| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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| 20160125601 | DETECTION OF TOOTH CONDITION USING REFLECTANCE IMAGES WITH RED AND GREEN FLUORESCENCE - A system and method for imaging a tooth. The method illuminates the tooth and acquires reflectance image data and illuminates the tooth and acquires fluorescence image data from the tooth. The acquired reflectance and fluorescence image data for the tooth are aligned to form aligned reflectance and fluorescence image data. For one or more pixels of the aligned reflectance and fluorescence image data, at least one feature vector is generated, having data derived from one or both of the aligned reflectance and fluorescence image data. The aligned reflectance and fluorescence image data and the at least one feature vector are processed using one or more trained classifiers obtained from a memory that is in signal communication with the computer. Processing results indicative of tooth condition are displayed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125602 | PORTAL DOSIMETRY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for evaluating treatment parameters for a patient undergoing radiotherapy. The method includes the step of generating a portal dosimetry image showing differences between a planning image obtained prior to a treatment session and a portal image obtained during the treatment session. A database of prior portal dosimetry results is accessed, and a processor is used to perform a similarity measurement between the portal dosimetry image and the prior portal dosimetry results. Based on the similarity measurement, the system determines whether radiation was delivered as planned during the treatment session. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125603 | BONE CUTTING SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A system of this invention is directed to a bone cutting support system that properly indicates a bone cutting plane determined in advance to a doctor during surgery. The bone cutting support system includes a storage that stores 3D shape data of a surgery target bone in association with position data of a marker fixed to the surgery target bone, a bone cutting plane determiner that determines, based on the 3D shape data of the surgery target bone, a position and direction of a bone cutting plane or a bone cutting guide plane representing a plane to guide for cutting the surgery target bone, and a bone cutting plane display that displays the determined bone cutting plane based on an image obtained by capturing the marker fixed to the surgery target bone. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125604 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes acquisition circuitry, extraction circuitry, calculation circuitry, and determination circuitry. The acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a first photographic image and a second photographic image that contain tree structures of a subject. The extraction circuitry configured to extract branch points of each of the tree structures in the first photographic image and the second photographic image. The calculation circuitry configured to calculate the similarities between the branch points in the first photographic image and the branch points in the second photographic image based on the feature quantities of the branch points. The determination circuitry configured to determine the corresponding path between the branch points in the first photographic image and the branch points in the second photographic image based on the similarities between the branch points calculated by the calculation circuitry. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125605 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT - An image processing apparatus includes an input device configured to receive a computerized tomography image of a first respiration phase of an object; a data selector configured to select magnetic resonance image data similar to the object from among magnetic resonance image data; and an image generator configured to generate a computerized tomography image of a second respiration phase of the object based on the selected magnetic resonance image data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125606 | Ultra-Low Power, Ultra High Thruput (ULTRA2) ASIC-based Cognitive Processor - There has been a significant advance in the capabilities of electro-optical sensors to search wide areas and provide data streams that contain information critical to system operators. The problem being addressed by this invention is the accurate and timely interpretation of the observations made by these sensor suites and the instantiation of the processing on practical low power, high throughput processors which enable deployment on a wide variety of platforms. The interpretation of sensor observations will also depend upon a) the general situation, e.g. level of hostility, and b) collateral data, e.g. normal or abnormal operations of the platforms themselves. Can accurate and timely situation awareness be achieved? Yes, humans do it all the time. Can it be done on small, ultra-low power, ultra-high throughput processors? Yes 3D stacked analog ASIC circuits enable such processors. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125607 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus includes a data acquirer that scans an object with a fiducial marker attached thereto to acquire volume data, and a data processor that estimates a plane of interest, based on a position of the fiducial marker and a position of a landmark in the volume data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125608 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING IMPROVED POSITIONING OF A VEHICLE - A method performed by an object size mapping system is described for enabling improved positioning of a vehicle. The object size mapping system includes a first reference camera adapted to be arranged on-board a reference vehicle. The object size mapping system determines a current reference position of the reference vehicle. The system captures by the first reference camera, at the current reference position of the reference vehicle, a current reference image of a stationary physical reference object situated in the surroundings of the reference vehicle. The object size mapping system then determines a current reference size value of at least a portion of the stationary physical reference object, in the current reference image. The object size mapping system stores the current reference size value to be associated with the current reference position of the reference vehicle and a mapped digital reference object corresponding to the stationary physical reference object. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125609 | Three Dimensional Recognition from Unscripted Sources Technology (TRUST) - The invention is a device and method for recognizing individuals of interest by analyzing images taken under real world lighting conditions with imperfect viewing. Recognition attributes are identified by running a plurality of processing algorithms on the image data which a) extract indices of recognition that are markers relating to specific individuals, b) create morphable, three dimensional computer graphics models of candidate individuals based on the indices of recognition, c) apply the viewing conditions from the real world data imagery to the three dimensional models, and d) declare recognition based on a high degree of correlation between the morphed model and the raw data image within a catalog of the indices of recognition of individuals of interest. The invention further encompasses the instantiation of the processing on very high thruput processing elements that may include FPGAs or GPUs. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125610 | 3D IMAGING, RANGING, AND/OR TRACKING USING ACTIVE ILLUMINATION AND POINT SPREAD FUNCTION ENGINEERING - Imaging systems and imaging methods are disclosed to estimate a three-dimensional position of an object at a scene and/or generate a three-dimensional image of the scene. The imaging system may include, for example, one or many light sources; an optical system configured to direct light from the one or more light sources into a pattern onto the scene; a mask; a detector array disposed to receive light from the scene through the mask; and at least one processor communicatively coupled with the detector and configured to estimate a depth of a particle within the scene. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125611 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND DEPTH MEASUREMENT METHOD - A depth measurement apparatus that calculates depth information of an object based on a first color image and a second color image, includes: a depth calculator adapted to calculate depth information of a target pixel in a color plane, using the two color images; and an evaluator adapted to calculate, for each color plane, an evaluation value to indicate a confidence coefficient of the depth information in the target pixel, wherein the depth calculator is further adapted to determine, based on the evaluation value, a color plane from which the depth information of the target pixel is calculated. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125612 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes an acquisitor and a processor. The acquisitor acquires information including a first image of an object and a first relationship. The first image includes first and second image areas. The first image area corresponds to a first position of a first part of the object and has a first pixel value. The second image area corresponds to a second position of a second part of the object and has a second pixel value. The processor performs generating a first generated image including a third and a fourth image areas corresponding to the first and the second positions, determining a third pixel value of the third image area and a fourth pixel value of the fourth image area, and calculating a first distance corresponding to a length of the third image area and a second distance corresponding to a length of the fourth image area. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125613 | MOBILE DOCUMENT DETECTION AND ORIENTATION BASED ON REFERENCE OBJECT CHARACTERISTICS - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting, estimating, calculating, etc. characteristics of a document based on reference objects depicted on the document are disclosed. In one approach, a computer-implemented method for processing a digital image depicting a document includes analyzing the digital image to determine one or more of a presence and a location of one or more reference objects; determining one or more geometric characteristics of at least one of the reference objects; defining one or more region(s) of interest based at least in part on one or more of the determined geometric characteristics; and detecting a presence or an absence of an edge of the document within each defined region of interest. Additional embodiments leverage the type of document depicted in the image, multiple frames of image data, and/or calculate or extrapolate document edges rather than locating edges in the image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125614 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure provides an information processing method applied to an electronic device. The method comprises: performing edge detection on a first image to obtain edge strength values for respective pixels of the first image; determining, according to the edge strength values of the pixels, a main information region of the first image; cropping, according to the main information region, the first image to obtain a second image which includes the main information region; and setting the second image as a background image for a graphical interactive interface of the electronic device, wherein the graphical interactive interface includes N controls, N being a positive integer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125615 | FLOW ANALYZER, FLOW CYTOMETER AND FLOW ANALYZING METHOD - A flow analyzer includes a flash lamp configured to irradiate a flow cell having a flow path with flash light, the flow path having a predetermined width, an imaging section configured to take images of the flow cell that is irradiated by the flash lamp such that the predetermined width is included in an imaging range, an evaluator configured to detect edges indicating respective sides of the flow cell from an image of a fluid that is taken by the imaging section and to evaluate the fluid passing through the flow cell based on a relationship between a width between the detected edges and the predetermined width, and an output section configured to output a result of the evaluation by the evaluator. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING MOTION MASK - An apparatus for detecting a motion mask includes: an image processor configured to generate a plurality of image frames; a first motion mask detector configured to detect at least one first motion mask by calculating a local feature of each pixel included in a partial or entire area of at least one current image frame which indicates a pixel value relationship between the each pixel and at least one neighboring pixel, and comparing the calculated local feature with a local feature of a corresponding pixel of at least one previous image frame; a second motion mask detector configured to detect at least one second motion mask based on a difference between the partial or entire area of the current image frame and a corresponding area of the previous image frame; and a motion mask generator configured to generate a final motion mask comprising at least one of the first motion mask and the second motion mask. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125617 | ESTIMATING DEVICE AND ESTIMATION METHOD - An estimation method executed by a computer includes: extracting, from an image, a plurality of characteristic points satisfying a certain requirement regarding changes in gray levels between the plurality of characteristic points and surrounding points; identifying, as map points from the plurality of characteristic points, characteristic points existing on planes, by excluding corners of an object depicted on the image; extracting, from another image, another plurality of characteristic points satisfying the certain requirement; executing matching of the another plurality of characteristic points with the map points based on a region including the map points; and estimating, based on results of the matching, a position and an orientation of an imaging device while the another image is captured. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125618 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-PROCESSING A VIDEO STREAM FOR SUBSEQUENT MOTION DETECTION PROCESSING - There is provided a method for pre-processing a video stream for subsequent motion detection processing. The method comprises receiving a video stream of images, wherein each image in the video stream is represented by a first plurality of bits; enhancing the video stream of images by, for each image in the video stream: comparing the image to at least one previous image in the video stream so as to identify pixels where the image differs from the at least one previous image in the video stream, enhancing the image in those pixels where the image differs from the at least one previous image in the video stream; and converting the enhanced video stream of images so as to produce a converted video stream of images for subsequent motion detection processing, wherein each image in the converted video stream is represented by a second plurality of bits being lower than the first plurality of bits. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTIONALITY BASED ROW DETECTION - A system and method for detecting and representing a directionality of objects in an image. A system and method may process an input image to produce a set of direction-filtered images, calculate a local gradient field based on the of direction-filtered images, calculate a magnitude of a projection of a local gradient on a predefined direction and use the projection to represent a directionality of the set of objects. A system and method may calculate a local orientation angle and associate the local orientation angle with pixels in an input digital image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125620 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF ORIENTATION AND/OR LOCATION OF A PERSON - The present invention relates to a device, system and method for automated detection of orientation and/or location of a person. To increase the robustness and accuracy, the proposed device comprises an image data interface ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125621 | INCREMENTAL UPDATE FOR BACKGROUND MODEL THRESHOLDS - Techniques are disclosed for creating a background model of a scene using both a pixel based approach and a context based approach. The combined approach provides an effective technique for segmenting scene foreground from background in frames of a video stream. Further, this approach can scale to process large numbers of camera feeds simultaneously, e.g., using parallel processing architectures, while still generating an accurate background model. Further, using both a pixel based approach and context based approach ensures that the video analytics system can effectively and efficiently respond to changes in a scene, without overly increasing computational complexity. In addition, techniques are disclosed for updating the background model, from frame-to-frame, by absorbing foreground pixels into the background model via an absorption window, and dynamically updating background/foreground thresholds. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125622 | DATA CONVERSION UNIT AND METHOD - Embodiments relate to a data conversion unit including a color analysis portion configured to determine based on R (red), G (green) and B (blue) data signals among the R, G, B data signals and W (white) data signal for an input image whether or not the input image includes a pure color component; and a brightness adjustment portion configured to adjust brightness of the W data signal according to a hue of the pure color component included in the input image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125623 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image identification method, an electronic device with image identification function and a computer program product executing the image identification method with a software program are provided. The image identification method comprises steps of: proceeding texture feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of texture parameters; proceeding color feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of color momentums; and weighting the plurality of texture parameters and the plurality of color momentums to obtain an image identification parameter corresponding to the color source image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125624 | AN APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on an indication of captured colour, the colour captured from a real-world object, provide for application of the captured colour to an identified body feature in a computer generated image of a body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125625 | METHOD FOR REDUCING METAL ARTIFACT IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A method for reducing metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) is disclosed. The method for reducing metal artifacts in CT includes: obtaining a sinogram reduced in size from an original sinogram; setting up a linear algebraic equation according to remaining data excluding data damaged by a metal based on the obtained sinogram; restoring a low-resolution image based on the set up linear algebraic equation; calculating a sinogram from the restored low-resolution image; restoring a sinogram by disposing the calculated sinogram data in the original sinogram and by utilizing the calculated sinogram data as pre-information; and restoring a final CT image from the restored sinogram. Through introduction of a novel metal artifact reduction (MAR) technique referred to as an algebraic correction technique (ACT) using an intermediate image of an attenuation coefficient of an outside of a metal area, an image closest to an original image can be obtained by minimizing metal artifacts in CT. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125626 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a method, comprising: receiving a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprises content that relates to a same object; preprocessing said more than one images to form a feature vector for each region in an image; discovering object-like regions from each image by means of the feature vectors; determining an object appearance model for each image according to the object-like regions; generating an object hypotheses by means of the object appearance model; segmenting the same object in the plurality of images to generate segmented objects; and generating a multiple view segmentation according to the segmented objects. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125627 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to processes projection data in which X-ray detection data representing a detection result of parallel beam X-rays output from an X-ray source has been converted by projection, and form an X-ray image based on the X-ray detection data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125628 | GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - A digital map is provided with information vertex data structures each storing a location, one or more attributes of the space at that location, and a line identifier; and a plan representing a space and comprising a line drawn on the plan between points corresponding to the locations of a plurality of information vertex data structures. The map provides a bespoke, GIS-based geoscience software system that may include several fully integrated and dynamically linked components to better serve both the geoscientist and data user communities. A bespoke database model coupled with a new method of data attribution allows the full variety and complexity of geoscience data and interpretation to be captured. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125629 | Divided Electronic Image Transmission System and Method - An electronic image may be modified by having the image divided into a plurality of portions and in other ways. Dividing an image may occur in a variety of ways including via the use of an interface and automatic dividing. An interface can be provided that allows a user to input instructions for dividing an image into a plurality of portions such as by positioning one or more lines to divide the image, defining a plurality of polygons, and other ways. A divided image may be displayed such that one or more portions of an image are displayed separately. Systems, methods, and machine readable hardware storage media are provided for modifying an electronic image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125630 | System and Method to Align and Merge Differently Exposed Digital Images to Create a HDR (High Dynamic Range) Image - The present invention provides a system and method to align and merge differently exposed digital images to create a HDR image. In the present system, all the modules starting from the receiving module to fusion module are configured to produce a HDR image with better colour purity and sharpness. Each captured image in the system is configured to operate in the HSI colour space. The alignment module is configured to align the pixels of each image in a pyramid shaped resolution structure to derive alignment vectors for one or more regional partitions of each image across one or more levels of the pyramid. The system is configured such that, the saturation component in the HSI colour space is used to pick the colour purity of pixels and intensity channel is used to weigh the sharpness of pixels of each of the differently exposed captured images. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125631 | APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING HUD (HEAD-UP DISPLAY) INFORMATION DISPLAY POSITION - An apparatus for controlling an HUD-information display position includes an outside-information generating unit that captures outside image of a vehicle and generates information on a surrounding of the vehicle from a captured image, an HUD-information generating unit that generates HUD information including vehicle operation information based on the information on the surrounding of the vehicle, an HUD-information projection unit that projects light corresponding to the HUD information to display the HUD information at a predetermined position on an inner side of a windshield, an HUD-information-display-position adjustment unit including a movable mechanism for moving the HUD-information projection unit to adjust the HUD-information display position, an HUD-information-display-position determining unit that determines the HUD-information display position based on the information on the surrounding of the vehicle, and a control unit that dynamically controls the HUD-information-display-position adjustment unit to display the HUD information at the HUD-information display position determined by the HUD-information-display-position determining unit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125632 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING COMIC STRIP - A method for creating a comic strip includes selecting a background image from a number of background images for a number of comic cells of the comic strip, selecting a character from a number of characters to appear in the comic cells, selecting a character expression from a number of character expressions for the character to make, inputting text speech corresponding to the at least one character, and inputting audio for the character to speak. The comic cells can include different background images and different characters. The comic strip can be created by one user or a number of users. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125633 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO REPRESENT MOTION IN COMPOSITE IMAGES - In an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating access of a plurality of images associated with a scene comprising at least one moving object, and segmenting the plurality of images into foreground regions and background regions based on changes in corresponding image regions between the images. The foreground regions comprise the at least one moving object. The method includes determining at least one object parameter associated with the at least one moving object in the foreground regions and generating a background image based on the background regions, and modifying at least one of the foreground regions and the background image to represent a motion of the at least one moving object based on the at least one object parameter. The method includes generating a composite image based on the modified at least one of the foreground regions and the background image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125634 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Visualization of Satellite Sightline Obstructions - Systems and methods for providing a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions are provided. An example method includes identifying an approximate position of a receiver antenna. The method further includes providing a rendering of a physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for display within a user interface. The user interface can be provided on a display. Satellite positional data associated with the position of a satellite is accessed and a sightline between the approximate position of the receiver antenna and the position of the satellite is determined. The method further includes presenting the sightline within the user interface in association with the rendering. An example system includes a data capture system and a computing device to provide a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125635 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANAGING USER INFORMATION BASED ON IMAGE - A device and a method of managing user information are provided. The device includes a display and a controller. The controller controls the display to display an avatar-based image according to user schedule information, change the avatar-based image according to a user input indicating a request to change the avatar-based image, and update the user schedule information according to the changed avatar-based image. The method includes displaying, on a display of a device, an avatar-based image according to user schedule information, changing the avatar-based image according to a user input indicating a request to change the avatar-based image, and updating the user schedule information according to the changed avatar-based image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125636 | Animation Sequence Associated with Content Item - In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first content item on a screen of a computing device, the first content item occupying the entire screen and comprising an icon representing a second content item; and in response to a first user input, displaying a first animation sequence depicting the icon opening up to reveal the second content item, the second content item eventually replacing the first content item and occupying the entire screen. Then, in response to a second user input, the method further includes displaying a second animation sequence depicting the second content item closing down and returning to the icon included in the first content item, the second content item eventually disappearing from the screen. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING OUTLIERS FROM A MAIN VIEW OF A SCENE DURING 3D SCENE RECONSTRUCTION - A method and an apparatus for removing outliers from a main view of a scene during 3D reconstruction of a scene from multiple views of the scene. A 3D projection unit projects a 3D point of a pixel of the main view into neighboring views. A comparator then compares the distance of each of the projected 3D points in the neighboring views to the 3D point of the main view with a defined distance threshold. Based on the comparison a flagging unit assigns flags to the pixel in the main view. Finally, depending on values of the flags a rejecting unit rejects the pixel in the main view as an outlier. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125638 | Automated Texturing Mapping and Animation from Images - A system for generating texture maps for 3D models of real-world objects includes a camera and reflective surfaces in the field of view of the camera. The reflective surfaces are positioned to reflect one or more reflected views of a target object to the camera. The camera captures a direct image of the target object and reflected images from the reflective surfaces. An image processor device separates the reflected views/images from the direct image of the target object in the captured image by detecting distortion in the reflected views. The image processor reduces distortion in the reflected views, and generates a texture map based on | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying a medical image. The method of displaying a medical image includes: acquiring volume data of an object; setting a cross-section of interest in the volume data; determining first and second sub-volume data within the volume data based on the cross-section of interest; generating medical images by respectively rendering the first and second sub-volume data in different directions; and displaying the medical images. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125640 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE - Provided is a medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus includes: a user interface configured to receive an input for setting a region of interest (ROI) in a first medical image and an input for setting first volume rendering properties for the ROI and second volume rendering properties for a remaining region of the first medical image other than the ROI; an image generator configured to generate a second medical image by performing volume rendering on the ROI and the remaining region other than the ROI based on the first and second volume rendering properties, respectively; and a display configured to display the second medical image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125641 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - Provided is an ultrasound system and an image display method of displaying an ultrasound image on an auxiliary display. The ultrasound system generates a three-dimensional (3D) image in a first orientation with respect to ultrasound volume data acquired from an object and displays the 3D image in the first orientation on a display. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125642 | Efficient Computation of Shadows for Circular Light Sources - Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying shadows of circular light sources. A computing device can determine a light source and an occluding polygon that is between the light source and a receiver surface, where the occluding polygon includes vertices connected by edges. The computing device can determine a shadow of the occluding polygon on the receiver surface by at least: determining, for a particular vertex, a projection vertex on the receiver surface by projecting a ray from the center point through the particular vertex; determining an outline polygon based on the projection vertex; determining a projection circle around the projection vertex; determining a penumbra of the shadow based on exterior tangents outside of the outline polygon; and determining an umbra of the shadow based on interior tangents inside the outline polygon. The computing device can display at least part of the shadow. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125643 | STORAGE MEDIUM, LUMINANCE COMPUTATION APPARATUS AND LUMINANCE COMPUTATION METHOD - A luminance computation apparatus obtains information of light sources defined in a scene that is rendered, and defines a stochastic function used to determine whether or not to use a light source in a luminance computation for an object that is a predetermined distance from the light source corresponding to a luminance attenuation function in accordance with a distance from the light source for each of the light sources that are defined; The apparatus determines for each of the defined light sources a stochastic effective area of the light source based on the stochastic function for the respective defined light source, and performs a luminance computation for the predetermined object in the scene based on the stochastic function and the attenuation function of a light source for which the determined stochastic effective area is included in the object. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125644 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR SELECTIVELY INTEGRATING SENSORY CONTENT - To integrate a sensory property such as occlusion, shadowing, reflection, etc. among physical and notional (e.g. virtual/augment) visual or other sensory content, providing an appearance of similar occlusion, shadowing, etc. in both models. A reference position, a physical data model representing physical entities, and a notional data model are created or accessed. A first sensory property from either data model is selected. A second sensory property is determined corresponding with the first sensory property, and notional sensory content is generated from the notional data model with the second sensory property applied thereto. The notional sensory content is outputted to the reference position with a see-through display. Consequently, notional entities may appear occluded by physical entities, physical entities may appear to cast shadows from notional light sources, etc. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125645 | GRADING AND MONITORING OF A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION - A grading and monitoring system that evaluates a quality of index of a neighborhood via satellite images in described. The system utilizes a fuzzy-logic rule based technique in determining the quality of the neighborhood. The crisp input parameters that define the characteristics of a neighborhood are first fuzzified and based on a set of rules that are obtained from an experts knowledge, an output fuzzy set of type-2 is obtained. Further, the output fuzzy set is aggregated and type-reduced to obtain an output crisp value corresponding to the neighborhoods quality. The system also monitors changes in the neighborhood quality in predetermined time intervals. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PRODESSING PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including: an image information acquiring part configured to acquire two-dimensional image information including a texture image; a polygon model information acquiring part configured to acquire polygon model information representing a three-dimensional polygon model as an object on which to map the texture image, the polygon model information including position information about a plurality of vertexes; a polygon model information updating part configured to update the position information about at least one and other vertexes included in the polygon model information, on the basis of predetermined relations reflecting vertex movement information representing the movement of at least one of the vertexes; and a mapping part configured to map the texture image on the polygon model based on the updated polygon model information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125647 | CONSTRAINT OF A SUBDIVIDED MODEL - A method of generating a design for a device is disclosed. The method includes electronically accessing a reference geometry representing the topology, and electronically accessing a source polygonal data model, where the source polygonal data model includes a plurality of source vertices. The method also includes modifying position characteristics of one or more of the source vertices, where the source vertices are modified so that after the source polygonal data model is subdivided, vertices in the subdivided polygonal data model corresponding with the modified source vertices conform to the reference geometry. The method also includes subdividing the source polygonal data model having the modified source vertices to generate the design, where subdividing the source polygonal data model causes vertices in the design to be positioned such that the design conforms with the reference geometry at least partly because of the modified position characteristics of the modified source vertices. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOSURFACE EXTRACTION USING TESSELLATION HARDWARE - Systems and methods of extracting an isosurface wherein points on the isosurface have a constant value. The method includes dividing a volume into a grid of voxels The method includes identifying intersecting edges in the voxels, wherein the intersecting edges intersect the isosurface. The method includes generating patches for the intersecting edges and tessellating the patches and generating a grid of tessellated vertices. The method includes determining intersection points of the tessellated vertices with the isosurface and moving the intersected vertices to form a finer approximation of the isosurface. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125649 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND RENDERING METHOD - Provided are a rendering method and a rendering apparatus, which perform tile-based rendering. The rendering method includes determining a visible fragment based on a depth test with respect to fragments included in a tile, storing an identifier of a primitive corresponding to the visible fragment, and performing selective rendering on a primitives included in the tile based on the identifier of the primitive. The rendering apparatus implements such a rendering method. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125650 | CONSTRAINT OF A SUBDIVIDED MODEL - A method of generating a design for a device is disclosed. The method includes electronically accessing a scan mesh representing a topology, and electronically accessing a source polygonal data model, where the source polygonal data model includes a plurality of source vertices. The method also includes modifying position characteristics of one or more of the source vertices, where the source vertices are modified so that after the source polygonal data model is subdivided, vertices in the subdivided source polygonal data model corresponding with the modified source vertices conform to the scan mesh. The method also includes subdividing the source polygonal data model having the modified source vertices to generate the design, where subdividing the source polygonal data model causes vertices in the design to be positioned such that the design conforms with the scan mesh at least partly because of the modified position characteristics of the modified source vertices. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125651 | Method and Apparatus for Generation of 3D Models with Applications in Dental Restoration Design - Methods and apparatus are provided for generating computer 3D models of an object, by registering two or more scans of physical models of an object. The scans may be 3D scans registered by a curve-based registration process. A method is provided for generating a 3D model of a portion of a patient's oral anatomy for use in dental restoration design. Also provided are scanning workflows for scanning physical models of an object to obtain a 3D model. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125652 | AUGMENTED REALITY SUPERVISOR DISPLAY - Apparatus and method to display worker status for a supervisor, the apparatus including: a frame configured to be coupled to a head of the supervisor; a processor coupled to the frame, the processor configured to render a transparent display of worker status to the supervisor; a position determination module configured to determined a physical location of the frame; a communication module communicatively coupled to the processor and to the position determination module, the communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station; and a gaze detector coupled to the frame and communicatively coupled to the processor, the gaze detector configured to detect a direction of gaze of the supervisor. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125653 | STEREOSCOPIC HELMET DISPLAY - A welding-type system includes a helmet having a first image capture device configured to capture a first set of images of a work area from a first perspective and a second image capture device configured to capture a second set of images of the work area from a second perspective. The helmet also includes an electronic display configured to display the first and second sets of images substantially simultaneously to cause a stereoscopic appearance of the work area via the electronic display. Moreover, the helmet includes an audible command translation unit configured to receive audible commands configured to adjust operation of a power supply configured to supply power for the welding-type system. Furthermore, the welding-type system includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the audible command translation unit and configured to adjust at least one parameter of the power supply based at least in part on the received audible commands. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125654 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY METHOD - The system includes imaging unit which images a work space at a viewpoint position in a visual line direction of a worker together with an other component to which one component is to be installed, a position attitude information obtaining unit which obtains position attitude information which indicates relative position attitude relation between viewpoint of the worker and other component in the work space, a virtual image generating unit which generates virtual image of an actual shape of the one component at the viewpoint position in the visual line direction of the worker based on position attitude information, an image composing unit which generates composite image by superimposing virtual image on a real image in the work space imaged by the imaging unit, and display unit which displays composite image. According to the system, efficiency of component assembly work can be considerably improved by using mixed reality technology. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125655 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-ADAPTIVELY VISUALIZING LOCATION BASED DIGITAL INFORMATION - A method for self-adaptively visualizing location based digital information may comprise: obtaining context information for a location based service, in response to a request for the location based service from a user; and presenting, based at least in part on the context information, the location based service through a user interface in at least one of a first mode and a second mode for the location based service, wherein a control of the location based service in one of the first mode and the second mode causes, at least in part, an adaptive control of the location based service in other of the first mode and the second mode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125656 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR SELECTIVELY INTEGRATING SENSORY CONTENT - To integrate a sensory property such as occlusion, shadowing, reflection, etc. among physical and notional (e.g. virtual/augment) visual or other sensory content, providing an appearance of similar occlusion, shadowing, etc. in both models. A reference position, a physical data model representing physical entities, and a notional data model are created or accessed. A first sensory property from either data model is selected. A second sensory property is determined corresponding with the first sensory property, and notional sensory content is generated from the notional data model with the second sensory property applied thereto. The notional sensory content is outputted to the reference position with a see-through display. Consequently, notional entities may appear occluded by physical entities, physical entities may appear to cast shadows from notional light sources, etc. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125657 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125658 | Augmented Reality Extrapolation Techniques - Augmented reality extrapolation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a frame of an augmented-reality display is rendered based at least in part on an optical basis that describes a current orientation or position of at least a part of a computing device. While the frame is rendered, an extrapolation based on a previous basis and a sensor basis generates an updated optical basis that describes a likely orientation or position of the part of the computing device, and the extrapolation is effective to account for a lag time duration between rendering the frame and displaying the frame of the augmented-reality display. The rendered frame of the augmented-reality display is updated before the rendered frame is displayed based at least in part on the updated optical basis that describes the likely orientation or position of the part of the computing device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125659 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTILEVEL EDITING OF SUBDIVIDED POLYGONAL DATA - Methods and systems of editing an electronic geometric model are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first indication which indicates that a portion of the polygonal data is to be modified, and moving a first vertex of the plurality of vertices from a first subdivision position defined by a subdivision algorithm to a second position. The movement of the first vertex from the first subdivision position to the second position results in a modification of the polygonal data. The method also includes generating a first vector identifying the movement of the first vertex from the first subdivision position to the second position, which first vector is defined by an initial point at the first subdivision position of the first vertex and a terminal point at the second position of the of the first vertex, and associating the first vector with the subdivision position of the first vertex. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125660 | AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR FEATURES IN REMOTELY-SENSED DATA - A system for automated vector updating, comprising a database that stores raster and vector information, and a vector processing server that algorithmically processes vectors for updates, and methods for algorithm-based vector updating. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125661 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS AUTHORIZATION AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - An electronic access authorization system maintains location-dependent and/or time-dependent validity data which can be read out wirelessly by an access control device ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125662 | RIDE-SHARE FARE CALCULATION DEVICE AND METHOD - When plural users, including users with different disembarkation points, are using, by ride-sharing, a vehicle of a passenger transportation service that determines a fare according to at least one of usage distance or usage time, a payment amount of a passenger disembarking at a disembarkation point at which a user disembarks is calculated, based on a number of disembarking passengers at the disembarkation point, a number of passengers before disembarkation at the disembarkation point, a balance of the fare to the disembarkation point minus a paid or collected payment amount, and a compensation rate for a subsequently disembarking user. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PAYING FARE OF MOBILE VEHICLE - A method is provided of paying a fare of a mobile vehicle by using a first terminal and a second terminal. The method may include receiving, by the second terminal, fare data of the mobile vehicle, obtained from a meter based on fare calculation data that includes at least one of moving distance data and moving time data of the mobile vehicle, and transmitting the received fare data to the first terminal. The method may also include transmitting, by the first terminal, the fare data to the second terminal, and receiving, by the second terminal, card information of a passenger from a card reader, transmitting the card information to a card server connected to the second terminal through a predetermined communication network, and receiving a payment authorization of a fare of the mobile vehicle from the card server. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125664 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MOBILE VEHICLE - A system is provided for managing a mobile vehicle. The system may include: a first terminal that is located in the mobile vehicle and communicates with an external server by being connected to a communication network, and a second terminal that is located in the mobile vehicle and connected to the communication network through the first terminal. At least one of the first terminal and the second terminal is connected to at least one of a meter, a card reader, and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which are located in the mobile vehicle, through a connecting device. The first and second terminals may receive power from a power supply device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125665 | BILLING A RENTED THIRD PARTY TRANSPORT INCLUDING AN ON-BOARD UNIT - A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport comprises, a third party entity, a toll rental entity, and an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit, receives a position signal, initiates a toll service request, converts the position signal to a toll usage, and stores the position signal, the toll service request and the toll usage. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125666 | SHOVEL - A shovel includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body that is installed on the lower traveling body; an internal-combustion engine disposed in the upper turning body; an oil hydraulic pump that discharges hydraulic oil by power of the internal-combustion engine; a hydraulic actuator that is driven by the hydraulic oil discharged by the oil hydraulic pump; a fuel container that stores fuel of the internal-combustion engine; a first detector that detects a residual quantity state of the fuel; a reducing agent container that stores a reducing agent to be used in a selective catalytic reduction system; a second detector that detects a residual quantity state of the reducing agent; and an image display unit that is installed in a cabin, wherein the image display unit is configured to simultaneously image-display the residual quantity state of the fuel and the residual quantity state of the reducing agent. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125667 | ANALYTIC SEQUENCING FOR RUN-TIME EXECUTION OF AIRCRAFT DATA - In one aspect, the invention relates to a fleet management system | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125668 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless communication device for collecting vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) data is disclosed, together with associated methods of handling OBD data in such wireless communication devices. In embodiments, the wireless communication device is arranged to determine when it has been disconnected from the vehicle OBD port and to correct previously stored time-stamped OBD data by synchronising with an external reference clock signal provided by an external mobile telecommunications device before the corrected OBD data is transmitted to the external device. In other embodiments, the wireless communication device comprises a processor configured to aggregate collected OBD data into risk profile data comprising one or more scalar indicators and/or histogram indicators, and the device is further arranged to store the risk profile data in memory until the device is paired with an external mobile telecommunications device and a data transmission instruction is received. In yet other embodiments, the wireless communication device comprises an accelerometer and a processor configured to determine an orientation of the accelerometer relative to the vehicle based on the OBD data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125669 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless communication device for collecting vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) data is disclosed, together with associated methods of handling OBD data in such wireless communication devices. In embodiments, the wireless communication device is arranged to determine when it has been disconnected from the vehicle OBD port and to correct previously stored time-stamped OBD data by synchronising with an external reference clock signal provided by an external mobile telecommunications device before the corrected OBD data is transmitted to the external device. In other embodiments, the wireless communication device comprises a processor configured to aggregate collected OBD data into risk profile data comprising one or more scalar indicators and/or histogram indicators, and the device is further arranged to store the risk profile data in memory until the device is paired with an external mobile telecommunications device and a data transmission instruction is received. In yet other embodiments, the wireless communication device comprises an accelerometer and a processor configured to determine an orientation of the accelerometer relative to the vehicle based on the OBD data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125670 | FAILURE DETERMINATION DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND ITS FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A failure determination device of a hybrid vehicle, includes an engine, a motor arranged in series with the engine, a clutch arranged between the motor and a driving wheel, a pressure adjusting mechanism that adjusts hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch, and that performs wet start clutch control for adjusting the hydraulic pressure, supplied to the clutch at least upon starting, to the hydraulic pressure causing the clutch to slip, and a controller configured to calculate required driving force on the basis of accelerator opening, and calculate torque capacity of the clutch, required for transmitting the required driving force by the clutch, as target torque capacity, calculate actual torque of the engine and actual torque of the motor, and calculate a torque deviation as a deviation between the target torque capacity and a sum of the actual torque of the engine and the actual torque of the motor. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125671 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a heat flux sensor with first and second interlayer connection members composed of different metals from each other of which metal atoms maintain a predetermined crystal structure embedded in first and second via holes of a thermoplastic resin made insulating substrate, the first and the second interlayer connection members are connected in series alternately, and a control unit that performs abnormality determination of a heating element disposed in a vehicle. The heat flux sensor is provided to the heating element and outputs a sensor signal corresponding to heat flux between the heating element and an outside air, and the control unit determines based on the sensor signal that there is abnormality in the heating element when the heat flux between the heating element and the outside air is out of a predetermined range. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125672 | CONFIGURABLE INFERENTIAL SENSOR FOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A system that provides an estimation of quantities, which are not necessarily directly measurable in a subsystem. The estimates of these quantities may be inferred from other variables. This approach may be referred to as inferential sensing. Physical sensors may be replaced with models or virtual sensors, also known as inferential sensors. The present approach may be a framework for designing inferential sensors in automotive subsystems. The framework may incorporate preparing a model for an observed subsystem, populating a real-time template with data, and running an inferential sensor periodically together with a model in real-time to obtain estimated variables. Once implemented, the framework may be reused for virtually any automotive subsystem without needing significant software code changes. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125673 | METHOD OF PREDICTING THE FUTURE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE - A method for predicting the future operation of a vehicle is disclosed which uses stored data representative of commonly followed routes to predict the future operation of the vehicle for the current trip. By establishing that the route currently being followed is comparable to one of the commonly followed routes, information relating to that ‘common route’ is then used to predict the future operation of the vehicle for the current trip. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125674 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A MOBILE EQUIPMENT FLEET - A computer-implemented method and a system for managing signals generated by onboard systems of a mobile equipment fleet, where each of the signals contain operating condition information associated with one of the items of the fleet. The system continuously receives the signals as transmitted by the onboard systems via a communications network. For each of the received signals, the system selects a rule from a rules database based on the equipment operating condition information in the received signal. The rule contains a cause and an action associated with an equipment operating condition. The system generates a report that includes the equipment operating condition, the cause and the action of the selected rule and transmits it to an operator device via the communications network. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125675 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATIC OPENING OF A VEHICLE OR A PAYMENT PROCESS, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - Receiving a first signal or a first message and taking the receipt of the first signal or of the first message as a basis for producing a second signal or a second message for a driver of a vehicle. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125676 | SECURITY KIOSK AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACCESS USING THEREOF - A security kiosk for controlling access to an area, includes a housing, a visitor identification reader, a data storage device, a controller, and a visitor interface device. The visitor identification reader is configured to read a visitor identifier and produce a visitor identification signal indicative of a visitor's identity. The data storage device is configured to store approved visitor data including approved visitors and corresponding date and time gate entry periods, and update the approved visitor data from a remote security database at periodic intervals. The controller is configured to generate an access signal as a function of comparing the visitor's identity with the approved visitor data, and transmit the access signal to a barrier actuation system. The visitor interface device is configured to produce and transmit a visitor signal inputted on a user interface. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125677 | WEARABLE DEVICE WITH USER AUTHENTICATION INTERFACE - A wearable device is used to authenticate a user into a user account at a user device of the user. In particular, the wearable device may include a sensor configured to detect whether the wearable device is worn by or is with the user. If so, the wearable device may send a signal to the user device and the user device may authenticate the user based on the signal received from the wearable device. For example, when the sensor detects that the wearable device is worn by the user, the wearable device may send a unique signal periodically, such as every five seconds or every 10 seconds. Based on whether the unique signal from the wearable device is received, the user device may authenticate the user. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125678 | PERSON IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A person identification device | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125679 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING VEHICLES - A device for authorizing use of a vehicle, that comprises a cable for connection to an accreditation device of the vehicle, a memory for saving identification parameters of a key for enabling the vehicle and a detector for detecting a presence of a user. The device is configured to identify whether the detected user is an authorized user and, if so, to communicate via the cable with the accreditation device to authorize use of the key to enable the vehicle. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125680 | IDENTIFICATION SCAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH JURISDICTIONAL OR OTHER RULES - Methods and systems for displaying information derived from identification documents associated with individuals are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system first scans or retrieves identification information from an identification document. The system then receives information of an issuer of the identification document, information of a current location of the identification document, and information of a proposed use of the identification information. The system then receives a set of rules from a database based on the information of the issuer, the current location, and the proposed use. Based on the set of rules, the system processes the retrieved identification information so as to form redacted or processed identification information. The system then displays the redacted identification information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125681 | Document Cassette Displacement Actuator for Document Acceptor - A document acceptor for authenticating and storing documents includes a document validator, a document cassette and a displacement actuator. The document validator is for authenticating received documents. The document cassette is for storing the documents received by the document validator. The displacement actuator is adapted to change a position of the document cassette from a first position to a second position to mate the document cassette with the document validator. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125682 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS, AUTHENTICATION DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A VALUE ARTICLE - Methods are provided for authenticating a value article that includes a luminescent material. An exciting light source, an optical filter, a photodetector, a signal manipulation circuit, and an amplifier are provided. The luminescent material is exposed to light produced by the exciting light source. Radiation including light from the exciting light source and emitted radiation from the luminescent material is filtered using the optical filter to produce filtered radiation. The filtered radiation is detected using the photodetector to produce a detected radiation signal. The detected radiation signal is electronically manipulated using the signal manipulation circuit to reduce an effect of light from the exciting light source on an authentication determination based upon the detected radiation signal. The detected radiation signal is amplified with the amplifier after electronic manipulation to produce an amplified electronic signal. The amplified electronic signal or data derived therefrom is converted to an authentication output. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125683 | Product Vending and Pneumatic Tube Delivery System for Delivering Products to Remote Consumers - A system and method for delivering a desired product or products to a remote consumer using a product vending and pneumatic tube delivery system capable of delivering selected products from a business to the remote consumer. A selector coupled to the product vending machine removes the selected products from designated compartments inside the vending machine and deposits the product into a pneumatic tube system that delivers the product to a remote consumer. The system is capable of delivering multiple products to multiple consumers in a short period of time with little to no human intervention. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125684 | AUTONOMOUS LUMINAIRE ASSEMBLY AND VENDING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system for assembling a luminaire comprising a housing, a computer-controlled manipulation device, and a parts repository defined within the housing and configured to carry a plurality of light modules, a plurality of luminaire housings of various luminaire housing types, and a plurality of optics of various optic types. The system further comprises a programming device configured to program a light module of the plurality of light modules to emit light having lighting characteristics. Each of the light modules are configured to be removably couplable to the computer-controlled manipulation device. The luminaire housings each comprise a locking tab configured to permit the respective light modules to engage therewith, thereby enabling attachment of the respective light modules to the respective luminaire housings. Each of the optics comprise a locking tab configured to permit a respective luminaire housing to engage therewith, enabling attachment of the respective luminaire housing to the respective optic. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125685 | Coat Check System - A coat check system is provided to replace traditional coat check services with a conveyor assembly, storage units, and a control terminal. The need for human attendants is negated, with patrons at establishments interacting with the control terminal in order to gain access to one of the storage units. A drive mechanism moves the storage units along a track of the conveyor assembly, with the storage units being moved toward an item transfer section to grant a patron access to one of the storage units. The storage unit can be open (for example a simple hangar) or enclosed, including a lateral surface, floor, drain, air vent, and door for access. Interaction with the control terminal is facilitated by a user input device and an information output device which are mounted into a housing of the control terminal. Multiple payment options and wireless connectivity are also provided for the control terminal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125686 | GAMING SYSTEM - A method of playing a modified electronic version of roulette includes providing an executable instruction set hosted on a gaming system having a central server system, a random number generator, a database connected to an electronic network and at least one display for presenting to a player a representation of a roulette wheel, a roulette betting table, and a bet acceptance display for placing bets. A player's bet is placed, and a random number is selected and associated to one of a field of numbers on the betting table representation as the winning number. The winning and losing bets are determined and the winning number is removed from the field of numbers on the betting table. The removed number is replaced with a randomly selected one of the numbers remaining in the field of numbers on the table and the odds of each possible bet are recalculated. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125687 | GAMING DEVICE UTILIZING MULTIPLE SYMBOL REPLACEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses, and methods for involve or otherwise facilitate a multiple symbol replacement process. Accordingly, a gaming device includes a display having a first game grid and a second game grid, and can be configured to replace at least two symbols in the second game grid, with each of the replaced symbols being in separate game reels that form columns in the second grid, when a predetermined symbol appears in the first game grid as part of a determined game outcome. Alternatively, the gaming device may be configured to replace symbols in the second game grid when a predetermined symbol appears in the first game grid, and replace symbols in the first game grid when a predetermined symbol appears in the second game grid. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125688 | EXPANDING HALO REELS GAME - A method of operating a gaming device to play an expanding halo reels game may include the steps of: Displaying a plurality of reels, each of the reels comprising a plurality of symbols; receiving a wager; spinning the reels; stopping the reels; evaluating the stopped reels for a winning combination of symbols; activating a first halo when there is a winning combination of symbols, the first halo comprising a plurality of symbols that surround at least a portion of the reels; moving the first halo with respect to the reels; stopping the first halo; evaluating the stopped first halo and reels for a winning combination of symbols; and terminating game play when there is no winning combination of symbols. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125689 | CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR REELS GAME - A method of operating a gaming device to play a concentric circular reels game may include the steps of: Displaying a plurality of concentric circular reels, each of the plurality of concentric circular reels comprising a plurality of reel symbols arranged so that each of the plurality of concentric circular reels appears to form at least a portion of a circle; receiving a wager; spinning the plurality of concentric circular reels; stopping at least two of the plurality of the concentric circular reels; evaluating the stopped concentric circular reels for a winning combination of reel symbols; determining whether a modifier is activated; terminating game play when there is no winning combination of reel symbols and no modifier is activated; evaluating the stopped concentric circular reels for a winning combination of reel symbols and at least one modifier when a modifier is activated; and terminating game play when there is no winning combination of reel symbols and at least one modifier. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125690 | SINGLE OUTCOME GAME OF CHANCE WITH DIFFERING WAGERS VARYING AMOUNG MULTIPLE PAYTABLES - A method of playing a wagering game that comprises the player making multiple wagers to play a single-outcome game, the multiple wagers being made on multiple predetermined paytables for said game. One single-outcome game and at least two differing paytables for said game are offered to the player. The paytables may be for different game versions or for a single game version with differing risk levels. The payback percentage of each of the said differing paytables may vary according to the amount of the wager. The player makes one wager for each predetermined paytable to be utilized in the resolve of the wagers. Multiple same paytables, multiple differing paytables or combinations thereof may be wagered for the play of a single game having a single outcome. The said single outcome is then compared to each wagered predetermined paytable, and each wager is resolved according to that same wagered predetermined paytable. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125691 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE USER, MULTIPLE EVENT REAL-TIME ONLINE WAGERING - A computer system includes a server computer that handles transactions with user devices to create and manage events, create and manage user accounts and process wagers. Transactions regarding wagers in connection with events can be processed in real-time. The wagers are processed using a payoff function that rewards participation and accurate information, yet does not permit arbitrage or otherwise reward splitting a wager by participating under multiple identities. To compute a payoff, a first score is computed based on the probability estimate by a participant and the outcome. A second score is computed based on an aggregate of wagers of all other participants for each participant, where the first score for the participant is no more than the second score for at least one outcome. The payoff for the participant is then computed as a function of the first score and the second score. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125693 | INCREMENTING FEATURE IN GAMING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for implementing an incrementing feature in gaming devices. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to generate a game outcome in response a wager and determine if an incrementing symbol is present on a game grid when the generated game outcome is shown on a display of the gaming device. When the incrementing symbol is present, a processor is further operable to increment the incrementing symbol while maintaining at least the initial position of the incrementing symbol in the game grid during a subsequent game event. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125694 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A GAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF ACTIVATABLE AWARD INDICATORS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a game having a plurality of activatable award indicators. Generally, in various embodiments, the gaming system enables a player to play any of a plurality of different games, each of which is associated with a different activatable award indicator of an award generator that is associated with a plurality of awards. For each different game, when a particular award indicator activation event occurs during play of that game, the gaming system activates the award indicator associated with that game. When an award determination triggering event occurs, the gaming system indicates a different award of the award generator for each active award indicator and provides the indicated awards to the player. The gaming system of the present disclosure thus enables the player to activate different award indicators through play of different games. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125695 | Peripheral Management Device for Virtual Game Interaction - In one embodiment, a peripheral management device may have a controller configured to communicate with a gaming machine and a portable electronic device. The controller may be configured to: (i) receive a peripheral data packet from a gaming machine processor, the peripheral data packet including at least one command; (ii) determine whether to process the peripheral data packet on at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine or at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device; (iii) generate an instructional data packet for the at least one virtual peripheral device if the peripheral data packet is determined to be processed on the at least one virtual peripheral device; and (iv) transmit the instructional data packet to the portable electronic device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125696 | MANAGING A THEME OF A VIRTUAL SPACE BASED ON CHARACTERS MADE ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE TO CORRESPONDING TOKENS BEING DETECTED - Objectives, an environment, and/or a theme associated with a virtual space may be managed based on characters made accessible responsive to corresponding tokens being detected. Tokens, including a first token associated with a first character or a second token associated with a second character, may be detected based on signals received from one or more token readers. The first character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the first token being detected and the second character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the second token being detected. Responsive to one or both of the first token being detected or the second token being detected, a given objective associated with the virtual space may be effectuated in the virtual space, an environment of the virtual space may be modified, and/or a theme of the virtual space being modified. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125697 | ADJUSTING PAYBACK DATA BASED ON SKILL - A gaming device including an interface unit configured to accept game play data from a player and a controller coupled to the interface unit. The controller includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores payback data. The processor is configured to receive, via the interface unit, the game play data for the player playing a game, evaluate the received game play data based on predefined criteria, determine a level of skill of the player based at least on the evaluated game play data, and adjust the payback data based on the determined level of skill of the player. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125698 | System and Method for Providing a Secondary Contest Dependent on the Results of a Primary Game - Systems and methods for providing a secondary contest involving a plurality of players playing a primary award wagering game. The players enter wagers in the primary game, and the results from the primary wagering game determine the outcome of a secondary pari-mutuel contest in which players compete against each other. The results from the primary wagering game resolve the secondary contest where the highest ranking results will win the wagers placed in the secondary contest on a tiered basis. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125699 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A WAGER GAME - A gaming system including a gaming machine, a host computer, and a computing device of a user connected through a network is provided. The gaming machine may include a storage device that may store user media data corresponding to a player of the gaming machine, the user media data being received from a host computer. The gaming machine may also include a controller that may modify at least one parameter of a wager game being wagered on by the player based on the user media data by inserting at least one of an image, a video, and an audio of the user media data into the at least one parameter. The gaming machine may further include a display that may output the wager game having the at least one parameter modified with the user media data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125700 | COMPUTERIZED GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computerized card game management system includes a communications interface, a winning percent module, a dealer module, and a game play module. The communications interface is configured to receive data inputs from client devices. The winning percent module is configured to generate a first set of winning percentages defining each player's likelihood of winning each hand of the play cycle during the first segment. The dealer module is configured to select, for each hand of the play cycle, a set of hole cards to be dealt to each player during the first segment. The dealer module selects the set of hole cards based on each player's likelihood of winning the hand as defined by the first set of winning percentages. The game play module is configured to generate a graphical user interface for each player and to provide the graphical user interfaces to the plurality of client devices. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125702 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING A CARD GAME - After players make their wagers, a dealer deals hands comprised of two cards to each player and a hand comprised of two cards to the dealer. After the initial deal, the player will have the opportunity to split, double, hit, surrender or stand. When the player's ultimate hand (or hands) as dealt has a predetermined point value (of one of a plurality of predetermined point values), the player is offered an early payout option. If the early payout option is elected, the player receives a portion of the original wager. In one embodiment, the early payout option is offered only when the dealer's hand is not a natural. In another embodiment, an early payout option is offered only if the dealer's face up card is a predetermined value (or one of a plurality of predetermined point values), such as ten. | 2016-05-05 |
