11th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210082066 | LEGAL MATTER PROGRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method of employing a computing device to present a graphical user interface (GUI) with a legal matter status bar and to enable a user to share the status bar with other users. A status bar is generated to include a representation of each phase of a legal matter, the phases represent a chronological order of event groupings throughout the legal matter. A user requests to share the status bar with another user. A portfolio of events associated with the status bar is copied and shared with the other user. The other user is granted or assigned editing authority or read-only authority based on the share request. Moreover, the sharing user may also maintain or relinquish editing authority, or the sharing user may be assigned read-only authority once the status bar is shared. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS - The present invention is directed to a system and method for document extraction and synthesis. Specifically, a system and method for extracting portions of a document to be changed and automatedly synthesizing the changes to the extracted portion of the document to conform to the language and structure required for the final document. The present invention allows a user to modify an existing set of laws and automatedly transform the changes into a final document that complies with the specified language and format requirements for that final document. For example, a bill drafter can select a provision of existing law to modify and the system will transform the changes to the existing law into a bill to be presented before the lawmaking body that complies with all of the precise language and formatting requirements of bills to be presented. The present invention could be a stand-alone system or could be incorporated into current document drafting systems that are capable of supporting the functionality of the present application. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082068 | Computerized Network System for Conducting Remote, Virtual Mediation Proceedings - A computerized network system is configured to enable a mediator to conduct remote, virtual proceedings between two or more adverse parties. Each of the adverse parties participate in the proceedings through a Party App, while the mediator uses a Mediator App. A network connection connects the parties and the mediator to a system server and a system database. Virtual mediation proceedings are conducted in multiple virtual meeting rooms, and all non-private communications and documents are tracked by a blockchain process and stored in the system database. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082069 | Patent Co-op - The present invention is a method of doing business that involves creating a novel business entity to function as an “Inventors Cooperative Alliance” (hereinafter referred to as an ICA). The primary function of the ICA is to dramatically lower the cost and risk of an individual inventor getting and marketing a patent by creating a sub-entity called a “Patent Co-op” which can be duplicated locally, or replicated thousands of times nation-wide by selling franchises. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082070 | DATABASE AND MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED SYSTEM FOR PATENT ANALYTICS, DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a machine learning model is trained on a plurality of patents. The present invention couples the machine learning model to a platform where a partner can discover inventions identified by the machine learning model and contact the patent owner in the real world to engage in discussions about acquiring the patent or the technology. The goal of the present invention is to enhance broader access to patent and technology rights across the innovation ecosystem. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082071 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPRESENTING USAGE OF AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM - A method and system for representing usage of an electronic learning system. The method and system involve receiving an input indicative of a selection of a property of the electronic learning system to be represented, the property including a course content provided by the electronic learning system and an activity available for that course content; receiving representation parameters that define a scope of the usage to be represented; determining an event count for the property during the period of interest; and generating a usage indicator for the property based at least on the event count. The usage indicator is generally reflective of at least a usage amount of the property during the period of interest. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082072 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR IDENTIFYING MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS OUTSIDE A PROCESS-OF-CARE STANDARD - A computer system for identifying medical care providers outside a process-of-care standard for a field of health care is configured to perform steps that include retrieving claim line item information including procedure/service codes, and retrieving definitions for marker code groups associated with each of a set of medical conditions; deriving, for each marker-condition pair, an actual rate of utilization of the marker code group for episodes of the associated medical condition; and assigning a status to each marker-condition pair in response to the actual rate of utilization respectively exceeding or not exceeding a target rate. The steps also include aggregating the statuses across the marker-condition pairs to obtain an overall score, and causing an output to be displayed in a viewable format. The output includes the overall score, each marker-condition pair of the set of medical conditions, and the status for each marker-condition pair of the set of medical conditions. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING TRANSPORTATION MODES FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS - Methods and systems for improving the selection of transportation methods are provided herein. An example method includes receiving information associated with a transportation need, ranking a plurality of mobility attributes associated with the transportation need, performing quantitative modeling and multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) analysis and linear programming using the ranking of the plurality of mobility attributes and available transportation modes, and ranking the available transportation modes for the transportation need in view of results from the linear programming and MCDM analysis. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082074 | ALLOCATION OF DYNAMICALLY BATCHED SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SERVICE REQUESTERS - A processor device has a CPU cooperating with an input device and an output device, under control of stored instructions, and is arranged to receive service requests at the input device, assign service requests received in successive time periods to respective batches of requests; access stored service provider data to identify available service providers from among a pool of service providers; after completing the assignment of service requests to a batch, perform a matching process to endeavour to match each service request of the batch of requests to a service provider; and for each service provider to whom a match is made, output a notification of the respective potential match from the output device. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING TRANSPORTATION DEVICES BASED ON CONVERSION PROBABILITY - The disclosed computer-implemented method may include implementing factors and conversion probabilities when matching a transportation requestor to a transportation provider. Matches between transportation requestors and transportation providers that rely solely on an estimation of arrival time may not give requestors or providers the best transportation options. Lacking these optimal transportation options, requestors and providers may move to other platforms. By looking at a various transportation factors and conversion probabilities, the method may provide optimal transportation options to both requestors and providers. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING PROVIDER DEVICES TO MULTIPLE REQUESTOR DEVICES - The disclosed computer-implemented method may calculate individual utility metrics for each combination of potential transportation requestors and cancellations to arrive at a more accurate total expected utility for shared transportation. In one embodiment, the method may reduce computation resource requirements by calculating each cancellation probability independently. In some examples, the method may only calculate utility metrics for some fixed number and/or percentage of the most probable combinations. In some embodiments, the method may account for travel time and/or distance when calculating utility metrics. By making matching decisions for shared transportation that account for the possibility of cancellation, the method may improve the efficiency of the transportation network. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082077 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING PROVIDER ACCEPTANCE PROBABILITY INTO TRANSPORTATION MATCHING - The disclosed dynamic transportation matching system may include a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations including receiving transportation requests from requestor devices. The dynamic transportation matching system may also identify a set of transportation provider devices and determine an acceptance probability for each provider device to determine a likelihood of accepting a transportation request. Additionally, the dynamic transportation matching system may match a provider device to each transportation request, based on the acceptance probabilities of each provider device for each transportation request, and send the transportation requests to the matched provider devices. Furthermore, the dynamic transportation matching system may send updates about the matches to the requestor devices. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082078 | THE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SELF-STEERING ELECTRIC TAXI AND SMART UNDERGROUND PARKING LOTS - The present invention relates to a system and method of operating the self-steering electric taxi and smart underground parking lots (SCP-S) | 2021-03-18 |
20210082079 | GENERATING A CUSTOMIZED EGRESS BLUEPRINT - The exemplary embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for generating a customized blueprint dynamically based on contextual data. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting contextual data within an environment and extracting one or more factors from the collected contextual data. The exemplary embodiments may additionally include generating an optimized path of egress by applying a model to the one or more factors and displaying the optimized path of egress on a device of a user. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082080 | SIGNAL ENCODING FOR INKS WITH LOW REFLECTIVITY - This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. The technology may be applied to retail packages and other printed objects, e.g., such as hang tags, labels and receipts. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082081 | SECURE IMAGE PIPELINE - Computer-implemented methods and systems for image security in computer vision applications are described. A shared secret is stored at an image sensor module and a trusted element. The shared secret includes a device-specific secret value and a definition of a plurality of pixel locations. An image is received at the image sensor module, which generates a watermark based on the secret value and applies the watermark to the image, based on the pixel locations, to create a watermarked image. The watermarked image is received at the trusted element, which validates the watermarked image based on the watermark. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082082 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A data processing method and a processing circuit are provided. The method includes obtaining a first input data and a data length of the first input data; obtaining a first value according to a byte offset and the data length of the first input data, the first value including N bits, each bit of the first value is either a first identifier or a second identifier, and each bit corresponding to one storage queue; obtaining a second input data according to the byte offset and the first input data, each sub-data corresponding to one bit in the first value; selecting the sub-data corresponding to a bit having the first identifier, and storing the selected sub-data in the storage queue corresponding to the bit having the first identifier; and when a data output condition is satisfied, outputting the sub-data stored in the storage queue. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082083 | DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF IMAGES FOR PROJECTION, AND/OR OF PROJECTION PARAMETERS, BASED ON USER(S) IN ENVIRONMENT - Implementations relate to dynamic adaptation of images for projection by a projector, based on one or more properties of user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. The projector can be associated with an automated assistant client of a client device. In some versions of those implementations, a pose of a user in the environment is determined and, based on the pose, a base image for projecting onto a surface is warped to generate a transformed image. The transformed image, when projected onto a surface and viewed from the pose of the user, mitigates perceived differences relative to the base image. The base image (on which the transformed image is based) can optionally be generated in dependence on a distance of the user. Some implementations additionally or alternatively relate to dynamic adaptation of projection parameters (e.g., a location for projection, a size of projection) based on one or more properties of user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082084 | VIRTUAL OBJECT TRANSLATION - Techniques are disclosed for translating a virtual object within a displayed scene in a digital environment in a realistic and intuitive manner. The realistic and intuitive translation is achieved due to new techniques that are used for determining locations of the virtual object in the digital scene as the virtual object is being translated responsive to user input. In some embodiments, a control plane is constructed based upon a point of interaction with a virtual object and an initial surface in the scene on which the virtual object is located. The constructed control plane is then used to determine locations in the scene for locating and displaying the virtual object as the virtual object is translated from its start position to an end position in the scene. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082085 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZED STITCHING OF OVERCAPTURE CONTENT - Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082086 | DEPTH-BASED IMAGE STITCHING FOR HANDLING PARALLAX - A solution to the problem of image and video stitching is disclosed that compensates for the effects of lens distortion, camera misalignment, and parallax in combining multiple images. The disclosed image stitching technique includes depth or disparity estimation, alignment, and blending processes configured to be computationally efficient and produce quality results by limiting the presence of noticeable seams and artifacts in the final stitched image. An inter-frame approach applies image stitching to video frames to maintain temporal continuity between successive frames across a stitched video output having a 360-degree viewing perspective. A temporal adjustment is configured to improve temporal continuity between a subsequent frame and a previous frame in a sequence of video frames. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082087 | IMAGE PIPELINE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are an image processing method and device using a line-wise operation. The image processing device, according to one embodiment, comprises: a receiver for receiving an image; at least one first line buffer for outputting the image into a line-wise image line; a first convolution operator for generating a feature map by performing a convolution operation on the basis of the output from the first line buffer; and a feature map processor for storing the output from the first convolution operator in units of at least one line, and processing so as to output the feature map stored in units of at least one line into a two-dimensional form, wherein at least one convolution operation operates in the form of a pipeline. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082088 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There are provided an image processor, an image processing method, and a program that acquire visible pixel information regarding a pixel viewed by a user in an image and perform blur processing on a basis of the visible pixel information and depth information indicating a depth value corresponding to each of pixels of the image during a predetermined period after the visible pixel information is acquired, thereby further enhancing a sense of immersion as if in a different space. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082089 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit, a small region setting unit, a determination unit, a search unit, a noise reduction unit, and a synthesis unit. The setting unit sets a target patch in an input image. The small region setting unit sets a small region near the target patch. The determination unit determines a number of similar patches to be detected as a patch similar to the target patch based on a noise amount in the small region. The search unit searches the input image for the similar patch based on the number of similar patches. The noise reduction unit configured to perform noise reduction processing with respect to the target patch using the target patch and the similar patch. The synthesis unit generates an image by synthesizing a plurality of patch groups subjected to the noise reduction processing. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082090 | OPTICAL SURFACE DEGRADATION DETECTION AND REMEDIATION - Optical surface degradation detection and remediation systems, devices, and methods are provided herein. An example method includes tracking a first object within images of an area of interest obtained over a period of time by an image sensor of a vehicle during vehicle movement; tracking a light source within the area of interest; determining a change in relative reflective intensity of the first object using the images, based on a light source angle formed between the light source and an optical plane of an optical surface the vehicle, the change in relative reflective intensity being indicative of veiling glare of the optical surface; and activating a remediating measure in response to the veiling glare. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082091 | DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING - A coordinated preset group comprises a plurality of condition presets that work with image editing software to apply a specialized group of editing settings to a native digital image upon actuation of the preset. Applying the editing settings transform the native image into an image having a desired look. Each condition preset of the coordinated preset group is configured to achieve the desired look when starting with a native image having a condition (such as a lighting condition) targeted by that particular condition preset. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082092 | ARTIFACT REMOVAL IN MEDICAL IMAGING - An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for image artifact removal. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may receive a primary image and analyze the primary image for global artifacts and local artifacts. The computing device may, in response to identifying a global artifact in the primary image, generate a secondary image with the global artifact removed utilizing a first generative adversarial network. The computing device may, in response to identifying a local artifact in the primary image, generate a patch with the local artifact removed utilizing a second generative adversarial network. The computing device may generate a hybrid image containing a reduction of global artifacts and a reduction of local artifacts by combining the secondary image and the patch utilizing a hybrid generative adversarial network. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082093 | RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT OF AERIAL IMAGES OR SATELLITE IMAGES - A method for resolution enhancement of images is described comprising the steps of providing ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210082094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION MULTI-APERTURE SPECTRAL IMAGING - Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082095 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A combination unit generates a plurality of composite two-dimensional images from a plurality of tomographic images acquired by performing tomosynthesis imaging on an object using different generation methods. In this case, the combination unit generates a first composite two-dimensional image having a quality corresponding to a two-dimensional image acquired by simple imaging or a second composite two-dimensional image in which a structure included in the object has been highlighted as at least one of the plurality of composite two-dimensional images. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082096 | LIGHT FIELD BASED REFLECTION REMOVAL - A method of processing light field images for separating a transmitted layer from a reflection layer. The method comprises capturing a plurality of views at a plurality of viewpoints with different polarization angles; obtaining an initial disparity estimation for a first view using SIFT-flow, and warping the first view to a reference view; optimizing an objective function comprising a transmitted layer and a secondary layer using an Augmented Lagrange Multiplier (ALM) with Alternating Direction Minimizing (ADM) strategy; updating the disparity estimation for the first view; repeating the steps of optimizing the objective function and updating the disparity estimation until the change in the objective function between two consecutive iterations is below a threshold; and separating the transmitted layer and the secondary layer using the disparity estimation for the first view. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082097 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image generation device includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: select a second face image from a plurality of face images stored in advance based on directions of faces included in the plurality of face images and a direction of a face included in an input first face image; deform the second face image based on feature points of the face included in the first face image and feature points of a face included in the second face image such that a face region of the second face image matches a face region of the first face image; and generate a third face image in which the face region of the first face image is synthesized with a region other than the face region of the deformed second face image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN SURFACES - A method and a system are described for detection of anomalies in surfaces, such as pipes. The method includes receiving an input comprising surface material type and plurality of frames of a real-time video stream associated with the surface. The method includes eliminating unwanted frames based on magnitude of 2-Dimensional optical flow vectors of the plurality of frames. The method includes identifying potential anomaly frames based on contours in a dense map created using a magnitude of displacement of each pixel of a frame. The method includes detecting in real-time anomalies in anomaly frames from potential anomaly frames based on trained models selected from a Model Mapping Table. The method includes classifying anomalies in the anomaly frames into anomaly classes using one or more deep learning techniques. The method includes generating a health report comprising anomalies in anomaly frames associated with the surface and providing health report to a user. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082099 | Periodic Semiconductor Device Misregistration Metrology System and Method - A misregistration metrology system and method useful in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, the multilayered semiconductor devices including a first periodic structure having a first pitch along a first axis, the first periodic structure being formed together with a first layer of the multilayered semiconductor device, a second periodic structure having a second pitch along a second axis, the second axis not being parallel to the first axis, the second periodic structure being formed together with the first layer of the multilayered semiconductor device and a third periodic structure having a third pitch along a third axis, the third axis not being parallel to the first axis and the third axis not being parallel to the second axis, the third periodic structure being formed together with a second layer of the multilayered semiconductor device, the third periodic structure and the first and second periodic structures overlying one another, the misregistration metrology system and method including generating a single image of the first periodic structure, the second periodic structure and third periodic structure, thereby providing an aggregate signal, extracting a first component from the aggregate signal, the first component being due to the first periodic structure, extracting a second component from the aggregate signal, the second component being due to the second periodic structure, extracting a third component from the aggregate signal, the third component being due to the third periodic structure and analyzing the first component, the second component and the third component, thereby to ascertain misregistration between the first layer and the second layer. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082100 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM - An image inspection apparatus that performs inspection on an image obtained by reading a sheet on which a document image is printed, includes: a hardware processor that controls the inspection; an inspection level setter that sets an inspection level of the inspection; a first image inspector that performs the inspection with an image obtained by reading a sheet printed in a proof mode as a reference image; and a second image inspector that performs the inspection with the document image as a reference image, wherein the hardware processor causes the second image inspector to execute the inspection when the inspection level is set relatively low, and causes the first image inspector to execute the inspection when the inspection level is set relatively high. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID INSPECTION OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING MULTIPLE MODALITIES - A multispectral inspection (MSI) device for analyzing an electronic item having a printed circuit board (PCB). An electronic power supply powers the electronic item in accordance with one or more test vectors. An optical imaging scanner, terahertz (THz) imaging scanner, and a functional imaging scanner are each operative to scan the electronic item. An electronic processor is programmed to scan the various scanners and control the power supply to acquire optical, THz, and functional images of the electronic item. The images are combined to form a standard three-dimensional (3D) signature and artificial intelligence (AI) classifiers are applied to the 3D signature to perform non-destructive analyses of the electronic item. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082102 | CURB INSPECTION TOOL - Techniques for measuring a monument, including obtaining a set of two or more images of a monument environment, detecting a set of markers in the set of images, wherein the set of markers are positioned on a plane level with respect to gravity by a leveling device, and wherein the leveling device is configured to automatically level the markers, generating a virtual representation of the monument environment with respect to gravity, mapping the monument to a virtual representation, determining one or more slopes and dimensions of the monument based on the mapped monument and the gravity plane, and outputting the one or more slopes and dimensions of the monument. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082103 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSTORAGE MEDIUM - The analysis apparatus ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210082104 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO MUSHROOM RIPENESS DETERMINATION - A method of determining ripeness of a growing mushroom involves obtaining a sequence of images of a growing mushroom over a period of time and, from the sequence of images, measuring one or more features of the growing mushroom to obtain temporal measurements for the one or more features. The temporal measurements indicate rates at which the one or more features are changing. The temporal measurements are compared to pre-determined ripeness functions to determine the ripeness of the mushroom. The mushroom is picked if the comparison indicates that the mushroom is ready to be harvested. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082105 | AUTOMATED INSPECTION AND PART ENROLLMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for automated inspection and part enrollment. In one implementation, a selection of an area of a part is received within a graphical user interface depicting a representation of the part. Based on the selection of the area of the part, a location of the selected area is determined. Image capture parameter(s) are determined based on the determined location. Based on (a) the determined image capture parameters and (b) the location of the selected area, an inspection path is computed with respect to the part. The computed inspection path is executed with respect to the part via an inspection system. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082106 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLARITY MEASUREMENTS AND CLARITY GRADING - A computer-based system and method for taking clarity measurements of a gem, and a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, are provided and include receiving a pixilated image of a gem and identifying pixels representing an inclusion. The method and medium further include determining characteristics of the inclusion as a function of the pixels representing the inclusion, and providing a clarity grade based upon the determined characteristics. Also provided is a method for mapping a gem, and a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, which include receiving a pixilated image of a gem having facet edges, and identifying pixels representing the facet edges. The method and medium further include generating a diagram of the gem, such that the diagram is a function of the pixels representing the facet edges, and superimposing the diagram onto the pixilated image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082107 | MANIPULABLE OBJECT SYNTHESIS IN 3D MEDICAL IMAGES WITH STRUCTURED IMAGE DECOMPOSITION - Systems and methods for generating synthesized images are provided. An input medical image patch, a segmentation mask, a vector of appearance related parameters, and manipulable properties are received. A synthesized medical image patch including a synthesized nodule is generated based on the input medical image patch, the segmentation mask, the vector of appearance related parameters, and the manipulable properties using a trained object synthesis network. The synthesized nodule is synthesized according to the manipulable properties. The synthesized medical image patch is output. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082108 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR ASSESSMENT OF FLAT ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - The invention relates to an image processing device ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210082109 | HEART RATE MEASUREMENT FOR FITNESS EXERCISES USING VIDEO - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for contact-free heart rate monitoring and/or measurement are provided. One method may include receiving video(s) that include visual frame(s) of individual s) performing exercises, detecting some exposed skin from the video(s), and performing motion compensation to generate color signals for the exposed skin to precisely align frames of the exposed skin. The method may also include generating the color signals by estimating a skin color for each frame by taking a spatial average over pixels of a cheek of the face(s) for R, G, and B channels, respectively, applying an operation to remove remaining motion traces from the frames such that the heart rate traces dominate, and extracting and/or outputting the heart rate of the individuals using a frequency estimator of the skin color signals. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082110 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF THE CHANGE OF A HOLLOW ORGAN - A method and device are for automatic determination of the change of a hollow organ. The method includes providing a first medical image of the organ recorded at a first time; computing a first representation of the organ in the first image; computing a first reference-line of the organ based on the first representation and providing a second medical image of the organ recorded at a second point. The method further includes computing a second representation of the organ in the second image; computing a second reference-line of the organ based on the second representation of the organ; registering of the first and second reference-line to obtain at least one of matched representations of the organ and features derived from the matched representations of the organs; and comparing at least one of the matched representations of the organs and the features derived from the matched representations of the organ. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082111 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To determine efficacy of an immunotherapeutic preparation for a patient quickly and easily. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082112 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an image processing method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: converting an original image into a target image conforming to a target parameter; obtaining a target numerical index according to the target image; and performing, according to the target numerical index, timing prediction processing on the target image to obtain a timing state prediction result. Left ventricular function quantization can be implemented, the image processing efficiency is improved, and the prediction accuracy of a cardiac function index is improved. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082113 | WHITE MATTER FIBROGRAPHY BY SYNTHETIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Methods of characterizing the brain of a subject, comprising: (a) performing a multispectral multislice magnetic resonance scan on the brain of a subject, (b) storing image data indicative of a plurality of magnetic resonance weightings of each of a plurality of slices of the brain of the subject to provide directly acquired images, (c) processing the directly acquired images to generate a plurality of quantitative maps of the brain indicative of a plurality of qMRI parameters of the subject, (d) constructing a plurality of magnetic resonance images indicative of white matter structure from the quantitative maps, and (e) generating a spatial entropy map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images; and/or generating a myelin water map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082114 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image captured by a radiography apparatus according to an imaging order including a plurality of examination purposes from the radiography apparatus, a processing unit that performs predetermined processing for each corresponding examination purpose on the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit, an output unit that outputs each processing result of the processing performed for each examination purpose by the processing unit to the outside, and a control unit that performs one of a first control for outputting the processing result from the output unit at timings that are considered to be the same and a second control for sequentially outputting the processing result from the output unit in response to an end of the processing, according to settings. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DECISION SUPPORT MATERIAL INDICATING DAMAGE TO AN ANATOMICAL JOINT - In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, a system for creating a decision support material indicating damage to at least a part of an anatomical joint of a patient, wherein the created decision support material comprises one or more damage images, is provided. The system comprises a storage media and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to i) receive a series of radiology images of the at least part of the anatomical joint from the storage media; ii) obtain a three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint which is based on at least a part of said series of radiology images, by generating said three-dimensional image representation in an image segmentation process based on said series of radiology images, or receiving said three-dimensional image representation from a storage media; iii) identify tissue parts of the anatomical joint in at least one of at least a part of said series of radiology images and/or the three-dimensional image representation using image analysis; iv) determine damage to the identified tissue parts in the anatomical joint by analyzing at least one of at least a part of said series of radiology images and/or the three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint; v) determine suitable sizes and suitable implanting positions for one or more graft plugs based on the determined damage; vi) mark damage to the anatomical joint and suitable sizes and implanting positions for the one or more graft plugs in the obtained three-dimensional image representation of the anatomical joint; and vii) generate a decision support material, where the determined damage to the at least part of the anatomical joint and the suitable sizes and implanting positions for the one or more graft plugs are marked in at least one of the one or more damage images of the decision support material, and at least one of the one or more damage images is generated based on the obtained three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082116 | 3D QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WITH DEEP LEARNING - A machine learning model is trained to identify the texture difference between the different layers of a multilayer object. By training with data in full 3D space, the resulting model is capable of predicting the probability that each pixel in a 3D image belongs to a certain layer. With the resulting probability map, comparing probabilities allows one to determine boundaries between layers, and/or other properties and useful information such as volume data. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082117 | EVALUATION METHOD FOR HAIR TRANSPLANT PROCESS USING IMAGE PROCESSING AND ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and system based on the image processing technology and robotic technologies are used for planning and evaluating the processes of the hair transplant operations. This method allows a rapid detection of the follicle, the hair number in each follicle and the hair thickness on the images obtained by the scanning of the scalp of the patient before the operation through the image processing technology. Considering these data, “Coverage Value” calculation is automatically carried out; maximum hair number to be harvested in each area is automatically analyzed and calculated. As a result, more reliable and healthy results relative to the present operations are obtained for evaluating the whole operational process through the systematic data, and a system facilitating the method is applied. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082118 | ENHANCED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF IMAGES - Enhanced methods and systems for the semantic segmentation of images are described. A refined segmentation mask for a specified object visually depicted in a source image is generated based on a coarse and/or raw segmentation mask. The refined segmentation mask is generated via a refinement process applied to the coarse segmentation mask. The refinement process correct at least a portion of both type I and type II errors, as well as refine boundaries of the specified object, associated with the coarse segmentation mask. Thus, the refined segmentation mask provides a more accurate segmentation of the object than the coarse segmentation mask. A segmentation refinement model is employed to generate the refined segmentation mask based on the coarse segmentation mask. That is, the segmentation model is employed to refine the coarse segmentation mask to generate more accurate segmentations of the object. The refinement process is an iterative refinement process carried out via a trained neural network. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082119 | IMAGE SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION METHOD, PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are an image semantic segmentation method, a logical integrated circuit, a system and an electronic device. The logical integrated circuit includes a convolution processing module and a deconvolution processing module. The convolution processing module performs convolution operation processing on an image to generate a piece of feature data of each and every feature image block of the image. The deconvolution processing module is configured to perform deconvolution operation processing on each piece of feature data to obtain an respective image block region; determine an approximation degree of the each piece of feature data and each and every preset semantic category of multiple preset semantic categories, and classify the each piece of feature data into a preset semantic category; and fill each image block region corresponding to the each piece of feature data with a filling color to achieve semantic segmentation of the image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082120 | REPAIRING METHOD FOR MURA IN DISPLAY PANEL - The present disclosure relates to a repairing method for Mura in a display panel, including: configuring a rectangular-shaped first black area in a first image displayed in a display region of a display panel to be a width of a first predetermined pixel, determining a boundary “a” of the white area, configuring a second white area in a second image displayed in the display region of the display panel to be a width of a second predetermined pixel, determining a boundary “b” of the black area, obtaining a boundary “c” of an actual-displaying image of the display panel according to a width of a third predetermined pixel within an image captured by a charge couple device (CCD), cutting the image captured by the CCD along the boundary “c”, and conducting a Mura repairing process on the image which has been cut down. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082121 | Systems And Methods To Detect And Display Endovascular Features - In part, the disclosure relates to method for identifying regions of interest in a blood vessel. The method includes the steps of: providing OCT image data of the blood vessel; applying a plurality of different edge detection filters to the OCT image data to generate a filter response for each edge detection filter; identifying in each edge detection filter response any response maxima; combining the response maxima for each edge detection filter response while maintaining the spatial relationship of the response maxima, to thereby create edge filtered OCT data; and analyzing the edge filtered OCT data to identify a region of interest, the region of interest defined as a local cluster of response maxima. In one embodiment, one or more indicia are positioned in one or more panels to emphasize a reference vessel profile as part of a user interface. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082122 | IMAGE-BASED MASK FRAME INTERPOLATION - An electronic apparatus and method for image-based mask frame interpolation is provided. The electronic apparatus receives a sequence of image frames, including a group of image frames and an intermediate image frame. The electronic apparatus generates foreground (FG) masks based on application of a trained Neural Network on the group of image frames and selects a Region-of-Interest (RoI) from a first image frame of the group of image frames. The electronic apparatus extracts first feature vectors for pixels within the selected RoI and second feature vector for a first pixel of the intermediate image frame. The electronic apparatus estimates a first mask value for the first pixel based on application of a statistical function on the first feature vectors and the second feature vector and generates an intermediate FG mask based on the estimated first mask value and re-estimation of mask values for remaining pixels of the intermediate image frame. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082123 | ATLAS FOR AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF RETINA LAYERS FROM OCT IMAGES - A method for segmentation of a 3-D medical image uses an adaptive patient-specific atlas and an appearance model for 3-D Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) data. For segmentation of a medical image of a retina, In order to reconstruct the 3-D patient-specific retinal atlas, a 2-D slice of the 3-D image containing the macula mid-area is segmented first. A 2-D shape prior is built using a series of co-aligned training OCT images. The shape prior is then adapted to the first order appearance and second order spatial interaction MGRF model of the image data to be segmented. Once the macula mid-area is segmented into separate retinal layers this initial slice, the segmented layers' labels and their appearances are used to segment the adjacent slices. This step is iterated until the complete 3-D medical image is segmented. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082124 | FOREGROUND-AWARE IMAGE INPAINTING - In some embodiments, an image manipulation application receives an incomplete image that includes a hole area lacking image content. The image manipulation application applies a contour detection operation to the incomplete image to detect an incomplete contour of a foreground object in the incomplete image. The hole area prevents the contour detection operation from detecting a completed contour of the foreground object. The image manipulation application further applies a contour completion model to the incomplete contour and the incomplete image to generate the completed contour for the foreground object. Based on the completed contour and the incomplete image, the image manipulation application generates image content for the hole area to generate a completed image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082125 | CLIENT DEVICES HAVING MEDIA MANIPULATION FUNCTIONALITIES AND RELATED METHODS - Portable computing devices, software operating on and stored in such devices, and methods are described that utilize an image segmentation process for subsequent image alteration. Components of the computing device can sense or measure an input to apply a visual effect to masked and/or unmasked portions of an image or portions of a second image corresponding to the masked or unmasked portions of the image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082126 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEASURING PROBE, SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A processing system includes a machine tool including a measuring unit which outputs measurement information for calculating a shape of a processing object, a control unit which generates position information related to a position of the measuring unit at the time of measuring the processing object and outputs the generated position information and a generation time signal indicating a time at which the position information is generated, an acquisition unit which acquires the output position information and the generation time signal, an estimation unit which estimates the time at which the position information is generated on the basis of a time at which the acquisition unit acquires the generation time signal, and a shape calculation unit which calculates a shape of the processing object on the basis of the measurement information, the position information, and the time estimated by the estimation unit. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082127 | IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO DISPLAY INFORMATION REPRESENTING FLOW QUANTITY - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a display unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured time-series images. The setting unit is configured to set a direction of measuring a flow quantity of targets in the time-series images. The display unit is configured to display information representing the flow quantity of the targets that is estimated based on a plurality of images acquired from the time-series images and the direction of measuring the flow quantity, together with information indicating the direction of measuring the flow quantity. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082128 | OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An object tracking method includes: predicting a prediction distribution which is a distribution of each of prediction pose locations of first objects in a current frame by inputting pose time-sequence data to a pose predictor; estimating a set of locations of each of second objects in the current frame by inputting the current frame to a pose estimator; obtaining identification information indicating a one-to-one correspondence between the second objects and the first objects and location information of the second objects by matching the set of locations and the prediction distribution, to output the obtained identification information and location information; and updating the pose time-sequence data by adding, to the pose time-sequence data and based on the obtained identification information and location information, data which includes coordinates indicating a pose of each of the first objects and is obtained from the predicted prediction distribution. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082129 | Discrete Event Simulation with Sequential Decision Making - A computing system receives historical data. The historical data comprises physical actions taken in an experiment in a physical environment. The experiment comprises user-defined stages. The historical data comprises a recorded outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the user-defined stages, for each physical action taken in the experiment. The system generates, by a discrete event simulator, a computing representation of a simulated environment of the physical environment. The simulated environment comprises processing stages. The system obtains simulation data. The simulation data comprises simulated actions taken by the discrete event simulator. The simulation data comprises a predicted outcome, according to user-defined performance indicator(s) related to the processing stages, for each simulated action taken by the discrete event simulator. The system validates accuracy of the discrete event simulator at predicting the recorded outcome in the experiment. The system trains a computing agent according to a sequential decision-making algorithm. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION TRACKING USING EDGE COMPUTING - A tracking system includes a camera subsystem that includes cameras that capture vide of a space. Each camera is coupled with a camera client that determines local coordinates of people in the captured video. The camera clients generate frames that include color frames and depth frames labeled with an identifier number of the camera and their corresponding timestamps. The camera clients generate tracks that include metadata describing historical people detections, tracking identifications, timestamps, and the identifier number of the camera. The camera clients send the frames and tracks to cluster servers that maintain the frames and tracks such that they are retrievable using their corresponding labels. A camera server queries the cluster servers to receive the frames and tracks using their corresponding labels. The camera server determines the physical positions of people in the space based on the determined local coordinates. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082131 | SCALING SUB-SCENES WITHIN A WIDE ANGLE SCENE - With reference to panoramic video, sub-scenes at bearings of interest within a wide or panoramic video signal substantially coincident with an acoustic sensor array are associated with bearings of interest identified localization of acoustic recognitions and visual recognitions, and widths of the sub-scene video signals may be set according to a signal characteristic of the acoustic recognition or the visual recognition. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082132 | LASER SENSOR-BASED MAP GENERATION - The present disclosure provides a laser sensor-based map generation method. In an embodiment, the method includes: obtaining image data, the image data being acquired by a visual sensor; determining first point cloud data belonging to glass-like region in laser data based on the image data; adjusting a weight of the laser data according to the first point cloud data; fusing the first point cloud data and second point cloud data belonging to non-glass-like region in the laser data based on the adjusted weight of the laser data, to generate a map. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082133 | DETECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF TRANSIENT OBSTRUCTIONS FROM HIGH ELEVATION DIGITAL IMAGES - Implementations relate to detecting/replacing transient obstructions from high-elevation digital images. A digital image of a geographic area includes pixels that align spatially with respective geographic units of the geographic area. Analysis of the digital image may uncover obscured pixel(s) that align spatially with geographic unit(s) of the geographic area that are obscured by transient obstruction(s). Domain fingerprint(s) of the obscured geographic unit(s) may be determined across pixels of a corpus of digital images that align spatially with the one or more obscured geographic units. Unobscured pixel(s) of the same/different digital image may be identified that align spatially with unobscured geographic unit(s) of the geographic area. The unobscured geographic unit(s) also may have domain fingerprint(s) that match the domain fingerprint(s) of the obscured geographic unit(s). Replacement pixel data may be calculated based on the unobscured pixels and used to generate a transient-obstruction-free version of the digital image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082134 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY WITH A STRUCTURED LIGHT SOURCE AND A TIME OF FLIGHT CAMERA - A depth measurement assembly (DMA) includes an illumination source that projects pulses of light (e.g., structured light) at a temporal pulsing frequency into a local area. The DMA includes a sensor that capture images of the pulses of light reflected from the local area and determines, using one or more of the captured images, one or more TOF phase shifts for the pulses of light. The DMA includes a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to determine a first set of estimated radial distances to an object in the local area based on the one or more TOF phase shifts. The controller determines a second estimated radial distance to the object based on an encoding of structured light and at least one of the captured images. The controller selects an estimated radial distance from the first set of radial distances. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082135 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEPTH IMAGE COMPLETION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a method and device for depth image completion and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes that: a depth image of a target scenario is collected through an arranged radar, and a Two-Dimensional (2D) image of the target scenario is collected through an arranged video camera; a to-be-diffused map and a feature map are determined based on the collected depth image and 2D image; a diffusion intensity of each pixel in the to-be-diffused map is determined based on the to-be-diffused map and the feature map, the diffusion intensity representing an intensity of diffusion of a pixel value of each pixel in the to-be-diffused map to an adjacent pixel; and a completed depth image is determined based on the pixel value of each pixel in the to-be-diffused map and the diffusion intensity of each pixel in the to-be-diffused map. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082136 | EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM IMAGES - An image processing component is trained to process 2D images of human body parts, in order to extract depth information about the human body parts captured therein. Image processing parameters are learned during the training from a training set of captured 3D training images, each 3D training image of a human body part and captured using 3D image capture equipment and comprising 2D image data and corresponding depth data, by: processing the 2D image data of each 3D training image according to the image processing parameters, so as to compute an image processing output for comparison with the corresponding depth data of that 3D image, and adapting the image processing parameters in order to match the image processing outputs to the corresponding depth data, thereby training the image processing component to extract depth information from 2D images of human body parts. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082137 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING - The present application relates to a method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for simultaneously positioning and mapping. The method for simultaneous positioning and mapping includes: obtaining a large field of view image through a large field of view camera; obtaining an undistortion image corresponding to the large field of view image based on a multi-virtual pinhole camera model; and determining the pose of the large field of view camera based on the undistortion image and creating a map. The multiple virtual pinhole camera model includes at least two virtual pinhole cameras with different orientations, and a camera center of the at least two virtual pinhole cameras with different orientations coincides with a camera center of the large field of view camera. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082138 | IMAGE DEVICE UTILIZING NON-PLANAR PROJECTION IMAGES TO GENERATE A DEPTH MAP - An image device utilizing non-planar projection images to generate a depth map includes two image capturers and a depth engine. The two image capturers are used for generating two non-planar projection images, wherein when each non-planar projection image of the two non-planar projection images is projected to a space corresponding to an image capturer corresponding to the each non-planar projection image, projection positions of each row of pixels of the each non-planar projection image in the space and optical centers of the two image capturers share a plane. The depth engine is used for generating a depth map according to the two non-planar projection images. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082139 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT METHOD, AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT PROGRAM - With a diagnostic imaging support apparatus, a diagnostic imaging support method, and a diagnostic imaging support program, an optimum image for extracting a contour can be automatically selected from a superimposed image obtained by superimposing a plurality of images of different types. A diagnostic imaging support apparatus | 2021-03-18 |
20210082140 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an estimation device includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as an acquisition unit, a first estimation unit, a first calculation unit, a second estimation unit, a second calculation unit, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a camera. The first estimation unit estimates first estimation information from the image. The first calculation unit calculates first reliability of the first estimation information. The second estimation unit estimates second estimation information. The second calculation unit calculates second reliability of the second estimation information. The determination unit decides at least the position or pose of the camera from the first and second estimation information, based on the first and second reliability, and outputs at least the decided position or pose as a determination result. The second estimation unit estimates the second estimation information based on a past determination result. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082141 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided with an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a moving image including a plurality of images. A density estimating unit estimates a density distribution of a target object based on an image of the plurality of images. A position estimating unit estimates a position of the target object in the image based on the density distribution. A measuring unit measures a flow of the target object from positions of the target object in the plurality of images. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082142 | LIGHT-BASED VEHICLE POSITIONING FOR MOBILE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - Techniques and architecture are disclosed for mobile transport systems configured to determine vehicle positions within an area using light-based communication signals. The system includes a plurality of luminaires located in an area and configured to transmit luminaire position data recognizable by a sensor disposed on a vehicle. The sensor receives an image of a luminaire including a light-based communication signal encoded with luminaire position data. Luminaire position data can be combined with luminaire layout information to determine a known location of the luminaire. A vehicle position relative to the known luminaire location can be determined based on mathematical relationships. Vehicle orientation relative to the area can be determined based an asymmetric fiducial pattern or multiple known luminaire locations. The system can combine a vehicle position relative to a known luminaire location with vehicle orientation relative to the area to determine a vehicle position relative to the area. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082143 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOBILE OBJECT - An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit and an execution unit. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of estimation images captured from an identical spot under a plurality of exposure conditions different from each other, to estimate mobile object information including at least one of a location or a posture of a mobile object. The execution unit executes a process regarding estimation of the mobile object information on the basis of the plurality of acquired estimation images. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082144 | KEYPOINT BASED POSE-TRACKING USING ENTAILMENT - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures for an efficient multi-person posetracking method that advantageously achieves state-of-the-art performance on PoseTrack datasets by only using keypoint information in a tracking step without optical flow or convolution routines. As a consequence, our method has fewer parameters and FLOPs and achieves faster FPS. Our method benefits from our parameter-free tracking method that outperforms commonly used bounding box propagation in top-down methods. Finally, we disclose tokenization and embedding multi-person pose keypoint information in the transformer architecture that can be re-used for other pose tasks such as pose-based action recognition. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082145 | Hybrid Metric-Topological Camera-Based Localization - Various examples of hybrid metric-topological camera-based localization are described. A single image sensor captures an input image of an environment. The input image is localized to one of a plurality of topological nodes of a hybrid simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) metric-topological map which describes the environment as the plurality of topological nodes at a plurality of discrete locations in the environment. A metric pose of the image sensor can be determined using a Perspective-n-Point (PnP) projection algorithm. A convolutional neural network (CNN) can be trained to localize the input image to one of the plurality of topological nodes and a direction of traversal through the environment. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082146 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RANGING DEVICE, AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes first storage and a processor. The first storage is configured to store a statistical model generated by learning of bokeh that occurs in a first image affected by aberration of a first optical system and varies non-linearly in accordance with a distance to a subject in the first image. The processor is configured to acquire a second image affected by aberration of a second optical system, input the acquired second image into the statistical model corresponding to a lens used in the second optical system and acquire distance information indicating a distance to a subject in the second image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082147 | A Method for Validating Sensor Units in a UAV, and a UAV - The present invention relates to a method for validating sensor units in a UAV. The UAV comprising: a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, each sensor unit being configured to create an image of the surroundings. The method comprising the steps of: taking a first image by the first sensor unit, taking a second image by the second sensor unit, wherein the second image and the first image at least partly overlap, and comparing the overlapping portions between the first image and the second image. Based on a result in which the overlapping portions of the first image and the second image do not correlate to each other, it is determined that at least one of the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit is dysfunctional. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082148 | 2D TO 3D LINE-BASED REGISTRATION WITH UNKNOWN ASSOCIATIONS - A system for determining the rigid-body transformation between 2D image data and 3D point cloud data includes a first sensor configured to capture image data of an environment, a second sensor configured to capture point cloud data of the environment; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The computing device is configured to receive image data from the first sensor and point cloud data from the second sensor, parameterize one or more 2D lines from image data, parameterize one or more 3D lines from point cloud data, align the one or more 2D lines with the one or more 3D lines by solving a registration problem formulated as a mixed integer linear program to simultaneously solve for a projection transform vector and a data association set, and generate a data mesh comprising the image data aligned with the point cloud data. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082149 | REAL-TIME CALIBRATION OF WIDE-BASELINE OUTSIDE-IN MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEMS - Techniques related to calibration of wide-baseline outside-in multi camera systems are discussed. Such techniques include receiving video sequences and intrinsic parameters corresponding to each of the cameras in the system, generating first extrinsic parameters for the cameras using tracked features and the intrinsic parameters and second extrinsic parameters using location parameters corresponding to motion control systems coupled to the cameras, and combining the first and second extrinsic parameters to provide real-time calibration of extrinsic parameters for the cameras. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082150 | CHEMICAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR WATER SOURCE - In an approach for chemical detection for a water source, a processor receives, from a network device of a plurality of network devices, data, wherein the data includes at least one of image data, video data, chemical sensor data, and biosensor data. A processor updates a predictive model with the data. A processor receives a table of possible chemical compositions from the predictive model. A processor determines to send an alert based on the table of possible chemical compositions. A processor sends the alert to a user device. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082151 | DETERMINING IMAGE CAPTURING PARAMETERS IN CONSTRUCTION SITES FROM PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED IMAGES - Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for determining image capturing parameters in construction sites are provided. For example, a previously captured image of an object in a construction site may be accessed. The previously captured image of the object may be analyzed to determine at least one capturing parameter associated with the object for a prospective image capturing. Further, the systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media may cause capturing, at the construction site, of at least one image of the object using the determined at least one capturing parameter associated with the object. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082152 | Point Cloud Compression Using Fixed-Point Numbers - A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute information. Attribute values for at least one starting point are included in a compressed attribute information file and attribute correction values are included in the compressed attribute information file. Attribute values are predicted based, at least in part, on attribute values of neighboring points. The predicted attribute values are compared to attribute values of a point cloud prior to compression to determine attribute correction values. In order to improve computing efficiency and/or repeatability, fixed-point number representations are used when determining predicted attribute values and attribute correction values. A decoder follows a similar prediction process as an encoder and corrects predicted values using attribute correction values included in a compressed attribute information file using fixed-point number representations. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082153 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE - A three-dimensional data encoding method is a three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding a three-dimensional point having attribute information. The three-dimensional data encoding method includes: calculating a predicted value of the attribute information of the three-dimensional point; calculating a prediction residual which is a difference between the attribute information of the three-dimensional point and the predicted value; binarizing the prediction residual to generate binary data; and arithmetic encoding the binary data, For example, the three-dimensional data encoding method may use, in the arithmetic encoding, a different coding table for each bit included in the binary data. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082154 | CONTEXT-AWARE COMPRESSION WITH QUANTIZATION OF HIERARCHICAL TRANSFORM MATRICES - Apparatus and method for context-aware compression. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: ray traversal/intersection circuitry to traverse rays through a hierarchical acceleration data structure to identify intersections between rays and primitives of a graphics scene; matrix compression circuitry/logic to compress hierarchical transformation matrices to generate compressed hierarchical transformation matrices by quantizing N-bit floating point data elements associated with child transforms of the hierarchical transformation matrices to variable-bit floating point numbers or integers comprising offsets from a parent transform of the child transform; and an instance processor to generate a plurality of instances of one or more base geometric objects in accordance with the compressed hierarchical transformation matrices. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082155 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A portable terminal includes a display control unit, an extraction unit, and a compositing unit. The display control unit displays a specifying frame for specifying a specified region which is a partial region in a display image displayed on a touch panel display, and a color designation mark for designating a reference color from colors included in an image of the specified region in the specifying frame, in superposition with the display image. The extraction unit extracts an image corresponding to the reference color designated by the color designation mark from the image of the specified region in the specifying frame, as a compositing target image. The compositing unit generates a composite image in which the compositing target image is composited in a selection image selected by a user. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082156 | INTELLIGENT COLOR LABEL MATCHING - The present disclosure involves, systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for determining a color name or label from a color code. One example method comprises receiving information about a color and identifying the luminance of the color. If the luminance of the color is below a first luminance threshold, the color is labeled as black, and if the luminance of the color is above a second luminance threshold, the color is labeled as white. If the color is determined to be neither black nor white (e.g., if the luminance is between the first luminance threshold and the second luminance threshold), then the saturation of the color is identified, and if the saturation of the color is below a saturation threshold, the color is labeled gray. If the color is determined not to be gray (e.g., if the saturation is above the saturation threshold), the hue of the color is identified, and the color is labeled according to its hue. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082157 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN ABLATION SYSTEM - An ablation catheter with an expandable balloon or a basket, a plurality of electrodes disposed on the surface, and a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system is disclosed. The GUI includes a plurality of electrode representations, a first sector color coded plot of at least one of the plurality of electrodes, a second sector color coded plot of at least one of the plurality of electrodes, a third sector color coded plot of at least one of the plurality of electrodes, and a processor configured to receive data on the inputs based on at least one of the plurality of electrodes, change an appearance of at least one of the first, second sector, and the third sector based on the received data, and update the color coded plot of the first input. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082158 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF CUSTOM COLOR SELECTIONS - A computer system for dynamic generation of custom color selections receives from a user an indication of a target color. The computer system also identifies a location of the target color within a mathematically-defined color space. The computer system identifies a location of a second color within the mathematically-defined color space. Additionally, the computer system generates a first golden triangle within the mathematically-defined color space. The location of the target color comprises a first vertex of the first golden triangle. The location of the second color comprises a second vertex of the first golden triangle. A location of a third color comprises a third vertex of the first golden triangle. The computer system then displays on a user interface an indication of the target color, the second color, and the third color. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082159 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLOR REPRESENTATION GENERATION - There is provided a system and method for color representation generation. In an aspect, the method includes: receiving three base colors; receiving a patchwork parameter; and generating a color representation having each of the three base colors at a vertex of a triangular face, the triangular face having a color distribution therein, the color distribution discretized into discrete portions, the amount of discretization based on the patchwork parameter, each discrete portion having an interpolated color determined to be a combination of the base colors at respective coordinates of such discrete portion. In further aspects, one or more color representations are generated based on an input image and can be used to modify colors of a reconstructed image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082160 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A tomographic imaging system, including a data processing component having a memory and at least one processor configured to:
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20210082161 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A system for imaging reconstruction is provided. The system may obtain a first set of image data of a subject acquired by a scanner and a second set of image data of the subject acquired by the scanner. The first set of image data may correspond to a first angle range of the scanner. The second set of image data may correspond to a second angle range of the scanner. The first angle range may be different from the second angle range. The system may also generate a first image based on the first set of image data and generate a second image based on the second set of image data. The system may further generate a target image based on the first image and the second image. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082162 | CONSTRAINED RECONSTRUCTION MODEL TO RESTORE MISSING WEDGE FROM MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONS WITH LIMITED RANGE PROJECTIONS - A method for image reconstruction from plural copies, the method including receiving a series of measured projections p | 2021-03-18 |
20210082163 | 3D SHADOW REDUCTION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) IMAGES - Shadows caused by opacities and obstructions (such as blood vessels) can block detection of structural information of objects below the shadow-causing structure, affecting visualization and analysis of those deeper structures. An image processing method for removing these shadows includes applying a low pass filter to an energy profile of an image to remove high frequency fluctuations in energy, thereby effectively recovering lower energy inside shadow regions and removing high frequency speckle. The image is then adjusted, for example by linear scaling, based on the filtered energy profile. Two dimensional filters may also be applied for volumes. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082164 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY SUPPORT APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY SUPPORT METHOD, AND ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM - An apparatus includes: an acquisition circuit; and a processing circuit configured to: acquire volume data; set a model representing a tissue included in the volume data; set a first view for visualizing the volume data and a position of a target in the model; acquire first operation information for deforming the model; calculate change in the position and an orientation of the target due to deformation of the model, based on the first operation information; calculate, using the calculated change in the position and the orientation of the target, a second view such that the position and the orientation of the target after the change with respect to the first view and the position and the orientation of the target before the change with respect to the second view become equal to each other; and visualize the volume data based on the second view. | 2021-03-18 |
20210082165 | RENDERING OF CUBIC BEZIER CURVES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) - Techniques are disclosed for a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process cubic Bezier curves, and render the cubic Bezier curves. In an example, the GPU receives a cubic Bezier curve. For example, a graphics pipeline of the GPU receives a plurality of corner points of a control polygon in the form of a patch primitive, the control polygon representing the cubic Bezier curve. The graphics pipeline tessellates the cubic Bezier curve into multiple quadratic Bezier curves, such that the multiple quadratic Bezier curves approximate the cubic Bezier curve. The number of quadratic Bezier curves generated in such a manner is adaptively based on a zoom level at which the cubic Bezier curve is to be displayed. For example, as and when the zoom level changes, new number of such quadratic Bezier curves are tessellated from the cubic Bezier curve. The quadratic Bezier curves are then rendered for display. | 2021-03-18 |