20th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200151924 | Displaying Large Data Sets in a Heat Map - Large data sets (e.g., with millions of records) are represented by a heat map within a user interface (UI). Each record in the data set includes a label. The labels of the records are assigned to leaf nodes of a data structure. The leaf nodes are mapped to a grid of cells according to a layout method. Furthermore, values are determined for the cells based on data records having the labels mapped to the cells. A visual property is selected for each cell based on the corresponding value. Since the data labels are stored in leaf nodes that are connected to internal nodes, if a zoom state of the heat map results in a display of a number of data labels that exceeds the number of cells in the grid, values of the cells can be updated according to values determined from the internal nodes without losing the connections between the cells and the underlying leaf nodes. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151925 | System and Method for Visualizing Data - The present invention comprises an improved system and method for visualizing data. In a preferred form of the invention, there is provided an improved system and method for comprehending and communicating time course or sequential numerical data, and their complex interdependencies, through the use of a novel three dimensional orthogonal chart system. In another preferred form of the invention, there is provided a three dimensional orthogonal chart system for visualizing data comprising of a plurality of data sets, wherein each of the data sets is represented as a separate ribbon propagating along the first axis. In another preferred form of the invention, there is provided a three dimensional orthogonal chart system for visualizing data comprising of a plurality of data sets, wherein each of the data sets is represented as a separate ribbon propagating along a first axis, with the separate ribbons being displaced from one another along another axis. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151926 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING - When generating a set of tile-lists for use in a tile-based graphics processing system when rendering a scene for display, vertex data is obtained for a plurality of draw calls, and the obtained vertex data is then processed to generate for each of the draw calls data indicative of which tile(s) the primitives associated with that draw call should be rendered for when rendering the scene for display. The vertex data for at least some of the plurality of draw calls can be obtained and processed out of order and/or in parallel and the data is then sorted based on a desired rendering order for the draw calls in order to generating a tile-list identifying the sequence of draw calls to be rendered. In embodiments, the generated data is sorted using a re-ordering buffer. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151927 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Delivering Augmented Reality Content - The present invention relates to systems and methods suitable for creating and delivering augmented reality (AR) content. In particular, the present invention relates to systems and methods to create portable AR content to be downloaded, rendered, and displayed on a display device in real-time. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151928 | AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTICATION - Pairing a digital media file with a digital autograph can be achieved with systems and methods that verifying an identity of the user. A digital media file including at least one image and a digital autograph including text are each selected. The selected digital media file and the selected digital autograph are combined into a combined media file that is certified by the user. Output of the combined media file can therefore provide an authenticated and autographed media product. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151929 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING FIGURE DATA GENERATION PROGRAM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes a figure data generation program to cause a computer to execute a first process of displaying a drawing screen to make/edit an intended figure, a second process of commanding a processor to draw the intended figure on a surface of a workpiece to project a visible light onto a predetermined position on the surface, the processor including a visible-light source, the predetermined position having been designated by a user, and a third process of presenting a position corresponding to the predetermined position in the drawing screen. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151930 | Systems and Methods for Utilizing a Device as a Marker for Augmented Reality Content - Systems and methods for utilizing a device as a marker for virtual content viewed in an augmented reality environment are discussed herein. The device (or sign post) may comprise a wirelessly connectable device linked to a power source and associated with multiple linkage points. The device may provide information to a user (or a device of a user) defining virtual content and a correlation between the linkage points and a reference frame of the virtual content. When rendered by a display device, the virtual content may be presented based on the reference frame of the virtual content correlated to the real world by virtue of the position of the linkage points in the real world. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151931 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM OF ASSESSING STRUCTURAL OBJECT, METHOD OF ASSESSING STRUCTURAL OBJECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire data of a development-view image of the structural object, display the development-view image of the structural object on a display, receive a drawing of a diagnosis target image indicating a diagnosis target in the development-view image of the structural object, display, on the display, an input screen for inputting assessment-related information including an assessment result of the diagnosis target indicated by the diagnosis target image, and receive an input of the assessment-related information including the assessment result via the input screen. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151932 | GROUND PLANE DETECTION FOR PLACEMENT OF AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECTS - In some implementations, a system may include a camera, a display, one or more memories, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. The system may identify a horizontal plane in an image being captured by the camera and presented on the display, may determine a size of the horizontal plane, and may determine that the size of the horizontal plane satisfies a threshold. The system may designate the horizontal plane as a ground plane based on determining that the size of the horizontal plane satisfies the threshold. The system may output an indication that the horizontal plane has been designated as the ground plane. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151933 | Imaging Using a Biological-Lifeform Visual Perspective - During an imaging technique, an electronic device (such as a cellular telephone) may acquire a first image of a biological lifeform using a first imaging sensor in the electronic device. Then, the electronic device may identify the biological lifeform in the first image. For example, the biological lifeform may be an animal or an insect. Moreover, the electronic device may acquire a second image of an object using one of the first imaging sensor or a second imaging sensor in the electronic device. Next, the electronic device may generate a modified second image of the object based on one or more visual effects associated with the identified biological lifeform. In particular, the one or more visual effects may be based on an approximate or an estimated visual perspective of the biological lifeform. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151934 | DERIVING AVATAR EXPRESSIONS IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - A method, system, and computer program product for detecting, by measuring a signal indicative of a movement of a facial muscle, a motion pattern; deriving, from the motion pattern, a derived motion pattern, wherein the motion pattern and the derived motion pattern each corresponds to different emotional responses of a class of emotional responses; creating an emotional model for the class of emotional responses based on the motion pattern and the derived motion pattern; and reconfiguring the derived motion pattern to a new motion pattern by (i) comparing the new motion pattern and the derived motion pattern and (ii) associating, based on the comparison, the new motion pattern with the class of emotional responses, wherein the derived motion pattern and the new motion pattern fail to be detected via muscle movement prior to the motion pattern. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151935 | OBJECT CREATION USING BODY GESTURES - An intuitive interface may allow users of a computing device (e.g., children, etc.) to create imaginary three dimensional (3D) objects of any shape using body gestures performed by the users as a primary or only input. A user may make motions while in front of an imaging device that senses movement of the user. The interface may allow first-person and/or third person interaction during creation of objects, which may map a body of a user to a body of an object presented by a display. In an example process, the user may start by scanning an arbitrary body gesture into an initial shape of an object. Next, the user may perform various gestures using his body, which may result in various edits to the object. After the object is completed, the object may be animated, possibly based on movements of the user. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151936 | TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE EXECUTION OF SHADERS - Examples are described here that can be used to enable a main routine to request subroutines or other related code to be executed with other instantiations of the same subroutine or other related code for parallel execution. A sorting unit can be used to accumulate requests to execute instantiations of the subroutine. The sorting unit can request execution of a number of multiple instantiations of the subroutine corresponding to a number of lanes in a SIMD unit. A call stack can be used to share information to be accessed by a main routine after execution of the subroutine completes. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT USING PHOTO IMAGING MEASUREMENTS - The present invention is a method and system of small construction project management by way of photo imaging and measurement capture for use by do-it-yourselfers, handymen and small contractors. The method and system operates on mobile computing devices and includes an image recognition system. By performing various imaging based measurements and then processing the resultant data, the method and system produces bills of materials. invoices, and receipts for the necessary tools and materials required by a construction project. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151938 | GENERATING STYLIZED-STROKE IMAGES FROM SOURCE IMAGES UTILIZING STYLE-TRANSFER-NEURAL NETWORKS WITH NON-PHOTOREALISTIC-RENDERING - This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that integrate (or embed) a non-photorealistic rendering (“NPR”) generator with a style-transfer-neural network to generate stylized images that both correspond to a source image and resemble a stroke style. By integrating an NPR generator with a style-transfer-neural network, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems can accurately capture a stroke style resembling one or both of stylized edges or stylized shadings. When training such a style-transfer-neural network, the integrated NPR generator can enable the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems to use real-stroke drawings (instead of conventional paired-ground-truth drawings) for training the network to accurately portray a stroke style. In some implementations, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems can either train or apply a style-transfer-neural network that captures a variety of stroke styles, such as different edge-stroke styles or shading-stroke styles. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151939 | COMPOSITOR FOR DECOUPLED RENDERING - Techniques involve rendering computing graphics from decoupled inputs. Content updates (e.g., geometry, textures, lighting, audio, etc.) for 3D objects and/or a 3D scene can provided to a compositor at different rates. The compositor buffers the inputs, interpolates between buffered values, binds data for each of the content updates, and triggers drawing the data to render a frame. If buffered data fails to satisfy some criteria, previous buffered values can be used instead of the buffered data, or a different function can be performed (e.g., extrapolation instead of interpolation). User inputs from one or more I/O components (e.g., a gamepad, keyboard, mouse, etc.) can be fed directly into the compositor, which can generate and use a 3D camera from the inputs to draw frames faster than the content updates occur. As such, the present compositor improves power efficiency, and reduces latency and increases smoothness of the input response. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151940 | POSE-VARIANT 3D FACIAL ATTRIBUTE GENERATION - A system is provided for pose-variant 3D facial attribute generation. A first stage has a hardware processor based 3D regression network for directly generating a space position map for a 3D shape and a camera perspective matrix from a single input image of a face and further having a rendering layer for rendering a partial texture map of the single input image based on the space position map and the camera perspective matrix. A second stage has a hardware processor based two-part stacked Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) including a Texture Completion GAN (TC-GAN) stacked with a 3D Attribute generation GAN (3DA-GAN). The TC-GAN completes the partial texture map to form a complete texture map based on the partial texture map and the space position map. The 3DA-GAN generates a target facial attribute for the single input image based on the complete texture map and the space position map. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151941 | SYSTEMS FOR SECURE COLLABORATIVE GRAPHICAL DESIGN USING SECRET SHARING - Systems and methods are disclosed for secret sharing for secure collaborative graphical design. Graphical secret shares are generated from a three-dimensional graphical design and distributed to one or more contributor devices. Contributor graphical designs modifying graphical secret shares may be received from contributor devices. Various corresponding and related systems, methods, and software are described. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151942 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE MERGED PERSPECTIVE VIEWING IMAGE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL AREA OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, A CAMERA SYSTEM AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for generating at least one merged perspective viewing image ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200151943 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PRESENTATION OF AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT - There is disclosed a system for generating and displaying augmented reality content on a display that incorporates movement both internally and externally to the display and takes into account the perspective of a viewer so that three-dimensional content may properly perspective shift based upon movement of the viewer or viewers. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151944 | SNAPPING EXPERIENCE WITH CLIPPING MASKS - Techniques are described for identifying a plurality of objects associated with a clipping mask and available for display in a user interface of a digital media editor, identifying, for each of the plurality of objects, a bounding box surrounding a respective object in the plurality of objects, each bounding box defining a plurality of anchor points configured to generate alignment guides for the respective object. The techniques may also includes determining, for each object, visible portions that are within a boundary defined by the clipping mask, determining a plurality of locations in which at least one bounding box intersects with the clipping mask within the visible portions, and triggering, in the user interface, modification of the at least one bounding box in at least one of the plurality of locations to reduce the at least one bounding box to terminate on at least one of the plurality of locations. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example information processing apparatus stores part shape data indicating shapes of a plurality of kinds of terrain parts forming a terrain in a virtual space, and part arrangement data indicating an arrangement of the terrain parts in the virtual space. The information processing apparatus displaces each of the vertices of the disposed terrain parts, depending on the position of the vertex in the virtual space. The information processing apparatus renders an image of the virtual space including the terrain formed of the displaced terrain parts. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151946 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example information processing apparatus disposes a flat ground representing a terrain, and an object on the ground, in a virtual space, and performs coordinate conversion on each of vertices of the flat ground and the object on the ground, based on a deformation parameter, so as to change the entire terrain into a drum shape. Thereafter, the information processing apparatus renders an image of the virtual space including the terrain deformed into the drum shape. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151947 | Sketch-based 3D Fluid Volume Generation Using A Machine Learning System - A 3D fluid volume generation system obtains a 2D sketch of an outline of a fluid for which the 3D fluid volume is to be generated, and generates a 3D fluid volume that matches the user's sketch. The 3D fluid volume generation system implements a coarse volume generation stage followed by a refinement stage. In the coarse volume generation stage, the 3D fluid volume generation system generates a coarse 3D fluid volume based on the 2D sketch. The coarse 3D fluid volume is referred to as “coarse” because the contour of the coarse 3D fluid volume roughly matches the 2D sketch. In the refinement stage, the coarse 3D fluid volume is refined to better match the 2D sketch, and the 3D fluid volume for the 2D sketch is output. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151948 | SCANNER TO CAPTURE IMAGES AND THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION - A technique relates to an imaging apparatus. Extensions are coupled to a support structure, the extensions being spaced a predefined distance from one another, the extensions having a length that protrudes from the support structure. Light sources are coupled to the extensions such that the light sources are positioned to irradiate a scalp. Sensors are coupled to the extensions, the sensors being positioned at an angle to capture images of the scalp having been irradiated by the light sources. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151949 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device is described herein including an information input unit that receives as an input three-dimensional structure information indicating a three-dimensional structure of a heart; and an image generation unit that develops an inner wall of atria and ventricles of a heart indicated by the three-dimensional structure information into a two-dimensional image based on an equal-area projection, and generates a developed image interrupted by dividing the two-dimensional image into a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151950 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL BUILDING PLAN DATA BASED UPON STORED AND SCANNED BUILDING DATA AND RELATED METHODS - A system may include a building scanning device configured to scan a target building and generate scanned building data based thereon. The system may also include a processor and a communication interface coupled thereto. The processor may be configured to cooperate with the communication interface to obtain stored building data for the target building from a remote stored data source and cooperate with the building scanning device to obtain the scanned building data. The processor may also be configured to generate virtual building plan data based upon the stored building data and the scanned building data and drive at least one display based upon the virtual building plan data. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151951 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING UPPER OF SHOE - A system for inspecting an upper of a shoe includes an optical sub-system and a processor. The optical sub-system captures an image related to a work piece which includes the upper and a last so as to output image data representing the image. The processor receives the image data, establishes a work piece model that is a three-dimensional model of the work piece based on the image data, obtains a cross section of the work piece model, obtains an entry of section data related to the cross section of the work piece model, and compares the entry of section data and an entry of predetermined standard data so as to generate a result of inspection indicating whether the upper is normal. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151952 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESH DEFORMATION USING DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKS - Techniques are disclosed for deforming a 3D source mesh to resemble a target object representation which may be a 2D image or another 3D mesh. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes extracting a set of one or more source features from a source 3D mesh. The source 3D mesh includes a plurality of source points representing a source object, and the extracting of the set of source features is independent of an ordering of the source points. The method also includes extracting a set of one or more target features from the target object representation, and decoding a concatenation of the set of source features and the set of target features to predict vertex offsets for application to the source 3D mesh to generate a deformed 3D mesh based on the target object. The feature extractions and the vertex offset predictions may employ Deep Neural Networks. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151953 | FACILITATED EDITING OF GENERATIVE DESIGN GEOMETRY IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN USER INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for facilitating editing of generative design geometry of physical structures, include a method including: receiving editable smooth surface(s), e.g., a T-Spline, constructed from a mesh obtained using a generative design process; instantiating a parametric feature recipe to connect the editable smooth surface(s) with input solid(s), wherein the parametric feature recipe includes an operation sequence that (i) converts the editable smooth surface(s) into boundary representation format and (ii) combines the boundary representation formatted smooth surface(s) with the input solid(s) to produce a watertight three dimensional model of an object; modifying the editable smooth surface(s) in response to input, while preventing disconnection of the editable smooth surface(s) from the input solid(s); updating a visualization thereof in a user interface; and performing the operation sequence of the parametric feature recipe to produce the watertight three dimensional model of the object. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151954 | Computer System and Method for Navigating Building Information Model Views - Disclosed herein is software technology that facilitates improved navigation of a three-dimensional view of a construction project. In one aspect, disclosed herein is a Building Information Model (BIM) viewer software tool that may facilitate navigation of the view by adjusting the perspective along either or both of the lateral axes. In another aspect, the disclosed software tool may facilitate navigation of the view by adjusting the perspective directly along the vertical axis. And in yet another aspect, the disclosed software tool may facilitate navigation of the view by adjusting the orientation of the perspective along the two lateral axes and the vertical axis. To facilitate this, the software tool may generate a GUI that presents the view and one or more navigational controls. The software tool may receive a user input via the navigational controls and change the position of the perspective from which the software tool renders the view. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151955 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SAAS LENS TO VIEW OBFUSCATED CONTENT - In some aspects, a method for using a transparent window to augment an application includes establishing a transparent window to be displayed in synchronization over a first window of an application on a client device. The content of the application in the first window is viewable through the transparent window. The method further includes detecting, by the transparent window, one or more encoded portions of content of the application being displayed in the first window, and displaying, by and in the transparent window, a decoded form of the one or more encoded portions of the content of the application displayed in the first window. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151956 | CAPTURING AUGMENTED REALITY ON A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - To capture augmented reality (AR) on a head mounted display the embodiments described herein include the optical display of virtual components of an AR on an AR device. A real world view within a field of view of the display of the AR device is captured, creating a composite image that combines the virtual components and real world physical components within the field of view of the AR device. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151957 | Method for Displaying A Mixed Reality Image - A method for displaying a mixed reality image, including provision of a display assembly including a camera and a display, acquisition of a first image by the camera according to actual image capturing characteristics, the first image being an image of a scene in the field of view of a user, extraction, from the first image, of actual illumination and position characteristics, selection of virtual elements to be integrated into the first image, modification of the virtual elements according to the actual image capturing, illumination and position characteristics, integration of the modified virtual elements in the first image to obtain a second image, and display of the second image on the display. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151958 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY REFLECTIVE OF VISIBILITY AFFECTING FEATURES IN REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT - Method and system for displaying augmented reality reflective of environmental features affecting visibility. Characteristics of a virtual object to be displayed on view of scene is determined. Environmental features affecting visibility along a line-of-sight from scene origin to virtual object are detected. When detected feature is at least one non-obstructing feature, its effect on visibility is determined, and virtual object is displayed superimposed onto view of scene such that appearance of virtual object is consistent with determined effect on visibility. When detected feature includes an amorphous obstructing feature, its range and contour is determined, and obstructed portions of virtual object is determined based on difference between range of virtual object and range of amorphous obstructing feature, and virtual object is displayed superimposed onto view of scene such that determined obstructed portions of virtual object appear obstructed in displayed view. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING USER'S IMMERSION IN MIXED REALITY MODE OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - A system and a method for enhancing a user's immersion in a mixed reality mode of head-mounted display apparatus, the system being at least communicably coupled to the aforesaid display apparatus. The system includes at least one camera communicably coupled to a processor. The processor controls said camera to capture sequence of images of real-world environment; analyse sequence of images to identify spatial geometry of real objects in real-world environment and material categories to which real objects belong; process sequence of images to generate sequence of mixed-reality images, based upon spatial geometry and material category of at least one real object that is represented by at least one virtual object in sequence of mixed-reality images, wherein visual behaviour of at least one virtual object emulates at least one material property associated with material category of the at least one real object; and render the sequence of mixed-reality images. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151960 | TECHNIQUE FOR RECORDING AUGMENTED REALITY DATA - Disclosed is an improved approach for generated recordings from augmented reality systems from the perspective of a camera within the system. Instead of re-using rendered virtual content from the perspective of the user's eyes for AR recordings, additional virtual content is rendered from an additional perspective specifically for the AR recording. That additional virtual content is combined with image frames generated by a camera to form the AR recording. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151961 | AUGMENTED-REALITY IMAGE PROCESSING - In one embodiment, a computing system accesses a tracking record of a real-world object during a first movement session. The first tracking record comprises a plurality of locations of the real-world object relative to a first user. The system determines a display position of a virtual object representing the real-world object on a display screen of the second user based on the tracking record of the real-world object and the current location of the second user. Based on the determined position of the virtual object on the display screen, the system displays the virtual object on the display screen. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151962 | Systems And Methods For Providing Real-Time Composite Video From Multiple Source Devices Featuring Augmented Reality Elements - Systems and methods for superimposing the human elements of video generated by computing devices, wherein a first user device and second user device capture and transmit video to a central server which analyzes the video to identify and extract human elements, superimpose these human elements upon one another, adds in at least one augmented reality element, and then transmits the newly created superimposed video back to at least one of the user devices. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151963 | TRAINING DATA SET GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a training data set for machine learning. The method for generating a training data set, performed by the apparatus for generating the training data set for machine learning, includes generating a 3D model for a deformed 3D character based on 3D data pertaining to the 3D character, generating a 2D image corresponding to the 3D model, and generating the training data set for machine learning, through which the 3D character is generated from the 2D image, using the 2D image and the 3D model. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151964 | SCALABLE REAL-TIME FACE BEAUTIFICATION OF VIDEO IMAGES - Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described below including operations for scalable real-time face beautification of video images. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE AUTHORING CONDITIONS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT IN A MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for spawning a digital object in an environment are disclosed. Data describing the environment is received. The data includes data describing properties of the environment, a state of the environment, and properties of a plurality of objects within the environment. The data is analyzed to detect and categorize one or more of the plurality of objects, and to detect one or more surfaces related to the plurality of objects. Data is received that describes a placement of the digital object on one of the detected surfaces or detected objects and determines properties of the placement. Conditions are associated with the placed digital object, the conditions including data describing properties of the placement, data describing properties of the detected object, and data describing a state of the detected object. The spawning of the digital object is performed in the environment based on the conditions. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151966 | GOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS - This disclosure relates to a good processing apparatus with a first communication module. The first communication module is connected to a controller. The good processing apparatus is designed to accommodate at least one second communication module. The controller is designed to determine whether the second communication module is ready for operation. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151967 | MAINTENANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT - An apparatus for maintenance of an aircraft is provided. The apparatus accesses flight data for a flight of the aircraft and predicts and thereby produces a predicted state of the aircraft for a next flight of the aircraft based on the flight data. The apparatus deploys a similarity detection model to determine similarities between the flight data for the flight and a training set of flight data for previous flights of the aircraft. The similarities determined by the similarity detection model are values of independent variables of a classification model. The apparatus deploys the classification model to predict and thereby produce a predicted state of the aircraft for the next flight of the aircraft based on the values of the independent variables, and generates an alert when the predicted state of the aircraft is a fault state. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151968 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes: an operation unit disposed in a vehicle and operable by a driver; an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation on the operation unit, and including a displacement unit that is displaced according to an operation amount of the operation unit, and a detection unit that detects a displacement amount of the displacement unit and that outputs a continuous signal according to the displacement amount; and a control unit that inputs the continuous signal detected by the detection unit and performs a predetermined control corresponding to the continuous signal is provided. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE USAGE - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring vehicle usage. An exemplary method for monitoring vehicle usage implementable by a server may comprise: determining a planned transportation to be carried out by a vehicle associated with a first user; obtaining tracking data of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle has started and ended a transportation in compliance with the planned transportation; and in response to determining that the vehicle has started and ended the transportation in compliance with the planned transportation, transferring a first reward to the first user. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151970 | METHOD FOR TIRE FORCE RESERVE ESTIMATION - A method for tire force reserve estimation is applicable to a vehicle. In the method, vehicle motion information including the longitudinal acceleration, the lateral acceleration, the change of the tire rotation angle at different times, the change of the yaw at different times, the steering angle of the steering tires, etc. is continuously detected, for estimating the current normal force, the current longitudinal force and the current lateral force of each of the tires. Finally, the current normal force, the current longitudinal force, the current lateral force and the coefficient of friction of the road relative to the tires are applied to estimate the longitudinal tire force reserve and the lateral tire force reserve. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151971 | LEDGER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, LEDGER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE - A ledger management system includes multiple ledger management devices communicably connected to each other. The ledger management devices have a same distributed ledger. Each ledger management device includes the distributed ledger, an agreement determination unit, and a ledger storage unit. The distributed ledger stores ledger information, including specific information specific to a previous ledger information and present vehicle information obtained from a vehicle, that is generated by one of the ledger management devices. The agreement determination unit determines whether the ledger information generated by the one of the ledger management devices satisfies an agreement rule. The ledger storage unit stores the ledger information in the distributed ledger when the ledger information satisfies the agreement rule, and does not store the ledger information in the distributed ledger when the ledger information does not satisfy the agreement rule. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151972 | IN-VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An in-vehicle authentication system has a vehicle communication apparatus ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200151973 | Systems and Methods to Obtain Feedback in Response to Autonomous Vehicle Failure Events - The present disclosure provides systems and methods to obtain feedback descriptive of autonomous vehicle failures. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can detect that a vehicle failure event occurred at an autonomous vehicle and, in response, provide an interactive user interface that enables a human located within the autonomous vehicle to enter feedback that describes the vehicle failure event. Thus, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can actively prompt and/or enable entry of feedback in response to a particular instance of a vehicle failure event, thereby enabling improved and streamlined collection of information about autonomous vehicle failures. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151974 | COMPUTER VISION BASED VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT AUTOMATION - A device receives a vehicle inspection report submission including imaging information identifying a set of images of a vehicle from a user device, and identifies and obtains, from a data structure, a set of stored vehicle attributes relating to a previous condition of the vehicle. The device determines, based on the set of images and using computer vision processing, a set of identified vehicle attributes that relate to a present condition of the vehicle. The device selectively validates, based on the set of identified vehicle attributes and the set of stored vehicle attributes and based on location information identifying the user device within a threshold proximity of the vehicle when the set of images were captured, the vehicle inspection report submission. The device transmits information identifying a result of selectively validating the vehicle inspection report submission, selectively updates the vehicle attribute record, and selectively provides the updated vehicle attribute record. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151975 | Wireless Control Method and System - A wireless control method, used for a first device and a second device, includes the second device establishing a wireless communication connection with the first device via a plurality of channels, the first device determining whether the plurality of channels conform to a plurality of predefined channels, and the first device executing a function when the plurality of channels conform to the plurality of predefined channels. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151976 | AUTHENTICATING ACCESS TO A PHYSICAL SPACE - According to one or more embodiments described herein, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a trigger event occurring at a physical space. The method further includes generating, by the processing system, a temporary network and a temporary authorization code to permit access to the physical space based at least in part on an analysis of information associated with the detected trigger event. The method further includes transmitting, by the processing system, information about the temporary network and the temporary authorization code to a second processing system. The method further includes implementing, by the processing system, an automation routine responsive to detecting the trigger event. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151977 | Secure Video Doorbell Visitor Filtration System and Method of Operation - A system uses a visitor filtration apparatus to encode and store time-windows for expected visitors and generate optical credentials as visitor indicia and policies to greet, transform messages, and determine various access to visitors, both expected or unexpected. A video doorbell component of the system triggers on image or audio capture, transforms and verifies optically encoded credentials and actuates a physical access control actuator, triggers a visitor filtration apparatus, or relays images and audio with an interview panel. The optical credential is transmitted electronically to an expected visitor and may be printed or displayed from an electronic media. Policies enable recognition of biometrically enhanced images of faces or faces with uniform hats such as emergency services agents. Messages are stored for replay or transmitted immediately. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151978 | MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION FOR VEHICLES - A method for controlling access to a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a communication subsystem of the vehicle, a first request to authenticate a user requesting access to the vehicle; sending, to an electronic device associated with the vehicle, an instruction to perform a multiple-factor authentication of a first user of the electronic device; receiving, from the electronic device, a first message indicating that an identity of the first user of the electronic device has been verified based on at least the multiple-factor authentication; and in response to receiving the first message, sending, to the communication subsystem of the vehicle, a second message indicating successful authentication of the first user. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151979 | MOBILE ACCESSORY STORAGE, SECURITY MANAGEMENT, AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A mobile accessory storage, maintenance and tracking system and methods of using same. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151980 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL AND LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method for determining the presence of an individual at a particular spot within a location preferably based on the strength of signals received from beacons assigned to the particular spot by a software application (“App”) running on an electronic device of the individual. In one embodiment, certain presence calculations are performed by the App. In another embodiment, the App forwards information regarding the received beacon signals to an electronic identification and location tracking system and the presence calculations are performed by the system. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151981 | COGNITIVE VETTING SYSTEM FOR UNSOLICITED RESIDENTIAL VISITORS - A method, computer system, and a computer program product for cognitive vetting is provided. The present invention may include determining that an identified person is not expected. The present invention may include retrieving historical information relevant to a past interaction with the identified person. The present invention may then include enabling a present interaction with the identified person. The present invention may lastly include determining a recommendation based on an analysis of the retrieved historical information and the present interaction. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151982 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE DELIVERY, TRANSFER, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL OF ITEMS - Systems and methods for securely delivering, transferring ownership, storing, accessing and receiving or returning an item from another are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system and method are provided to securely receive a variety of different sizes and types of packages at one or more locations, including but not limited to on or adjacent a recipient's property. In another embodiment, the system and method allow a user to receive, store and/or return an item without exposing the item to loss, damage, spoilage or other events that would impair the value of the items. Methods of utilizing the systems described herein are also disclosed. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED AUTOMATED AUTHENTICATION - Systems and methods for location-based automated authentication are disclosed. A system comprises a mobile device, a sensor and a backend platform. The sensor and the backend platform are in network communication. The mobile device is operable to continuously transmit Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals comprising encrypted transitory identifiers. The sensor is operable to receive a BLE signal from the mobile device when the mobile device is within a predetermined range, and communicate over a network connection the encrypted transitory identifier comprised in the BLE signal to the backend platform. The backend platform is operable to extract a unique identifier and a changing encrypted identifier from the received encrypted transitory identifier, generate a changing encrypted identifier, and validate a user identification by comparing the generated changing encrypted identifier and the extracted changing encrypted identifier. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151984 | PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM - A passenger information system, PIS, for a public transport vehicle comprises a public compartment and a restricted compartment. The PIS comprises i) a passenger information terminal for communicating information to users when located in the public compartment; and ii) a first electronic identification device configured to receive an electronic identification from an operator when located in the restricted compartment and to register the electronic identification with the PIS as a registered electronic identification; and iii) an interfacing system comprising inputting means for inputting information into the PIS. A second electronic identification device is configured to receive an electronic identification from a user of the interfacing system. The PIS is arranged to authorize the inputting of information when the electronic identification from the user matches the registered electronic identification. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151985 | NETWORK CONTROLLED PHYSICAL ACCESS RESTRICTION BASED UPON PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE - Methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for providing an access restriction of a second person to a location associated with a first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. For example, a method may include a processing system having a processor receiving a security plan for a first person that pertains to a second person. The security plan may define an access restriction of the second person to a location associated with the first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. The processing system may further detect the second person in the managed environment, detect the physiological state of the second person, and control an automated barrier in the managed environment in accordance with the security plan to provide the access restriction when the physiological state of the second person is detected. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151986 | Access Control System With Virtual Card Data - An access control system includes a mobile library on a mobile device operable to communicate with the credential service, the mobile library operable to receive the credential from the credential service and a credential module for an access control, the credential module operable to receive virtual card data from the credential, the virtual card data usable to operate the access control. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151987 | EMPLOYING PRESSURE SIGNATURES FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a biometric authentication system. In one aspect, a method includes capturing pressure measurement data as a sequence of pressure maps as the user applies pressure to the pressure sensing device; determining a dynamic pressure signature for the user based on the pressure measurement data, the dynamic pressure signature including a temporal sequence of the pressure maps; and authenticating the user based on a comparison of the dynamic pressure signature to an initial dynamic pressure signature. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151988 | CONDITIONAL AND SITUATIONAL BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION AND ENROLLMENT - The present invention provides a system and method for conditionally selecting biometric modalities for biometric authentication at authentication run time. The system and method employ programmatic logic to identify which biometric modalities to use for authenticating a user. The software module for selecting biometric modalities includes, a plurality of rules or conditional logic for selecting one or more biometric modalities required to authenticate a user requesting a secure action. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151989 | Systems and Methods for Verifying Voters and Managing Votes Associated With Elections - Systems and methods are provided for managing votes associated with elections. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a computing device, from a voting device, a selection of a voting option by a user in an election provided by an election host and generating, by the computing device, a two-part token based on the selection of the voting option where the token includes a first part indicative of an identity of the user and a second part indicative of the voting option selected by the user. The method also includes transmitting only the second part of the token to the election host to be counted in the election, thereby maintaining anonymity of the user to the election host with regard to the voting option selected by the user. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151990 | Optical Character Recognition Of Voter Selections For Cast Vote Records - An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ITEM AUTHENTICATION AND CUSTOMIZATION - A method of illumating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROTECTION - A computer-implemented method comprises: committing a transaction amount t of a transaction with a commitment scheme to obtain a transaction commitment value T, the commitment scheme comprising at least a transaction blinding factor r_t; encrypting a combination of the transaction blinding factor r_t and the transaction amount t with a public key PK_B of a recipient of the transaction; and transmitting the transaction commitment value T and the encrypted combination to a recipient node associated with the recipient for the recipient node to verify the transaction. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151993 | IMPERSONAL BIOMETRIC GAME LOCKING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method can be used to unlock gaming devices and/or a functionality of a gaming device based on an impersonal player identification (ID) and obtained biometric information for a player. A player may be scanned by a biometric feature scanning device and an impersonal player ID and gaming account may be generated for the player without requiring the storage of identity information about the player other than the biometric information for the player. Based on a characteristic, gaming history, and/or the presence of the player at a gaming device, access to features of the gaming device are selectively controlled. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151994 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH PLAYER RELATED SIGNALS - A gaming system including an electronic gaming machine and an associated an electroencephalograph device configured to operate with the electronic gaming machine to send player brain wave signals to the electronic gaming machine. The electroencephalograph device can be a contactless electroencephalograph device or a contact electroencephalograph device. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151995 | GAMES, LOTTERIES, AND SWEEPSTAKES AND TICKETS, SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Games, lotteries, and/or sweepstakes as well as tickets, systems, technologies, and/or methods related thereto. In some embodiments, unique games and/or unique administrations of games and/or unique tickets useful for participating in games. In certain preferred embodiments, games which can be administrated or participated in contemporaneously with an event, such as a sporting event, music performance, or trade show (e.g., at the same time or during a live event). In certain of such preferred embodiments, participants in games make no payment to participate in the games. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151996 | COMMUNITY GAME SERVER - An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a random number generator that randomly selects a set of game indicia for a game of chance. Further, the apparatus includes a database that stores the set of game indicia. In addition, the apparatus includes a processor that retrieves the set of game indicia from the database, sends the set of game indicia to a game terminal to determine an outcome of the game of chance played by a first player, receives game data from the game terminal based on the outcome, and generates leader board data based upon the game data that is utilized by a second player to perform back betting. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151997 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE WITH USER CUSTOMIZABLE INTERFACE - A system which enables a user to customize the user interface of a gaming terminal to present different content at different times and responsive to different triggering events. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151998 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES WITH FREE PLAY MULTIPLIERS - The present disclosure is directed towards Class II electronic gaming systems and/or machines that present a bingo game outcome (and/or associated bingo game reward) to a player via a spinning reel (and/or slot) game simulation. In some examples, the bingo game outcome may trigger a free spin feature mode comprised of one or more spinning reel game outcomes. During the free spin feature mode, each spinning reel game outcome may be a winning outcome, with an associated spinning reel game reward. The sum of the one or more spinning reel game rewards may be equal to the bingo game reward. In some examples, each spinning reel game reward may include a base reward and a multiplier. In some examples, the multiplier is always one (i.e., 1×) during regular play (i.e., not in free spin feature mode), and one or more (e.g., 1×, 2×, 3×, 4×, 5×, 10×, etc.) during free spin feature mode. The multiplier may be highlighted and/or emphasized when greater than one. The spinning reel game rewards may be presented in increasing order of the base reward. | 2020-05-14 |
20200151999 | Gaming System and a Method of Gaming - A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a plurality of reels, each reel comprising a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols, a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from each reel for display, a reel selector arranged to select at least one reel, a function allocator arranged to allocate a function to at least one selected reel such that each displayed symbol on said at least one selected reel acquires the function, and a game outcome generator arranged to determine a game outcome based on the displayed symbols and on the function allocated to said at least one selected reel. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152000 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - Embodiments provide systems, apparatus, and methods for rendering supplemental information on an electronic gaming machine, where the supplemental information does not relate to game play on the machine. The supplemental information can include safety warnings, maintenance information, or other information. The electronic gaming device can detect user interactions with the electronic gaming machine, such as using sensors or a player interface that includes a touchscreen. The user interactions can be compared with a condition associated with the supplemental information. Feedback, such as visual, audio, or haptic feedback, or a combination thereof, can be provided to indicate to the user whether the condition is satisfied. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152001 | Games with Dynamically Modifiable Prizes Based on Game Winning Symbol Positions - An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller, a player interface, and a display. The game controller causes the display to display a bonus array having visual elements. Each of the visual elements is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of symbol display positions, at least one visual element indicating a bonus award. The game controller selects a symbol for display at each of the symbol display positions, determines whether at least one of the symbol display positions contains a trigger symbol, and upon determining that the at least one of the symbol display positions contains a trigger symbol, determines a modification to a base prize based at least in part on a visual element associated with the symbol display position containing the trigger symbol. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS GAMING WITH LOCATION DETERMINATION - In accordance with the teachings of the present embodiment, a system and method for wireless gaming with location-dependent gaming functions are provided. In a particular embodiment, the apparatus includes a gaming server; a wireless network at least partially covering a property, the wireless network comprising a plurality of signal detection devices; and a gaming communication device operable to transmit and receive gaming information to and from the gaming server via the wireless network. A location of the gaming communication device on the property is used to alter a game play function, such as a bet option, wager, graphic overlay, permission, or to provide location-dependent advertising or embedded advertising. Based upon the location of the gaming communication device on the property, a predetermined functionality of the gaming communication device may be enabled and/or controlled. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152003 | GAMBLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY - The present invention is directed to gambling system and methods. The systems and methods involve a commit-reveal protocol that is configured to obtain random numbers from a player computer and a casino computer and use the obtained random numbers as seed to execute a random operation of an online game such as online slot machine. The described commit-reveal protocol eliminates extra rounds of communication and ensure a fair outcome. The systems and method may be supported by a blockchain system to further ensure that the operation of the online game is not rigged or false. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152004 | DEVICES FOR GAMING - A computing device for gaming by patrons. An identification acceptor may scan an identification document into digital form. A biological sensor such as a camera may obtain biological data describing a human patron. Input-output device(s) mounted in the computing device may present information and accept registration/login information and gaming commands from a human patron. A currency acceptor and dispenser may accept money. The computing device may ask a patron to insert an identification document into the identification acceptor, and scan the document. The computing device may obtain biological data describing the patron. The computing device may verify the identity of the patron and acceptability of the patron for gaming based at least in part on the digital form of the patron's identification and the biological data. The computing device may accept currency for deposit into a wagering account. Once the patron is verified and the account is funded, the computing device may offer gaming activities to the verified patron out of the wagering account, and pay out gaming winnings at the currency dispenser. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT - A system that enables cryptocurrency funds to be transferred between a gaming establishment account associated with a player and an external cryptocurrency account. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152007 | REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE WAGERING ON EVENT OUTCOMES - Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial markets and indices, sporting and entertainment events, casino games, casino performances, and natural phenomena such as weather and earthquakes. Events on which wagers can be placed include both those with known and unknown outcome probabilities, and wagers can be a fixed-odds type or a spread-bet type. Wager transactions, including acceptances and confirmations, are executed in real time. Clients can customize displays of events on which they are authorized to wager. Real-time client credit management, automatic dealer hedging, automatic price-spread adjustments, and automatic client and dealer defined wagering limits are also provided. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152008 | PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A data collection system and method for progressive values configured and enabled to facilitate the collection and reporting on progressive values associated with EGMs within a plurality of gaming operations. This data collection can be via a hand held device, and/or overhead surveillance systems. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A FEATURE GAME - An electronic gaming machine includes a display in the form of a matrix of rows and columns and a controller configured to conduct a game instance upon receiving a wager via a player input. In conducting each game instance, the controller activates a number of columns on the display based on the wager and controls a display to indicate which columns in the display have been activated. The controller determines if any of the activated columns meets a triggering condition and controls the display to display the activated columns which meet the triggering condition with a modified background. The controller then determines an outcome of the game instance based on whether a predetermined number of activated columns which meet the triggering condition are adjacent one another and makes an award to the player based on the outcome of the instance. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152010 | TOWER DEFENSE WAGERING GAME FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING DEVICES - In response to receiving a wager, a plurality of game elements are displayed as part of the wagering game. The plurality of game elements includes a play area, an enemy element that travels along an enemy path from an enemy entry location toward an enemy goal location, and a defense element that attacks the enemy element when the enemy element is within a defense attack range of the defense element. An enemy health value of the enemy element is reduced based on the defense element attacking the enemy element when the enemy element is within the defense attack range of the defense element. Reducing the enemy health value of the enemy element to zero destroys the enemy element. In response to the enemy element being destroyed, a second monetary amount is credited to the first credit account. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152011 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD HAVING PERSISTENT GAME MODE FEATURE - A gaming system, apparatus, and method are disclosed providing improvements to feature games played on slot machines or other gaming machines. A bonus symbol feature game selection is provided that determines multiple feature games to be made available for the player by a player selection. The games made available are determined at least in part based on the base game result. A wheel enhancement feature game is provided in which a wheel is modified with various types of persistent modifications selected by player picks. The enhancements accumulate until a wheel spin is achieved, building excitement with the player. Chances of achieving a wheel spin may also be altered by the persistent modifications. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152012 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FEATURE GAME - A game controller selects and displays first symbols at display positions on a display device, and triggers play of a series of feature games when the first symbols correspond to a trigger event. During the series of feature games, the game controller selects and displays second symbols at the display positions, replaces each reveal symbol in the second symbols with a replacement symbol while retaining other symbols in the second symbols, and determines a feature game outcome based on the replacement symbol and other symbols in the second symbols after each reveal symbol is replaced with the replacement symbol. In some embodiments, each replacement symbol comprises a configurable symbol including a common component and a variable component. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152013 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETAINING PERSISTENT ELEMENTS - Gaming systems and methods which retain one or more persistent elements upon an occurrence of a persistent element elimination event. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152014 | GAMING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING FUTURE GAMING EVENTS - Systems, apparatuses and methods for designating game indicia locations during current gaming events to enhance game indicia at the identified positions in subsequent gaming events. In a poker context, card positions in a first poker game may be randomly selected, and if any are randomly selected, enhanced cards are repeatedly provided in periodic or random intervals of subsequent poker games at corresponding card positions until a termination event occurs. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152015 | Method of Operating a Gaming System, a Gaming System and a Game Controller - An electronic method of operating a gaming system. The method includes selecting a plurality of symbols, displaying the selected symbols, and upon the displayed symbols including one or more designated symbols, retaining each displayed designated symbol for a subsequent game round at a respective symbol display position at which the designated symbol is displayed. The method also includes, in the subsequent game round, selecting, a plurality of symbols from the symbol data, upon a further designated symbol being selected for display at a symbol display position at which the retained designated symbol is displayed, modifying the retained designated symbol to indicate that a win containing the retained designated symbol will be increased, and upon the selected symbols in the subsequent game round corresponding to a winning outcome incorporating the modified retained designated symbol, making an award of an award value corresponding to the winning outcome modifier by the increase. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152016 | GAMING MACHINE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE REEL SET CONTROL - A gaming machine includes a display system, player input system, and processor programed or otherwise operable to perform a number of operations through the gaming machine hardware to provide a player-interactive feature. The gaming machine is adapted to operate in a primary game state in which a primary set of symbol locations is populated with game symbols responsive to a play initiation input from the player input system. The gaming machine is also controlled to activate a secondary input device while the gaming machine is in the primary game state, and to place the gaming machine in a secondary state in response to a player actuation of the activated primary input device. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152017 | Gaming Methods and Apparatus Facilitating Tournament Play at Gaming Machines - Methods facilitate tournaments in which tournament players play their tournament rounds at different times rather than concurrently as in a standard tournament. These methods may include monitoring for a player who is qualified tournament play. This monitoring is conducted by a tournament controller and may involve determining if one or more qualifying parameter values associated with a communication from a gaming machine satisfy a qualifying parameter definition which may be set by a system operator via the tournament controller. Where a tournament-qualified player is detected at a gaming machine, that gaming machine is enabled for play of a tournament game. The tournament game may then be conducted through the gaming machine to produce a tournament score for the player. This score is stored in memory associated with the tournament controller along with scores similarly produced for other qualified players. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152018 | Augmented Reality Ticket Experience - A system includes a communication interface, a processing circuit and a memory coupled to the processing circuit. The memory includes instructions that cause the processing circuit to receive, via the communication interface and from an augmented reality (AR) device, real-time image data of a code data portion of a wagering ticket that corresponds to a wagering event. Based on the code data portion of the wagering ticket, AR display content that is associated with the wagering event and that is viewable by a user of the AR device is determined. The AR device is caused to display the AR content that is associated with the wagering event. A combined image corresponds to an image of the wagering ticket that is viewable through the AR device and the AR display content that is associated with the wagering event. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152019 | CARD GAME WITH RAKE - Some embodiments may relate to a game in which a house takes a rake as a fee for playing a game. A game may include a multiplayer baccarat game that may add a skill element. For example, a baccarat game may add the ability for player's to bluff, choose whether to request cards, raise, fold, and so on. Other example methods and apparatus are described. Some embodiments may include a rake version of Chinese poker. Some embodiments include an open face version of a card game. Some embodiments include a card game with a virtual player position that allows users to play in the virtual player position. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152020 | AMUSEMENT DEVICES AND GAMES INVOLVING MULTIPLE OPERATORS, MULTIPLE PLAYERS, AND/OR MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS - Various methods and apparatus related to gaming are described. Some embodiments relate to a multi-tiered game involving multiple participants. Some embodiments relate to players from a plurality of gaming operators playing games with one another. Other embodiments are described. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152021 | CARD RECEPTACLE OF AN AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE - Disclosed is an automated transaction machine (ATM) including a card receptacle of a user interface, the card receptacle having a wall extending adjacent a main surface of the user interface, and a support extending between the main surface and the wall. The support, the wall, and the main surface of the user interface define a cavity operable to receive a transaction card. The ATM may further include an exit device of the user interface, the exit device including a container for receiving the transaction card, and a door positioned adjacent the container. The door is biasable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the door substantially covers an exit opening through the main surface of the user interface, and wherein in the second position the door permits access to the container through the exit opening. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152022 | CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION LINE REJECT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, including: a sensor that monitors containers as the containers move along a production line; a rejection device; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and the rejection device, wherein the controller is programmed to determine whether a container is associated with a match condition in response to a signal received from the sensor, the match condition reflecting that the container is associated with predetermined properties or characteristics, in response to a match condition, determine a pass result, and otherwise determine a fail result, determine a velocity of the production line, dynamically determine a correction amount for a reject position, track a position of the container on the production line, and in response to the fail result, outputs a signal to actuate the rejection device that removes the container from the production line based on the velocity of the production line, the dynamically determined correction amount, and the position of the container on the production line. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152023 | Varied Apparatus for Message Playback - A system for playback of messages. Context appropriate messages for an environment may be played back. Messages may be user behavior interactive and subject to user behavior initiated message playback conditions. User generated environment events may be automatically analyzed and user behavior interactive messages may be automatically coordinated. An automated themed message playback apparatus may have a self-contained housing within which a stored themed message, an in situ user generated environment event sensor, and an automated themed message playback device are housed. User generated environment events may be automatically sensed in situ. | 2020-05-14 |
20200152024 | Personal Emergency Rescue Beacon Device - A personal emergency rescue beacon device. The device includes a balloon operably connected to a helium supply tank which is disposed within a waterproof housing. The waterproof housing is securable to a user's clothing via a clip fastener, or alternatively may be kept in a user's bag. A control operably connected to the helium supply tank is configured to automatically inflate and release the balloon when activated. The balloon includes a light source thereon that is configured to flash in a desired pattern for increased visibility. The balloon is affixed to a tether having a retraction mechanism that can be used automatically retract the balloon when actuated. The control is further operably connected to a GPS module that is configured to determine and transmit a location of the housing via a wireless transceiver to an emergency services department or other remote locations. | 2020-05-14 |