16th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200117829 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DATA SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS - In particular embodiments, a data subject request processing system may be configured to utilize one or more local storage nodes in order to process a data subject access request on behalf of a data subject. In particular embodiments, the one or more local storage nodes may be local to the data subject making the request (e.g., in the same country as the data subject, in the same jurisdiction, in the same geographic area, etc.). The system may, for example, be configured to: (1) receive a data subject access request from a data subject (e.g., via a web form); (2) identify a suitable local storage node based at least in part on the request and/or the data subject; (3) route the data subject access request to the identified local storage node; and (4) process the data subject access request at the identified local storage node. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing system including: first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus includes: a first storage unit storing personal information of a patient, medical information, and identification information in association with one another; and a first update unit updating the identification information stored in the first storage unit. The second information processing apparatus includes: a second storage unit storing the medical information and the identification information in association with each other; an associating unit associating the personal information received by a reception unit with one piece of identification information; and a second update unit updating the identification information stored in the second storage unit. The first and second update units update a first piece of identification information associated with the same medical information in the first and second storage units, respectively at corresponding timings, to a second piece of identification information. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117831 | REVERSIBLE ANONYMOUS TELEMETRY DATA COLLECTION - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a telemetry data set, which includes a plurality of data fields associated with application operations, is collected for an application. A request for at least a portion of the telemetry data set is received and processed. Data fields in the telemetry data set that are to be anonymized are identified based on the request, with information in the identified data fields is to be anonymized according to corresponding anonymization rules. The information in each of the identified data fields is masked based on the corresponding anonymization rule for the data field, and an anonymized telemetry data set is generated. The anonymized telemetry data set includes the masked information for the identified data fields and unmasked information for other data fields indicated in the request. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117832 | OBFUSCATION AND ROUTING OF SENSITIVE ACTIONS OR REQUESTS BASED ON SOCIAL CONNECTIONS - Improvements in data security and privacy may be realized by receiving a service request including a social range and a requestor identity; mining a first social network to create a social graph of entities within the social range of the requestor identity, wherein the entities are represented by nodes in the social graph linked to a requestor via one or more edges, wherein a number of edges used to link a given entity to the requestor does not exceed the social range; determining whether the social graph includes at least one person matching personnel included in an organizational chart; and in response to determining that the social graph includes no persons matching the personnel included in the organizational chart, transmitting an acceptance response from a provider-side system to a client-side system. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117833 | LONGITUDINAL DATA DE-IDENTIFICATION - A system and method for anonymization of a data set of patient data from multiple patients provides k-anonymity, a concatenation of indirect identifiers of a patient enabling identifying an outlying patient in the data set if there are less than k patients having a same concatenation of indirect identifiers. The patient data as provided ( | 2020-04-16 |
20200117834 | Privacy-Safe Attribution Data Hub - In an embodiment, one or more ad data sets are received at a first processor. The ad data sets may be partially encoded or encrypted to prevent the processor from viewing certain visitor information. The ad data sets are merged together around common users or order IDs. An attribution credit is applied to each advertising event, creating an attribution data set. The data in the attribution data set is aggregated according to each advertising event, and based on the aggregated results, an advertising recommendation is calculated and sent to the advertising entity. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117835 | METHOD FOR HANDWRITTEN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE - A method for the electronic signature of an electronic document (DOC) by means of a handwritten signature, wherein detection means (EM) detect the handwritten signature and at least one biometric feature characterizing the handwritten signature electronically. A characterizing means (KM | 2020-04-16 |
20200117836 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION - In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a non-volatile memory is provided, comprising: a plurality of storage elements; a plurality of access transistors, said access transistors being connected to one or more of said storage elements; a measurement unit, wherein said measurement unit is configured to measure a variation between electrical characteristics of said access transistors; a processing unit configured to use said variation between electric characteristics as a physical unclonable function. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory is conceived. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The disclosure relates to information processing apparatus and information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes one or more processors configured for: acquiring a material characteristic of at least one portion of a target entity; matching the material characteristic of the target entity with a predetermined material characteristic, where the predetermined material characteristic is correlated with at least one portion of a three-dimensional model; and generating, based on a result of the matching, information indicative of a correlation between the portion of the target entity and the portion of the three-dimensional model. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117838 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A SET OF SHAPE DESCRIPTORS FOR A SET OF TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC SHAPES - In the invention for generating a set of shape descriptors for a set of two or three dimensional geometric shapes in order to arrive at an unified efficient low-dimensional representation of the complete set of shapes to enable memory and disk efficient storage, indexing, referencing, and making the complete set available for further processing, at first a set of N feature locations having a distance from the shapes is read. Further, a set of M wave numbers is read and a parameter controlling degree of locality of the features. Then, for each shape s in the set of shapes {S | 2020-04-16 |
20200117839 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD AND DESIGN SUPPORT LEARNED MODEL CREATION APPARATUS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION FACILITIES - A learned model is created by learning reference data that includes site data for reference photovoltaic power generation facilities, panel layout data including data on installation angles of reference photovoltaic panels, panel specifications data, sun direction data, weather data, and power generation data. A design support apparatus calculates a cumulative amount of power generation for a predetermined period by processing, for each of a plurality of pieces of provisional panel layout data on photovoltaic panels having different installation angles from each other, the relevant piece of the provisional panel layout data and input data, by the learned model, and extracts a piece of the provisional panel layout data in which the cumulative amount of power generation is maximum. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117840 | INJECTION OF SIMULATED SOURCES IN A SYSTEM OF NETWORKED SENSORS - Simulated sources can be injected into a networked system for use in training and/or testing. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING FLUID AROUND TIRE - A method includes a step in which time series data pertaining to displacements of node groups including all nodes that constitute an exterior surface of a tire including grooves thereon, and at least a portion of all nodes that constitute groove space elements, is acquired from results of arithmetic operations for deformation in accordance with the model being such that having the groove space elements; and a step in which a fluid analytic model in which space around the tire is expressed as a plurality of computational mesh cells is used to perform arithmetic operations for fluid analysis in which arithmetic operations are carried out with respect to a physical quantity of fluid for each of the computational mesh cells as locations of the computational mesh cells are varied in such fashion that the node groups in the time series data are made to serve as control points. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117842 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF SELF-PROPELLING VEHICLES FOR AERODYNAMIC DESIGN - Systems, methods, and computer readable media to simulate and predict translational and/or rotational velocity of a moving vehicle based on a determination of engine load for the vehicle are disclosed. An example vehicle motion simulator system includes a speed and stability predictor to simulate and predict a translational and rotational velocity of a moving vehicle based on a determination of engine load for the moving vehicle characterized by the speed and stability predictor. The example speed and stability predictor to execute instructions to at least: compute a nearest wall distance for the moving vehicle in an environment; solve an eddy viscosity for the environment; solve a flow velocity for the environment; and determine vehicle motion to characterize a speed and stability of the moving vehicle based on the wall distance, eddy viscosity, and flow velocity. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117843 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYSTEM DESIGN AUTOMATION (SDA) OF MIXED SIGNAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY INCLUDING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DESIGNS - Methods and systems for SDA of mixed signal electronic circuitry including embedded software designs for creating ASICs, sub-systems, and SoCs. The SDA system described extends IP reuse beyond the circuit and stand-alone verification capabilities that are common practice today which limit the benefits of reuse. By solving the integration problem first in a loosely coupled manner, complex mixed signal SoC devices may achieve higher levels of IP reuse with push button ease through the cloud, significantly improving time to market, design resource limitations, risks for first time silicon success, and the tasks of managing business multiple relationships of IP providers. SDA generated designs use a multi-agent method of operation, creating powerful and flexible designs that provide both NOC (Network on a Chip) and NBC (Network Beyond the Chip) for distributed system operation, and enhanced non-intrusive in-system monitoring for mission critical and safety related applications. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117844 | HIGH-LEVEL SYNTHESIS (HLS) METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SPECIFY PIPELINE AND SPATIAL PARALLELISM IN COMPUTER HARDWARE - A computer-implemented method for synthesizing a digital circuit is disclosed. The method includes receiving producer instructions defining a producer processing thread; generating a producer register-transfer level (RTL) description of the producer processing thread; receiving consumer instructions defining a consumer processing thread; generating a consumer RTL description of the consumer processing thread; and automatically inferring generation of streaming hardware RTL in response to receiving the producer and consumer instructions. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117845 | HYBRID OUT OF CONTEXT HIERARCHICAL DESIGN FLOW FOR HIERARCHICAL TIMING CONVERGENCE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR OUT OF CONTEXT SIGNOFF ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for a hierarchical design flow for deterministic or statistical timing convergence of VLSI circuits enabling design reuse, concurrency and out of context signoff analysis includes: defining, by a computing device, component clock definitions; performing static timing analysis on a lower level component of a circuit design; performing a timing closure for the lower level component based on performing the static timing analysis; generating a timing abstract associated with the lower level component; performing static timing analysis on a higher level component of the circuit design using the timing abstract and the results of the out-of-context timing analysis of the lower level component; generating smart guidance assertions based on performing the static timing analysis on the higher level component; and storing the smart guidance assertions for performing a subsequent timing analysis on the lower level component. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling more accurate prediction of a crack to be made. A model acquisition unit acquires a structure model M | 2020-04-16 |
20200117847 | BREADBOARD AND ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTATION SYSTEM - An electronic breadboard system may include a computing device including a display screen. The display screen has a first portion to display an electronic circuit model and a second portion directly adjacent to the first portion. The electronic breadboard system also includes a translucent breadboard on the second portion of the display screen. The translucent breadboard includes a translucent face plate having a rectangular grid of openings exposing a plurality of contacts. The plurality of contacts are arranged lengthwise along each row of the rectangular grid of openings and orthogonal to a transparent back plate coupling the plurality of contacts to the translucent face plate. The electronic breadboard system includes a graphics controller. The graphics controller may illuminate a row opening and/or a column opening of the translucent breadboard to direct placement of electrical components of a computer model in response to user interaction with the electronic circuit model. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117848 | METHOD OF DETERMINING COLORABILITY OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method including decomposing a conflict graph based on a number of masked to be used to manufacture a semiconductor device. The method further includes determining whether the decomposed conflict graph is a simplified graph based on a comparison between the decomposed conflict graph and a stored conflict graph. The method further includes determining whether the decomposed conflict graph is colorable based on a number of masks used to pattern the layer of the semiconductor device. The method further includes indicating that the conflict graph is colorable in response to a determination that the decomposed conflict graph is colorable. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117849 | DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE WITH EFFICIENT STORAGE - A document architecture system includes an intelligent document processing engine that can receive raw data streamed from external data source(s), analyze the raw data to identify triggering events, apply rules to the triggering events identified, break down the raw data accordingly, and generating messages in an internal format to represent the pieces of data without any formatting or layout information. The messages can be augmented with custom metadata and stored as fragments that reference, but that do not physically incorporate, the messages. The stored fragments can be used by the document process engine to intelligently render documents and versions thereof. Some embodiments store only unique fragments, resulting in a significant reduction in storage requirements and an extremely efficient way of processing huge amounts of data (e.g., millions of documents) for document production. The messages and fragments are in internal formats under control of the document architecture system. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117850 | CREATING SHARED CONTENT IN A DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CONTENT EDITOR USING A NATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE - A server in a cloud-based environment interfaces with storage devices that store shared content. A user retrieves a web-based application from the server. The web-based application comprises a set of native operating system application code, a web content viewer, and a native operating system interface, which are configured to facilitate a transfer of one or more objects between the native operating system application code and the web content viewer. In response to a user upload request, the server generates an object placeholder in an editable document. Using the native operating system application code, objects can be selected for incorporation into the editable document. Shared access to the editable document and shared access to uploaded objects are provided by the server by posting links to locations in the storage devices. The web-based application replaces the object placeholder with a link to the object as stored by the server. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING AND CORRECTING AUTOMATED MEDICAL IMAGE ANNOTATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for manipulating image annotations. One method includes receiving an image of an individual's anatomy; automatically determining, using a processor, one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; determining a dependency or hierarchy between at least two of the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; and generating, based on the dependency or hierarchy, a workflow prompting a user to manipulate the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117852 | METHOD FOR TRACKING IN OFFICE FILE CONVERSION AND MODIFICATION PROCESSES - A method for tracking in Office file conversion and modification processes, including the following steps: S1: generating a piece of customized data containing a unique ID; S2: when an Office file is being generated or is generated, using a custom XML mechanism for Office files to save the customized data in the XML format into the Office file; S3: keeping the unique ID unchanged when the Office file is modified; S4: when the Office file is converted into a target file of a target format, if the target format supports the saving of the customized data, then transferring the customized data into the target file, thus allowing a user to manage the target file on the basis of the customized data; S5: when the Office file acquired in step S2 is updated and a new Office file is generated again, keeping the unique ID unchanged in the new Office file. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CALENDAR DISPLAYING WORK HISTORY OF DOCUMENT - Provided are a server for managing history information of a document work, a device for viewing the history information, and a system including the same. The server includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one first device of a user, work history information of a document on the at least one first device; and a controller configured to arrange the received work history information in a calendar form by using time information included in the received work history information, wherein the transceiver provides the work history information in the calendar form to a second device. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117854 | Adaptive Attention Model for Image Captioning - The technology disclosed presents a novel spatial attention model that uses current hidden state information of a decoder long short-term memory (LSTM) to guide attention and to extract spatial image features for use in image captioning. The technology disclosed also presents a novel adaptive attention model for image captioning that mixes visual information from a convolutional neural network (CNN) and linguistic information from an LSTM. At each timestep, the adaptive attention model automatically decides how heavily to rely on the image, as opposed to the linguistic model, to emit the next caption word. The technology disclosed further adds a new auxiliary sentinel gate to an LSTM architecture and produces a sentinel LSTM (Sn-LSTM). The sentinel gate produces a visual sentinel at each timestep, which is an additional representation, derived from the LSTM's memory, of long and short term visual and linguistic information. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117855 | SNIPPET GENERATION AND ITEM DESCRIPTION SUMMARIZER - In various example embodiments, a system and method for a Target Language Engine are presented. The Target Language Engine augments a synonym list in a base dictionary of a target language with one or more historical search queries previously submitted to search one or more listings in listing data. The Target Language Engine identifies a compound word and a plurality of words present in the listing data that have a common meaning in the target language. Each word from the plurality of words is present in the compound word. The Target Language Engine causes a database to create an associative link between the portion of text and a word selected from at least one of the synonym list or the plurality of words. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117856 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HIERARCHIACAL ENTITY CLASSIFICATION - A method for performing hierarchical entity classification of an entity mention within a context, wherein ontological classes are computed for the entity mention levelwise using a contextual representation of the context and a state representation obtained by running an end-to-end trained decoding recurrent neural network on a mention representation of the entity mention. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117857 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANSWERING NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTIONS POSED BY A USER - A computer-implemented method for answering natural language medical information questions posed by a user of a medical conversational interface of a cognitive artificial intelligence system, the method comprising: receiving from a medical conversational user interface a user-generated natural language medical information query at an artificial intelligence-based medical conversation cognitive agent; extracting a medical question from the query; compiling a medical conversation language sample; extracting internal medical concepts and medical data from the sample, where the internal medical concepts include descriptions of medical attributes of the medical data entities; inferring a therapeutic intent of the user; generating a therapeutic paradigm logical framework for interpreting of the medical question, wherein logical framework comprises a catalog of medical logical progression paths from the medical question to respective therapeutic answers, each of the logical progression paths includes one or more medical logical linkages from the medical question to a therapeutic path-specific answer, and the medical logical linkages include the internal medical concepts and external therapeutic paradigm concepts derived from a store of medical subject matter ontology data; selecting a likely medical information path based upon the therapeutic intent of the user; and answering the medical question. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117858 | SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING REPETITION IN INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL ASSISTANT CONVERSATIONS - This disclosure describes techniques and architectures for evaluating conversations. In some instances, conversations with users, virtual assistants, and others may be analyzed to identify potential risks within a language model that is employed by the virtual assistants and other entities. The potential risks may be evaluated by administrators, users, systems, and others to identify potential issues with the language model that need to be addressed. This may allow the language model to be improved and enhance user experience with the virtual assistants and others that employ the language model. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117859 | LEGAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided are a legal information processing system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program which enable the acquisition of useful information anticipating trends in the revision of legislation, regulations, or standards. This legal information processing system sets one or more key persons who are involved in legislation, regulations, or standards, collects at least public information which is created by the key person or in the publication of which the key person is involved, and predicts a trend in the revision of legislation, regulations, or standards on the basis of the content of the collected information. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117860 | Gap in Care Determination Using a Generic Repository for Healthcare - By extracting clinical data of any format from respective different sources, a data repository normalized to a generic format is created. A medical domain specific language may be used to interact with the data repository for identifying cohorts and gaps in care for the respective cohorts. Any rules for finding gaps in care are converted into the medical domain specific language for determining gaps. This standardization in both the data repository and rule application may allow for a true cost and time to value solution accessible to many different medical practices. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117861 | Neural Machine Translation with Latent Tree Attention - An attentional neural machine translation model is provided for the task of machine translation that, according to some embodiments, leverages the hierarchical structure of language to perform natural language processing without a priori annotation. Other features are also provided. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117862 | CARD READER DEVICE - Disclosures of the present invention describe a card reader device, which consists of a card reader unit, a human machine unit and a physical keyboard. The human machine unit is configured to show a first virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of first virtual buttons for a normal user to input a password thereon. Besides, the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical buttons formed with an embossed braille thereon. According to particular design of the present invention, a plurality of the second virtual buttons are showed on the human machine unit, such that the plurality of physical buttons correspond to the plurality of second virtual buttons, respectively. Consequently, a blind user or a visually impaired user is facilitated so as to be capable of completing a password input of the card reader unit through the physical keyboard. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117863 | Methods and apparatus for radio frequency sensing in diverse environments - A system may sense the contents of a closed container, by analyzing a wireless signal that reflects from an RFID tag on the outside of the container. The frequency response of the tag's antenna may be affected by the relative permittivity of the contents and by the tag's environment. The frequency response may be measured in a line-of-sight environment and in a multipath environment. Channel estimates may be calculated, based on the measurements. Channel ratios may be calculated by dividing line-of-sight channel estimates by multipath channel estimates. The resulting channel ratios may be fed into a variational autoencoder, which in turn generates synthetic data that contains information about multipath environments but not the contents. The output of the variational autoencoder may be converted into synthetic channel estimates, which may in turn be employed for anomaly detection, or to train a classifier to classify contents of the container. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117864 | CODE INFORMATION READING APPARATUS AND CODE INFORMATION READING METHOD - A code information reading apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to read, upon detecting a code from a plurality of images sequentially captured, code information of the detected code, perform calculation of a detection frequency, in the plurality of images, of the code corresponding to the code information, and perform output of the code information in accordance with the calculated detection frequency. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117865 | LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM USING BARCODE INFORMATION - Disclosed is a lighting control system for directing a show. The system includes at least: a master device; and a plurality of slave devices that receive lighting control signals from the master device. The light control signals correspond to seats of a plurality of audiences in an auditorium. The plurality of slave devices receive position information indicating specific positions at which the plurality of slave devices emit a light, light-emitting status information including preset information to classify the plurality of slave devices into a plurality of groups, and group identification number information. The plurality of slave devices are grouped in accordance with received information. The master device controls the grouped plurality of slave devices to emit a light per group basis by broadcasting the lighting control signals including group light-emitting pattern information for each of the plurality of groups of the plurality of slave devices. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117866 | READING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A reading apparatus according to an embodiment includes a captured-image reading section, an article detecting section, an object recognizing section, and a code reading section. The captured-image reading section reads, from an imaging apparatus that captures a captured image associated with distance information indicating distances to articles, the captured image associated with the distance information. The article detecting section detects images of articles in a preset predetermined imaging region in the captured image. The object recognizing section performs, based on the distance information, object recognition processing of an object, the object being an article closest from the imaging apparatus among the articles. The code reading section performs, based on the distance information, if a distance between the object and the imaging apparatus is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance, code reading processing for detecting a code symbol from the predetermined imaging region and reading code information from the code symbol. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117867 | VARIABLE DEPTH OF FIELD SCANNING AND LIGHTING DEVICES AND METHODS - Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, barcode scanners, and software for variable depth of field scanning and lighting devices and methods. One such embodiment includes adjusting variable lenses on each of a plurality of barcode scanner scan-field lighting elements to a first depth of field and capturing a number of first images with a camera of a barcode scanner at the first depth of field. The method of this embodiment then outputs at least one of the number of the first images to a barcode reading process. This example method may then continue by adjusting the variable lenses of each of the plurality of barcode scanner scan-field lighting elements to a second depth of field, capturing a number of second images with the camera of the barcode scanner at the second depth of field, and then outputting at least one of the number of the second images to the barcode reading process. The adjusting, capturing, and outputting may then be repeated again in some embodiments for a third depth of field, a fourth depth of field, and onward, depending on the number of depths of field in a particular embodiment. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117868 | CODE READING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A POS terminal (code reading device) according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes: a code reading unit that reads information of a code based on a reflected light from the code attached to an item; and a discount processing unit that, when the information of the code is not read by using a first light being irradiated on the code and the information of the code is read by using a second light being irradiated on the code, makes a discount associated with the second light for the item, wherein the second light is different from the first light. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117869 | SMART SIGN FOR USE IN AN INDUSTRIAL LOCATION - A smart parent sign is provided for assisting in performing an interactive procedure utilizing assets that include asset identifiers in an industrial facility. The smart parent sign includes information for a parent asset and for a group of child assets with child tags disposed nearby. The smart parent sign includes an electronic processor having a memory, a transceiver, a parent asset identifier; and a power manager. The electronic processor is configured to provide data from the memory corresponding to at least one of the child assets that corresponds to one of the child tags to a portable smart device. The electronic processor is also configured to provide procedures for the parent and child assets to the portable smart device. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117870 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a visible code area searching unit and a color replacement processing unit. The visible code area searching unit searches for a visible code area in a color document image corresponding to a document, and the visible code area includes a visible code. The color replacement processing unit (a) generates as a local color histogram a color histogram of the visible code area in a predetermined color space and determines whether removal of a stain image should be performed or not on the basis of a ratio of a pixel classified into a bin that includes a color of the stain image in the local color histogram, and (b) replaces the color of the stain image in the visible code area with a background color of the document if it is determined that the removal of the stain image should be performed. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117871 | CODE INFORMATION READING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A recognition section detects code information from each of plural frames included in video image data and recognizes the code information. A determination section determines that a recognition result recognized by the recognition section is valid in at least one scenario out of a scenario in which at least part of the recognition result matches a predetermined character, or a scenario in which a number of characters in the recognition result matches a predetermined number, or a scenario in which the same recognition result is recognized in two or more consecutive frames. An output section employs a recognition result determined to be valid by the determination section to output a reading result for the code information. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117872 | CUSTOM FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS FOR OPTICAL BARCODES - Systems and methods for custom functional patterns for optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, image data of an image is received from a user device. A candidate shape feature of the image is extracted from the image data. A determination is made that the shape feature satisfies a shape feature rule. In response to the candidate shape feature satisfying the shape feature rule, a custom graphic in the image is identified by comparing the candidate shape feature with a reference shape feature of the custom graphic. In response to identifying the custom graphic, data encoded in a portion of the image is decoded. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117873 | LABEL READING SYSTEM - Based on information on a plurality of images taken by a plurality of cameras of a QR-code imaging device, either information that label information has been appropriately acquired or information that the label information has not been appropriately acquired is assigned to each of a plurality of parts boxes placed on a forklift. Then, the information assigned to each parts box is displayed over a corresponding parts box in an image showing the parts boxes. By visually checking the image showing the parts boxes, a worker can easily recognize a parts box of which the label information has not been appropriately acquired. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117874 | Fingerprint Sensor Device and Method - A fingerprint sensor package and method are provided. The fingerprint sensor package comprises a fingerprint sensor along with a fingerprint sensor surface material and electrical connections from a first side of the fingerprint sensor to a second side of the fingerprint sensor. A high voltage chip is connected to the fingerprint sensor and then the fingerprint sensor package with the high voltage chip are connected to a substrate, wherein the substrate has an opening to accommodate the presence of the high voltage chip. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117875 | FINGERPRINT MODULE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A fingerprint module and the preparation method thereof, and an electronic device and the preparation method thereof, which are beneficial to improving the performance of fingerprint identification. The fingerprint module includes a fingerprint sensor, wherein a first direction of the fingerprint module has a first angle with a first direction of the fingerprint sensor, the first direction of the fingerprint module is a direction parallel to a particular edge of the fingerprint module, and the first direction of the fingerprint sensor is a direction parallel to a particular edge of the fingerprint sensor. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117876 | UNDER-SCREEN BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION COMPONENT AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Provided are an under-screen biometric identification apparatus, a biometric identification component and a terminal device. The under-screen biometric identification apparatus includes: a display screen and a biometric identification module, where the biometric identification module is fixedly disposed under the display screen, and there is a gap between the biometric identification module and the display screen. In an embodiment of the present application, the biometric identification module and a lower surface of the display screen are designed to be separated, which can reduce difficulty of disassembling the biometric identification module, thereby improving maintainability of the terminal device. Further, complexity of manufacturing the biometric identification module under the display screen can be reduced and a production success rate can be enhanced, and thus production cost is reduced. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117877 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, UNDER-SCREEN FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are a backlight module, an under-screen fingerprint identification method, apparatus and an electronic device. The under-screen fingerprint identification apparatus is applied to an electronic device having a backlight module, and includes: a fingerprint identification module disposed under the backlight module and configured to receive an infrared light signal passing through the backlight module that is emitted by an infrared light source and illuminates a human finger, where the infrared light signal is used to detect fingerprint information of the finger; where a haze of the infrared light signal passes through the backlight module is less than a haze of visible light for displaying an image passes through the backlight module. The under-screen fingerprint identification apparatus of embodiments of the present application could effectively implement under-screen fingerprint identification of a passive light-emitting display screen. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117878 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fingerprint identification apparatus and an electronic device applicable to an electronic device having a display screen, including: an optical function layer, disposed between the display screen and a middle frame of the electronic device, wherein the optical function layer includes a quarter-wave plate and a polarizer, and the polarizer is disposed under the quarter-wave plate; and an optical fingerprint module, disposed under the optical function layer, and configured to receive a fingerprint optical signal transmitted through the quarter-wave plate and the polarizer, wherein the fingerprint detecting signal is used for detecting fingerprint information of a finger. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117879 | FINGERPRINT DETECTION APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION - A fingerprint detection apparatus and a terminal device having a fingerprint identification function are disclosed. The terminal device includes: a glass cover, configured to provide a touch interface; a liquid crystal panel, located below the glass cover; a backlight module, located below the liquid crystal panel; and a light-emitting component, located below the glass cover, wherein the light-emitting component and the liquid crystal panel are staggered from each other, and the light-emitting component is configured to emit a light to illuminate the finger to generate a returned light, wherein the returned light is used for the terminal device to perform the fingerprint identification on the finger. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117880 | GUIDANCE SEEKING DEVICE FOR A SATELLITE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SAME - A guidance seeking device for a satellite and a method of enhancing the performance of the same. The device includes a seeking device, at least one image-capturing device and a processing device. The seeking device and the at least one image-capturing device are for capturing an image to produce an image data. The processing device is configured to analyze the image data to determine a target and/or an obstacle therein, to produce an image-capturing path according to the target and/or the obstacle in the image data, and to produce a control signal to control the at least one image-capturing device to capture an image corresponding to one part of the image-capturing path. The method includes a seeking step, an analyzing step, a determination step and a controlling step. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117881 | TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND AGRICULTURAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A method of detecting target signals includes obtaining detection signals from a detection device, the detection device being to detect a target object around an unmanned aerial vehicle, selecting a test signal and neighboring signals from the detection signals, determining a signal threshold corresponding to the test signal according to the neighboring signals, and determining whether the test signal includes a target signal from the target object according to the signal threshold. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117882 | POLARIZED SCANNING OF DENDRITIC IDENTIFIERS - The disclosure features methods and systems that include illuminating a candidate structure with radiation linearly polarized along a first polarization direction and obtaining a first image of the dendritic structure, illuminating the candidate structure with radiation linearly polarized along a second polarization direction and obtaining a second image of the dendritic structure, where an angle between the first and second polarization directions is at least 10, for a set of pixels corresponding to a first region of the candidate structure in the first and second images, determining a first change in average pixel intensity between the first and second images, and authenticating the candidate structure as a dendritic structure based on the first change in average pixel intensity. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117883 | LAB COLOR SPACE SILVER AND RED IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION BASED TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING GENES IN TISSUE SAMPLES - A computer-based specimen analyzer ( | 2020-04-16 |
20200117884 | IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS BASED ON PROPORTIONS OF NEARBY BOTTLES - A system for acquiring images of products in a retail store is disclosed. The system may include at least one first housing configured for location on a retail shelving unit, and at least one image capture device included in the at least one first housing and configured relative to the at least one first housing such that an optical axis of the at least one image capture device is directed toward an opposing retail shelving unit when the at least one first housing is fixedly mounted on the retail shelving unit. The system may further include a second housing configured for location on the retail shelving unit separate from the at least one first housing, the second housing may contain at least one processor configured to control the at least one image capture device and also to control a network interface for communicating with a remote server. The system may also include at least one data conduit extending between the at least one first housing and the second housing, the at least one data conduit being configured to enable transfer of control signals from the at least one processor to the at least one image capture device and to enable collection of image data acquired by the at least one image capture device for transmission by the network interface. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117885 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Vehicle - An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a sensor that detects motion and approach of an object around the vehicle, a camera that obtains a motion image and a facial image of the object around the vehicle, and a controller that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the obtained motion and facial images of the object around the vehicle. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117886 | FAST, EMBEDDED, HYBRID VIDEO FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment relates to the field of Automatic Face Recognition (AFR) systems. More specifically one exemplary embodiment relates at least to a method and a system capable of recognizing the face of a person using a device equipped with a camera of any kind and an associated computer, such as an embedded computer. The system is alternatively suitable to be implemented as an embedded system with minimal processing hardware capabilities, consuming very low power. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117887 | SPEAKING CLASSIFICATION USING AUDIO-VISUAL DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating predictions for whether a target person is speaking during a portion of a video. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining one or more images which each depict a mouth of a given person at a respective time point. The images are processed using an image embedding neural network to generate a latent representation of the images. Audio data corresponding to the images is processed using an audio embedding neural network to generate a latent representation of the audio data. The latent representation of the images and the latent representation of the audio data is processed using a recurrent neural network to generate a prediction for whether the given person is speaking. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117888 | INTERACTIVE SIGN LANGUAGE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive sign language response (ISLR) system and method are described herein. The method includes receiving, by the interactive sign language response system, a video call from a videophone used by a video calling party, the video call including a video signal between the videophone and the interactive sign language response system; sending, by the interactive sign language response system and by way of the video call, a video prompt to be displayed on the videophone of the video calling party; and detecting, by the interactive sign language response system and by way of the video call, a response from the video calling party to the video prompt. In at least one embodiment, the interactive sign language recognition system performs automatic sign language recognition to determine one or more gestures in the video signal. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117889 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAND ACTIVITY SENSING - Systems and techniques for facilitating hand activity sensing are presented. In one example, a system obtains, from a wrist-worn computational device, hand activity data associated with a sustained series of hand motor actions in performance of a human task. The system also employs a machine learning technique to determine classification data indicative of a classification for the human task. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117890 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING FASHION STYLE USING DEEP LEARNING TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - Deep learning-based clothing style evaluation method and system are provided. According to the present invention, a deep learning-based clothing style evaluation method comprises receiving at least one image provided by a user terminal, analyzing objects included in the at least one image and extracting a plurality of fashion features related to a user using deep learning algorithm when the user exists in the object, extracting matching information between the extracted plurality of fashion features using deep learning algorithm, evaluating a clothing style of the user based on the matching information, and transmitting an evaluation result to the user terminal, wherein the fashion feature is one of the number of clothing worn by the user, type of clothing, color of clothing, style of clothing, skin tone of the user, and other information affecting fashion style, and wherein the matching information comprises essentially of matching information between the skin tone of the user and any one of the fashion features other than the skin tone. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117891 | Item Validation and Image Evaluation System - Systems for item validation and image evaluation are provided. In some examples, a system may receive an instrument and associated data. The instrument may be received and a user profile may be retrieved. The user profile may include a plurality of previously processed instruments that have been determined to be valid and/or authentic. The instrument may be compared to the plurality of previously processed instruments to determine whether one or more elements of the instrument being evaluated match one or more corresponding elements of the plurality of previously processed instruments. Matching or non-matching elements may be identified. In some examples, one or more user interfaces may be generated displaying the instruments and including any highlighting or enhancements identifying matching or non-matching elements. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117892 | Enterprise Profile Management and Control System - Systems for profile management and control are provided. A system may receive an instrument or image of an instrument. In some examples, data may be extracted from the instrument or image of the instrument and a document profile may be retrieved based on the extracted data. Images within the document profile may be evaluated to identify a type of document for each document. In some examples, a total number of documents of each type may be determined or identified. The total number of documents may be compared to a threshold. If the total number of documents is below the threshold, the documents or images in the profile may be maintained. If the total number of documents is at or above the threshold, in some examples, each document may be further evaluated to determine or identify documents or document images for deletion. In some arrangements, the profile may be refreshed and documents or images identified for deletion may be deleted. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117893 | DETERMINING DIFFERENCES IN DOCUMENTS TO GENERATE A VISUALIZATION HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DOCUMENTS - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining differences in documents to generate a visualization highlighting the differences between documents. Name-value pairs are extracted for objects in a first document. The objects include code to control rendering of content in the first document in a graphical user interface (GUI). Each extracted name-value pair indicates a value for a name of an attribute in the first document. Name value pairs are extracted for objects in a second document. A determination is made whether a difference in values of a specified name indicated in the name-value pairs extracted from the first and second documents exceeds a threshold provided for the specified name. A visualization is generated highlighting an object rendered according to different values provided for the specified name that are determined to exceed the threshold provided for the specified name. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117894 | AUTOMATED PARAMETERIZATION IMAGE PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD - A computerized automated parameterization image pattern detection and classification method performs (1) morphological metrics learning using labeled region data to generate morphological metrics; (2) intensity metrics learning using learning image and labeled region data to generate intensity metrics; and (3) population learning using the morphological metrics and the intensity metrics to generate learned pattern detection parameter. The method may further update the learned pattern detection parameter using additional labeled region data and learning image, and apply pattern detection with optional user parameter adjustment to image data to generate detected pattern. The method may alternatively perform pixel parameter learning and pixel classification to generate pixel class confidence, and uses the pixel class confidence and the labeled region data to perform pattern parameter learning to generate the learned pattern detection parameter. The method may further perform pattern classification learning to generate pattern classifier which is used to generate classified pattern. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL A WORKFLOW AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SET OF TASK-SPECIFIC CONTROL PARAMETERS - The invention relates to a system and method to control a workflow comprising at least one task to be performed by a person (P | 2020-04-16 |
20200117896 | Method and system for correlating an image capturing device to a human user for analyzing gaze information associated with cognitive performance - The present invention provides a method for a finalized processed image and related data to identify a spatial location of each pupil in the region. Each pupil is identified by a two-dimensional spatial coordinate. The method includes processing information associated with each pupil identified by the two-dimensional spatial coordinate to output a plurality of two-dimensional spatial coordinates, each of which is in reference to a time, in a two-dimensional space. The method then includes outputting a gaze information about the human user. The gaze information includes the two-dimensional spatial coordinates each of which is in reference to a time in a two-dimensional space. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117897 | Adaptive Artificial Intelligence Training Data Acquisition and Plant Monitoring System - A system for adapting an in situ wireless sensor network monitoring system to AI analytic trained automated crop or plant monitoring system, by having non-experts with exemplars of watched-for pestilence accumulating wireless sensor image data into identified suspect pest labeled image objects for training AI analytics. Non-experts view and compare suspect pestilence and harms, labeling objects matching exemplars and accumulation a minimum set of training images for training an AI analytic program. Once trained the AI analytic is installed for monitoring for positive identified labeled trained objects identified in sensor data images. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ROBOTIC CONTROL - A method and system of performing interactive object segmentation from streaming surfaces is disclosed. An environment data stream, including correlated image and depth data, is received from a set of sensors collocated with a robot. A virtualized representation of a physical environment is displayed and updated in accordance with the environment data stream in real-time. A marking input is received from a haptic-enabled input device. A position in the virtualized representation of the physical environment is determined in accordance with the marking input and is constrained by a first virtualized surface in the virtualized representation of the physical environment. Object segmentation is performed from the position of the marking input on the correlated image and depth data. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117899 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AN AUGMENTED ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING A WEIGHT INDICATOR FOR A VEHICLE - Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate an augmented environment including a weight indicator for a vehicle. An example disclosed apparatus includes a sensor interface to receive load data associated with a vehicle, and receive live video data from a camera, the live video data including a location of an object in the vehicle, a load mapper to generate a map of loads on the vehicle based on the load data, an object-to-weight correlator to correlate a load of the map of loads with the object, and an augmented reality generator to generate an augmented environment identifying the location of the object and the load correlated with the object. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117900 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FIREARM AND ASSET MONITORING INCLUDING COALESCING CONES OF FIRE - A firearm monitoring and remote support system monitors firearms and other assets within a deployment location to detect threats to users of the firearms and to perform actions in response to the threats. Measurements recorded using sensors of the firearms and/or of the other assets are used to determine changes in motion, position, orientation, and/or operation of the firearms and/or of the other assets. The measurements are processed to determine the nature of a threat and the particular actions to perform in response thereto. Graphical user interfaces visualizing the users within the deployment location are updated using the measurements to show, in real-time, positions and orientations of cones of fire for the users within the deployment location. In some cases, the cones of fire may be used to detect threats within the deployment location. In some cases, the actions to perform in response to a detected threat may be automated. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING REAL-TIME BEHAVIORAL RISKS USING EVERYDAY IMAGES - A system includes a camera configured to generate image data and a computing device in electronic communication with the camera. The computing device includes at least one processor and is configured to receive, from the camera, one or more images representative of a location. The computing device is further configured to apply a trained classifier to the one or more images to classify the location into one of at least two risk categories, wherein the classification is based on a likelihood of a subject performing a target behavior based on presence of the subject in the location. The computing device is additionally configured to issue a risk alert responsive to the trained classifier classifying the location into a high-risk category. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117902 | AUTOMATIC OBJECT COMPARISON - A wearable apparatus is provided. The wearable apparatus may include: a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to: determine from at least one of the plurality of images a presence of two differing objects indicated by the user; perform a look up of the two differing objects to ascertain identities of the two differing objects; perform a look up of descriptive information about the two differing objects; compare the descriptive information about the two differing objects; and cause a display of the information about the comparing of the two differing objects in a manner permitting the user to ascertain differences between the two differing objects. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117903 | ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION (AEC) CONSTRUCTION SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION AND CAPTURE - A computer-implemented method and system provide the ability to determine and provide a safety risk analysis for construction. Construction related data is obtained and includes textual data and a visual artifact for the construction project. A construction safety context is identified based on the construction related data. Based on the construction safety context, a safety participant risk score that assigns a numerical safety risk participant value to any entity involved in the construction project is determined. Based on the safety risk participant score, a safety project score that assigns a risk level on a per-project basis is determined. The safety risk analysis is presented based on the safety participant risk score and safety project score, via a graphical user interface. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117904 | Method for categorizing a scene comprising a sub-scene with machine learning - There is provided a method for identifying an action in a scene, comprising: a computing device receiving a plurality of data points corresponding to a scene; the computing device determining one or more subsets of data points from the plurality of data points, wherein said one or more subsets of data points are indicative of at least one sub-scenes in said scene, said sub-scene displayed on a display device; the computing device categorizing said action in said scene, disregarding said a least one sub-scene. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117905 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN VIDEO FEEDS - Embodiments are directed to a smart camera device that analyzes independent video streams. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117906 | SPACE-TIME MEMORY NETWORK FOR LOCATING TARGET OBJECT IN VIDEO CONTENT - Certain aspects involve using a space-time memory network to locate one or more target objects in video content for segmentation or other object classification. In one example, a video editor generates a query key map and a query value map by applying a space-time memory network to features of a query frame from video content. The video editor retrieves a memory key map and a memory value map that are computed, with the space-time memory network, from a set of memory frames from the video content. The video editor computes memory weights by applying a similarity function to the memory key map and the query key map. The video editor classifies content in the query frame as depicting the target feature using a weighted summation that includes the memory weights applied to memory locations in the memory value map. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117907 | METHOD FOR DETECTING VIOLENT INCIDENT IN VIDEO BASED ON HYPERGRAPH TRANSITION - Provided is a method for detecting a violent incident in a video based on a hypergraph transition model, comprising a procedure of extracting a foreground target track, a procedure of establishing a hypergraph and a similarity measure, and a procedure of constructing a hypergraph transition descriptor; using the hypergraph to describe a spatial relationship of feature points, in order to reflect attitude information about a movement; and modelling the transition of correlative hypergraphs in a time sequence and extracting a feature descriptor HVC, wherein same can effectively reflect the intensity and stability of the movement. The method firstly analyses the spatial relationship of the feature points and a transition condition of a feature point group, and then performs conjoint analysis on same. The method of the present invention is sensitive to disorderly and irregular behaviours in a video, wherein same is applicable to the detection of violent incidents. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117908 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEOS PLACED ON A SPHERE IN ABUSIVE SPHERICAL VIDEO CONTENT BY TILING THE SPHERE - Methods, systems, and media for analyzing spherical video content are provided. More particularly, methods, systems, and media for detecting two-dimensional videos placed on a sphere in abusive spherical video content by tiling the sphere are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving an identifier of a spherical video content item, wherein the spherical video content item has a plurality of views and wherein the spherical video content item is encoded into a plurality of two-dimensional video frames; selecting a first frame of the plurality of two-dimensional video frames associated with the spherical video content item; dividing the first frame into a plurality of tiles spanning the first frame of the spherical video content item; calculating, for each tile of the plurality of tiles, a probability that the tile includes content of a particular type of content; determining, for each tile, whether the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold; in response to determining, for a particular tile, that the probability exceeds the predetermined threshold, causing the content associated with the tile to be analyzed using a video fingerprinting technique; and in response to determining, using the video fingerprinting technique, that the content associated with the tile matches a reference content item of a plurality of reference content items, generating an indication of the match in association with the identifier of the spherical video content item. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING VIDEO SUMMARIES - Video information defining video content may be accessed. Highlight moments within the video content may be identified. Flexible video segments may be determined based on the highlight moments. Individual flexible video segments may include one or more of the highlight moments and a flexible portion of the video content. The flexible portion of the video content may be characterized by a minimum segment duration, a target segment duration, and a maximum segment duration. A duration allocated to the video content may be determined. One or more of the flexible video segments may be selected based on the duration and one or more of the minimum segment duration, the target segment duration, and/or the maximum segment duration of the selected flexible video segments. A video summary including the selected flexible video segments may be generated. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117910 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIDEO CLIP - The disclosed subject matter relates to methods of generating a clip from a video displayed on a screen, comprising: storing a set of videos in a database of a server, each video containing a sequence of pictures; capturing an image of the screen displaying one of the videos of said set, with a capturing device; transmitting the image, or a fingerprint derived from the image, from the capturing device to the server; in the server, matching the image or fingerprint with at least one of the pictures of one of the videos in the database to determine a matching video and a timestamp of a matching picture in the matching video; and extracting a clip from the matching video, the clip having a length shorter than that of said video and having a start and a stop time in a given relation to said timestamp. The disclosed subject matter further relates to a server and a capturing device to be used in said methods. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117911 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BOOKMARK VIDEO FINGERPRINT - Systems and methods for replacing original media bookmarks of at least a portion of a digital media file with replacement bookmarks is described. A media fingerprint engine detects the location of the original fingerprints associated with the portion of the digital media file and a region analysis algorithm characterizes regions of media file spanning the location of the original bookmarks by data class types. The replacement bookmarks are associated with the data class types and are overwritten or otherwise are substituted for the original bookmarks. The replacement bookmarks then are subjected to a fingerprint matching algorithm that incorporates media timeline and media related metadata. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE DATA SET FAMILIARITY - The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for identifying objects and scenarios that have not been trained or are unidentifiable to vehicle perception sensors or vehicle assistive driving systems. Embodiments are directed to using a trained vehicle data set to identify target objects in vehicle sensor data. In one embodiment, a process is provided that includes running a scene detection operation on vehicle to derive a vector of target object attributes of the vehicle sensor data and generating a vector representation for the scene detection operation and the attributes of the vehicle sensor data. The vector representation compared to a familiarity vector to represent effectiveness of the scene detection operation. In addition, the vector representation can be scored to identify one or more target objects or significant scenarios, including unidentifiable objects and/or driving scenes, scenarios for reporting. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117913 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - There are provided an object recognition apparatus that raises the recognition accuracy for a surrounding object and a vehicle control apparatus, and an object recognition method and a vehicle control method. An object recognition apparatus receives object data, which is a state value of the object, from a first sensor for detecting a surrounding object; compares estimation data obtained through estimation of a state value of the object, based on recognition data calculated in a past period, with the object data, and determines whether or not the object data is data in a low-resolution state; then, in accordance with the determination result, calculates the state value of the object by use of object data and estimation data and then generates the state value as recognition data, so that the recognition accuracy for an object is raised. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117914 | Algorithm Triggered Sensor Data Acquisition - A computer system comprising a sensor system and a processor is provided, wherein the sampling rate of the sensor system is not predetermined, and instead depends on the acquisition rate of the algorithm acquiring the data stream provided by the sensor system. A corresponding method is also provided. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117915 | Vision-Based Indicator Signal Detection Using Spatiotemporal Filtering - An autonomous vehicle is configured to detect an active turn signal indicator on another vehicle. An image-capture device of the autonomous vehicle captures an image of a field of view of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle captures the image with a short exposure to emphasize objects having brightness above a threshold. Additionally, a bounding area for a second vehicle located within the image is determined. The autonomous vehicle identifies a group of pixels within the bounding area based on a first color of the group of pixels. The autonomous vehicle also calculates an oscillation of an intensity of the group of pixels. Based on the oscillation of the intensity, the autonomous vehicle determines a likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal. Additionally, the autonomous vehicle is controlled based at least on the likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117916 | DEEP LEARNING CONTINUOUS LANE LINES DETECTION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - According to an embodiment, a system receives a captured image perceiving one or more lane markers surrounding the ADV from an image capturing device of the ADV. The system detects one or more continuous lane lines based on the one or more lane markers in the captured image by applying a machine learning model to the captured image, where the machine learning model includes a number of layers of nodes and the machine learning model includes a weighted softmax cross-entropy loss within at least one of the layers in training. The system generates a trajectory based on the one or more continuous (e.g., whole) lane lines to control the ADV autonomously according to the trajectory. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117917 | Apparatus and Method for Distinguishing False Target in Vehicle and Vehicle Including the Same - A false target distinguishing apparatus includes an image matching unit configured to match coordinate information about an acquired two-dimensional image with coordinate information about an acquired three-dimensional image, a target mapping unit configured to map sensed target information to a matching image matched with the coordinate information, a region-of-interest extraction unit configured to select a target mapped to the matching image as a region of interest and to extract the selected region of interest, and a determination unit configured to perform false target classification/learning by determining whether the extracted region of interest is a false target. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117918 | VEHICLE LANE MARKING AND OTHER OBJECT DETECTION USING SIDE FISHEYE CAMERAS AND THREE-FOLD DE-WARPING - A method performed by a vehicle system for handling images of the surroundings of a vehicle. An image of the surroundings of the vehicle is obtained. The image is obtained from at least one side image capturing device mounted in or on the vehicle, and the image capturing device comprises a fisheye camera lens. At least a part of the distortions in the image is corrected to obtain a corrected image. The corrected image is rotationally transformed using a first rotational transformation to obtain a first transformed image. The corrected image is rotationally transformed using a second rotational transformation to obtain a second transformed image. The first and second transformed images are consecutive or adjacent images. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117919 | CROSSWALK MARKING ESTIMATING DEVICE - A crosswalk marking estimating device includes: circuitry configured to: create a planar-view road surface image of a road around a vehicle; acquire end candidates which are candidates for ends of the bands, included in a crosswalk marking, in the planar-view road surface image based on the planar-view road surface image and a template image which is stored in advance; select a plurality of selected end candidates which is a set of the end candidates corresponding to an edge on the one side, in the road extending direction, of the crosswalk marking from a distribution of the end candidates in the road extending direction in the planar-view road surface image; and estimate a position of the edge of the crosswalk marking relative to the vehicle based on the selected end candidates. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117920 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and a method for converting an image. The apparatus includes an image sensor configured to obtain an image of a road, and a processor. The processor is configured to segment an input image into a plurality of region images, determine a vanishing point corresponding to each of the plurality of region images, obtain a translation relation for converting two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of a point in a region image among the plurality of region images into three-dimensional (3D) coordinates, based on a vanishing point of the region image, and generate road profile data based on translation relations of the plurality of region images. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD SHAPES - In an apparatus for recognizing a road shape of a travel route of a first vehicle, a surrounding environment recognizer repeatedly recognizes, as surroundings information, at least shapes of roadside objects or travel histories of second vehicles that are vehicles other than the first vehicle, located around the first vehicle in a travel direction of the first vehicle. A sequence-of-point estimator repeatedly estimates, using the surroundings information, a reference line connecting a sequence of points that represent the road shape of the travel route in the travel direction of the first vehicle. A first lane boundary setter repeatedly sets a first lane boundary that is a boundary of a lane of the first vehicle, located at a first distance from the reference line to a respective one of the left and the right of the first vehicle in a vehicle-widthwise direction of the first vehicle. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117922 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEMORY FOR CONSTRUCTING TRANSVERSE TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP OF LANES IN HIGH-DEFINITION MAP - A method and system for constructing a transverse topological relationship and a memory are provided. In the method, lane group data in a high-definition map is acquired; for each lane group, a shared boundary line group of two adjacent lanes is sequentially extracted, and the number of parallel boundary line elements is determined; if the number is 1, a transverse topological relationship between the two adjacent lanes is not generated, otherwise the number and types of boundary line units on the parallel boundary line elements are determined; and if the number of the boundary line units is 1, the transverse topological relationship between the two adjacent lanes is generated, otherwise segmentation processing is performed on the lane group along a lane direction, and the transverse topological relationship between two adjacent lanes in each of segments, which are obtained by the segmentation processing on the lane group, is sequentially generated. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117923 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM - A vehicular imaging system includes an imaging device comprising an array of photo-sensing pixels and a control having an image processor operable for processing image data captured by the imaging device. The control utilizes edge detection in processing captured image data by the image processor for detecting objects present exterior of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing at the control of captured image data by the image processor, the control detects an object of interest present in the field of view of the imaging device. In detecting the object of interest present in the field of view of the imaging device and responsive at least in part to processing at the control of captured image data by the image processor, shadows present in the field of view of the imaging device are discerned and distinguished from the object of interest. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117924 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The control method includes: receiving video data; acquiring a plurality of feature information representing an object from the received video data using a plurality of filters; detecting the object included in the video data using feature information, among the plurality of feature information, acquired by at least two of the plurality of filters; and providing information on the detected object. As a result, the electronic apparatus can accurately detect surrounding vehicles and pedestrians even under a general road condition, dark road conditions (such as at night time and bad weather), or the like. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117925 | PARKING SPOT IDENTIFICATION FOR VEHICLE PARK-ASSIST - Method and apparatus are disclosed for parking spot identification for vehicle park-assist. An example vehicle includes range-detection sensors, an acceleration sensor, an autonomy unit to perform park-assist, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine, via the acceleration sensor, whether the vehicle is accelerating. The controller also is to, responsive to determining that the vehicle is not accelerating, identify potential parking spots for the park-assist via the range-detection sensors. The controller also is to, responsive to detecting that the vehicle is accelerating, suppress identification of the potential parking spots. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117926 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PARKING OF VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a parking operation of a vehicle, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for evaluating each available parking space in a parking area to determine a parking space. Specifically, the parking control apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive parking area map information from a server; an extraction unit configured to extract a candidate parking space list including one or more available parking spaces on the basis of the parking area map information; an available parking space evaluation unit configured to allocate a priority order to each of the available parking spaces included in the candidate parking space list on the basis of preset priority order allocation condition information; and a parking space determination unit configured to determine a target parking space for a subject vehicle on the basis of information on priority orders allocated to respective available parking spaces. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117927 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control device includes a video data acquisition unit acquiring video data from a camera that captures a video in a moving direction of a vehicle, a parking line recognition unit recognizing a parking line being a line of a parking space from the video data, a center line generation unit generating a center line of the parking space from the recognized parking line, a vehicle moving line generation unit generating a vehicle moving line extending in the moving direction of the vehicle from a position corresponding to a center part along a width of the vehicle, a superimposed video generation unit generating superimposed data being video data where the center line and the vehicle moving line are superimposed on the video data, and a display control unit transmitting the superimposed data to a display unit to display a video related to the superimposed data on the display unit. | 2020-04-16 |
20200117928 | TRAFFIC VIOLATION VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, SERVER AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A traffic violation vehicle identification system, a server and a non-transitory recording medium is provided. The traffic violation vehicle identification system includes a first vehicle and a server. The first vehicle is configured to generate a first picture by photographing a traffic light in an travel direction of the first vehicle and an oncoming vehicle or a crossing vehicle at an intersection, and send violation vehicle information including characteristic information about a traffic violation vehicle performing a traffic violation and a first sending picture, to the server, when the first vehicle detects the traffic violation vehicle in the first picture, the first sending picture being at least a part of the first picture including an evidence picture of the traffic violation, the characteristic information being extracted from the first picture. | 2020-04-16 |