides access credentials for the client device to access the peer-to-peer connection service. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050282 | METHOD FOR EXTENDING HYBRID HIGH AVAILABILITY CLUSTER ACROSS NETWORK - Method and apparatus for switching between a first server and a second server, each located within a virtual private cloud and the first server being located within a first zone and the second server being located within a second zone that is physically separate from the first zone. The method and apparatus can be configured to determine that the first server has experienced a failure to send or receive data. The method and apparatus can be further configured to enable a second port on the second server. The method and apparatus can be further configured to create a new route table at the second server and flush the previous rout table, as well as transmit, via the second port, a request to a virtual private cloud controller to update an elastic internet protocol address with the second port information and receive data from the virtual private cloud controller. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050283 | System and Method for Automatically Pushing Location-Specific Content to Users - In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for automatically pushing location-specific content to users may generally include identifying, by one or more computing devices, a geographic location at which a plurality of users have viewed location-specific content on their client devices, identifying at least one common content item associated with the location-specific content viewed by two or more of the users, receiving an indication that a first user is traveling to the geographic location and transmitting the common content item(s) for storage on a client device associated with the first user. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050284 | ZONE ALLOCATION IN A ZONE-BASED CONTENT SHARING PLATFORM - Zone allocation in a zone-based content sharing platform may be provided. The platform may be configured for receiving a selection of a zone; assigning the requested zone to a host; and enabling the host to administer the zone. Assigning the requested zone to the host may comprise enabling the host to administer the zone. Administering the zone may comprise, for example, enabling the host to moderate and/or promote the content shared within the zone. The host may further be enabled to control access to content shared within the zone. The assignment may last for a period of time. Upon the expiration of the period of time, the host may be unassigned from the zone and, thus, have their administrative control of the zone relinquished. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050285 | IMAGE LINKING AND SHARING - According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of linking images may include analyzing metadata of a plurality of image files each associated with an image of a plurality of images. The method may also include determining that the plurality of images are associated with the same event based on the analysis of the metadata. In addition, the method may include linking the plurality of images based on the determination that the plurality of images are associated with the same event. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050286 | Intelligent power and control policy for automotive applications - In automotive networking applications, data about vehicle's environment can be used in conjunction with a control policy to manage the performance and power usage of a networked device. The control policy can dynamically adjust the balance between link power and performance of the device's communications interface by taking into account the vehicles current situation and user preferences, e.g. location, destination, speed, sensor status, or the like. Controlling the balance between link power and performance of networked devices can be important in maximizing power savings without unacceptably decreasing network performance. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050287 | MANAGING ACCESS TO USER INFORMATION BY APPLICATIONS OPERATING IN AN ONLINE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - An online system regulates access to information about a user by associating an online system user identifier with a unique application-specific user identifier used by an application to identify the user. Each application communicating with the online system and installed by the user is associated with a unique application-specific user identifier that is associated with the user's online system user identifier. For example, information identifying an installed application and an application-specific user identifier are associated with the user's online system user identifier when the user installs the application. When communicating about a user with an installed application associated with the user, the online system identifies the user via the application-specific identifier associated with the installed application and may provide limited information associated with the online system user identifier associated with the application-specific identifier. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050288 | CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD, CONTENT TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A content transmission method including: searching, when a first information processing device receives a transmission request for a first content from a second information processing device, for a third information processing device within information processing devices, at least one of the information processing devices having a connection with the second information processing device and currently transmitting a second content to the second information processing device; and transmitting to the third information processing device, by the first information processing device, the first content and an instruction to transmit the transmitted first content from the third information processing device to the second information processing device in accordance with the transmission request. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050289 | AUTOMATIC SHARING OF DIGITAL CONTENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining that an event is occurring, in response to determining that the event is occurring, setting a sharing mode of a computing device to an automatic sharing mode, determining that first digital content has been generated, and in response to the automatic sharing mode and determining that the first digital content has been generated: automatically transmitting, to one or more servers, a first digital content file associated with the first digital content and instructions for distributing the first digital content using the one or more social networking services. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING UNIQUE PROFILES ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE - A social networking system enables users to join multiple user groups and create separate profiles for each group they join on the site. Each profile has a default set of user fields and a set of customized, administrator-created fields. Members of a group may create a profile when joining a particular group and may create the profile using a custom profile template generated for each group. Thus, if the same user joins a second group, they can create a new profile for the second group based on a profile template that is unique to the second group. The system may use information from the first profile to auto-populate the second profile if the second profile includes one or more of the same fields as the first profile. However, users may be able to edit the auto-populated information in the second profile to make it more specific to the second group. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050291 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING USEFUL DATA AND CORRESPONDING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication method is provided for transmitting useful data between a first traffic participant, at least one second traffic participant, and a central communication device. It is provided that the first traffic participant provides a data packet and transmits it to the central communication device, the data packet being assigned to a changing key that is transmitted together with the data packet, and that the first traffic participant transmits an identifier together with the key to the second traffic participant, and that the second traffic participant requests from the central communication device, using the key, the data packet assigned thereto, and assigns it to the first traffic participant. Also provided is a communication system. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050292 | LOCAL WEB RESOURCE ACCESS - A router can be configured to serve web resources in response to expected web resource requests without requesting such resources from a corresponding remote web server. In an example, this functionality can be achieved by the router, wherein the router is configured to: receive a web resource access request from a terminal device, the web resource access request including a target uniform resource locator (URL); perform a search in a data structure containing a plurality of local URLs according to the target URL; identify a local URL of the plurality of URLs corresponding to the target URL according to the performed search; acquire a local version of a target web resource corresponding to the target URL from locally stored web resources according to the identified local URL; and communicate the local version of the target web resource to the terminal device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050293 | Method and Apparatus for Data Interaction - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for data interaction, and the method includes: obtaining required times of data interaction between valid applications in a background application mode and a network; selecting a minimum required time from the current required times as a target required time of data interaction, and starting timing; when the target required time expires, obtaining each valid application whose current required time of data interaction is between two consecutive target required times, and determining the valid application as a target application; and activating a packet data protocol PDP, establishing a data link between the target application and the network, and performing data interaction, and then restarting timing. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050294 | DISTRIBUTED WORKLOAD REASSIGNMENT FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION FAILURE - A generation identifier is employed with various systems and methods in order to identify situations where a workload has been reassigned to a new node and where a workload is still being processed by an old node during a failure between nodes. A master node may assign a workload to a worker node. The worker node sends a request to access target data. The request may be associated with a generation identifier and workload identifier that identifies the node and workload. At some point, a failure occurs between the master node and worker node. The master node reassigns the workload to another worker node. The new worker node accesses the target data with a different generation identifier, indicating to the storage system that the workload has been reassigned. The old worker node receives an indication from the storage system that the workload has been reassigned and stops processing the workload. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050295 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ACCESS PROCESS DATA STORED ON A SERVER - Example methods and apparatus to access process data stored on a server are described herein. An example method includes receiving a request to access process data via a web browser, identifying a server that stores at least a portion of the process data, wherein the server is associated with an interoperability data packing format, accessing the server to receive the process data, converting the process data from a format associated with the interoperability data packing format to a web browsing format, and embedding at least a first portion of the converted process data into at least one data field for display via the web browser. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050296 | BATCH COMPRESSION MANAGEMENT OF MESSAGES - Batch compression management of messages. A message being sent to a batch for transmission is intercepted. The message is assigned to a batch pool, in which multiple batch pools are provided as sub-sets of the batch. The assigning of the message to the batch pool is based on a similarity of properties of the message with other messages and determined by looking up the properties in a batch pool mapping database. The message is added to the batch pool or a new batch pool is created for the message. A batch pool of messages is compressed using a dictionary of the properties common to at least some of the messages in the batch pool. The compressed batch pools are transmitted over an input/output channel. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - Methods and systems for compressing a logical data object for storage in a storage device in a distributed network are provided. One method includes creating, in the storage device, a compressed logical data object including a header and one or more allocated compressed sections with a predefined size, compressing the one or more obtained chunks of data corresponding to the logical data object, thus giving rise to the compressed data chunks, and storing the compressed data chunks in the compressed sections, wherein the compressed sections serve as atomic elements of compression or decompression operations during input/output transactions on the logical data object. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050298 | ONTOLOGY-BASED WAVEFORM RECONFIGURATION - A first node communicating with a second node over a connection having a first protocol receives a request to reconfigure the connection to operate on a second protocol. An agent executing on the first node determines that the first node requires a protocol component to communicate using the second protocol. The first node requests a description of the second protocol and receives the description of the second protocol from the second node. The description includes a structural description and a state machine description. An inference engine of the first node generates a composite model of the second protocol based on the structural description and the state machine description. The first node uses the composite model to construct a second protocol component configured to communicate using the second protocol. The first node transmits a signal over the second protocol to the second node using the second protocol component. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050299 | Flexible Data Packet Information Mapping And Modification - Methods and apparatuses pertaining to flexible information mapping and modification of data packets are described. A method may involve receiving a data packet, modifying one or more attributes of the data packet, and outputting the modified data packet. In modifying the one or more attributes of the data packet, the method may involve extracting information from the data packet, the information including one or more user-defined fields (UDFs) in a header of the data packet. The method may also involve defining one or more source user-defined fields (SUDFs) according to at least one UDF of the one or more UDFs. The method may further involve performing one or more actions with respect to at least one SUDF of the one or more SUDFs. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050300 | Zero-Copy Multiplexing Using Copy-On-Write - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing zero-copy multiplexing using copy-on-write are disclosed. Examples generally relate to both physical and virtualized computer systems. A computer-implemented method may include receiving notification of an incoming network packet, determining that a section of the network packet is to be modified, creating a copy of the network packet section to be modified, modifying the network packet section copy, and sending a memory location of the modified network packet section copy to an application. In a virtualized computer system, a hypervisor may receive notification of an incoming network packet, determine that a section of the network packet is to be modified, create a copy of the network packet section to be modified, modify the network packet section copy, and send a memory location of the modified network packet section copy to a guest when providing a modified network packet to the guest. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050301 | SYSTEM INTERCONNECT DYNAMIC SCALING HANDSHAKE USING SPARE BIT-LANE - A communications technique using spare bit-lanes to communicate changes in interface physical link layer bandwidth and/or active width provides for dynamic adjustment of power consumption of interface links without requiring a separate control path for exchanging the change information. One or more spare bit-lanes are used to communicate an indication of the operating frequency/active width change to the physical link layer of the remote side of the interface and an acknowledgement is sent back to provide complete handshaking of the operating characteristic change. The method can determine whether or not a spare bit-lane is available and prevent making the change if a spare bit-lane is not available until the interface is repaired and a spare bit-lane can then be used for communicating operating changes in operating frequency/active width. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050302 | HOUSING, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE HOUSING - A mobile phone is provided, which includes a metal bezel having a left bezel portion and a right bezel portion and covering at least one part of an outer circumferential edge of a main body of the mobile phone, wherein upper and lower corner bezel portions of the left and right bezel portion are formed to be thicker outwardly in comparison with a middle portion of the left and right bezel portions. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050303 | DEVICE COVER HAVING EMBEDDED FEATURES AND METHOD THEREOF - The present application discloses a device cover having an actuator triggering a message provided to an output device when the actuator is activated. The message can be a prerecorded message or dynamically stored message. In one embodiment, the device cover can provide warnings. In another embodiment, the device cover can be coupled with a holder to enable a loss prevention system whereby a disconnected cover would provide the activation request. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050304 | Mobile terminal and method for controlling answer mode of the mobile terminal and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium - The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling answer modes of a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: a hand free mode is enabled; it is determined through the motion sensor whether or not the mobile terminal is picked up in case where the hand free mode has been enabled and a receiver mode is not enabled; the receiver mode is enabled and the hand free mode is kept being enabled based on a determination that the mobile terminal is picked up; it is determined through the proximity sensor whether or not the mobile terminal is covered in case where both of the receiver mode and the hand free mode are enabled; and the hand free mode is disabled and the receiver mode is kept being enabled based on a determination that the mobile terminal is covered. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050305 | METHOD AND USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING CALL USING VOICE RECOGNITION - A method and a user terminal for performing a call using voice recognition are disclosed. The method and the user terminal include receiving a call request, obtaining a voice signal from a user in response to the call request, and determining whether the obtained voice signal is a call reception command to receive the call. The method and the user terminal perform the call in a handsfree mode based on the call request in response to the voice signal being the call reception command. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050306 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE - In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050307 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDING APPLICATION BADGE - A method for adding an application badge includes detecting whether a notification bar receives a notification message. The notification message is sent by an application to the notification bar after receiving an unread message. The method further includes determining the number of unread messages received by the application according to the notification message if the notification bar receives a notification message, and updating an icon of the application to display a badge value according to the number of unread messages. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050308 | MOVEMENT-BASED, USER IDENTITY AUTHENTICATED UNLOCKING AND LOCKING TRIGGERS FOR SMARTPHONES AND WEARABLE MOBILE DEVICES - A system for locking and unlocking the display of a smartphone or wearable mobile device, which includes the use of a unique movement-based identifier contained on the device. For unlocking, if the person can reproduce the input movement with similar enough characteristics to a reference movement stored on the phone, or to a previous input movement stored in the database, then the person is authenticated and the phone is unlocked. If there is insufficient similarity between reference and input, or if the input movement data exactly match the reference or any stored movement, the user is not authenticated and the smartphone remains locked. For locking, the person will move the smartphone into a position where the display would no longer be visible to the user. When such an event is detected, the smartphone will power itself down. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050309 | RESTRICTIVE CELL PHONE USE AND ANTI-TEXTING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Provided is a communications device system for simultaneously enabling and disabling a vehicle and a mobile communications device, the vehicle being for transporting at least a vehicle operator, the vehicle having an enabled mode for permitting motion of the vehicle and a disabled mode for preventing motion of the vehicle, the system comprising: mobile communications device for transmitting and receiving communication signals, the communications device having a fully operational mode for permitting transmission and reception of communication signals and an idle mode for preventing transmission of communication signals; a receiving receptacle secured within the vehicle and configured for receiving and securing the communications device within receiving receptacle so that the communications device is in the idle mode whenever the communications device is secured within the receiving receptacle; and, a vehicle enabling mechanism secured within the receiving receptacle and secured in communication with one or more operating components of said vehicle, the vehicle enabling mechanism being configured so that placement of the communication device into the receiving receptacle activates the vehicle enabling mechanism to put the vehicle in the enabled mode, and so that removal of the communication device from the receiving receptacle deactivates the vehicle enabling mechanism to put the vehicle in the disabled mode by way of RFID. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050310 | TRANSMISSION DETECTION, INTERRUPTION, AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for transmission detection, interruption, and notification are described. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050311 | REAL-TIME VOICE PAGING VOICE AUGMENTED CALLER ID / RING TONE ALIAS - A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory and an audible output device, where the one or more processors receive a call from a calling party that includes caller identification information and a voice paging message associated with the caller identification information, presenting the caller identification information, presenting the voice paging message as an alias of or to a ring tone or interleaved with the ring tone before the call from the calling party is answered or rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050312 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HOLD MEDIA SERVICE - An approach is provided for determining that a device has been placed on a hold status during a communication session, wherein hold media is presented to the device during the hold status. The approach involves determining that the device and/or the communication session is registered for a hold music service that provides media from a content provider. The approach also involves requesting personalized media from the content provider. The approach further involves presenting the personalized media to the device as the hold media during the hold status. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050313 | Conversation Recording With Real-Time Notification for Users of Communication Terminals - A recording device provides conversation recording with real-time notification between users of communication terminals engaged in a conversation. The recording device provides a recording start notification to a second communication terminal in response to receiving an initiate recording request from a first communication terminal, and initiates recording of the conversation. The recording device terminates recording of the conversation in response to receiving a terminate recording request from the first communication terminal, provides a recording stop notification to the second communication terminal, and saves the recorded conversation to a file in a file storage medium. The recording start and recording stop notifications can be either audible or electronic notifications. The first communication terminal may be muted prior to providing a notification, and un-muted subsequent to the notification. The recording device may obtain permission from the second communication terminal to record the conversation. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050314 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission system includes one or more processors that cause a source transmission terminal to transmit data to a destination transmission terminal, the processors including a receiving unit that receives availability information generated based on a current place of a destination candidate, a displaying unit that displays the availability information on a display to allow a user to determine whether transmitting the data to a destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate is appropriate, an operation reception unit that receives a selection of the destination candidate corresponding to the availability information displayed, and a transmission unit that transmits the data to the destination transmission terminal associated with the destination candidate the selection of which is received by the operation reception unit. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050315 | DRIVER STATUS INDICATOR - Embodiments are disclosed for determining a driver status and presenting the driver status to a calling party. In some embodiments, an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a display, a processor, and a storage device that stores instructions executable by the processor to receive vehicle status data from one or more vehicle systems and sensors. The instructions may also be executable to determine one or more parameters of operation for the vehicle based on the received vehicle status data, compare the one or more parameters of operation for the vehicle to one or more driver status indicator, determine a driver status of a driver of the vehicle based on the comparison of the parameters to the driver status indicators, and selectively send the driver status to a server, the server being located remotely from the vehicle. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAD ROUTING - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for managing and evaluating leads from incoming calls are provided. A first inbound call from a first caller may be received. A first set of information identifying characteristics of the first inbound call may be processed. A second set of information identifying characteristics of the first inbound call may be determined based on the first set of information. A first category may be matched to the first inbound call. A first receiver may be determined. A second inbound call from a second caller may be received. A third set of information identifying characteristics of the second inbound call may be processed. A fourth set of information identifying characteristics of the second inbound call may be determined based on the third set of information. A second category may be matched to the second inbound call. A second receiver may be determined. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050317 | AUTOMATED TESTING OF INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS - A device may receive an indication to test a call flow associated with an interactive voice response (IVR) system. The device may identify an input associated with the call flow, and may identify a first response associated with the call flow. The first response may be determined based on providing the input to the IVR system on a previous call. The device may initiate a test call with the IVR system. The test call may be initiated after the previous call, and may cause the input to be provided to the IVR system and a second response to be received from the IVR system. The device may identify the second response, and may compare first audio information, associated with the first response, and second audio information associated with the second response. The device may determine a test result based on the comparison, and may provide the test result. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050318 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information exchange method is provided. The method includes receiving interacting information input by a user, encoding the interacting information to obtain voice signals, sending the voice signals to a server, and receiving feedback information sent by the server indicating a processing result associated with the interacting information. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050319 | REMOTE CALL CENTER SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK - This invention is a system and method for making remote calls linked to a call center, which is also capable monitoring the quality of the calls made by the sales agents at a call center. The sales agents can make the calls, without the need for a computer, using only a fixed or mobile telephone line from a remote station, which may be their home or elsewhere. The system includes a database with information of the customers and of the recorded calls made by the agents, a centralized call platform (CCP) with a server connected to the database, which concentrates in a virtual place all the calls made by the various agents and controls the numerical menus with the respective options through an automated interactive voice response (IVR) system that allows the platform to interact with an agent through the use of voice and touch input via keyboard, a plurality of remote call stations each with a fixed telephone line, and a central station or call center where the centralized platform is disposed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050320 | Call Center Call-Back Push Notifications - A method for creating a push notification at a call center includes: receiving a call from a caller device; receiving, from the caller device, caller identification information; receiving, from the caller device, an inquiry; generating an encrypted token including the caller identification information and the inquiry; and when an agent is available, sending a push notification to the caller device for connecting the caller to the agent, the push notification being associated with the encrypted token, and wherein the agent uses the caller identification information from the encrypted token when the agent is addressing the inquiry. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050321 | COMPUTER-PROGRAMMED TELEPHONE-ENABLED DEVICES FOR PROCESSING AND MANAGING NUMEROUS SIMULTANEOUS VOICE CONVERSATIONS CONDUCTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK AND COMPUTER METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THEREOF - In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer-implemented method, including: causing, by a specifically programmed computer call management communication system, to transform, over a computer network, computing devices of users, into corresponding specialized call management devices, by having each computing device to execute a specialized call management client software application being in electronic communication with the specifically programmed computer call management communication system over the computer network by utilizing SIP; where the specialized call management client software application generates specialized graphical user interfaces configured to allow each user to concurrently initiate and maintain, over the computer network, a plurality of voice communications of distinct types with other users, by, for example, allowing each user to independently and dynamically divert, in real-time, any voice communication of any type to any audio device associated with a corresponding specialized call management device of such user. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050322 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTING PRINT JOB, METHOD FOR RESUBMITTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing system includes a registration portion configured to, when a print job to print an image onto a sheet of paper is executed after specified conditions are modified, store attribute data containing a user identifier and a job identifier into a storage portion, the user identifier being for identifying a user who has given a command to execute the print job, the job identifier being for identifying the print job; a determining portion configured to, when the user identifier is entered, determine whether or not the print job corresponding to the job identifier of the attribute data containing the user identifier can be executed in accordance with the conditions; and a re-execution portion configured to, when the determining portion determines that the print job can be executed in accordance with the conditions, execute the print job once again. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050323 | IMAGE DATA STORING DEVICE, METHOD OF STORING IMAGE DATA AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image data storing device includes: an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data; a storing unit that stores the image data obtained by the image data obtaining unit into any one of plural storage regions, to each of which a name is assigned; a reception unit that receives the name of the storage region in which the image data is stored from external equipment, the name being obtained by the external equipment that takes the image data from the storage region, and the name being set by a user; and a memory that stores the name received by the reception unit in association with the storage region. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The system includes a terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus that comprises: a communication unit that performs near field wireless communication; a communication controller that controls the communication unit so as to receive document identification information for identifying a document and personal information to be input to the document transmitted from the terminal apparatus through near field wireless communication; a storage unit that stores document identification information for identifying a document, document image information, and entry position information of entries in association with each other for each document; and an information combining unit that searches the storage unit for the document image information and the entry position information stored in association with the same document identification information as the received document identification information and generates a combined image in which the received personal information is combined at a position on a document image indicated by the entry position information. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050325 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes the following elements. A reading unit reads an image from a recording medium. An obtaining unit obtains a character string input by an operator. A display unit displays plural items of identification information for identifying plural candidates of a destination to which the image is sent and displays, upon obtaining the character string, at least one item of identification information including the character string, instead of displaying the plural items of identification information. A sending unit sends the image to a destination identified by an item of identification information set by the operator. Each of the plural items of identification information includes a network name and a computer name of plural levels of a hierarchy, and the display unit displays identification information including a network name or a computer name of one of the levels of the hierarchy which includes the character string. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050326 | CLOUD SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING, BY CLOUD SYSTEM, CONTENT - Provided is a system for providing a cloud service for display, the system including: an image forming apparatus configured to generate scan data including scanning a document and assign a display device to which the scan data is to be transmitted through a chat room; a cloud configured to receive the scan data from the image forming apparatus and transmit the scan data to the display device; and the display device, wherein the display device is configured to display the scan data received from the cloud. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050327 | Information Management System, and Printer - Customers are able to obtain information printed on a receipt without greatly changing the configuration of devices such as POS registers that process product sales. In an information management system | 2016-02-18 |
20160050328 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus to connect to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), and which includes a storage to store a metro application to provide a user interface window including status information of the image forming apparatus and a V4 driver to communicate with the image forming apparatus, a communicating interface to receive a first status message and address information of the image forming apparatus by using the V4 driver, a controller to control the communicating interface to request a second status message that is more detailed than a first status message to the image forming apparatus by using the metro application and the address information, and a display to display at least one of the first status message and the second status message on a user interface window provided by the metro application. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050329 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device, including: a base; a conveyor for conveying a sheet; a supporter configured to be movable between a first position and a second position; a pair of regulators provided so as to protrude from respective widthwise opposite ends of the supporter and configured to regulate a position, in a widthwise direction, of the sheet supported by the supporter; a pair of engaged portions each constituted by one of a recess and a hole formed in a corresponding one of the regulators; and a pair of engaging portions protruding from the base so as to correspond to the pair of engaged portions, the engaging portions being configured to engage with the engaged portions when the supporter is located at the first position and to disengage from the engaged portions when the supporter is located at a position that is shifted from the first position toward the second position. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A user is enabled to make different selection as to whether or not to include a blank page for each data processing. A storage portion stores setting information indicating whether or not to perform data processing of image data with a blank page excluded for each data processing, and a control portion judges whether or not each data processing is processing performed with a blank page of the image data excluded based on the setting information stored in the storage portion, and executes first data processing which is judged as processing performed with the blank page excluded by excluding the blank page as well as executes second data processing which is judged as processing performed without excluding the blank page concurrently with the first data processing by including the blank page. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050331 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a request from an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the image processing apparatus via a network, a determination unit configured to, based on authority information about user's authority included in the request received by the receiving unit and setting item information for identifying a setting item included in the request, determine whether a user has a write authority on the setting item, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the user has the write authority on the setting item, control whether to permit a change of a setting value of the setting item, based on a setting value of security policy information associated with the setting item. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050332 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DYNAMIC RECONFIGURABLE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - To reduce power consumption, an image processing apparatus comprises: an identifying unit configured to identify a logic circuit according to a job; a selecting unit configured to select configuration data corresponding to the logic circuit identified by the identifying unit; a first transferring unit configured to transfer the configuration data selected by the selecting unit to a dynamic reconfiguration unit; and a second transferring unit configured to, in a case where an image process related to the job in the dynamic reconfiguration unit to which the configuration data was transferred by the first transferring unit is ended, transfer configuration data of a logic circuit of a dummy process to the dynamic reconfiguration unit. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050333 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - An image scanning apparatus and method are provided. The image scanning apparatus includes a scanner configured to scan a document to generate a scan image, a driver configured to move the document or the scanner, a position sensor configured to, in response to the scanner or the document passing a preset position, generate a position interruption, and a controller configured to control the driver to move the scanner or the document according to a scan command. The scanner scans the document without control of the controller after the position interruption is generated and then a preset time elapses. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050334 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - It is determined based on processing to be performed on image data generated by reading by a first reading unit and a second reading unit, whether to separate, into image data of the first surface and image data of the second surface, image data that has been generated by reading by the first reading unit configured to read the first surface of a document, and the second reading unit configured to read the second surface of the document, and that includes the first surface and the second surface. When it is determined to separate the image data, the image data including the first surface and the second surface is separated into the image data of the first surface and the image data of the second surface. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050335 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A stress of a user caused by a waiting time at the time of activation of a printing apparatus or at the time of return from a power save mode to a normal mode is reduced. An information processing apparatus having a storage device includes a control unit configured to control the information processing apparatus and a storage control unit configured to control the storage device in accordance with instructions transmitted from the control unit, and the storage control unit transmits information indicating that communication with the storage device has been established to the control unit in response to a communication establishment request from the control unit before the communication with the storage device is established. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050336 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND FACSIMILE DEVICE - Disclosed is a non-transitory storage medium storing a communication program for causing a processor to execute a method including steps of receiving an input of facsimile data; determining whether an identification image is added to the received facsimile data; a step of retrieving, when the identification image is added, information indicating an association with different facsimile data from the identification image that is added to the facsimile data; storing the received facsimile data in a predetermined memory, wherein the received facsimile data is associated with the different facsimile data based on the retrieved information; generating, when the identification image is not added, the information indicating the association with the different facsimile data; and adding, to the facsimile data, the identification image that is generated based on the information indicating the association with the different facsimile data. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050337 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a setting unit, an image reading unit, an image forming unit, and a setting changing unit. The setting unit sets copying conditions. The image reading unit reads images from sheets to generate image data and writes the image data into a memory unit. The image forming unit forms images on sheets based on the image data written into the memory unit. The setting changing unit changes the setting of the copying conditions when a new copying condition is set during the image forming of the image data written into the memory unit. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050338 | SKEW DETECTION - Presented is a skew detection apparatus. In one form, the apparatus estimates skew based on the locations of a set of foreground content pixels or a set of edge pixels that are nearest to the side of an image of a document. In another form, the apparatus includes a skew estimation unit adapted to estimate skew based on the orientation of foreground or background content in the interior of a document. In another form, the apparatus estimates skew using segments of an image of a document. Also presented is a document image processing apparatus including the skew detection apparatus. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050339 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus can reduce degradation of the line quality in an output image by a simple method while maintaining the stability of the density characteristics of the output image, and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, in accordance with the amount of change, from a reference density value, of a density value measured from a test pattern image formed on a photosensitive drum, the image forming apparatus according to the invention creates LUT | 2016-02-18 |
20160050340 | DEVICE HUB SYSTEM WITH RESOURCE ACCESS MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A device hub system includes: a control unit configured to: generate a workroom for providing access to a workroom accessible resource, including an enterprise multifunctional printer, protected by a network firewall; provide authentication for a participant device to access the workroom; receive a workroom request through the workroom; generate a workroom sharable information from the workroom request; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to distribute the workroom sharable information within the workroom. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050341 | SECURITY FEATURE FOR DIGITAL IMAGING - A method including: providing an image; encrypting an encryption region of the image, the encryption region is less than the whole region of the image; keeping a remaining region of the image unencrypted to provide a partially encrypted image; and storing the partially encrypted image. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An imaging means acquires an imaged image in a predetermined imaging range for each predetermined frame rate. An image processing means performs image processing on image data of the image captured by the imaging means. A first setting means (S | 2016-02-18 |
20160050343 | USING DYNAMIC MODE DECOMPOSITION FOR REAL-TIME BACKGROUND/FOREGROUND SEPARATION IN VIDEO - The technique of dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) is disclosed herein for the purpose of robustly separating video frames into background (low-rank) and foreground (sparse) components in real-time. Foreground/background separation is achieved at the computational cost of just one singular value decomposition (SVD) and one linear equation solve, thus producing results orders of magnitude faster than robust principal component analysis (RPCA). Additional techniques, including techniques for analyzing the video for multi-resolution time-scale components, and techniques for reusing computations to allow processing of streaming video in real time, are also described herein. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050344 | Camera Mountable Arm - A camera mountable arm includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment includes a recess extending substantially along a length of the first segment, and is configured to detachably couple to a camera. The first segment is rotatably coupled to the second segment and the second segment is rotatably coupled to the third segment. The arm is operable in a plurality of positions, including: a folded position, where the first, second, and third segments are aligned to be mutually length-wise parallel such that the second segment is enclosed within the recess along the first segment, and the first and second segments are substantially flush with the third segment; and an outstretched position, where the first and second segments are separated by a first angular displacement and the second and third segments by a second angular displacement. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050345 | INFRARED VIDEO DISPLAY EYEWEAR - A wearable display apparatus for viewing video images of scenes and/or objects illuminated with infrared light, the display apparatus including a transparent display that is positioned in a user's field of vision when the display apparatus is worn, a stereoscopic video camera device including at least two cameras that each capture reflected infrared light images of a surrounding environment and a projection system that receives the infrared light images from the stereoscopic camera device, and simultaneously projects (i) a first infrared-illuminated video image in real-time onto a left eye viewport portion of the transparent display that overlaps a user's left eye field of vision and (ii) a second infrared-illuminated video image in real-time onto a right eye viewport portion of the transparent display that overlaps a user's right eye field of vision. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050346 | INTEGRATED DEPTH CAMERA - The depth camera includes a control module and a lighting module. The control module includes a control board, a control unit mounted on the control board, a seat mounted on the control board and over the control unit and a lens rooted in the seat. The lighting module is superposed on the control module and includes a lighting board with a through hole for receiving the lens, lighting units mounted on the lighting board and a reflector set composed of a base plate and reflectors formed thereon. Each reflector has an opening surrounding one of the lighting units. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050347 | DEPTH CAMERA - The depth camera includes a control module and a lighting module. The control module includes a control board, a control unit, a seat and a lens mounted on the seat. The lighting module is mechanically and electrically connected to the control module and includes a base board having a through hole for being passed by the lens and corresponding to the control board in position. A plurality of lighting units are symmetrically arranged on the base board and beside the through hole. A shade module is fastened on the base board and has a mount board and shades thereon. The bottom of each shade has an opening for receiving one of the lighting units. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050348 | IMAGE SCANNING AND OBJECT STORAGE - An enclosure that can be utilized with an image capture device for digitizing documents can include a bin having a platform panel, an aperture panel, and side support panels. The aperture panel comprises an aperture passing through it. Documents or objects may be gathered and/or stored within the bin. When a user desires to digitally capture the documents or objects, the user may turn the bin on its side so that the aperture panel is on top and the platform panel is on bottom, place a document on the platform with the document facing the aperture, place an image capture device on the aperture panel with the image capture sensor aligned with the aperture and therefore facing the document, and capture an image of the document. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050349 | PANORAMIC VIDEO - A direction corresponding to at least one of a predefined event located in the surrounding of a detector of a panoramic video and a reference direction of the detector is established. A preset view of the panoramic video is determined based on the established direction. Playback of the panoramic video is based on the determined preset view. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050350 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit and at least one lens. The integrated circuit comprises an image sensor having a light sensing region. The light sensing region is partitioned into sub-regions. The integrated circuit also comprises a processor coupled with and beneath the image sensor. The processor is configured to generate a first processed image based on an image captured by one sub-region, and a second processed image based on another image captured by another sub-region. The first processed image and the second processed image are generated based on a pixel correction process executed by the processor which corrects one or more of the image or the another image based on a predefined light reception factor associated with the sub-regions. The image sensor is configured to receive light via the light sensing region through the at least one lens. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050351 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PHOTOGRAPHING BY USING MULTIPLE IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES, AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHODS THEREOF - An image photographing apparatus, an image photographing method thereof, and an image photographing system using a plurality of image photographing apparatuses, and an image photographing method thereof are provided. The image photographing apparatus includes: a camera configured to capture a first image of a subject by using a lens having a first focal distance; a combiner configured to combine the image photographing apparatus with another image photographing apparatus including a lens having a second focal distance different from the first focal distance; a controller configured to, in response to a photographing command being input, control the camera and the another image photographing apparatus to respectively perform photographing; an image processor configured to generate a captured image by using the first image captured by the camera and a second image captured by the another image photographing apparatus; and a display configured to display the captured image. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050352 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TIME-DELAY PHOTOGRAPHING - A method for performing time-delay photographing, includes: displaying a photographing interface including a shutter operation control, wherein the shutter operation control further includes a shutter button and a time-setting region outside the shutter button; determining a delay time for photographing according to the time-setting region; and photographing according to the delay time. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050353 | IMAGE FORMATS AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Image data may be color graded, distributed and viewed on target displays. Mappings that preserve mid-range points and mid-range contrast may be applied to view the image data for color grading and to prepare the image data for display on a target display. The image data may be expanded to exploit the dynamic range of the target display without affecting mid-tone values. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050354 | High Dynamic Range Array Camera - In embodiments, a camera device includes HDR monochromatic image sensors that capture an image as an HDR clear image in monochrome, and the camera device includes HDR color image sensors that capture the image as a Bayer image. The HDR monochromatic image sensors may be implemented as interlaced pixel lines having alternating higher exposure times and lower exposure times, or may be implemented as a checkerboard pixel pattern with white pixels of the checkerboard pixel pattern having an exposure duration and black pixels of the checkerboard pixel pattern having a different exposure duration. The camera device implements image processing algorithms that demosaic the Bayer image to generate an initial color image, and demosaic the HDR clear image to generate a clear image. An image fusion application then produces an enhanced, high-resolution HDR color image based on the initial color image and the clear image. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050355 | STORYBOARDS FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for using storyboards in controlling a camera for capturing images, photographs, or video. According to one exemplary technique, at least two storyboards are stored. In addition, at least one storyboard identifier from a camera application is received. Also, using the storyboard identifier, a storyboard of the stored at least two storyboards is retrieved. The retrieved storyboard includes a sequence of control frames for controlling a camera. Additionally, a sequence of image frames is captured at least by controlling a camera using the retrieved storyboard. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING ONBOARD EVENT DETECTION AND/OR IMAGE CAPTURE STRATEGY USING EXTERNAL SOURCE DATA - A system for use on a vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer comprises a communications device that effects communications between the system and a remote system. The communications device is configured to receive data from the remote system. An event detector is configured to generate a trigger signal in response to detecting occurrence of predetermined events. An onboard computer is coupled to the communications device, the event detector, a media recorder, and a computer of the vehicle. One or more image capture devices at the vehicle are communicatively coupled to one or both of the onboard computer and the media recorder. The onboard computer is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the image capture devices and/or modify one or more parameters of the event detector based at least in part on the data received from the remote system. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050357 | IMAGING DEVICE SHOOTING A COMMON SUBJECT IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH OTHER IMAGING DEVICES - An imaging device shoots a common subject in synchronization with other imaging devices. The imaging device includes a processor. The processor receives states of the other imaging devices, compare an own state of the imaging device with the received states of the other imaging devices, and determine whether the imaging device functions as a main device or a subordinate device for setting an imaging condition. When the processor determines that the imaging device functions as the main device, the processor sends imaging information acquired or determined by the imaging device for shooting the common subject to the subordinate devices. When the processor determines that the imaging device functions as the subordinate device, the processor sets the imaging condition in the imaging device based on the imaging information received from the main device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050358 | Method and System for Multimedia Captures With Remote Triggering - There is provided a method, which includes providing a multimedia unit configured to capture still images and videos, receiving a triggering signal and capturing a still image and a video containing the still image, in response to the receiving of the triggering signal, where the video spans a window starting before and ending after the still image. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050359 | IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technology relates to an image sensor and an electronic apparatus which enable higher-quality images to be obtained. Provided is an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including one on-chip lens, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion layers formed below the on-chip lens. Each of at least two of the plurality of photoelectric conversion layers is split, partially formed, or partially shielded from light with respect to a light-receiving surface. The pixels are phase difference detection pixels for performing AF by phase difference detection or imaging pixels for generating an image. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050360 | System and Method for Controlling an Equipment Related to Image Capture - A method and system for controlling a setting of an equipment related to image capture comprises capturing position data and orientation data of a sensing device; determining position information of a region of interest (i.e. a node) to be treated by the equipment, relative to the position and orientation data of the sensing device; and outputting a control signal directed to the equipment, in order to control in real-time the setting of the equipment based on said position information of the region of interest. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING FOCUS IN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for automatically adjusting a focus in an image capturing device are provided. The method includes generating an image by capturing a subject through a lens when a flash unit is enabled, dividing the image into a plurality of windows, determining a brightest window from among the plurality of windows, and setting an Auto Focus (AF) detection area for performing an AF function centering on the determined window. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050362 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A DIGITAL IMAGE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF RECORDING THE METHOD AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A method of processing a digital image in an automatically transforming image display region on a display unit in a digital image processing apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an input image, generating a grip signal by detecting a user's grip, detecting a touch by a user and generating a grip signal, detecting the touch of the user on the display unit and generating a first touch signal, setting an image display region, when the grip signal and the first touch signal are generated at the same time, based on the touch location of the user detected on the display unit, and displaying the input image in the image display region set on the display unit. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050363 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING COMPLIANT FACIAL IMAGES FOR SELECTED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS - A method of recoding a photograph for use in a personal photo identification document such as a passport includes using a digital image capture system, including a digital camera, a computer processor, and memory to store specifications and requirements for a photo print in order to be compliant for use in a user selected photo ID such as a passport for a selected country or jurisdiction, using the digital image capture system to capture a facial image, using facial image processing techniques to provide automatic detection of a face and facial feature points on the facial image, processing the facial image and generating a visual indication of compliance, and when compliant, generating the photograph based on the compliant facial image. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050364 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE OF A DAMAGED VEHICLE - A device and method that assists a user in photographing a vehicle for documenting a condition of the vehicle for a vehicle insurance estimate. The device is a camera that captures images of the vehicle. The camera includes a screen that displays an image of the vehicle and a graphical arrow that indicates a direction in which a plurality of vehicle images are to be captured. The camera also includes a memory that stores a plurality of captured vehicle images of the vehicle each captured from a different vantage point. The camera transmits the plurality of captured vehicle images that are reviewed at an insurance estimate computer. | 2016-02-18 |