09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180061070 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention comprises a depth-image generator which, based on shape information representing a shape of an object in the captured images of the cameras, generates depth images corresponding to the captured images obtained from a plurality of cameras; a detector which, based on a generated depth image, detects a boundary region of the object in a corresponding captured image; a pixel map generator which, based on the boundary region in the captured image detected by the detector, generates a pixel map representing a contributing ratio for generating the virtual-viewpoint image for each pixel position of the captured image; and an output-image generator which generates the virtual-viewpoint image based on the captured images obtained from the plurality of cameras, and the pixel map corresponding to the captured images. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061071 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a virtual viewpoint in accordance with user operation, and a display controller configured to perform control such that a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on the virtual viewpoint and a second virtual viewpoint image having a virtual imaging range larger than a virtual imaging range of the first virtual viewpoint image are displayed on a display screen. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061073 | Speaker Spider Measurement Technique - A digital image of a speaker spider may be received from an optical microscope or laser microscope. The digital image is filtered to fill in voids in the digital image, where the voids are indicative of holes in the speaker spider. The filtered digital image is compared to design criteria. An indication on a display screen may indicate whether the fabricated speaker spider meets the design criteria. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061074 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention comprises: creating imaged document data, whose entire page is made up of one image object, based on document data including text objects within a page; determining whether each of the text objects is a text object that is displayed in a state where a user can visually recognize it; and embedding, based on results of the determination, data of a character string corresponding to the text object, that is displayed in a state where a user can visually recognize it, in the imaged document data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061075 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL DEVICE - A distance measurement device and an image capturing control device obtains height information and angle information on an image capturing unit based on a captured image signal output from an image capturing unit, and obtain distance information indicating a distance between the image capturing unit and a target object by using the height information and the angle information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061076 | FAST MULTI-OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the fast multi-object detection and tracking system. According to the system of the present invention, only a few frames are to be detected and the other frames are split into different size of steady motion segments in a binary way, and then the system of the present invention can predicted accurately. The system can help to achieve high tracking speed with multi-persons in high-definition videos and gain high accuracy as well. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061077 | DETERMINATION OF RESULT DATA ON THE BASIS OF MEDICAL MEASUREMENT DATA FROM VARIOUS MEASUREMENTS - A method is disclosed for determining result data based upon medical measurement data of an examination object. Within the method, a high-dimensional first parameter space is formed, in which measurement values of the various measurements are represented with the aid of value tuples. The measurement values of the various measurements are assigned to a value tuple based on their spatial arrangement in the examination object and/or on their temporal arrangement relative to one another. In the first parameter space, the value tuples are analyzed, using at least one mapping function to at least one further parameter space including a lower dimension than the first parameter space, in order to obtain result data. Furthermore, the result data is output, preferably visualized. In addition, a corresponding device for determining result ata is described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061078 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device divides a recognition purpose image into a plurality of areas, selects feature points in the recognition purpose image such that a bias of the number of the feature points included in each of the areas is small registers information on the selected feature points in the recognition purpose image in a memory and estimates a position and an orientation of the camera based on the recognition purpose image registered in the memory and based on a captured image captured by a camera. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061079 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that calculates three-dimensional information on a subject by a corresponding point search by taking one of three or more disparity images including the common subject to be a base image and one of the disparity images other than the base image to be a reference image, and includes: a search unit configured to search corresponding points base on an evaluation value in relation to a luminance gradient on an epi-polar line in each of the disparity images other the base image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061080 | Point Source Image Blur Mitigation - Apparatuses and methods for point source image blur mitigation are provided. An example method may include receiving, from an imaging detector, a plurality of pixel signals associated with respective pixels of an image over a stare time, and determining a trajectory of a point source within the image due to relative angular motion of the point source across a plurality of pixels of the image. The example method may further include determining a subset of pixels that intersect with the trajectory, and determining an estimated location of the point source within the image at an end of the stare time based on the pixel signals for each of the pixels within the subset of pixels. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that estimates waiting time in a waiting line with improved accuracy includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects in the waiting line, a second acquisition unit that acquires frequency of an object exiting the waiting line, and an estimation unit that estimates waiting time in the waiting line based on the acquired number of objects in the waiting line and the acquired frequency of an object exiting the waiting line. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING EPIPOLAR GEOMETRY - A method for estimating epipolar geometry and to be performed by a processing module includes the steps of: A) choosing, in each first and third images captured by a first image capturing module, two points which are collinear with a corresponding one of a first reference object in the first image and a second reference object in the third image, such that in each second and fourth images captured by a second image capturing module, two points corresponding to the two points chosen in a respective one of the first and third images are collinear with a corresponding one of the first reference object in the second image and the second reference object in the fourth image; and B) determining first and second epipoles based on the aforementioned points. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING IMAGE SIMILARITY AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system and method for calculating image similarity, each of which generates a retouch image using characteristic amounts relating to color, respectively obtained from a first image and a second image, and calculates similarity between the first image and the second image based on at least the retouch image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061084 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BANDWIDTH-SENSITIVE RENDERING OF A FOCAL AREA OF AN ANIMATION - Individual images for individual frames of an animation may be rendered to include individual focal areas. A focal area may include one or more of a foveal region corresponding to a gaze direction of a user, an area surrounding the foveal region, and/or other components. The foveal region may comprise a region along the user's line of sight that permits high visual acuity with respect to a periphery of the line of sight. A focal area within an image may be rendered based on parameter values of rendering parameters that are different from parameter values for an area outside the focal area. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061085 | SHADING CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SHADING CORRECTION APPARATUS - A first resin plate includes a phthalocyanine-based pigment as an organic fluorescent material and is used for shading correction in a case in which infrared excitation light with a center wavelength of 770 nm to 800 nm. A second resin plate includes an anthraquinone-based pigment as the organic fluorescent material and is used for shading correction in a case in which red excitation light with a center wavelength of 650 nm to 690 nm. An acquisition unit acquires a reference image obtained by irradiating the resin plates with the infrared excitation light and the red excitation light, respectively. A correction unit performs shading correction for a fluorescence image on the basis of the reference image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061086 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM - There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A determination unit determines color information of an object present in an object image from a virtual viewpoint. The color information of the object is determined by combining color information of the object in a captured image obtained by one or more image capturing apparatus selected based on position and orientation information of the virtual viewpoint, position and orientation information of the image capturing apparatuses, and position information of the object, by using a weight corresponding to an image capturing direction of the one or more image capturing apparatus and a position of the object in a field of view of the one or more image capturing apparatus. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING OPINION DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS VIA A WEB WIDGET AND DISPLAYING A GRAPHIC VISUALIZATION OF AGGREGATED OPINION DATA WITH WAVEFORMS THAT MAY BE EMBEDDED INTO THE WEB WIDGET - Opinion data may be obtained from individuals via a web widget and a graphic visualization of aggregated opinion data may be displayed via the web widget. The web widget may be provided for presentation via one or more third-party webpages. The web widget may include an input portion and a graphic visualization portion. A first instance of the web widget may be presented via a first third-party webpage. Via the input portion, input from users may be received on a plurality of aspects of one or more topics. The input may convey users' opinions of the plurality of aspects. The input may be received responsive to the users manipulating the input portion of the web widget. The graphical visualization may be updated in real time to represent input received from a plurality of users from a plurality of third-party web sites, or anywhere where the web widget may be displayed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061088 | GUIDED FILTER FOR MULTIPLE LEVEL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) - As set forth herein low energy signal data and high energy signal data can be acquired. A first material decomposed (MD) image of a first material basis and a second material decomposed (MD) image of a second material basis can be obtained using the low energy signal data and the high energy signal data. At least one of the first or second MD image can be input into a guide filter for output of at least one noise reduced and cross-contamination reduced image. A computed tomography (CT) imaging system can be provided that includes an X-ray source and a detector having a plurality of detector elements that detect X-ray beams emitted from the X-ray source. Low energy signal data and high energy signal data can be acquired using the detector. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061089 | Model-based Scatter Correction for Non-parallel-hole Collimators - Model-based scatter correction is used in SPECT with a non-parallel-hole collimator. Model-based scatter correction uses scatter kernels based on simulation to model the scatter for a given system and patient. For non-parallel-hole collimators, the measured sensitivity and measured vector maps are used in the modeling of scatter. The measured sensitivity is used to normalize the scatter kernels simulated for a parallel-hole collimator rather than attempting to simulate scatter with the complicated arrangement of holes. The measured vector maps are used to accurately project the model-based scatter sources into a data or emissions space. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061090 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC PROJECTIONS - A method for the automatic generation of synthetic projections of an examination object from at least one three-dimensional data set acquired by way of a medical imaging system. The three-dimensional data set is used as a basis for determining position information relating to the arrangement of structures of the examination object and at least one synthetic projection based on the position information. We also describe a projection-image-ascertaining facility for the automatic generation of synthetic projections and a computer program product for executing the method. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061091 | ANATOMY SEGMENTATION THROUGH LOW-RESOLUTION MULTI-ATLAS LABEL FUSION AND CORRECTIVE LEARNING - Computationally efficient anatomy segmentation through low-resolution multi-atlas label fusion and corrective learning is provided. In some embodiments, an input image is read. The input image has a first resolution. The input image is downsampled to a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The downsampled image is segmented into a plurality of labeled anatomical segments. Error correction is applied to the segmented image to generate an output image. The output image has the first resolution. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061092 | Tool for Creating and Editing Arcs - Techniques for a tool are described herein. In implementations, the tool is provided via a user interface for a digital media application that supports digital illustrations. The tool combines operations to create different types of segments for a drawing shape and covert between types of segments. The tool is configured to analyze the drawing to recognize segments that are straight, arc, or curved portions of the drawing path. For segments recognized as curved, the segments are represented as Bezier curve segments. For segments recognized as straight, the segments are represented as line segments. Additionally, line segments are associated with handle elements operable to convert the line segments to regular arc segments. Responsive to manipulation of a handle element for a particular line segment, the tool computes a corresponding regular arc and converts the line segment into a regular arc segment. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061093 | AUTOMATIC SNAP FOR DIGITAL SKETCH INKING - A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to ink a drawing. A coarse original sketch is loaded. User input drawing an initial stroke over the coarse original sketch is accepted. A stroke smoothness of the initial stroke is measured. A similarity between the initial stroke and the coarse original sketch is measured to determine a snap affect. The stroke smoothness and the snap affect are combined. The initial stroke is automatically/dynamically, without additional user input, modified based on the combination. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061094 | Method for Modeling and Interacting with Sequential Information - The present innovation discloses a novel method for modeling and dynamically interacting with sequential information on or by way of an electronic device. This method proceeds in three steps: formulating a path or surface that exhibits rotational periodicity and a degree of topological plasticity, mapping sequential information to that model, and providing a means for interacting with the newly-modeled data. In short, this innovation introduces a new technique and system for zooming in on any given sequence of data points within a periodic infrastructure without losing sight of the entire spectrum of information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061095 | VISUALIZATION OF CONNECTED DATA - A system and method for rendering data points contained in a set of generic data into a graphics object of a particular visualization type. The generic data is fetched by the system from a data store using data retrieval logic. Additional data bearing connection information about how to structure the generic data during rendering is fetched by one or more data retrieval plugins. The data retrieval plugins are selected from among a plurality of data retrieval plugins available to the system. The generic and additional data are rendered into a graphics object either jointly or sequentially. Through provision of these data retrieval plugins, it is thus possible to add visualization types that require additional data in a structured manner, or to add logic on how to connect fetched data points, without having to modify the system's own inbuilt data retrieval logic. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061096 | MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer implemented method of displaying a virtual patient chart. The method includes receiving data relating to a patient and generating, using a processor, a graphic representing at least one attribute related to a characteristic of the patient, wherein the generating uses a plurality of consistent visual modification rules that convey additional information to the graphic. The method also includes displaying the graphic on a virtual patient chart. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061097 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to reduce statistical errors in material decomposition images. In order to achieve this purpose, the present invention is characterized by having: a scatter plot generation unit ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180061098 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER'S ACTIVITY INFORMATION THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for providing user activity information are provided. The electronic device includes at least one sensor, a memory, a display, and at least one processor functionally coupled with the at least one sensor, the memory, and the display. The at least one processor is configured to control the at least one sensor to collect activity information about a user's activity, control the memory to store the collected activity information, control the display to display activity information collected on a particular date, using a 24-hour graph in response to an activity information display request, and control the display to display, when the activity information continues from a previous day of the particular date to the particular date and is of a particular type, previous-day activity information of the particular type on the 24-hour graph. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061099 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLUSTER SPINE GROUP ARRANGEMENT - A computer-implemented system and method for cluster spine group arrangement is provided. A set of spine groups each having one or more spines of clusters and at least one singleton cluster is obtained. Unique spine groups are identified within the set and placed in a center of a display. At least a portion of the remaining spine groups in the set are placed to extend radially from the unique spine groups in the display center. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061100 | UNCERTAINTY VISUALIZATION - A system, method and program product for annotating visualizations with uncertainty information. A system is provided that includes a visualization importer that imports a generated visualization; an uncertainty processor that locates a region of uncertainty in the generated visualization; and a graphics annotator that generates an annotated visualization having uncertainty artifacts that visually identify the region of uncertainty. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061101 | Simplified Mechanism for Displaying Multiple Documents on a Mobile Device - A simplified mechanism for displaying multiple documents on a mobile device is described. In embodiments, a tilt angle of a housing of the mobile device is detected to determine whether the mobile device is tilted. Based on the tilt angle, a transparency setting is automatically modified for a first document of an application that is displayed via a display device of the mobile device is. Then, a second document of the application is caused to be visible via the display device in response to the transparency setting being modified for the first document. In this way, a user can simply tilt the mobile device to switch between documents. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061102 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE AND DRIVE ASSIST METHOD - A drive assist device acquires an image captured by a rear camera that captures an image in a range behind the towing vehicle, including a hitch, and superimposes a pair of left and right predicted course lines and a plurality of distance indicator lines upon the image acquired for every distance increment from the towing vehicle, for display on a display device. The drive assist device produces a superimposed display in which each distance indicator line is divided into left and right segments so as not to be superimposed upon a region corresponding to a predicted trajectory of the hitch, and end segments of the left and right segments of the distance indicator line are tilted in a zenith direction until reaching the level of the hitch for indication of the level thereof. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061103 | Systems and Methods for Generating Display Views Tracking User Head Movement for Head-Mounted Display Devices - Provided are systems and methods for generating display views tracking user head movement for head-mounted display (HMD) devices. An exemplary method may include receiving, at the HMD device, a display image from a source device. In response to movement of the head of a user wearing the HMD device, the method may include generating, at the HMD device, video offset data via at least one motion sensor in the HMD device. The method may further include applying, at the HMD device, the video offset data to the display image to generate the display view. In various embodiments, the display view is smaller than, and a subset of, the display image. The method may include presenting, by the HMD device, the display view to the user. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A CONTROL SCHEME OVER VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT - Systems and methods for displaying a control scheme according to various aspects of the present technology include a generating and displaying a control scheme over interactive content displayed on a personal display headset. In one embodiment, the control scheme is superimposed over the interactive content displayed on a headset at the same time the control scheme is active on a secondary control device such as a tablet or smartphone. The secondary control device allows the user to interact with the interactive content as part of a virtual or augmented reality experience. Inputs made to the secondary control device are shown on the superimposed control scheme to allow the user to see if they are touching the secondary control device in the proper location to interact with the interactive content. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061105 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control device includes: an image acquisition unit acquiring a plurality of captured image data in a time series of output from an imagining unit imaging a periphery of a vehicle; an object detection unit detecting an object with respect to each of the plurality of captured image data; a movement calculation unit calculating a movement direction and speed of the object; a display information determination unit determining a position of display information corresponding to the object, displayed on a display area of second captured image data output from the imagining unit after the plurality of captured image data, based on the movement direction and speed; and a display controller causing a display unit to display the second captured image data, and to superimpose and display the display information on the display area based on the determined position. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXTUALLY VARYING IMAGERY ON A MAP - Map data for generating a digital map of a geographic area is received, the digital map is generated using the received map data, and the digital map is displayed via a user interface. An interactive runway of photographic images corresponding to objects located within the geographic area is generated, the runway being a linear arrangement of the photographic images. Generating the runway includes rating each of the candidate photographic images corresponding to objects located within the within the geographic area using viewing signals related to at least one of the photographic image or an object depicted in the photographic image, and selecting, from among the candidate photographic images, the photographic images for inclusion in the interactive runway, using the rating. The interactive runway is displayed over the digital map. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061107 | MACHINE CREATION OF PROGRAM WITH FRAME ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods, apparatus, and systems to create, output, and use animation programs comprising keyframes, objects, object states, and programming elements. Objects, object states, and programming elements may be created through image analysis of image input. Animation programs may be output as videos, as non-linear interactive experiences, and/or may be used to control electronic actuators in articulated armatures. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061108 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND TOOLS FOR 3D ANIMATION - Systems, tools and methods for 3D animation provided including: creating stereoscopic effect in 3D animation in a shot; determining maximum parallax in 3D animation; representation of stereo effect on a non-stereoscopic monitor in 3D animation; producing a digital contact sheet created for viewing in 3D animation; correcting for holes created by missing pixel information from a left camera perspective in 3D animation; real-time compositing of multiple stereo camera views in 3D animation; and emulation of multi-cam rig in 3D animation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061109 | Image Processing Device - Device comprising a memory ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180061110 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACES - A method for displaying and controlling an animation in a user interface on multiple electronic devices comprising: providing a first computer system comprising a first computer processor and a first electronic display coupled to the first computer processor, wherein the first computer processor is programmed to send animation instructions comprising a plurality of animation pathways, the animation pathways executed independently of one another with percentage completion to generate and display on the first electronic display of the first computer system a user interface (UI), wherein the animation pathways have different relative velocities as a function of percentage completion regardless of the duration(s) of the animation pathways; and sending the animation instructions to a second computing device comprising a second computer processor and a second electronic display coupled to the second computer processor, wherein the second computer processor is programmed to send the animation instructions comprising a plurality of animation pathways, the animation pathways executed independently of one another with percentage completion to generate and display on the second electronic display of the second computer system a user interface (UI), wherein the animation pathways have different relative velocities as a function of percentage completion regardless of the duration(s) of the animation pathways. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061111 | METHOD OF VISUALIZING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DATA VOLUME - A method of visualizing a three-dimensional object from a data volume is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes computing an irradiance cache for the data volume; and applying the irradiance cache during rendering of a three-dimensional image from the data volume. In an embodiment, entries of the irradiance cache are organized in a uniform grid. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED SCALABLE RAY PROCESSING - Ray tracing systems have computation units (“RACs”) adapted to perform ray tracing operations (e.g. intersection testing). There are multiple RACs. A centralized packet unit controls the allocation and testing of rays by the RACs. This allows RACs to be implemented without Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are expensive to implement, but the functionality of CAMs can still be achieved by implemented them in the centralized controller. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FUNCTIONAL IMAGING - A system includes a structural imaging acquisition unit, a functional imaging acquisition unit, and one or more processors. The structural imaging acquisition unit is configured to perform a structural scan to acquire structural imaging information of a patient. The functional imaging acquisition unit is configured to perform a functional scan to acquire functional imaging information of a patient. The one or more processors are configured to obtain, using the structural imaging information, a structural image of the patient including anatomical volumetric data; determine an anatomical probability map corresponding to a probability that a determined anatomical object correlates to potential functional data; obtain, using the functional imaging information, a functional image of the patient including functional volumetric data; re-distribute the functional volumetric data using the anatomical probability map to provide re-distributed functional volumetric data; and generate an image using the re-distributed functional volumetric data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061114 | ANGULATION PLANNING FOR A THREE DIMENSIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY - A method and system for operating an x-ray device for a creation of a three-dimensional angiography of a body vessel segment. A three-dimensional reconstruction of the body vessel segment is provided to a computing device of the x-ray device. A center line of the body vessel segment is computed. An axis of rotation is laid through the center line. The three-dimensional reconstruction is registered with the x-ray device. The suitability of at least one recording angle pair with a first and a second recording angle for the creation of the three-dimensional angiography is assessed on the basis of an assessment criterion by the computing device. One of the at least one assessed recording angle pairs is selected for creation of the three-dimensional angiography as a function of a result of the assessment, in order to improve the creation of the three-dimensional angiography. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061115 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - A graphics processing system includes a graphics processing pipeline, which includes a primitive generation stage and a pixel processing stage. The graphics processing system is arranged to process input data in the primitive generation stage to produce first primitive data associated with a first view of a scene and second primitive data associated with a second view of the scene. The graphics processing system is arranged to process the first primitive data in the pixel processing stage to produce first pixel-processed data associated with the first view. The graphics processing system is arranged to determine, for second pixel-processed data associated with the second view, whether to use the first pixel-processed data as the second pixel-processed data or whether to process the second primitive data in the pixel processing stage to produce the second pixel-processed data, and perform additional processing in the graphics processing pipeline based on the determining. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GAZE PREDICTIVE RENDERING OF A FOCAL AREA OF AN ANIMATION - Individual images for individual frames of an animation may be rendered to include individual focal areas. A focal area may include one or more of a foveal region corresponding to a gaze direction of a user, an area surrounding the foveal region, and/or other components. The foveal region may comprise a region along the user's line of sight that permits high visual acuity with respect to a periphery of the line of sight. A focal area within an image may be rendered based on parameter values of rendering parameters that are different from parameter values for an area outside the focal area. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061117 | Blind Spot Rendering Optimizations for Eye Tracking Head Mounted Displays - Embodiments described herein provide for blind spot rendering optimizations for eye tracking head mounted displays. One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising first logic to receive eye-tracking data from an eye tracking system, second logic to determine a blind spot region for a scene based on the eye tracking data, and third logic to provide identifying data for the blind spot region to a renderer. The renderer is configured to render pixels of the scene that fall within the blind spot region at a lower rendering quality relative to the remainder of the scene. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061118 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method of operating the image display apparatus are provided. An image display apparatus includes: a display; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a main view that provides an image of an area that corresponds to an angle of view in a 360-degree image, detect one or more objects in other areas of the 360-degree image than the area that corresponds to the angle of view in the 360-degree image, and control the display to display one or more sub-views that correspond to the one or more objects. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061119 | QUADRANGULATED LAYERED DEPTH IMAGES - In one general aspect, a computer-implemented method can include identifying a plurality of pixel samples included in a layered depth image (LDI) representation of a scene for rendering in a three-dimensional (3D) image in a virtual reality (VR) space, grouping, by a processor, a subset of the plurality of pixel samples into a block of data, including extracting each pixel sample included in the subset of the plurality of pixel samples from the LDI representation of the scene for inclusion in the block of data based on an error metric associated with the respective pixel sample, creating, by the processor, a texture map for a block of data, the texture map being associated with the block of data, storing the block of data and the texture map, and triggering a rendering of the 3D image in the VR space using the block of data and the texture map. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061120 | GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS - Examples relate to capturing and processing three dimensional (3D) scan data. In some examples, 3D scan data of a real-world object is obtained while the real-world object is repositioned in a number of orientations, where the 3D scan data includes 3D scan passes that are each associated with one of the orientations. A projector is used to project a visual cue related to a position of the real-world object as the real-world object is repositioned at each of the orientations. The 3D scan passes are stitched to generate a 3D model of the real-world object, where a real-time representation of the 3D model is shown on a display as each of the 3D scan passes is incorporated into the 3D model. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061121 | CONTINUOUS TIME WARP AND BINOCULAR TIME WARP FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to continuous and/or binocular time warping methods to account for head movement of the user without having to re-render a displayed image. Continuous time warping allows for transformation of an image from a first perspective to a second perspective of the viewer without having to re-render the image from the second perspective. Binocular time warp refers to the late-frame time warp used in connection with a display device including a left display unit for the left eye and a right display unit for the right eye where the late-frame time warp is performed separately for the left display unit and the right display unit. Warped images are sent to the left and the right display units where photons are generated and emitted toward respective eyes of the viewer, thereby displaying an image on the left and the right display units at the same time. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061122 | MULTI-RESOLUTION DEFERRED SHADING USING TEXEL SHADERS IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - A mechanism is described for facilitating multi-resolution deferred shading using texel shaders in computing environments. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes facilitating computation of shading rate in a first pass in a graphics pipeline, where the shading rate relates to a plurality of pixels. The method may further include facilitating texel shading operations in a second pass using the shading rate, where the first pass is performed separate from and prior to the second pass. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061123 | 3D VEHICLE LOCALIZING USING GEOARCS - Examples include methods, systems, and articles for localizing a vehicle relative to an imaged surface configuration. Localizing the vehicle may include selecting pairs of features in an image acquired from a sensor supported by the vehicle having corresponding identified pairs of features in a reference representation of the surface configuration. A three-dimensional geoarc may be generated based on an angle of view of the sensor and the selected feature pair in the reference representation. In some examples, a selected portion of the geoarc disposed a known distance of the vehicle away from the portion of the physical surface configuration may be determined. Locations where the selected portions of geoarcs for selected feature pairs overlap may be identified. In some examples, the reference representation may be defined in a three-dimensional space of volume elements (voxels), and voxels that are included in the highest number of geoarcs may be determined. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061124 | PARALLEL MICROPOLYGON RASTERIZERS - A parallel adaptable graphics rasterization system in which a primitive assembler includes a router to selectively route a primitive to a first rasterizer or one of a plurality of second rasterizers. The second rasterizers concurrently operate on different primitives and the primitive is selectively routed based on an area of the primitive. In some variations, a bounding box of the primitive is reduced to a predetermined number of pixels prior to providing the primitive to the one of the plurality of second rasterizers. Reducing the bounding box can include subtracting an origin of the bounding box from coordinates of points that represent the primitive. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061125 | COLLECTIVE NAVIGATION FOR VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICES - A computer-executed method is disclosed for collective navigation of distributed virtual reality (VR) devices. The method obtains a source vertex and a destination vertex for a VR device. The source vertex and the destination vertex include vertices of a graph model of a navigable space having a plurality of vertices. The vertices represent a point within the navigable space and the plurality of edges represent a path segment between two corresponding vertices. A subset of possible vertices, selected from the plurality of vertices, is determined for a navigable path. A vertex traffic potential is determined for each vertex of the subset of possible vertices. The navigable path, including one or more consecutive path segments selected to minimize both segment path lengths and vertex traffic potentials, is determined from the source vertex to the destination vertex. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDOOR POSITIONING AND DEVICE FOR CREATING INDOOR MAPS THEREOF - An indoor positioning method, indoor positioning system and indoor maps creating device thereof are provided. The method includes converting a panorama image corresponding to an indoor environment into a plurality of perspective images, and extracting a plurality of reference feature points and descriptors of the reference feature points from the perspective images; taking a shooting position of the panorama image as an origin, and recoding a plurality of 3D reference coordinate values corresponding to a central position of each perspective images; calculating 3D coordinate values of the reference feature points base on the 3D reference coordinate values, and storing the 3D coordinate values and the descriptors of the reference feature points as an indoor map corresponding to the indoor environment. The method also includes determining a 3D target coordinate value of a portable electronic device with respect to the origin of the indoor maps in the indoor environment. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061127 | MANAGING VIRTUAL CONTENT DISPLAYED TO A USER BASED ON MAPPED USER LOCATION - A technique for rendering virtual content to a user stores map data of features in a physical environment of the user and measures the location of the user with stationary sensors placed at respective locations within the environment. A server provides the location of the user and portions of the map data to a headset worn by the user. The headset is thus enabled to render virtual content at apparent locations that are based on the measured location of the user and the features described by the map data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061128 | Digital Content Rendering Coordination in Augmented Reality - Digital content rendering coordination techniques in augmented reality are described. In one example, a user is provided with a first display device via which an augmented reality environment is to be viewed that includes at least a partial view of a physical environment. As part of this physical environment, a second display device (e.g., a desktop monitor, a mobile phone, and so forth) is also viewable by a user through the first display device, i.e., is directly viewable. Techniques are described herein in which a view of digital content on the second display device is coordinated with a display of digital content on the first display device. This may be used to support a variety of usage scenarios to expand and share functionality associated with these different devices. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061129 | Method of Ground Adjustment for In-Vehicle Augmented Reality Systems - The disclosure includes implementations for providing ground adjustment for an in-vehicle augmented reality system. A system may include a three-dimensional heads-up display unit (“3D HUD”) installed in a vehicle. The system may include a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: determine a plurality of elevation values for a plurality of points on a road surface, where each elevation value is associated with a point from the plurality of points and describes the elevation of that point; identify a graphic for display on the 3D HUD, where the graphic is associated with at least one point from the plurality of points; determine which location of the 3D HUD is associated with the at least one point associated with the graphic; and display the graphic at the location of the 3D HUD so that the graphic superposes the point when viewed by a driver. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061130 | PERSONALIZED VIDEO-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY - In current systems, augmented reality graphics is generated at a central broadcast facility or studio where it is combined with the video that is transmitted to subscribers. By contrast, in the described system, the studio does not generate the graphics, but transmits video together with real-time metadata to the end-user set-top device. The end-user device generates the augmented reality graphics, using the metadata to determine positional and other parameters for displaying the graphics. Shifting the generation of augmented reality graphics to the consumer level facilitates end-user customization and individualized targeting of information by a broadcaster or advertiser. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061131 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING LOCATION-BASED SPACE OBJECT, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SPACE OBJECT, AND APPLICATION SYSTEM THEREOF - The disclosure is related to a method for creating location-based space object data, a method for displaying space object, and a system thereof. A cloud-based server is to receive a space object created by a user using a mobile device. The system simultaneously receives information related to a location of the space object. The location is indicative of ground-position data, space-angle data, or additional information related to the object's background image. When the system receives this space information, a viewable range with respect to every space object is defined. A searchable database is established when the system has collected sufficient space objects and information. A user is able to use a mobile device to search for the space object by utilizing the cloud-based server that receives space information and compares it with the database. The mobile device can display the corresponding space object after a search result is obtained. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061132 | MATH OPERATIONS IN MIXED OR VIRTUAL REALITY - Techniques described herein include graphically representing mathematical functions or operators in a mixed or virtual reality display device. The graphical representations may be moved around in a virtual reality space that includes displayed source material, such as data. If the graphical representations are located along a line of sight from a virtual location of a user of the mixed or virtual reality display device to the displayed source data, then the mathematical functions or operators represented by the graphical representations are applied to the displayed source data. Results may be displayed on the graphical representation virtually located closest to the virtual location of the user. Techniques described herein allow for simultaneous collaboration among mixed or virtual reality display devices of multiple users interacting with the graphical representations in the virtual reality space. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061133 | AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AS WELL AS IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - An augmented reality apparatus and system, an image processing method, and device are presented. The augmented reality system includes an augmented reality server and at least two augmented reality apparatuses. The augmented reality apparatuses includes first and second augmented reality apparatuses. The first augmented reality apparatus can acquire a facial image of a first user. The augmented reality server can receive the facial image of the first user, and conduct augmented reality processing on an image of a second user's surroundings sent by a second augmented reality apparatus, according to the facial image of the first user, thereby enriching the functions of the first augmented reality apparatus and enhancing the flexibility in augmented reality processing of images by the augmented reality server. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061134 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An HUD superimposes a display object, as a stereoscopic image or a planar image, on an actual scene. A display control device acquires information about a moving object and information about surrounding and estimates a relative distance between a display obstacle and the moving object. When it is determined that the display obstacle exists or can exist between the display object and the moving object, the display control device changes the display mode of the display object in accordance with the amount of change in the relative distance and notifies the HUD of the display mode. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061135 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus sets a predetermined transparency for each pixel of at least one of a first image and a second image, the first image including an image of a communication device including a plurality of ports in a first state in a cable connection and the second image including an image of the communication device in a second state in the cable connection, aligns the image of the communication device included in the first image with the image of the communication device included in the second image, combines the first image and the second image aligned to each other according to the transparency to create a composite image, and displays the composite image on a display apparatus. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061136 | AUDIO PROCESSING - A method comprising:
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20180061137 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a camera, a display configured to display a real image projected by the camera, and a controller configured to recognize the real image to request a traveling path corresponding to the real image from a robot cleaner, to generate an augmented reality (AR) image of the traveling path based on the traveling path received from the robot cleaner, and to display the AR image to be superimposed on the real image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061138 | VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM - Operations carried out according to a method and operations carried out by a system including at least one processor and memory configured to store instructions include following operations. Those operations include: obtaining real world image data using one or more image data capturing devices positioned at a real world site; obtaining real world non-image data using one or more sensors positioned at the real world site; creating a scene model based on the obtained real world image data; integrating the obtained real world non-image data with the created scene model; carrying out an object recognition process to identify one or more objects included in the scene model; and rendering the scene model to create a VR scene in which one or more users are immersed using one or more VR playback devices. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061139 | VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A virtual or augmented reality display system that controls a display using control information included with the virtual or augmented reality imagery that is intended to be shown on the display. The control information can be used to specify one of multiple possible display depth planes. The control information can also specify pixel shifts within a given depth plane or between depth planes. The system can also enhance head pose measurements from a sensor by using gain factors which vary based upon the user's head pose position within a physiological range of movement. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061140 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT SHAPING METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE COLOR ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A color adjustment unit in a shaping controller includes a 3D/2D conversion unit which converts 3D data representing a three-dimensional object having colored layers formed on the surface thereof into 2D data; a two-dimensional color patch data creating unit which creates, as two-dimensional color patch data, a plurality of 2D images in which at least one kind of parameter of a plurality of kinds of parameters related to a color of each layer of the colored layers in the converted 2D data is set at a plurality of different levels; a three-dimensional color patch data creating unit which applies thickness information about thicknesses of the colored layers depending on the number of layers of the colored layers to the two-dimensional color patch data to create three-dimensional color patch data; and a color patch layering unit which layers three-dimensional color patches depending on the thickness according to the three-dimensional color patch data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061141 | Method and System for Progressive Drape Update on Avatar Morph for Virtual Fitting - A method for progressive drape update on avatar morph for a virtual fitting system comprises steps for providing an infrastructured avatar for a three-dimensional body, providing an OBJ avatar, providing a garment, draping the garment on the infrastructured avatar, providing a morphable avatar so as to wrap the infrastructured avatar, performing metamorphosis of the morphable avatar from the infrastructured avatar to the OBJ avatar so as to provide a plurality of transitioning shapes of the morphable avatar, applying physically-based simulation of draping the garment to the plurality of transitioning shapes of the morphable avatar, and displaying the garment draped on the OBJ avatar on the screen of the information processing device using a result of the physically-based simulation of draping with the last frame of the morphable avatar. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061142 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - An object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal which allows an increase in a manufacturing cost to be suppressed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061143 | APPLICATION, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR TOLL COLLECTION - Applications, devices and systems for toll collection are disclosed herein. An example system includes a mobile computing device that generates location based information of the mobile computing device, queries a database of toll booths defined by toll booth location, determines that the location based information of the mobile computing device matches at least one of the toll booth locations, and transmits to a gateway server location based information and identifying information that identifies a vehicle. The toll is processed using the received information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061144 | Electronic Self-Service Parking Payment System - This invention is a system and method for allowing a user to efficiently pay for vehicle parking without using cash or a physical charge card, without interacting with a human attendant, and without utilizing equipment beyond a typical mobile device and an inexpensive machine installed in the parking space. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061145 | PARKING SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a system of managing a parking space, comprising: a) a server for managing and controlling the access of vehicles into the parking space; b) at least one beacon associated with a passage gate at a passage point for transmitting a wireless signal(s); c) an access control module adapted to open/close said passage gate and accordingly to notify the state of said passage gate; and d) a user terminal communication device adapted to receive and identify said wireless signals, and accordingly to notify said server and/or said access control module upon the identification of said at least one beacon, thereby enabling said server and/or said access control module to perform parking related tasks. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061146 | AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION BEACON - A small, self-contained, inexpensive, vehicle maintenance system has a vehicle unit that stores and retrieves maintenance information about a vehicle. The vehicle unit mounts on the inside of a vehicle's windshield and employs a solar panel to power it. The vehicle unit stores the vehicle maintenance information in an internal nonvolatile memory. The vehicle unit employs standard wireless technology to communicate with external computing devices such as a smart phone or tablet. The vehicle unit employs open architecture to allow various mechanics to access the stored maintenance information of the vehicle and various other information such as the type of oil being used, the past history and replacement part numbers. The vehicle unit also may receive information from the external computing device to store current information and add it to the maintenance history. The vehicle unit may also employ sensors and a communication device that can notify the driver when the vehicle has entered and exited maintenance bay. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061147 | Sked Start - A control unit disposed on a vehicle for use in a system for monitoring, configuring, programming and/or diagnosing operation on at least one vehicle system. The control unit comprising a user interface and a network interface to support communication between the control unit and at least one remote device, to perform various functions such as remote start, remote schedule start, vehicle health diagnostics, and tracking on the vehicle remotely. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061148 | SURROGATE VEHICLE SENSORS - Upon detecting a failure in a sensor in a vehicle, a request for a surrogate sensor is sent. Communications are established with an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the surrogate sensor. A vehicle subsystem is actuated based at least in part on data from the surrogate sensor. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061149 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC WIRELESS LOCK FOR EFFICIENTLY MANAGING AND ASSURING THE SAFETY, QUALITY AND SECURITY OF GOODS STORED WITHIN A TRUCK, TRACTOR OR TRAILER TRANSPORTED VIA A ROADWAY - A portable electronic wireless lock for ensuring the safety of goods, including humanly consumable goods. The lock is controlled by a smartphone, which also acts as a communications hub between the lock and a truckload owner or supervisor. According to the present invention, a truck driver uses a smartphone to interface between a trailer payload supervisor and the payload lock itself, to ensure the safety of the transported goods and comply with regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”). An electronic lock may, according to the present invention, interface electronically to a smartphone, so that while in motion, the smartphone ensures that the lock remains locked and controls its operation. Alternatively, such an electronic lock may be designed to permit only a limited number of locking cycles initiated by a truck driver until a loading supervisor intercedes in compliance with FSMA. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061150 | Vehicle Mode Detection Systems - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and devices for vehicle mode detection based on acceleration data and location data during a trip detected by mobile devices in a vehicle. According to some examples, location data will be compared to known routeway data to detect a vehicle mode. In other examples acceleration data will be used to calculate the consistency of vehicular velocity during a trip to detect a vehicle mode. In some additional aspects, multiple analyses will be performed on the same data sets to check for false positives with vehicle mode detection. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061151 | TRAFFIC EVENT RECORDING AND RECREATION - A system for identifying and reporting traffic events is presented. Position and motion data from two or more vehicles are uploaded to a data center. The system identifies an accident between first and second vehicles by correlating the motion and position information of the first vehicle with the motion and position information of the second vehicle. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061152 | FAULT MONITORING FOR VEHICLES - Method and apparatus for calculating probabilities of service interruptions based on fault event indications. Instances of fault event indications are filtered to remove duplicate indications for the same fault event. Then a probability of the fault event indication causing a service interruption is calculated by dividing a number of service interruptions caused by instances of the fault event indication by the number of fault event indications. In the event that a particular fault event indication is associated with a high probability of causing a service interruption, a message can be automatically generated and transmitted upon receipt of a future instance of the service interruption. The message can provide information related to short-term solutions to address the fault event, long-term solutions to address the fault event, and parts and tools for addressing the fault event. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061153 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - An information providing system of a vehicle includes a portable terminal that captures a picture of an inquiry target of an apparatus and equipment of the vehicle and transmits the captured picture, a recognition unit that recognizes the inquiry target indicated by the picture transmitted from the portable terminal, a processing unit that has a plurality of pieces of explanation information for explanation of the apparatus and the equipment, and selects and transmits the explanation information corresponding to the inquiry target recognized by the recognition unit, and a display unit that is provided in the vehicle to display the explanation information transmitted from the processing unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061154 | DOORBELL PACKAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Delivery parcel detection systems can be configured to unlock a door of a building to enable a delivery person to place the delivery parcel inside the building. The door can include a lock system configured to impede unauthorized entry into the building. Methods can include receiving a code configured to enable unlocking the door. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESS CONTROL - The present disclosure generally relates to a computerized method comprising: communicating access details of the facility from the mobile device to the facility for a first authentication process, the mobile device located in the vicinity of the facility initially in a secured state for preventing access thereto; receiving a request notification on the mobile device in response to positive authentication of the access details from the first authentication process, the request notification comprising a request for biometric data of the user; receiving an input of the biometric data on the mobile device; and communicating the biometric data from the mobile device to a host server for a second authentication process, wherein the facility is configured to change from the secured state to an unsecured state in response to positive authentication of the biometric data from the second authentication process, thereby providing, to the user, access to the facility. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061156 | CONSIDERING WHETHER A PORTABLE KEY DEVICE IS LOCATED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BARRIER - It is presented an access control device for considering whether a portable key device is located inside or outside a barrier. The access control device comprises: a first antenna being configured to be directed towards the outside of the barrier with a first antenna lobe; a second antenna being configured to be directed towards the inside of the barrier with a second antenna lobe, a gain towards the outside by the second antenna is greater than a gain towards the inside by the first antenna, and the signal strength N from the portable key device using the second antenna is greater than using the first antenna at all positions of the portable key device on the inside; and a determiner arranged to consider the portable key device to be located on the outside of the barrier only when a first signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device received by the first antenna is greater than a second signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device received by the second antenna. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061157 | LOOSE ITEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES - A system includes a portable locker including a container that may receive and store items and a first lock coupled to the container and that may lock the container to block access to the stored items. The first lock includes a detector that may receive a wireless signal, and receiving the wireless signal causes the first lock to lock or unlock. The system also includes a restraint coupled to the container and includes a second lock. The second lock may secure the portable locker to a rider of an amusement park ride. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061158 | TRUSTED USER IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - Various arrangements for determining and setting an authorization level for an unknown person are presented. Facial recognition may be performed on a received video stream. An authorized user may be recognized in the video feed. Additionally, an unknown person may be identified in the video feed. A provisional authorization level may be granted for the unknown person based on proximity between the unknown person and the authorized user in the received video stream. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061159 | SUSPICIOUS PERSON REPORT SYSTEM AND SUSPICIOUS PERSON REPORT METHOD - A suspicious person report system includes: a biometric sensor detecting biometric data of a person in a first region; a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a suspicious person when the calculated stress index is higher than a reference value; a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region; a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region, the second region being a route after the first region before a third region; a monitoring unit checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the suspicious person to thereby track the suspicious person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the third region; and a warning unit emitting a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the suspicious person enters the third region. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061160 | INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE SHOWING SCHEDULING AND KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for dispensing a key from a key kiosk disposed at a realtor's office near a real property based on a showing appointment scheduled with a showing scheduling system. The appointment, including a date and time, as well as an authorized user is communicated from the showing scheduling system to the key kiosk. The user then authenticates herself or himself to the kiosk at the appropriate time, and the key is dispensed. The kiosk authenticates the user by scanning a QR code or using the physical location of the user. The kiosk will not dispense the key if the user has a different key that is checked out, but not returned yet. The key can be returned to the kiosk where it is dispensed, or a different key kiosk. The kiosk also dispenses a single common key when the user shows multiple properties. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061161 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects lining up in a queue when a target object targeted for measuring a queuing time enters the queue, a first detection unit that detects an object exiting the queue, and a measurement unit that measures, as a queuing time of the target object in the queue, a period from a time when the target object enters the queue to a time when a number of objects corresponding to the number acquired by the acquisition unit are detected by the first detection unit after the target object enters the queue. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061162 | SMART PACKAGE - Provided is a smart package. The smart package may include a body portion having an inner volume. A door may be coupled to the body portion, wherein the door is moveable between a closed and an open position. In the closed position the door restricts access to the inner volume of the body portion. In the open position, an opening to the inner volume is exposed for access to the inner volume. The smart package may also include a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device controls and monitors operation of the smart package, such as monitoring the status of the contents and the environment of the inner volume of the smart package. The smart package may also include a modular adapter coupled to an outer surface of the body portion, wherein the modular adapter is configured to releasably connect to an output of a delivery vehicle system. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061163 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DOOR LOCK - A control device for operating a rotary button of a door lock disposed on a door leaf, and includes a casing unit and a control unit. The casing unit includes a carrying module corresponding in position to the rotary button, and a supporting module mounted to the door leaf and movable relative to the carrying module in at least one of two directions perpendicular to each other. The control unit includes an operating mechanism associated with the rotary button, a transmission mechanism associated with the operating mechanism, and a driving mechanism associated with the transmission mechanism, and capable of receiving a wireless signal to actuate the operating mechanism via the transmission mechanism, so as to operate the rotary button. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061164 | DOORBELL PACKAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Delivery parcel detection systems can include a remote computing device and a doorbell configured to detect a delivery parcel. Methods of enabling a door to be unlocked to allow access to a delivery person may include sending a digital key to a remote computing device. Methods may include ways to ensure security of the building. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061165 | LOCKABLE RECEPTACLE HAVING PLURAL SECURITY FEATURES - A lockable receptacle, including a housing having five walls and an opening, a first door disposed on the housing to close the opening of the housing, a locking mechanism to lock the first door, and a camera connected to the locking mechanism to unlock the locking mechanism in response to an authorized user being recognized by the camera. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061166 | OPTICALLY BASED BANKENOTE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM HAVING BROKE DISCRIMINATION - A method and a system are disclosed for processing a banknote. The method includes providing a banknote having at least one photonically active security feature, the banknote being moved along a conveyance path; illuminating the at least one security feature with light from a stimulus source; identifying a location of the at least one security feature by detecting an emission from the security feature; directing an excitation source at the identified location; illuminating the at least security feature with light from the excitation source; and detecting a further emission from the photonically active security feature in response to the light from the excitation source. Further the process includes the step of analyzing the shape and size of each object within an image during the search phase to determine if the object has the expected physical attributes of the real feature. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061167 | BILL SOFTNESS RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE - A bill softness recognition method and a bill softness recognition device are provided. The method includes: receiving bills; extracting and separating the bills to make the bills enter a bill channel in a separated manner; capturing a single-bill image and a bill background image of each of the extracted bills; rolling the extracted bill to make the bill press a plurality of prearranged force sensors; acquiring effective force signals fed back from the force sensors; acquiring an inclination angle of the bill based on the single-bill image and the bill background image; determining, based on the inclination angle, the force sensor that is pressed by the bill as an effective force sensor; and judging whether the effective force signal of the effective force sensor meets a preset softness condition, and determining the bill as a soft bill if the effective force signal meets the preset softness condition. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061168 | Cart Inventory System and Associated Methods - An example cart inventory system and associated methods are described. The example cart inventory system includes a cart and a detection system. The cart includes a frame, and a shelf movably mounted to the frame and configured to be positioned between an extended position and a folded position. A top surface and a rear surface of the shelf include first and second identifiers, respectively. The detection system is configured to detect the first identifier when the shelf is in the extended position and detect the second identifier when the shelf is positioned in the folded position. In the extended position, the top surface is oriented upwards relative to horizontal and the rear surface is disposed against the frame. In the folded position, the rear surface is oriented upwards relative to horizontal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061169 | ANALYTICS BASED CLIMATE CONTROL IN VENDING MACHINES - A climate-controlled vending machine is monitored using data analytics. The climate-controlled vending machine includes a primary storage unit for storing two or more items. A first slot of an item is determined to be available within a secondary storage unit of the climate-controlled vending machine. The secondary storage unit is a climate-controlled unit. A first item, of the two or more items within the primary storage unit, is transferred to the first slot of the secondary storage unit. The first item within the first slot of the secondary storage unit is altered to a first condition. A selection from a first user is received. In response to the reception of the selection of the first item, the first item is dispensed to the user from a dispensary unit, wherein the item is being of the first condition. The first slot is replenished with a replacement item from the primary storage. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061170 | INTAKE MECHANISM FOR A MERCHANDISER - The present application provides an intake mechanism for a product into a merchandiser. The intake mechanism may include an input tray, a reciprocating assembly to maneuver the input tray, an identification module, and an input control system. The input control system permits access to the merchandiser as the input tray is maneuvered by the reciprocating assembly if the product is identified by the identification module. | 2018-03-01 |