21st week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210158531 | Patient Management Based On Anatomic Measurements - A framework for patient management based on anatomic measurements is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, patient records are clustered into a set of sub-populations based on first anatomic measurements and characteristics extracted from first patient data associated with a population of patients. A representative sub-population similar to a patient may be determined from the set of sub-populations based on the patient data of the patient. A report that presents the second anatomic measurements associated with the patient in relation to corresponding first anatomic measurements associated with the representative sub-population may then be generated. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158532 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTING CROP MARKS IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for detecting crop marks depicted in digital images are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may, in conjunction with enabling a user to customize a product design, facilitate a set of digital image processing functionalities to detect a set of crop marks depicted in a digital image associated with the product design. In particular, the systems and methods may detect a first set of lines depicted in a processed digital image indicative of content of interest extracted from the digital image, and detect a second set of lines depicted in a subtracted digital resulting from subtracting a set of contours from the processed digital image. The systems and methods may determine the set of crop marks from the first and second sets of lines. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158533 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to an image processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: performing feature extraction on a to-be-processed image to obtain an intermediate processing image; performing segmentation processing on the intermediate processing image to obtain a first segmentation result; and performing structure reconstruction on the first segmentation result according to structure information of the first segmentation result, to obtain a final segmentation result of a target object in the to-be-processed image. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, further correction of the segmentation result of the to-be-processed image can be implemented according to the structure information of the target object in the to-be-processed image, thereby improving the integrity and the accuracy of the segmentation result, and then improving the precision of image processing. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158534 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM - Accurate and rapid identification can be performed even when feature vectors of input pixels and background pixels are close. An image processing device includes: a feature extractor which extracts features of pixels from an input image and an input image of a different time; a quantization unit which reduces the number of gradations of features extracted by the feature extractor; a learning unit | 2021-05-27 |
20210158535 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OBJECT SENSING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include an image sensor and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect a movement of an object, using an image generated by the image sensor, to identify a size value of the object, to correct a size value of the object based on a location of the object within the image, and to perform an operation corresponding to a movement of the object, based on the corrected size value. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158536 | STREAM OBJECT TRACKING WITH DELAYED OBJECT DETECTION - Technology for performing object tracking of an object in a video image using both object detection algorithm and an object tracking algorithm. Because object detection algorithms are generally slower, but accurate, than object tracking algorithms, only certain sampled video frames are subject to the object detection algorithm. The non-sampled frames locate the object using the object tracking algorithm, using the most recent previous object detected frame as a starting frame. In this way, the object detection algorithm is used to periodically, effectively calibrate the object tracking algorithm by using a lagging detection result to hide latency introduced by the object detection algorithm. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158537 | OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus performs tracking processing that takes a predetermined object in images captured in succession as a tracking target, sets an object as the tracking target in accordance with a user operation, determines an object as the tracking target on the basis of at least one of the images, and performs control so that, in control that changes a current tracking target to the determined object, it is more difficult for the tracking target to be changed when the current tracking target has been set than when the current tracking target has not been set. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158538 | SENSOR SYSTEM - A sensor system includes: a transmission device that includes a sensor which asynchronously outputs detection data including time series information; and a reception device connected to the transmission device via a transmission line. The detection data includes coordinate information, and the transmission device includes an expansion unit configured to expand a value of the coordinate information within a range of the number of bits assigned to the coordinate information, in a case where the detection data is acquired from the sensor, and a transmission unit configured to transmit expanded detection data in which the value of the coordinate information is expanded by the expansion unit to the reception device via the transmission line. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158539 | ENHANCED OPTICAL FLOW ESTIMATION USING A VARIED SCAN ORDER - In various examples, optical flow estimate (OFE) quality is improved when employing a hint-based algorithm in multi-level hierarchical motion estimation by using different scan orders at different resolution levels. A scan of an image performed with a scan order may initially leverage OFEs from a previous scan of the image, where the previous scan was performed using a different scan order. The OFEs leveraged from the previous scan are more likely to be of high accuracy until sufficient spatial hints are available to the hint-based algorithm for the scan to reduce the impact of potentially lower quality OFEs resulting from the different scan order of the previous scan. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158540 | NEURAL NETWORK BASED IDENTIFICATION OF MOVING OBJECT - An electronic device includes circuitry that receives first identification information of a moving object from the moving object. A sub-image is detected from an image of the moving object based on application of a first neural network model on the image. The sub-image includes second identification information of the moving object. The first neural network model is trained to detect a moving object based on one or more first images corresponding to one or more moving objects. The second identification information is extracted from the sub-image based on application of a second neural network model on the sub-image. The second neural network model is trained to determine text information based one or more second images corresponding to text information. The first identification information is compared with the second identification information. The moving object is identified based on the comparison. Thereafter, the moving object is controlled based on the identification. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158541 | ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE USING MACHINE LEARNING - Anatomical and functional assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) using machine learning and computational modeling techniques deploying methodologies for non-invasive Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) quantification based on angiographically derived anatomy and hemodynamics data, relying on machine learning algorithms for image segmentation and flow assessment, and relying on accurate physics-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for computation of the FFR. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158542 | ASSET TRACKING AND NOTIFICATION PROCESSING - An asset is identified in a predefined area. The type of asset is identified through video or wireless tag identification. A security policy associated with the type of asset is obtained. Entries in an asset log are recorded based on a location of the asset, an individual handling the asset, and/or actions taken by an individual with respect to the asset based on the security policy. A real-time notification is sent when the location, the handling, and/or any of the actions warrant a notification based on the security policy. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158543 | MOTION TRACKING AND STRAIN DETERMINATION - Described herein are systems, methods and instrumentalities associated with motion tracking and strain determination. A motion tracking apparatus as described herein may track the motion of an anatomical structure from a source image to a target image and determine corresponding points on one or more surfaces of the anatomical structure in both the source image and the target image. Using these surface points, the motion tracking apparatus may calculate one or more strain parameters associated with the anatomical structure and provide the strain parameters for medical diagnosis and/or treatment. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158544 | Method, Device and Computer-Readable Storage Medium with Instructions for Processing Sensor Data - A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing sensor data. In a first step, camera images are taken by a camera. Additionally, 3D-checkpoints are detected by at least one 3D-sensor. Optionally, at least one of the camera images can be segmented. The camera images are then merged with the 3D-checkpoints by a data fusion circuit to form data of a virtual sensor. The resulting data are finally output for further processing. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158545 | CAMERA-BASED ENHANCEMENT OF VEHICLE KINEMATIC STATE ESTIMATION - Methods and systems implemented in a vehicle involve obtaining a single camera image from a camera arranged on the vehicle. The image indicates a heading angle Ψ | 2021-05-27 |
20210158546 | UPDATED POINT CLOUD REGISTRATION PIPELINE BASED ON ADMM ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - In one embodiment, a system and method for point cloud registration of LIDAR poses of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is disclosed. The method selects poses of the point clouds that possess higher confidence level during the data capture phase as fixed anchor poses. The fixed anchor points are used to estimate and optimize the poses of non-anchor poses during point cloud registration. The method may partition the points clouds into blocks to perform the ICP algorithm for each block in parallel by minimizing the cost function of the bundle adjustment equation updated with a regularity term. The regularity term may measure the difference between current estimates of the poses and previous or the initial estimates. The method may also minimize the bundle adjustment equation updated with a regularity term when solving the pose graph problem to merge the optimized poses from the blocks to make connections between the blocks. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158547 | COORDINATE GRADIENT METHOD FOR POINT CLOUD REGISTRATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - In one embodiment, a system and method for partitioning a region for point cloud registration of LIDAR poses of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) using a regional iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm is disclosed. The method determines the frame pair size of one or more pairs of related LIDAR poses of a region of an HD map to be constructed. If the frame pair size is greater than a threshold, the region is further divided into multiple clusters. The method may perform the ICP algorithm for each cluster. Inside a cluster, the ICP algorithm focuses on a partial subset of the decision variables and assumes the rest of the decision variables are fixed. To construct the HD map, the method may determine if the results of the ICP algorithms from the clusters converge. If the solutions converge, a solution to the point cloud registration for the region is found. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158548 | USING MACHINE LEARNING TO SELECTIVELY OVERLAY IMAGE CONTENT - Modifications are performed to cause a style of an image to match a different style. A first image is accessed, where the first image has the first style. A second image is also accessed, where the second image has a second style. Subsequent to a deep neural network (DNN) learning these styles, a copy of the first image is fed as input to the DNN. The DNN modifies the first image copy by transitioning the first image copy from being of the first style to subsequently being of the second style. As a consequence, a modified style of the transitioned first image copy bilaterally matches the second style. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158549 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Unsupervised Learning for Progressively Aligning Noisy Contours - Computer vision systems and methods for noisy contour alignment are provided. The system generates a loss function and trains a convolutional neural network with the loss function and a plurality of images of a dataset to learn to align contours with progressively increasing complex forward and backward transforms over increasing scales. The system can align an attribute of an image of the dataset by the trained neural network. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL GUIDANCE USING A PATIENT DEPTH IMAGE - Methods and systems for using a patient representation model including a feature extraction model and a parameter determining model. For example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a first feature extraction model, a depth image; generating, by the first feature extraction model, a first feature vector corresponding to the depth image; determining, by a parameter determining model, a plurality of three-dimensional model parameters based at least in part on the first feature vector; receiving a ground truth; determining a deviation between the ground truth and information associated with the plurality of three-dimensional model parameters; changing, based at least in part on the deviation, one or more parameters of the patient representation model; receiving a first patient image; determining a plurality of three-dimensional patient parameters based at least in part on the first patient image; and providing the plurality of three-dimensional patient parameters as medical guidance. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158551 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD USING FEATURE AMOUNTS AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD - The relationship between space coordinates and a plurality of feature amounts gained from at least a pattern or a change in the pattern that has been projected from a plurality of projection units is found in advance, and the relationship between the feature amounts and the space coordinates is used in order to find the space coordinates of the surface of an object from the feature amounts that have been gained from a pattern or a change in the pattern projected from the plurality of projection units onto the surface of the object. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DEPTH DETERMINATION USING PROJECTION SPOTS - Systems and methods for enhanced depth determination using projection spots. An example method includes obtaining images of a real-world object, the images being obtained from image sensors positioned about the real-world object, and the images depicting projection spots projected onto the real-world object via projectors positioned about the real-world object. A projection spot map is accessed, the projection spot map including information indicative of real-world locations of projection spots based locations of the projection spots in the obtained images. Location information is assigned to the projection spots based on the projection spot map. Generation of a three-dimensional representation of the real-world object is caused. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158553 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - To determine, by image processing, a position at which visual information is to be displayed in a superimposed manner or a position at which visual information is not to be displayed in a superimposed manner. An image processing device ( | 2021-05-27 |
20210158554 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR GENERATING DEPTH MAP - Systems and methods for generating depth maps. The systems and methods may provide for receiving a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) photo images, inputting a first 2D photo image into a person detector to determine whether a person is present in the first 2D photo image when the first 2D photo image contains a person, detecting the position of a face of the person and creating a cropped image of the face of the person, inputting the cropped image of the face of the person to a face depth map generator to create a face depth map, segmenting the first 2D photo image into person and background segments, each segment containing one or more pixels, assigning higher depth values to the pixels in the person segment than the pixels in the background segment to create a scene depth map, and combining the face depth map and scene depth map to create a combined depth map of the first 2D photo image. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158555 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit that executes detection processing for detecting a particular object in an image, a holding unit that holds object information indicating a position and a size of the particular object on the image, a determination unit that determines whether a number of times a particular object is detected in the detection processing on one or more images reaches a predetermined value, a first setting unit that, when the number of times a particular object is detected in the detection processing on the one or more images is determined to reach the value, sets estimation areas on an image based on the object information obtained by the detection processing on the one or more images, and an estimation unit that executes estimation processing for estimating a number of the particular objects in the estimation areas. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158556 | OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING AND METHOD THEREOF - An object recognition system based on machine learning includes a 2D image capture module, a 3D space capture module, a data selection module, a data alignment module, a feature capture module and a detection module. The 2D image capture module captures a 2D image. The 3D space capture module captures 3D point cloud data. The data selection module performs object segmentation and depth recognition to select at least one region of interest (ROI). The data alignment module maps coordinates of the at least one ROI to coordinates of the 2D image. The feature capture module calculates features of the 2D image and extracts at least one feature of interest corresponding to the coordinates of the ROI from the features of the 2D image. The detection module obtains the feature of interest and identifies at least one object in the 2D image according to the feature of interest. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158557 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE - A computer-implemented method and system may include receiving one or more images of a body; determining one or more initial body measurements of the body based on the one or more images; determining at least one supplemental measurement of a portion of the body, the supplemental measurement determined at least in part using one or more sensors of a mobile device; and applying a correction factor to the one or more initial body measurements of the body based at least in part on the supplemental measurement to produce a corrected body measurement. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158558 | Error Mitigation for Mobile Dimensioning in Stereo Vision - The present disclosure provides techniques for dimensioning an object by capturing two three-dimensional images of the object from orthogonal perspectives. For instance, a first three-dimensional image of a first side of a target object, and a second three-dimensional image of an orthogonal side of the generally cuboid object may be captured using a three-dimensional camera. A first two-dimensional axis-aligned minimum bounding box may be generated based on the first three-dimensional image and a second two-dimensional axis-aligned minimum bounding box may be generated based on the second three-dimensional image. The dimensions of the object may be calculated using the width of the first axis-aligned two-dimensional minimum bounding box, the width of the second axis-aligned two-dimensional minimum bounding box, and the greater of the height of the first axis-aligned two-dimensional minimum bounding box and the height of the second axis-aligned two-dimensional minimum bounding box. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158559 | REGION DETECTION DEVICE - Region detection device includes acquirer that acquires a fingertip image of a fingertip including a nail, converter that transforms the fingertip image into a polar coordinate image in which one point inside the nail in the fingertip image is used as a pole, and detector that detects a region of the nail using the polar coordinate image. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158560 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING LOCALIZATION INFORMATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for obtaining localization information, includes: obtaining image information and related information of the image information, wherein the related information includes a depth map, a point cloud map, and relocation postures and relocation variance after relocation; obtaining three-dimensional coordinates of spatial obstacle points based on the depth map; obtaining target postures and environmental three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to each of the target postures based on the relocation postures, the relocation variance, and the point cloud map; scanning and matching the three-dimensional coordinates of the spatial obstacle points with the environmental three-dimensional coordinates to obtain matching result information; and obtaining localization information based on the relocation postures and the relocation variance when the matching result information satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158561 | IMAGE VOLUME FOR OBJECT POSE ESTIMATION - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques estimate a pose of an object based on images generated from a combined image volume. In at least one embodiment, the combined image volume is obtained from a plurality of image volumes generated based on a plurality of images of an object. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158562 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM USING TOF SENSOR - The object detection system includes a TOF sensor which outputs an image of a target space on the basis of a phase difference between reference light emitted toward the target space and reflected light from the target space, an object detection section which detects a position of an object present in the target space on the basis of the output image, an imaging conditions calculation section which calculates imaging conditions including at least one of an integration time and a light emission period of the TOF sensor on the basis of an image of the detected object, and an imaging conditions changing section which changes a configuration of the TOF sensor to the calculated imaging conditions, and the object detection section detects a position of the object on the basis of the image output under the changed imaging conditions. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158563 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a method for performing a magnetic resonance measurement of an organ structure of a patient using a magnetic resonance imaging system adapted to the imaging of the organ structure: a correct positioning of the organ structure of the patient is ascertained, a correct positioning of the magnetic resonance imaging system with regard to the positioning of the organ structure of the patient is ascertained, a magnetic resonance scanning protocol is selected, a spatial coverage of the magnetic resonance measurement with regard to the organ structure to be imaged is adjusted, and the magnetic resonance measurement is performed to acquire magnetic resonance image data of the organ structure. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158564 | VEHICLE POSE DETECTION WITH FIDUCIAL MARKER - Based on an image from a stationary sensor, a marker displayed on one or more digital displays on a vehicle is detected. A first location and a first orientation of the marker in a coordinate system is determined by analyzing on pixels in the image. Based on a stationary sensor location and orientation from a map, a second location and a second orientation of the vehicle in the coordinate system is determined. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158565 | POSE SELECTION AND ANIMATION OF CHARACTERS USING VIDEO DATA AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES - This disclosure generally relates to character animation. More specifically, this disclosure relates to pose selection using data analytics techniques applied to training data, and generating 2D animations of illustrated characters using performance data and the selected poses. An example process or system includes extracting sets of joint positions from a training video including the subject, grouping the plurality of frames into frame groups using the sets of joint positions for each frame, identifying a representative frame for each frame group using the frame groups, clustering the frame groups into clusters using the representative frames, outputting a visualization of the clusters at a user interface, and receiving a selection of a cluster for animation of the subject. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus that estimates a position of each object in image data in which a plurality of objects is imaged, the apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating positions of joints of the plurality of objects in the image data, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a score map in which a feature for identifying each object is converted into a numerical value, the score map being output by a pre-trained model in response to input of the image data, and an identification unit configured to identify positions of joints belonging to each of the plurality of objects, based on the position information and the score map. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158567 | VISUAL POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A visual positioning method includes: detecting a lane line of a surface based on a video stream of the road surface collected by a camera mounted on a vehicle; determining first reference point information at a current angle of view according to a detection result of the lane line; determining a third homography matrix according to the first and second reference point information at a previous angle of view of the camera, the position of a second reference point corresponds to that of a first reference point, and the third homography matrix is used for representing a mapping relationship between a coordinate of the camera at the current angle of view and a coordinate of the camera at the previous angle of view; determining a first homography matrix according to the third homography matrix and a predetermined homography matrix; and performing positioning according to the first homography matrix. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158568 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CAMERA CALIBRATION - Systems and methods for assessing the calibration of an array of cameras. The method including inputting into a processor captured images from at least two cameras of the array of cameras, the captured images having features from an image. The method further including extracting one or more extracted features from the captured images, matching one or more extracted features between pairs of the at least two cameras to create a set of matched features, selecting matching points from the set of matched features, generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of objects in a field of view of the at least two cameras, and outputting the three-dimensional reconstruction wherein the three-dimensional reconstruction comprises indicators of calibration errors. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158569 | Camera And Method For Checking An Alignment Of Such A Camera - A method for checking an alignment of a 2D or 3D camera, wherein a reference image is detected and stored in a first preferred alignment of the camera, wherein a current image is detected to check the alignment of the camera, wherein the reference image is provided monochrome with a first color and the current image is provided monochrome with a second color that differs from the first color, and wherein the current image and the reference image are displayed as an image mixing. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158570 | ENHANCED VIDEO SHOT MATCHING USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS - This disclosure involves training generative adversarial networks to shot-match two unmatched images in a context-sensitive manner. For example, aspects of the present disclosure include accessing a trained generative adversarial network including a trained generator model and a trained discriminator model. A source image and a reference image may be inputted into the generator model to generate a modified source image. The modified source image and the reference image may be inputted into the discriminator model to determine a likelihood that the modified source image is color-matched with the reference image. The modified source image may be outputted as a shot-match with the reference image in response to determining, using the discriminator model, that the modified source image and the reference image are color-matched. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158571 | IMAGE RECOGNITION - Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for image processing. The method includes one or more processors generating a first set of binary images from a first image based on a first color attribute value range associated with a textual object presented in the first image. The method further includes one or more processors recognizing a first set of candidates for the textual object from the first set of binary images. The method further includes one or more processors determining a first appearance frequency of a first candidate in the first set of candidates. In response to determining that the first appearance frequency exceeds a first frequency, threshold he method further includes one or more processors determining that the first candidate is a first recognition result for the textual object in the first image. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BIOCHEMICAL INFORMATION USING COLOR SPACE CONVERSION - A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes acquiring an image of a urine test kit equipped with a biochemical sample rod including a plurality of pad cells including a plurality of sub-pad cells, extracting at least one potential RGB value from the image by means of a potential color extractor, and converting and analyzing the at least one potential RGB value using a plurality of color spaces included in a color space conversion engine and a color space analysis engine by means of an analyzing unit. The plurality of color spaces are randomly generated, and a color space having a smallest distance value from the potential RGB value is determined as an optimal color space. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158573 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING MARK BY USING IMAGE MATCHING - An apparatus for detecting a mark by using image matching includes a damaged content obtaining unit configured to obtain damaged content generated based on original content including a plurality of cuts; a pre-processed content generating unit configured to generate pre-processed content by merging one or more images included in the damaged content or removing a partial region of one or more cuts included in the damaged content; a matchable content generating unit configured to generate matchable content, in which sizes or locations of one or more cuts included in the pre-processed content are adjusted by comparing one or more cuts included in the original image and the one or more cuts included in the pre-processed content; a matching unit configured to compare the original content with the matchable content, for each cut. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158574 | COLOR EVALUATION DEVICE, COLOR EVALUATION METHOD, AND INDICATION OBJECT USED IN COLOR EVALUATION METHOD - A calculation device comprises a color evaluation unit that acquires a sensor color and four or more reference colors from photography data from a measurement time when an indication object was photographed in a second photography environment; determines coefficients for color conversion between a first and the second photography environments based on the amount of change from color information for the reference colors in the first photography environment, which has been read from a calculation device storage unit, to color information for the reference colors in the second photography environment, which has been acquired from the photography data; and uses the sensor color acquired from the photography data from the measurement time and the color conversion coefficients to correct the sensor color to the color that would have been photographed in the first photography environment by solving a conversion formula including terms representing an affine transformation consisting of translation. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158575 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method that are capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. When point cloud data is to be Octree-encoded, a point distribution of child nodes of a current node is updated in accordance with a peripheral point distribution around the current node, and then a sequence of signals is generated by performing Octree encoding with the updated point distribution. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to information processing apparatuses, image processing apparatuses, electronic equipment, information processing methods, or programs. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158576 | BOUNDARY MAPS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS - In example implementations, a server is provided. The server incudes a communication interface, a memory, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory. The communication interface is to establish a communication session with virtual reality (VR) system to receive room identification information. The memory is to store a plurality of VR boundary maps for a plurality of different rooms. The processor is to compare the room identification information to the plurality of different rooms stored in the memory to identify a room of the plurality of different rooms, identify a VR boundary map from the plurality of VR boundary maps associated with the room, and transmit the VR boundary map to the VR system via the communication session. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158577 | Method for Adding Special Effect to Video, Electronic Device and Storage Medium - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for adding a special effect to a video, an electronic device and a storage medium. First portrait edge information of a first frame is determined based on the portrait foregrounds of the first frame and a previous frame. A fluctuation offset based on a playback time and a fluctuation parameter is added to the first portrait edge information to obtain second portrait edge information. The second portrait edge information is superimposed on the first frame to obtain a second frame having the special effect. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158578 | METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE DATA, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A method for generating image data includes: displaying a first object corresponding to a first video image on a display surface; and generating first image data representing a first superimposed video image in which the first video image is superimposed on a first area of a predetermined image, based on a first operation on the first object. The first video image has a time length that is a predetermined time divided by m, m being an integer equal to or greater than 1. The first superimposed video image has a time length that is the predetermined time. The first superimposed video image is a video image in which display of the first video image is executed the m times in a state where the first video image is superimposed on the first area of the predetermined image. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158579 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: identifying a first object to be rendered in a target image and a second object to which the first object belongs in the target image; generating a reference image including a mark based on the target image and the second object, the mark being used for recording a coverage area of the second object; determining an area to be rendered based on the reference image and the first object, the area to be rendered being located within the coverage area corresponding to the mark; and rendering the area by utilizing a target material to generate a rendering result. Through the process, the rendering range can be constrained when the first object is rendered based on the reference image including the mark generated by the second object to which the first object belongs, so that the reliability and authenticity of a rendering result are improved. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158580 | 3D DEPTH RECONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS IN 2D MEDICAL IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided for three dimensional depth reconstruction of vessels in two dimensional medical images. A medical image comprising braches of one or more vessels is received. A branch overlap image channel that represents a pixelwise probability that the branches overlap is generated. A set of branch orientation image channels are generated. Each branch orientation image channel is associated with one of a plurality of orientations. Each branch orientation image channel representing a image channel represents a pixelwise probability that the branches are oriented in its associated orientation. A multi-channel depth image is generated based on the branch overlap image channel and the set of branch orientation image channels. Each channel of the multi-channel depth image comprises portions of the branches corresponding to a respective depth. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF CEST CONTRAST IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for reconstruction of a Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) contrast image. The method includes: generating training samples for a deep neural network; training the deep neural network with the training samples to obtain a trained deep neural network; and reconstructing a CEST contrast image by using the trained deep neural network and PROPELLER undersampled CEST images. The method for reconstruction of a CEST contrast image can effectively shorten the experimental time of a CEST contrast imaging and can obtain a smoother and more accurate CEST contrast image. Further disclosed is a system for reconstruction of a CEST contrast image to implement the method for reconstruction. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158582 | MR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON A-PRIORI INFORMATION - In a system and method for performing MR image reconstruction based on acquired MR measurement data of an organ structure of a patient, the MR measurement data of the organ structure is received, a-priori information about the organ structure from which the MR measurement data have been acquired is received, MR image reconstruction is performed based on the MR measurement data and taking into account the a-priori information, and the reconstructed MR image data is provided. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - The disclosure relates to systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A method may include obtaining k-space data associated with MR signals acquired by an MR scanner. The k-space data may corresponding to a first sampling rate. The method may also include generating one or more estimated images based on the k-space data and a target neural network model. The one or more estimated images may correspond to a second sampling rate that exceeds the first sampling rate. The method may further include determining one or more target images based on the one or more estimated images and the k-space data using a compressed sensing model. The compressed sensing model may be constructed based on the one or more estimated images. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158584 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When processing graphics primitives in a graphics processing system, the render output is divided into a plurality of regions for rendering, each region comprising a respective area of the render output. It is determined for which of the plurality of regions of the render output a primitive should be rendered for. Primitive data for rendering the primitive is then stored either in a combined data structure in memory that is associated with a plurality of different regions of the render output, or is stored in a respective data structure for each region of the render output it is determined the primitive should be rendered for. Which manner the primitive data is stored is determined in dependence on a property, e.g. a coverage, of the primitive. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158585 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When processing graphics primitives in a graphics processing system, the render output is divided into a plurality of regions for rendering, each region comprising a respective area of the render output. It is determined for which of the plurality of regions of the render output a primitive should be rendered for. For each region of the render output it is determined a primitive should be rendered for, geometry data for the primitive is stored in memory in a respective data structure for the region in a compressed form, such that the geometry data for the primitive to be rendered is stored in a compressed form, in a respective, different data structure for each different region of the render output it is determined the primitive should be rendered for. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158586 | DYNAMIC SUBTITLE ENHANCEMENT - A method for modifying a subtitle of a video frame. Subtitle text representing audio content of a video frame and font attributes of the subtitle text are received. A color of the subtitle text is identified, based on the font attributes of the subtitle text. A geometric region within the video frame corresponding to a display area of the subtitle text. A predominant color of the geometric region within the video frame is calculated. A level of similarity between the color of the subtitle text and the predominant color of the geometric region is determined. Rendering information of the subtitle text is calculated, based on the level of similarity, and a modification of the subtitle text is performed by applying the rendering information to the subtitle text, such that the modification reduces the similarity level during display of the video frame. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158587 | AUGMENTED REALITY SPATIAL GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A human system operator is guided through procedures relative to workpiece objects in real space by a machine-executable procedure program including procedure instructions related to the real-space operations. A spatial-positioning system tracks the locations and orientations within a defined physical space of workpiece objects and tools required to perform procedure steps relative to the workpiece objects. Machine-generated indicia related to sequential procedure steps are presented to the system operator through a mixed-reality headset. The machine generated indicia illustratively include graphical objects and textual instructions that convey to the system user information relative to a procedure step, such as which tool to use to act on which workpiece object, and the operation to be performed on each workpiece object. The system operator contemporaneously views both (i) the physical space and (ii) selected machine-generated indicia such that the machine-generated indicia, from the perspective of the system user, are superimposed over real space. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158588 | DATA-CREATION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DATA-CREATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND DATA-CREATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Provided is a data-creation assistance apparatus which is an apparatus that assists data creation work in which an annotation is added to each cell in an image containing cells, the data-creation assistance apparatus including: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire image data including the image; extract information related to the cells from the acquired image data; set a size of divided regions on the basis of the extracted information related to the cells; and divide the image into the divided regions; and a display that displays each of the divided regions which have been divided. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158589 | ANIMATING BODY LANGUAGE FOR AVATARS - Methods and systems are provided for generating animation for non-player characters (NPCs) in a game. The method includes operations for examining a scene for an NPC that is providing voice output. The method further includes operations for examining the voice output to identify am intensity modulation of the voice output. In addition, the method further includes processing the intensity modulation to predict body language signals (BLS) for the NPC. Moreover, the BLS is used to cause features of the NPC to react consistent with an emotion content of the intensity modulation identified in the voice output. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158590 | FACIAL ANIMATION RETARGETING USING AN ANATOMICAL LOCAL MODEL - A retargeting engine automatically performs a retargeting operation. The retargeting engine generates an anatomical local model of a digital character based on performance capture data and/or a 3D model of the digital character. The anatomical local model includes an anatomical model corresponding to internal features of the digital character and a local model corresponding to external features of the digital character. The retargeting engine includes a Machine Learning model that maps a set of locations associated with the face of a performer to a corresponding set of locations associated with the face of the digital character. The retargeting engine includes a solver that modifies a set of parameters associated with the anatomical local model to cause the digital character to exhibit one or more facial expressions enacted by the performer, thereby retargeting those facial expressions onto the digital character. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158591 | COMPUTER GENERATED HAIR GROOM TRANSFER TOOL - A computer generated (CG) hair groom for a virtual character can include strand-based (also referred to as instanced) hair in which many thousands of digital strands represent real human hair strands. Embodiments of systems and methods for transferring CG hair groom data from a first (or source) virtual character to a second (or target) virtual character are provided. Some embodiments can factor in a difference between a hairline of the first virtual character and a hairline of the second virtual character to improve the overall appearance or fit of the hair groom on the second virtual character. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158592 | METHOD FOR GENERATING VIDEO DATA, VIDEO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device generating video data representing a video of a moving object in response to an instruction by a user includes a decision unit, a determination unit, a generation unit, and a warning unit. The decision unit decides a movement path of the object, based on an instruction by the user. The determination unit determines whether an object video showing the object moving along the movement path decided by the decision unit is equivalent to a video for repeated playback or not, based on the movement path. The generation unit generates video data based on the object video when the object video is determined by the determination unit as equivalent to the video for repeated playback. The warning unit warns the user when the object video is determined by the determination unit as not equivalent to the video for repeated playback. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158593 | POSE SELECTION AND ANIMATION OF CHARACTERS USING VIDEO DATA AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES - This disclosure generally relates to character animation. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, this disclosure relates to pose selection using data analytics techniques applied to training data, and generating 2D animations of illustrated characters using performance data and the selected poses. An example process or system includes obtaining a selection of training poses of the subject and a set of character poses, obtaining a performance video of the subject, wherein the performance video includes a plurality of performance frames that include poses performed by the subject, grouping the plurality of performance frames into groups of performance frames, assigning a selected training pose from the selection of training poses to each group of performance frames using the clusters of training frames, generating a sequence of character poses based on the groups of performance frames and their assigned training poses, outputting the sequence of character poses. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158594 | DYNAMIC EMOTICON-GENERATING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DEVICE - An animated emoticon generation method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer device are provided. The method includes: displaying an emoticon input panel on a chat page; detecting whether a video shooting event is triggered in the emoticon input panel; acquiring video data in response to detecting the video shooting event; obtaining an edit operation for the video data; processing video frames in the video data according to the edit operation to synthesize an animated emoticon; and adding an emoticon thumbnail corresponding to the animated emoticon to the emoticon input panel, the emoticon thumbnail displaying the animated emoticon to be used as a message on the chat page based on a user selecting the emoticon thumbnail in the emoticon input panel. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158595 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: determine an additional component to be added to a material image drawn on a medium; generate a modified image in which the determined additional component is added to the material image; and store the generated modified image. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158596 | METHOD, USER DEVICE AND A PRINTING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ONE OR MORE CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS - A method, user device, and a printing device for manufacturing one or more customized products are provided. The method comprises capturing one or more three-dimensional (3-D) images of one or more objects, transmitting the captured one or more 3D images to a printing device, converting the transmitted one or more 3D images into a predefined format; wherein the predefined format is a format read by the printing device. The method further comprises printing the converted one or more 3D images using the printing device to create one or more 3D objects, wherein the one or more 3D objects are a replica of the one or more objects in the one or more captured 3D images, and manufacturing one or more customized products using the created one or more 3D images. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING ONE OR MORE PARAMETERS OF A GPU - A method for adjusting complexity of content rendered by a graphical processing unit (GPU) is described. The method includes processing, by the GPU, an image frame for a scene of a game. The method further includes tracking one or more metrics regarding the processing of the image frame during the processing of the image frame. During the processing of the image frame, the method includes sending a quality adjuster signal (QAS) to a shader associated with a game engine. The QAS is generated based on the one or more metrics associated with the processing by the GPU. During the processing of the image frame, the method includes adjusting, by the shader, one or more shader parameters upon receipt of the QAS, wherein said adjusting the one or more shader parameters changes a level of complexity of the image frame being processed by the GPU. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158598 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When processing graphics primitives in a graphics processing system, the render output is divided into a plurality of regions ( | 2021-05-27 |
20210158599 | DATA FLOW IN A DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes a command buffer configured to temporarily store commands. The apparatus also includes processing units disposed at a substrate. The processing units are configured to access a plurality of copies of a command from the command buffer. The processing units include first processing units (such as fixed function hardware blocks) to perform geometry operations indicated by the command on a set of primitives. The geometry operations are performed concurrently by the first processing units. The processing units also include second processing units (such as shaders) to process mutually exclusive sets of pixels generated by rasterizing the set of primitives. The apparatus also includes a cache to temporarily store the pixels after shading by the shaders. The processing units stop or interrupt processing commands in response to detecting a synchronization point and resume processing the commands in response to all the processing units completing commands before synchronization point. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158600 | GENERATION OF TEXTURE MODELS USING A MOVEABLE SCANNER - A method is performed at a moveable scanner with one or more optical sensors. The method includes scanning, using the moveable scanner, an object having a surface. The scanning generates color data from a plurality of orientations of the moveable scanner with respect to the object. The method further includes generating, using at least the color data, a pixel map of the surface of the object, the pixel map including, for each respective pixel of a plurality of pixels: a color value of a corresponding point on the surface of the object; and a value for a non-color property of the corresponding point on the surface of the object. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158601 | MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING DISCARD FUNCTIONALITY IN A RAY TRACING CONTEXT - Described herein is a technique for performing ray tracing. According to this technique, instead of executing intersection and/or any hit shaders during traversal of an acceleration structure to determine the closest hit for a ray, an acceleration structure is fully traversed in an invocation of a shader program, and the closest intersection with a triangle is recorded in a data structure associated with the material of the triangle. Later, a scheduler launches waves by grouping together multiple data items associated with the same material. The rays processed by that wave are processed with a continuation ray, rather than the full original ray. A continuation ray starts from the previous point of intersection and extends in the direction of the original ray. These steps help counter divergence that would occur if a single shader program that inlined the intersection and any hit shaders were executed. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158602 | On Demand Geometry and Acceleration Structure Creation with Tile Object Lists - Systems and methods of geometry processing, for rasterization and ray tracing processes provide for pre-processing of source geometry, such as by tessellating or other procedural modification of source geometry, to produce final geometry on which a rendering will be based. An acceleration structure (or portion thereof) for use during ray tracing is defined based on the final geometry. Only coarse-grained elements of the acceleration structure may be produced or retained, and a fine-grained structure within a particular coarse-grained element may be Produced in response to a collection of rays being ready for traversal within the coarse grained element. Final geometry can be recreated in response to demand from a rasterization engine, and from ray intersection units that require such geometry for intersection testing with primitives. Geometry at different resolutions can be generated to respond to demands from different rendering components. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158603 | FLUID SIMULATIONS USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS - Approaches in accordance with various embodiments provide for fluid simulation with substantially reduced time and memory requirements with respect to conventional approaches. In particular, various embodiments can perform time and energy efficient, large scale fluid simulation on processing hardware using a method that does not solve for the Navier-Stokes equations to enforce incompressibility. Instead, various embodiments generate a density tensor and rigid body map tensor for a large number of particles contained in a sub-domain. Collectively, the density tensor and rigid body map may represent input channels of a network with three spatial-dimensions. The network may apply a series of operations to the input channels to predict an updated position and updated velocity for each particle at the end of a frame. Such approaches can handle tens of millions of particles within a virtually unbounded simulation domain, as compared to classical approaches that solve for the Navier-Stokes equations. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158604 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUSING IMAGE DATA - A method and system for fusing image data. The method may include obtaining a first volume image and a second volume image. The method may further include casting a plurality of rays through at least one of the first volume image or the second volume image. Each of the plurality of rays may correspond to a pixel of an image to be displayed. For each of at least a portion of the plurality of rays, the at least one processor may further be directed to cause the system to set a series of sampling positions along the ray. The method may further include selecting a reference position from the series of sampling positions. The method may further include determining fusion data of the ray. The method may further include determining a pixel value of a pixel of the image to be displayed that corresponds to the ray. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158605 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure proposes a new and improved information processing device, information processing method, and program capable of reducing user's uncomfortable feeling upon changing an image displayed in a three-dimensional virtual space. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including a control unit that performs control to display, with a user's first-person viewpoint, a three-dimensional virtual space where a viewed target image is arranged to change the viewed target image while fixing a peripheral image of the viewed target image. The viewed target image is a target to be viewed by a user. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158606 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a 3D model. The apparatus for generating a 3D model includes one or more processors, and an execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive two-dimensional (2D) original image layers for respective viewpoints, and generate pieces of 2D original image information for respective objects by performing original image alignment on the 2D original image layers for respective viewpoints for each predefined object type, generate 3D model layers for respective objects from the pieces of 2D original image information for respective objects using multiple learning models corresponding to the predefined object types, and generate a 3D model by synthesizing the 3D model layers for respective objects. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a user's dental arch based on two-dimensional (2D) images include a model training system that receives data packets of a training set. Each data packet may include data corresponding to training images of a respective dental arch and a 3D training model of the respective dental arch. The model training system identifies, for a data packet, correlation points between the one or more training images and the 3D training model of the respective dental arch. The model training system generates a machine learning model using the correlation points for the data packets of the training set. A model generation system receives one or more images of a dental arch. The model generation system generates a 3D model of the dental arch by applying the images of the dental arch to the machine learning model. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158608 | Efficient Transfer of Dynamic 3D World Model Data - A system in a mobile platform creates a three-dimensional world model from sets of volume elements organized into sets of volume elements of increasing size and converted into an octree data structure. The system receives a request for a map of a specific, limited region and at a specific, limited level of detail and produces a reduced three-dimensional world model to conform to the limited region and level of detail. The reduced map is transmitted to the requesting platform and periodically updated. The map may be reduced by categorizing the lowest level of volume elements according to the worst case of any constituent volume elements. Alternatively, the system may indicate in the lowest level of volume elements whether the receiving platform would benefit from an increased level of detail. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158609 | LARGE-SCALE ENVIRONMENT-MODELING WITH GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods of generating a complete and accurate geometrically optimized environment. Stereo pair images depicting an environment are selected from a plurality of images to generate a Digital Surface Model (DSM). Characteristics of objects in the environment are determined and identified. The geometry of the objects may be determined and fit with polygons and textured façades. By determining the objects, the geometry, and the material from original satellite imagery and from a DSM created from the matching stereo pair point clouds, a complete and accurate geometrically optimized environment is created. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158610 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TERRAIN DATA FOR TERRAIN ANALYSIS - Disclosed is a method and device for generating terrain data for terrain analysis. The method may include identifying first data including (i) identification information indicating whether there is a structure in a predetermined area and the number of structures and (ii) a topographic altitude of the predetermined area, identifying, if there is a structure in the predetermined area, second data including a highest altitude of the structure and a depth of the structure, and mapping the first data and the second data to terrain data of the predetermined area. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158611 | Systems and Methods for Applying Partial Updates to Point Cloud Terrain - Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments enable for updating a point cloud, such as a two-and-a-half-dimensional (2.5D) point cloud. Various embodiments include receiving two point clouds, such as a base point cloud of a terrain area and a new point cloud of the terrain area, and fusing the received two point clouds to generate an up-to-date point cloud, such as an up-to-date point cloud model of the terrain. Various embodiments may be especially useful in generating models of terrain areas, such as construction sites, earthwork projects, shorelines, etc., surveyed by surveying technologies, such as drone-based aerial photogrammetry systems, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems, etc. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158612 | Method and System for Hybrid Modeling Using Geometric Facets - This invention presents a method and a system that use rendering facets to conduct hybrid geometric modeling for three dimensional product design, wherein a geometry operation comprises the steps: mapping rendering facets to operating facets, creating intersection lines, splitting each triangle through which an intersection line passes, sectioning geometries, regrouping facets to form new geometric objects, and mapping each new geometric object to rendering facets. To record modeling process, the method has the steps: allocating a Constructive Hybrid Geometry object, making up each Operating Geometry including a geometry object and operational parameters, adding an Operating Geometry to the object, conducting operations with the facets, and updating operational results. The system is flexible and able to create fine and variant geometric models with primary geometric objects, extended geometric objects and surface patches. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158613 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When processing graphics primitives in a graphics processing system, the render output is divided into a plurality of regions for rendering, each region comprising a respective area of the render output. It is determined for which of the plurality of regions of the render output a primitive should be rendered for. Associated state data for rendering the primitive is stored in a “state data” data structure in memory. For each region of the render output it is determined the primitive should be rendered for, a reference to the associated state data for rendering the primitive is stored in a respective, different data structure for each different region of the render output it is determined the primitive should be rendered for. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158614 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a user's dental arch based on two-dimensional (2D) images include a model generation engine that receives one or more images of a dental arch of a user. The model generation engine generates a point cloud based on the images of the dental arch of the user. The model generation engine generates a 3D model based on the point cloud. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158615 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Modeling Roofs of Structures Using Two-Dimensional and Partial Three-Dimensional Data - A system for modeling a roof of a structure comprising a first database, a second database and a processor in communication with the first database and the second database. The processor selects one or more images and the respective metadata thereof from the first database based on a received a geospatial region of interest. The processor generates two-dimensional line segment geometries in pixel space based on two-dimensional outputs generated by a neural network in pixel space of at least one roof structure present in the selected one or more images. The processor classifies the generated two-dimensional line segment geometries into at least one contour graph based on three-dimensional data received from the second database and generates a three-dimensional representation of the at least one roof structure based on the at least one contour graph and the received three-dimensional data. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158616 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A first three-dimensional (3D) model of a target in a 3D space is acquired based on a first two-dimensional (2D) image including the target. A 3D morphing parameter is acquired. The first 3D model is transformed into a second 3D model based on the 3D morphing parameter. First 2D coordinates are acquired by mapping the first 3D model to a 2D space. Second 2D coordinates are acquired by mapping the second 3D model to the 2D space. A second 2D image including a morphed target is acquired by morphing the target in the first 2D image based on the first 2D coordinates and the second 2D coordinates. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA - A method and an apparatus for compressing the three-dimensional data of a point cloud are disclosed. The present invention comprises, identifying a plurality of points constituting a point cloud, and projecting the plurality of identified points onto a projection plane so as to generate a projection image, wherein the bit number of projection points corresponding to the plurality of points projected in the projection image is determined on the basis of the distance between a first point closest to the projection plane and a second point farthest therefrom, on a normal with respect to the projection plane, among the plurality of points and/or on the basis of the number of intermediate points located between the first point and the second point. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158618 | SELECTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY DATA FOR DISPLAY WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - Systems and methods for generating three-dimensional models with correlated three-dimensional and two dimensional imagery data are provided. In particular, imagery data can be captured in two dimensions and three dimensions. Imagery data can be transformed into models. Two-dimensional data and three-dimensional data can be correlated within models. Two-dimensional data can be selected for display within a three-dimensional model. Modifications can be made to the three-dimensional model and can be displayed within a three-dimensional model or within two-dimensional data. Models can transition between two dimensional imagery data and three dimensional imagery data. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158619 | High Quality AR Cosmetics Simulation via Image Filtering Techniques - The disclosure is directed to embodiments for producing high-quality images simulating the application of a material (e.g., virtual cosmetics) to a person's body. Example implementations can generate an augmented image displaying a virtual cosmetic layer (e.g., lipstick) on a person's face. For instance, a computing system can obtain an image depicting the face and identify a region for applying the cosmetic. The system can use augmented reality and/or image filtering to process the image into datasets that can be combined with material data related to the virtual cosmetic to generate augmented image(s) simulating application of the material. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING EXTENDED REALITY EXPERIENCES - A device may receive, from a user device, a request to activate an extended reality experience. The device may obtain access network information relating to a set of access networks available to the user device and user device information relating to the user device. Based on the access network information and the user device information, the device may determine an access network to use for the extended reality experience. The device may determine, based on the access network, a first portion of the extended reality experience to execute locally or a second portion of the extended reality experience to execute remotely. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158621 | COLLABORATIVE ON-DEMAND EXPERIENCES - Approaches provide for the capture of data (e.g., image, video, audio, scent, etc.) for mixed-reality (e.g., augmented and/or virtual) experiences and facilitating users of electronic devices to participate in or subscribe to a mixed-reality experience. A provider such as an on-demand mixed-reality provider can capture data for use in on-demand mixed-reality experiences (e.g., a live event service, a shopping service, etc.). A collaborative data capture service can coordinate the capture of content, generate and present for display mixed-reality experiences from the captured content, connect users (e.g., virtual travelers or virtual participants, or requestors) to providers (e.g., on-demand providers), facilitate payment between requestors and providers, facilitate content licensing between license holders and providers, streamline copyright use, etc. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158622 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY IN AUGMENTED REALITY AND APPLICATION SETTING - Systems and methods for receiving a 3D image, the 3D image comprising a plurality of pixels forming a first 3D object, receiving a request for displaying an augmented reality (AR) environment, and generating an AR environment on a display, the AR environment comprising, real time photo images received by an image capture device, one or more interactive 3D objects, including the first 3D object, overlayed on the photo images, wherein the one or more interactive 3D objects can be manipulated by a user engaging in with the AR environment. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158623 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device acquires first information from a detection device attached to a real object, acquires second information from a display device, places a virtual object corresponding to the first information and a virtual camera corresponding to the second information in a virtual space, and transmits information on the virtual space to the display device. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158624 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A device and a method of providing an augmented reality service in an electronic device by interworking with another electronic device is provided. A first electronic device includes a communication circuit, a camera, a sensor, a display device, and a processor, the display device, the sensor, and the camera, the processor configured to establish communication with a second electronic device, obtain information on at least one object included in a field of view of a user wearing the first electronic device through the camera or the sensor, obtain information on a user's gaze, determine whether to interwork with the second electronic device for an augmented reality service, based on the information on the user's gaze and the information on the at least one object, and when it is determined to interwork with the second electronic device, transmit interworking information on the augmented reality service to the second electronic device. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158625 | SYSTEM HAVING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND CUSTOM VISUALIZATION FOR USE IN IMAGING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT AND METHOD OF USE - The disclosed inventive concept provides a system and method incorporating extended reality, augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The disclosed system and method utilizes these technologies to provide solutions to both the need for real-time medical diagnosis as well as improved crash testing. Through the utilization of real-time 3D imaging, extended reality data, augmented reality data, and artificial intelligence, an actual real-time emergency or non-emergency medical response to an impact event provides immediate diagnostic information through predictive analytics from collective data to emergency medical services and hospital medical personnel. The inventive concept also provides an improved approach to vehicle impact testing. Through the utilization of a real-time 3D, extended reality dashboard, enhanced augmented reality, and machine learning with artificial intelligence datasets, the present invention moves the technology beyond conventional physical impact testing into multiple areas such as the dummies used in known physical tests plus other expanded testing protocols. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158626 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a display configured to display a three-dimensional image, a camera configured to photograph a real image, and a controller configured to generate an image signal based on the real image and augmented reality (AR) image data and to provide the image signal to the display, the controller including a multi-view image generator configured to convert the AR image data into multi-view AR images, a graphics processor configured to compose each of the multi-view AR images with the real image to generate multi-view composition images, and a processor configured to control a multi-view virtual camera and the graphics processor, to convert the multi-view composition images into the image signal, and to provide the image signal to the display. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158627 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME SYSTEM HAVING AN AUGMENTED VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION - An interactive video game system includes at least one sensor and at least one display device disposed near a play area. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one display device, wherein the controller is configured to: receive, from the at least one sensor, the scanning data of the player in the play area; generate at least one model from the scanning data of the player; identify an action of the player in the play area based on the at least one model; generate the virtual representation for the player based on the at least one model and the action of the player; and present, on the display device, the virtual representation of the player in a virtual environment, wherein an action of the virtual representation is augmented relative to the action of the player. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158628 | Method and assembly for intervention in a radioactive zone - A method for intervention in a radioactive zone includes production of a digital model representing the three-dimensional topography of the radioactive zone ( | 2021-05-27 |
20210158629 | IMAGE RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image rendering method the steps of, for a view of a virtual model having a locus of interest, performing flexible scale rasterisation with a first bin distribution for a luminance channel, and mapping the results to a first pixel space; performing flexible scale rasterisation with a second bin distribution for chrominance channels, and mapping the results to a second pixel space; and outputting an image based upon the luminance and chrominance results mapped to the first and second pixel spaces; where the second bin distribution includes larger bins than the first bin distribution in a region outside the locus of interest. | 2021-05-27 |
20210158630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTIONS WITH AN ENVIRONMENT - Computerized systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media are provided for generating a 3D map of an environment and/or for utilizing the 3D map to enable a user to control smart devices in the environment and/or to interact with a person in the environment. To generate the 3D map, perform the control, and/or interact with the person, a plurality of neuromuscular sensors may be worn by the user. The sensors may be arranged on a carrier worn by the user, and may be configured to sense neuromuscular signals from the user. A camera configured to capture information about the environment may be arranged on the carrier worn by the user. The sensors and the camera provide data to a computer processor coupled to a memory. | 2021-05-27 |