22nd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170154391 | SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF NON-CONFORMING ATTRIBUTES - The present invention provides for computational analysis of resources to determine if the attributes associated with the resource deviate from core/standard resource attributes associated with resources of the same or similar resource category. In response to determining one or more deviations, a level of deviation is quantified for the resource based on the determined deviation of the attributes associated with the resource to the core resource attributes. Based on the level of deviation, a resolution scenario/path is invoked for the resource and further transformation of the resource may be required based on resource requirements associated with the resource, resource category and/or resource controlling-entity. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154392 | Location and Date/Time Constrained Content Windowing - The present invention is in the technical field of content windowing. Specifically, the present invention provides a content creator the ability to make content available at one or more particular locations and for one or more defined periods of time. A marketplace is further provided for content creators to make available content to be licensed by content licensors for providing content at one or more particular locations and for one or more defined periods of time. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154393 | RELATING TRANSPORT INCIDENT REPORTS FOR TRANSPORT INCIDENTS RESULTING FROM THE SAME TRANSPORT ACCIDENT - A computer-implemented method of relating transport incident reports for transport incidents resulting from the same transport accident. A transport incident report including transport incident data for a transport incident is received, where the transport incident data includes at least geographical and temporal data for the transport incident. Transport accident data associated with a set of stored transport incident reports is retrieved, which also includes at least geographical and temporal data. The transport incident data and transport accident data is used to determine that the received transport incident report relates to the same transport accident as the set of stored transport incident reports. The received transport incident report is then added to the set of stored transport incident reports. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154394 | Fatigue Optimized Routing & Tracking - Systems and methods are provided in which optimized driving trip schedules are generated, optimized, optionally scored according to multiple criteria including fatigue, and provided to a driver or other personnel. Trip schedules are generated from route plans connecting start and end waypoints and optionally intermediate waypoints. Hours-of-service (HoS) regulations and business objectives (fuel efficiency, time-constrained waypoints, etc.) are considered, where a forward greedy algorithm may be used to solve the problem of on-time delivery under such constraints. Driver sleep and fatigue are then determined from the generated trip schedules using sleep prediction models and fatigue prediction models. Trip schedules may then be scored, modified, and optimized in accordance with several other constraints. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154395 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION - A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING DATA USING STEGANOGRAPHY - A method and apparatus for embedding a data message in a carrier object using steganography. The method provides a secret key and determines an indicator channel from a plurality of color channels in the carrier object, wherein the indicator channel is the color channel in the carrier object that has a maximum number of different pixel values in the carrier object. The method generates a sorted indicator channel value array based on the channel values and the frequency of occurrence of each value of the indicator channel in the carrier object. For each indicator channel value in the sorted indicator channel value array, the method iterates through the carrier object to determine the pixel in the carrier object whose indicator channel value is the same as the current indicator channel value in the sorted indicator channel value array. For pixels in the carrier object whose indicator channel value is the same as the current indicator channel value, and based on the value of a portion of the secret key, the method embeds a first portion of the data message into a first color channel other than the indicator color channel and embeds a second portion of the data message into a second color channel other than the indicator color channel and other than the first color channel. The method repeats the iteration and embedding until all of the data message is embedded into the carrier object, thereby generating a stego image. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154397 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITIONS AND POSTURES OF PLURALITY OF ARTICLES, AND ROBOT SYSTEM HAVING THE DEVICE - A position/posture measurement device, capable of precisely measuring the position/posture of each article, and a robot system including the device and a robot, in which the robot can be correctly operated with respect to the articles. The position/posture measurement device has: a model data storing part which stores three-dimensional shape data representing the shape of a workpiece as model data; a position/posture calculating part which detects each workpiece and calculates the positions/postures of the workpieces by comparing the model data stored by the model data storing part to the scene data transmitted from a three-dimensional sensor; and a combination evaluating part which calculates evaluation values with respect to all combinations of the positions/postures calculated by the position/posture calculating part, and transmits the combination of the positions/postures having the maximum evaluation value as a measurement result to a robot controller. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154398 | WATERMARKED ENABLED SCANNING - A scanner camera having a filter for filtering out a predefined wavelength is provided. The predefined wavelength associated with product packaging watermarks that is read by the scanner camera using the filter. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154399 | NORMALIZED MARK DATA - In one example, a system including an isolation engine, a normalization engine, and a channel engine is described. In the example, the isolation engine generates mark data using a mark technique based on a first input color channel and a second input color channel, the normalization engine scales intensity values of a set of pixels of the mark data to a greater range, and the channel engine generates output channel data for a plurality of output color channels from normalized mark data based on the scaled intensity values. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154400 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device, including a main body, a processing unit, a display screen and a PCI-E insert row. The main body has a substrate and a shell portion disposed by two opposite side faces of the substrate, the substrate is provided with an electronic unit; the processing unit is disposed in the main body; the display screen is attached to the main body and viewable from outside of the electronic device, the display screen is electrically connected with the processing unit, the processing unit can control a display state of the display screen; and the PCI-E insert row is disposed on the substrate, and the PCI-E insert row is electrically connected with the electronic unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154401 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING GRAPHICS - A method for processing graphics is provided. The method includes: establishing streams corresponding to graphic layers drawn by at least one application; adding a one-shot signal to the end of the last stream of the streams; packaging the streams with the one-shot signal to form a packet; and transmitting the packet to a display interface unit (DIU). | 2017-06-01 |
20170154402 | Methods and Systems for Monitoring the Subset of GPU Components Used by an Application in Safety Critical Environments - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for monitoring a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a host computer system, including providing at least one test seed and at least one subsystem command to the GPU; receiving at least one test result from the GPU in response to providing the at least one test seed and at least one subsystem command to the GPU; and if the at least one test result does not correspond to at least one expected result, identifying the GPU as being in an undesired state. The subsystems to be tested may be a subset of all subsystems. The determination of subsystems to be tested may be determined in real-time, based on graphical application instructions. The subsystems to be tested may also be pre-determined. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154403 | TRIPLE BUFFERED CONSTANT BUFFERS FOR EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF GRAPHICS DATA AT COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient processing of graphics data using triple buffered constant buffers at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting generation of a multi-block buffer by an application to perform data processing at a graphics processor of a computing device, and mapping a first memory block of the multi-block buffer to the graphics processor, where mapping further includes mapping a second memory block and a third memory block of the multi-block buffer to an application processor. The method further includes executing a swap operation to facilitate the graphics processor to process a current data set associated with the application processor. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154404 | MEMORY-AWARE MATRIX FACTORIZATION - Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for performing memory-aware matrix factorization on a graphics processing unit. Aspects include determining one or more types of memory on the graphics processing unit and determining one or more characteristics of each of the one or more types of memory. Aspects also include assigning each of a plurality of memory accesses of a matrix factorization algorithm to one of the one or more types of memory based on the one or more characteristics and executing the matrix factorization algorithm on the graphics processing unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154405 | MEMORY-AWARE MATRIX FACTORIZATION - Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for performing memory-aware matrix factorization on a graphics processing unit. Aspects include determining one or more types of memory on the graphics processing unit and determining one or more characteristics of each of the one or more types of memory. Aspects also include assigning each of a plurality of memory accesses of a matrix factorization algorithm to one of the one or more types of memory based on the one or more characteristics and executing the matrix factorization algorithm on the graphics processing unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154406 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - An image display apparatus includes an image forming unit and a vehicle provided with the image display apparatus. The image forming unit includes a light source unit configured to emit light, an optical scanner configured to scan the light emitted from the light source unit two-dimensionally in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, and an intermediate image forming unit configured to form an intermediate image by the light scanned by the optical scanner. The image forming unit satisfies 0.32017-06-01 | |
20170154407 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for realizing accurate depth image warping operations on the receiving end when depth images with reduced resolutions are transmitted. A partial resolution converting unit reduces resolutions of parallax images of auxiliary images. A partial conversion information generating unit generates partial conversion information. The parallax images having the resolutions reduced by the partial resolution converting unit and the partial conversion information generated by the partial conversion information generating unit are transmitted to a decoding device. The present technique can be applied to encoding devices that encode glasses-free 3D images, for example. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154408 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of viewpoint images, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on image data based on the plurality of viewpoint images, and a setting unit configured to set the image processing by the image processing unit, wherein the image processing unit is able to selectively apply a plurality of different image processings to the image data, and wherein the setting unit is able to set whether to apply each of the plurality of image processings to the image data and a parameter of image processing to be applied to the image data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154409 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method includes the steps of: generating, based on data of a plurality of images acquired by performing imaging using a same image sensor, a weight coefficient corresponding to each image so that a weight coefficient corresponding to an image of which a brightness change is smooth is relatively large; integrating the data of the plurality of images using the weight coefficients to generate data of an integrated image; applying smoothing to the data of the integrated image to generate data of a smoothed integrated image; and generating, based on the data of the integrated image and the data of the smoothed integrated image, data of estimated fixed-pattern noise which is an estimated value of fixed-pattern noise attributable to the image sensor. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154410 | ENHANCING THE LEGIBILITY OF IMAGES USING MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT SOURCES - A system and method are described for enhancing readability of document images by operating on each document individually. Monochromatic light sources operating at different wavelengths of light can be used to obtain greyscale images. The greyscale images can then be used in any desired image enhancement algorithm. In one example algorithm, an automated method removes image background noise and improves sharpness of the scripts and characters using edge detection and local color contrast computation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154411 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE QUALITY OF VIDEO - Disclosed is a method and an electronic apparatus for adjusting image quality of video, which includes: acquiring a luminance histogram of a current video frame according to a grayscale image of the current video frame; acquiring a number of a plurality of pixels on left half and right half of the luminance histogram and an trisected number of a plurality of pixels of the luminance histogram according to the luminance histogram of a current video frame; adjusting a luminance of the current video frame according to the number of the plurality of pixels on left half and right half of the luminance histogram; and adjusting a contrast ratio of the current video frame according to the trisected number of the plurality of pixels of the luminance histogram. Therefore, the experiences of watching the video become better. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Image processing apparatuses, methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. At least one image processing apparatus includes, a first acquisition unit configured to, in order to generate a converted image having a narrower dynamic range than an input image, acquire gradation values of a plurality of neighborhood pixels positioned in a predetermined range from a processing target pixel of the input image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire conversion information from a holding unit holding the conversion information used to generate the converted image having a narrower dynamic range than the input image, and a determination unit configured to determine a gradation value of a pixel on the converted image corresponding to the processing target pixel by using the gradation values of the plurality of neighborhood pixels acquired by the first acquisition unit and the conversion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154413 | DYNAMIC IMAGE DENOISING USING A SPARSE REPRESENTATION - An apparatus and method of denoising a dynamic image is provided. The dynamic image can represent a time-series of snapshot images. The dynamic image is transformed, using a sparsifying transformation, into an aggregate image and a series of transform-domain images. The transform-domain images represent kinetic information of the dynamic images (i.e., differences between the snapshots), and the aggregate image represents static information (i.e., features and structure common among the snapshots). The transform-domain images, which can be approximated using a sparse approximation method, are denoised. The denoised transform-domain images are recombined with the aggregate image using an inverse sparsifying transformation to generate a denoised dynamic image. The transform-domain images can be denoised using at least one of a principal component analysis method and a K-SVD method. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154414 | Noncontact Measuring Device - A solution including a noncontact electronic measurement device is provided. The measurement device includes one or more imaging devices configured to acquire image data of a surface of an object located in a measurement region relative to the measurement device and one or more projected pattern generators configured to generate divergent pattern(s) of structured light, which impact the surface of the object within a field of view of the imaging device when the object is located in the measurement region. Using image data acquired by the imaging device(s), a computer system can measure a set of attributes of the surface of the object and/or automatically determine whether the measurement device is within the measurement region. An embodiment is configured to be held by a human user during operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154415 | SALIENCY-WEIGHTED VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for weighting the image quality prediction of any visual-attention-agnostic quality metric with a saliency map. By accounting for the salient regions of an image or video frame, the disclosed systems and methods may dramatically improve the precision of the visual-attention-agnostic quality metric during image or video quality assessment. In one implementation, a method of saliency-weighted video quality assessment includes: determining a per-pixel image quality vector of an encoded video frame; determining per-pixel saliency values of the encoded video frame or a reference video frame corresponding to the encoded video frame; and computing a saliency-weighted image quality metric of the encoded video frame by weighting the per-pixel image quality vector using the per-pixel saliency values. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154416 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a current image acquisition device which acquires a current image of a subject having a structure having a periodic movement, a past image acquisition device which acquires multiple past images of the subject such that the past images captured for over one or more periods of the periodic movement are acquired, and circuitry which searches multiple feature points on each past image and the current image, associates the feature points on the current image and the feature points on each of the past images, calculates, for each of the past images, a degree of similarity between the feature points on each of the past images and the feature points on the current image based on association, and identifies to which one of the past images the current image corresponds such that at which phase of the periodic movement the current image is positioned is estimated. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154417 | OPTICAL INSPECTION METHOD AND OPTICAL INSPECTION DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS - An optical inspection method for containers. A container is at least partly illuminated or transilluminated with light of an illuminating device and captured from different viewing directions (R | 2017-06-01 |
20170154418 | Method of Labeling Invisible Fluorescence by Visible Light with Self-Correction - A method is provided to label invisible fluorescence by a visible light. A surgeon gets rid of screen for direct observation without repeated location confirmations between surgical site and onscreen mark. Fluid movement of a fluorescent dye can be observed in a real-time mode. Through projecting a visible-light spot at a fluorescent area at real time, the surgeon observes the fluorescent area the visible-light spot projecting to. Hence, the problem that fluorescence imaging technology must rely on screen to see the location of the fluorescent area is solved. When a patient moves or fluorescent areas changes, an image sensor automatically adjusts an area labeled by a visible-light spot through changing a photographing area with a focus automatically set. In addition, the method adjusts a projecting angle of the visible-light spot with an initial mirror and a final mirror only. Adjustment of lens group is not required the saving money. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154419 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain one or more complex product signal values each indicating a signal value of a complex product and a complex ratio signal value indicating a signal value of a complex ratio calculated in units of pixels by using first data and second data successively acquired by implementing a gradient echo method after an Inversion Recovery (IR) pulse is applied and to derive a T1 value of each of the pixels from one of the complex product signal values selected on the basis of the obtained complex ratio signal value. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154420 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGE OBTAINED FROM A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLE BEING STAINED BY MULTIPLE STAINS - Systems and methods for automatic FOV selection in immunoscore computation that involve reading images for individual markers from an unmixed multiplex slide or single stain slides, and computing the tissue region mask from the individual marker image. The heat map of each marker is determined by applying the low pass filter on the individual marker image channel and selecting the top K highest intensity regions from the heat map as the candidate FOVs for each marker. The candidate FOVs from the individual marker images are merged together in the same coordinate system by either adding all of the FOVs together or by only adding the FOVs from the selected marker images depending on the user's choice, and registering all the individual marker images to a common coordinate system and transferring the FOVs back to the original images. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154421 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITALLY COUNTING FEATURES ON ARRAYS - Methods, systems and platforms for digital imaging of multiple regions of an array, and detection and counting of the labeled features thereon, are described. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154422 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING BLEEDING - A method for identifying bleeding in a patient, comprising: receiving a four-dimensional data set comprising vascular voxels, each of the voxels representing a three-dimensional location of a time-varying signal; identifying the vascular voxels in the data set by comparing each time-varying signal of each voxel in the data set to a variance threshold; identifying, within the vascular voxels in the data set, blood vessel site voxels by comparing each time-varying signal of the vascular voxels to a model arterial and venous signals; generating clusters of voxels in the data set; separating the clusters of voxels into a subset of blood vessel site clusters and a subset of remaining clusters; identifying, within the subset of remaining clusters, one or more clusters that are spatially growing over time to determine one or more active bleed sites in the patient; and generating an alert if one or more active bleed sites are determined. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING OBJECT IN IMAGE - An object aligning method may include aligning an object in an input image corresponding to a quality of the input image. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154424 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect an object from an image captured by each of a plurality of image capturing devices, a determination unit configured to determine whether the object is detected by two image capturing devices or more in the image capturing devices, a first estimation unit configured to estimate, when the object have been detected by the two image capturing devices or more, a three-dimensional position and information on a height of the object based on a detected position where the object is detected in an image captured for each of the two image capturing devices and positions and orientations of the two image capturing devices, and a second estimation unit configured to estimate, when the object have been detected by a single image capturing device, the three-dimensional position of the object. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154425 | System and Method for Improved General Object Detection Using Neural Networks - In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for object detection by a neural network comprising a convolution-nonlinearity step and a recurrent step. In a training mode, a dataset is passed into the neural network, and the neural network is trained to accurately output a box size and a center location of an object of interest. The box size corresponds to the smallest possible bounding box around the object of interest and the center location corresponds to the location of the center of the bounding box. In an inference mode, an image that is not part of the dataset is passed into the neural network. The neural network automatically identifies an object of interest and draws a box around the identified object of interest. The box drawn around the identified object of interest corresponds to the smallest possible bounding box around the object of interest. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154426 | IMAGE ANALYSIS AND ORIENTATION CORRECTION FOR TARGET OBJECT DETECTION AND VALIDATION - A method and an image analysis system including an orientation correction processor (OCP), a spatial sensor, and an analytics unit for detecting a target object from an image and validating the detection of the target object are provided. The OCP receives and processes image data from a series of image frames captured by an image sensor and spatial data from the spatial sensor. The OCP generates orientation data using the image data, the spatial data, timestamp data, and lens data of the image sensor. The OCP generates resultant image data by associating the generated orientation data with the received and processed image data simultaneously for each image frame. The analytics unit, in communication with the OCP, processes and analyzes the generated resultant image data with reference to an analytic dataset library to detect the target object from the image and validate the detection of the target object. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154427 | System and Method for Generating a Background Reference Image from a Series of Images to Facilitate Moving Object Identification - A system for identifying pixels associated with moving objects in a series of image frames establishes a stationary pixel value for the portion of the image that is stationary, that is, the background. As the stationary background is generally visible more often than the moving objects, each of the pixel values in a sequence of frames is placed into one of three groups or bins, each bin having a respective range of values. The bin with the most pixel values placed therein represents the stationary background and the average of the pixel values in that bin is set as the background pixel value against which pixel values in subsequent frames are compared to identify the moving objects in the image. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT - An object detection method and apparatus are provided. The object detection method may include adaptively generating a pyramid image corresponding to a current frame based on information associated with a target object detected from a previous frame. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154429 | ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A method includes associating a plurality of first feature points with a plurality of second feature points, the plurality of first feature points being included in a keyframe that represents a first captured image at a first time when a position and an orientation of a camera are successfully estimated, the plurality of second feature points being included in a second captured image captured at a second time, calculating vectors based on feature descriptors of the first feature points and feature descriptors of the second feature points for respective pairs of the first feature points and the second feature points, determining whether an association of the first feature points and the second feature points is satisfactory, and performing an estimation process that estimates a new position and a new orientation of the camera at the second time when the association is determined to be satisfactory. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154430 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus acquires an image of multiple objects, acquires positions and orientations of the objects based on the image, and decides the holding order of the objects based on the positions and orientations and a direction that is set. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154431 | MOBILE ROBOT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile robot and method for controlling the same are provided creating patches in images captured by a camera while the mobile robot is moving, estimating motion blur of the patches, and correcting the position of the mobile robot based on the patch from which the motion blur is eliminated, thereby increasing precision in tracking and reliability through accurate mapping. The mobile robot includes a main body, a traveler to move the main body, a camera combined with the main body to capture an image of a surrounding of the main body, a position detector to create a patch in the image captured by the camera, estimate a motion blur of the patch, and track a position of the main body based on the created patch from which the motion blur is eliminated, and a controller to control the traveler based on the position of the main body. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154432 | Locating Objects within Depth Images - In accordance with some embodiments, connected-component labeling is performed in both the screen dimensions (which may be referred to as the x and y dimensions) and a depth dimension to label objects in a depth image. Then the contour of labeled blobs may be used to identify an object in the depth image. Using contours may be advantageous in some embodiments because it reduces the amount of data that must be handled and the extent of computations, compared to conventional techniques which use bit map based operations. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154433 | OBSTACLE REMOVAL USING POINT CLOUD AND DEPTH MAP DATA - A system having a non-transitory storage medium, wherein the non-transitory storage medium contains a first image captured at a first position relative to background subject matter, wherein undesirable structure is interposed between the first position and the background subject matter, and a second image captured at a second position, different from the first position, relative to the background subject matter wherein the undesirable structure is interposed between the second position and the background subject matter; a point cloud generation module coupled to the non-transitory storage medium, wherein the point cloud generation module generates a point cloud in response to the first image and the second image, and wherein the point cloud generation module stores the point cloud in the non-transitory storage medium; an identification module coupled to the non-transitory storage medium for retrieving the point cloud and identifying within the point cloud the undesirable structure and the background subject matter; and an image generation module coupled to the identification module for generating a third image in response to the background subject matter within the point cloud, wherein the image generation module stores the third image in the non-transitory storage medium. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SHARPNESS METRIC OF AN IMAGE - In order to objectively and efficiently measure, visualize and evaluate the quality of images in terms of sharpness, a method for determining a sharpness metric (S) of an image is described. The method includes performing edge detection that results in gradients for the pixels of the image, determining a value representing a contrast metric C of the image, calculating at least three different thresholds (t | 2017-06-01 |
20170154435 | System and Methods of Segmenting Vessels from Medical Imaging Data - A method for segmenting a vessel from an image data that includes accessing the image data from which the vessel is segmented through a user display interface. A first seed point is then received from a user, the first seed point placed by the user on a first location on the image data. A second seed point is further received from the user, the second seed point placed by the user on a second location on the image data. The method further includes calculating a centerline for the vessel to be segmented, the centerline beginning at the first location and finishing at the second location as indicated by the first and the second seed points, respectively; calculating borders of the vessel to be segmented based on the centerline; and displaying an output of the vessel to be segmented using the centerline and the borders of the vessel, wherein the calculating the centerline comprises utilizing a minimum cost dual front propagation method that incrementally accumulates local vessel measures to determine a global optimal cost path and form the centerline. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154436 | STEREOSCOPIC VISION THREE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING LASER SPECKLE AS TEXTURE - The disclosure provides a stereoscopic vision three dimensional measurement method and system calculating a laser speckle as a texture. The measurement method includes that: a forming process of a laser speckle is simulated first, and calculation is performed to obtain a digitized laser speckle diagram, then the laser speckle diagram is outputted onto a film or a photographic dry plate, the laser speckle diagram on the film or the photographic dry plate is projected onto a surface of a measured object subsequently; a left view and a right view of the measured object are acquired finally, and all matching points corresponding to each other are found in the left view and the right view, and then a three dimensional point cloud of the surface of the measured object is reconstructed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154437 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SMOOTHING ON HUMAN FACE AREA - An imaging apparatus includes a smoothing section that performs smoothing on a human face area included in an image, an area specifying section that specifies a specific area in the human face area, and a sharpening section that performs processing for reducing a smoothing effect on the specified specific area. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154438 | IMAGE COLOR BALANCING FOR TEST RECEPTACLE - An image of a test receptacle is received, which includes a color of a reaction between a test substance and at least one reagent in the test receptacle, an alignment code having test receptacle identification information, and at least one color calibration block. An array of pixels of RGB values for each pixel in the image is collected. A captured color of the color calibration block is evaluated. An offset is determined for the captured color in the one color calibration block if the evaluation of at the color calibration block in the image determines that the captured color deviates from a baseline color. The offset is applied to each pixel in the image to correct the captured image. A colorimetric analysis is performed on the reaction between the test substance and the at least one reagent. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided at least one information processing apparatus capable of easily generating a skin color model in which peripheral darkening is considered that is possibly occurring due to an imaging apparatus. At least one embodiment of the information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image in which a predetermined object is captured with a predetermined exposure condition, and at least one second image in which the predetermined object is captured with an exposure condition or a plurality of exposure conditions different from the predetermined exposure condition; an extraction unit configured to extract color information relating to the predetermined object based on the first image and the at least one second image; and a generation unit configured to generate a color table based on the extracted color information. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PROCESSING OF IMAGES - A method for performing photogrammetric 3D reconstruction of objects imaged in a sequence of images, the images containing distinct regions representing imaged radiation in respective distinct wavelengths, the method having the steps: selecting a plurality of subsets from the sequence of images, each one of the plurality of subset containing a plurality of images, each image of which represents a field of view that overlaps with a field of view of at least one other image in the same subset; generating a set of intermediate 3D models by performing photogrammetric 3D reconstruction on the images in respective ones of the subsets; and recombining the intermediate 3D models from the set of 3D models into a combined 3D model. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154441 | ORIENTATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION DEVICE - An orientation estimation device includes a processor. The processor receives the analysis target image and sets a plurality of reference positions including a head position and a waist position of a person with respect to an input analysis target image. A candidate region of a part region in an analysis target image is determined based on a joint base link model in which an orientation of a person is defined by an arrangement of a plurality of point positions including the head position and the waist position and a plurality of the part regions and the plurality of set reference positions. It is determined whether the person included in the analysis target image takes the orientation or not based on a part image feature which is an image feature of a part region in an image obtained by photographing a person and an image feature of the determined candidate region. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154442 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present application disclose an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a user equipment. The method comprises: obtaining object information of an external object in an environment in which a user is located, wherein the object information comprises function information and location information of the external object; determining at least one virtual object in virtual presented content at least according to the function information, wherein the at least one virtual object has a virtual attribute that matches at least one function corresponding to the function information; and determining a presentation attribute of the at least one virtual object at least according to the location information. According to the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application, sense experience brought by a virtual presentation device to the user can be consistent with other sense experience brought by the external object, and better immersive virtual reality experience is brought to the user. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT TEXTURE COMPRESSION - An apparatus and method are described for texture compression. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: determining a distance between each of a plurality of texture block texels and each of a plurality of points; determining a set of texel color values sampled over the texture block; and generating a set of approximation coefficients to compress the texture block using the distance between each of the plurality of texture block texels and each of the plurality of points and the set of texel color values sampled over the texture block. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154444 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSING METHOD - An image reconstruction processing method according to this invention is characterized by adding weight to conventional reconstruction processing steps. That is, weighting is performed when performing the reconstruction process based on optimization calculations of a multivariate function in which a digital image is unknown, and which consists of data function generalized from the likelihood function of Poisson distribution. When a weight coefficient is a constant independent of element data, for example, the weight coefficient is set based on directionality of linear noises occurring in a reconstruction image, or the weight coefficient is set based on detection depth position information of detector elements of DOI detectors (step S | 2017-06-01 |
20170154445 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING GRAPHS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer generates connection matrixes corresponding to subgraphs extracted from source graphs. The connection matrixes include a plurality of elements each describing a connection between nodes in a corresponding subgraph or between a node in the corresponding subgraph and a neighboring node connected to one of the nodes in the corresponding subgraph. Based on the connection matrixes, the computer then generates a reference matrix that indicates a characteristic pattern of connections of nodes in the subgraphs, taking into consideration an order in which these nodes are arranged. The computer further performs a node-ordering swap operation on individual subgraphs, such that a submatrix representing node-to-node connections in a subgraph will be more similar to the reference matrix. The node-ordering swap operation includes changing the order of two nodes in a subgraph or swapping one node in a subgraph with a neighboring node connected to that subgraph. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154446 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL OVERLAY ASSISTANCE FOR FLIGHT PREPARATION - A method for providing visual overlay assistance to a flight crew onboard an aircraft is provided. The method presents, via visual overlay device display, required settings for a plurality of flight deck instruments located in a flight deck onboard an aircraft, wherein the required settings are presented as graphical elements superimposed over each of the plurality of flight deck instruments. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154447 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MERGING GRAPHIC LAYERS - A method for merging graphic layers is provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of graphic layers in a current frame; assigning sequence numbers to the graphic layers according to an overlay order; judging whether a first graphic layer and a second graphic layer vary in a period; merging the first graphic layer with the second graphic layer when judging that the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer do not vary in the period; and displaying the graphic layers in order of the sequence numbers according to the sequence numbers, wherein the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer are adjacent graphic layers. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154448 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC LAYERS - A method for displaying graphic layers is provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of graphic layers; assigning sequence numbers to the graphic layers according to an overlay order; assigning a weight value to each graphic layer according to a manner; establishing a layer order according to the sequence numbers and the weight values; and displaying the graphic layers according to the layer order. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC LAYERS - A method for displaying graphic layers is provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of graphic layers; assigning sequence numbers to the graphic layers according to an overlay order; and displaying the graphic layers in a sequence order according to the sequence numbers. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154450 | Multimedia Picture Generating Method, Device and Electronic Device - The present disclosure provides a multimedia picture generating method, device and electronic device, wherein the multimedia picture generating method comprises acquiring a picture of a photographed subject of a photographing device; extracting a figure image as a foreground image from the picture after receiving an instruction for removing picture background; performing voice recognition after receiving a voice command inputted by a user; searching out multimedia content that matches a user command information recognized by voice recognition from a multimedia database as background content for the picture; and generating a multimedia picture that contains the foreground image and the background content. Thus, when a user wants to replace the picture background, a figure image can be automatically extracted from the picture as a foreground image, and the original background with poor effect can be removed, then an image and/or music that matches a user command information can be automatically searched out from a multimedia database, which increases the search efficiency, simplifies the optimum processing and improves the user experience. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present application disclose an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a user equipment. The method comprises: obtaining, by a user equipment, device information of an external device in an environment in which a user is located, wherein the device information comprises function information and working status information of the external device; determining at least one virtual object in virtual presented content at least according to the function information, wherein the at least one virtual object has a virtual attribute that matches at least one function corresponding to the function information; and determining a presentation attribute of the at least one virtual object at least according to the working status information. According to the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application, sense experience brought by a virtual presentation device to the user can be consistent with other sense experience brought by the external device, and better immersive virtual reality experience is brought to the user. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154452 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus displays a composite image on a display screen in a split screen display mode, the composite image including a plurality of images generated from a plurality of items of image data, which are respectively displayed on a plurality of split screens of the display screen. In response to receiving a switching request to switch the display screen from the split screen display mode to a full screen display mode to request to display one image on the display screen, the display apparatus performs operation of ending display of the respective images displayed on the split screens, while keeping display of the composite image that is displayed in the split screen display mode. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154453 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMPOSITING STATIC IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of compositing a natural panoramic image from a plurality of images taken by an image pickup apparatus while panning. A clipping unit clips a predetermined area from each of a plurality of images that are continuously photographed while moving the image pickup unit in a predetermined direction. A detection unit detects a positional displacement between adjacent images among a plurality of areas clipped with the clipping unit. A correction unit corrects the positional displacement between the images that is detected with the detection unit according to a predetermined threshold. A compositing unit generates a wide angle image by compositing the images in the plurality of areas of which the positional displacement is corrected with the correction unit in order of photographing. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154454 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to various embodiments, an image processing apparatus includes an inputting unit configured to receive input of an image, a range information acquiring unit configured to acquire range information about a subject for each region of the input image, and a converting unit configured to assign a gradation to each region of the input image based on the range information and convert luminance data of the input image according to the assigned gradation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154455 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND GENERATING PANORAMIC IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for displaying a panoramic image by an electronic device. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for generating a panoramic image may comprise sensing a direction that a first side surface of the electronic device faces through a sensor included in the electronic device, displaying a first partial image of the panoramic image corresponding to the sensed direction of the first side surface, determining a direction corresponding to the reference view information with respect to the first partial image if information regarding the first partial image differs from reference view information indicating a reference view for the panoramic image, and providing information about the determined direction. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FAST ADAPTIVE BLENDING FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING - A system for high dynamic range (HDR) imaging and methods for making and using same is disclosed. An HDR module in a camera initializes a set of lookup tables (LUTs) in YUV color space based on exposure configurations of a set of images taken as HDR imaging. The HDR module calculates weights of luminance Y components of the set of images in YUV color space. Based on the calculated weights, the HDR module blends the Y component of the set of images to generate blended Y components. The HDR module combines the blended Y components with corresponding UV components to generate a single image in YUV space. Thereby, the HDR module advantageously combines a set of images into a blended HDR image with only blending the Y component of the set of images. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH ANIMATION USING VISEMES WITH PHONETIC BOUNDARY CONTEXT - Speech animation may be performed using visemes with phonetic boundary context. A viseme unit may comprise an animation that simulates lip movement of an animated entity. Individual ones of the viseme units may correspond to one or more complete phonemes and phoneme context of the one or more complete phonemes. Phoneme context may include a phoneme that is adjacent to the one or more complete phonemes that correspond to a given viseme unit. Potential sets of viseme units that correspond with individual phoneme string portions may be determined. One of the potential sets of viseme units may be selected for individual ones of the phoneme string portions based on a fit metric that conveys a match between individual ones of the potential sets and the corresponding phoneme string portion. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154458 | AUTOMATED VIDEO LOOPING WITH PROGRESSIVE DYNAMISM - Various technologies described herein pertain to generating a video loop. An input video can be received, where the input video includes values at pixels over a time range. An optimization can be performed to determine a respective input time interval within the time range of the input video for each pixel from the pixels in the input video. The respective input time interval for a particular pixel can include a per-pixel loop period and a per-pixel start time of a loop at the particular pixel within the time range from the input video. Moreover, an output video can be created based upon the values at the pixels over the respective input time intervals for the pixels in the input video. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154459 | ORIENTATION INVARIANT OBJECT IDENTIFICATION USING MODEL-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154460 | VIEWING FRUSTUM CULLING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON VIRTUAL REALITY EQUIPMENT - The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device of viewing frustum culling and a display method based on virtual reality equipment and the virtual reality equipment. The method of viewing frustum culling comprises: determining a first field angle of the left eye and a second field angle of the right eye of a human body; acquiring a union area of the first field angle and the second field angle as a viewing frustum of the human body; and culling a geometry in a current 3D scene to be presented according to the viewing frustum. By adopting the viewing frustum culling method and device and the display method based on virtual reality equipment and the virtual reality equipment, the calculation quantity in the viewing frustum culling process is effectively reduced, the rendering efficiency is improved, and the rendering delay caused by adopting traditional viewing frustum culling is reduced. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154461 | 3D FACE MODELING METHODS AND APPARATUSES - A three-dimensional (3D) face modeling method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D face modeling apparatus may generate a personalized 3D face model using a two-dimensional (2D) input image and a generic 3D face model, obtain a depth image and a texture image using the generated personalized 3D face model, determine a patch region of each of the depth image and the texture image, and adjust a shape of the personalized 3D face model based on a matching relationship between the patch region of the depth image and the patch region of the texture image. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154462 | Systems and Methods for Processing Image Information - Paired images of substantially the same scene are captured with the same freestanding sensor. The paired images include reflected light illuminated with controlled polarization states that are different between the separate images. A first pixel value from one of the first image and the second image is subtracted from a corresponding pixel value from a remaining one of the first image and the second image. When repeated over the raster of corresponding pixels, a modified image includes an isolated representation of substantially pure specular color data. The captured images and the modified image are stored and used to generate a model. Substantially shadow-free diffuse color and specular color data are applied to texture maps of the model to generate a virtual environment where a virtual light source can be introduced and controlled to achieve desired results absent adverse effects introduced from fixed ambient light sources used in conventional source photography. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154463 | Systems and Methods for Processing Image Information - Paired images of substantially the same scene are captured with the same freestanding sensor. The paired images include reflected light illuminated with controlled polarization states that are different between the separate images. A first pixel value from one of the first image and the second image is subtracted from a corresponding pixel value from a remaining one of the first image and the second image. When repeated over the raster of corresponding pixels, a modified image includes an isolated representation of substantially pure specular color data. The captured images and the modified image are stored and used to generate a model. Substantially shadow-free diffuse color and specular color data are applied to texture maps of the model to generate a virtual environment where a virtual light source can be introduced and controlled to achieve desired results absent adverse effects introduced from fixed ambient light sources used in conventional source photography. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154464 | MULTI-OPTICAL SURFACE OPTICAL DESIGN - A multi-optical surface optical design for generating multiple focal planes with identical image data displayed at substantially the same time to generate the perception of varying focal depths is described. The multi-optical surface optical design can include a device comprising reflective optical surfaces that can be arranged on top of one another and configured to generate multiple focal planes and an image source for projecting image data onto the reflective optical surfaces. The technologies described can cause image data to be rendered in a focal plane corresponding to a desired focal distance and multiple copies of the image can be perceived in other focal planes of the multiple focal planes at substantially the same time as the image data is rendered in the focal plane. Each copy of the multiple copies can be presented with a perceived degree of sharpness such that each copy is out-of-focus. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154465 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN AUGMENTED IMAGE OF A VIRTUAL TOMBSTONE VIA AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system includes a processor, a memory, and a virtual tombstone object store configured to store one or more virtual tombstone objects, each virtual tombstone object including coordinate information and information related to a deceased individual. The system also includes a display component, and a camera component, configured to obtain a first image of a second geographical location. The system also includes a virtual tombstone management component configured to receive first coordinates defining a first geographical location and identification information identifying a specified deceased individual, create a virtual tombstone object based on the first coordinates and the identification information, store the virtual tombstone object in the virtual tombstone object store, determine second coordinates associated with the second geographical location, determine that the second coordinates match the first coordinates, generate an augmented image comprising the first image and a second image of a virtual tombstone associated with the specified deceased individual, and display the augmented image via the display component. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154466 | INTERACTIVELY AUGMENTED REALITY ENABLE SYSTEM - Interactively augmented reality enable system includes a wearable interactive display apparatus, and a cloud server. The wearable interactive display apparatus includes a display portion having a visual-field direction, a positioning portion, a transmit/receive module, and a computing module. The positioning portion generates a positioning signal transmitted by the transmit/receive module and a visual-field direction signal. The cloud server receives the positioning signal from the transmit/receive module, and generates a virtual circumstance signal merged from the virtual landscape signal, the virtual event signal, and the virtual objects signal. The computing module receives the virtual circumstance signal through the transmit/receive module, and then, the computing module generates an image signal to display on the display portion. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154467 | PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING VIDEO - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a processing method and device for playing a video. The method comprises detecting data frames of a target video to determine reveal field depth information corresponding to the target video; adjusting position information of a target seat according to the reveal field depth information and a preset ideal visual distance; playing the target video on a screen on the basis of the adjusted position information. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the position of an audience seat is adjusted according to the field depth information of different videos; in such a way, a distance between the audience seat and the screen in a virtual cinema can be dynamically adjusted, and the 3D effect of playing videos on a mobile terminal is guaranteed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154468 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE MODEL - A method and a device for constructing a virtual reality model are provided. The method for constructing a virtual reality scene includes the following steps. Generate a space coordinate system of the virtual reality scene. Generate multiple virtual object models of each of multiple virtual objects in the virtual reality scene in the space coordinate system. Integrate the multiple virtual object models to obtain an integrated object model. Map a texture map to the integrated object model to obtain the virtual reality scene model, the virtual reality scene model is programmed to be read and rendered by a display terminal for displaying the virtual reality scene. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154469 | Method and Device for Model Rendering - One embodiment of the present application provides a method and an electronic device for model rendering, wherein the method comprises: obtaining virtual object models of virtual objects built for a virtual-reality (VR) scene; transforming a coordinate vector in a local coordinates system of each virtual object into a coordinate vector in a camera coordinates system; creating a view rod of the virtual-reality scene to obtain the virtual object models in the view rod according to the view rod and the coordinate vector in the camera coordinates system of each of the virtual object models; and rendering each of the virtual object models in the view rod with a sequence from far to near according to a distance from a camera position so as to display the virtual-reality scene. The embodiment of the present disclosure improves the efficiency and the display effect of model rendering. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154470 | VIRTUAL FITTING IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention provides methods and devices for implementing virtual fitting utilizing an image capturing device such as a camera on a mobile phone or a computer. The method for implementing virtual fitting of the invention comprises: detecting a face on a captured initial frame, generating an article image at an initial position when the face has been detected, and then superimposing the article image on the initial frame for output, the initial position superimposed on a specific position of the face in the initial frame; detecting a facial posture on the face in the current frame to obtain the facial posture of the current frame; and generating the article image again according to a current position of the article image and the facial posture, making an article posture in the article image be consistent with the facial posture, and then superimposing the article image on the current frame for output. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154471 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTION SERVICE - Provided is a method of providing an augmented reality interaction service, the method including: generating reference coordinates based on a 3-dimensional (3D) image including depth information obtained through a camera; segmenting a region corresponding to a pre-set object from the 3D image including the depth information obtained through the camera, based on depth information of the pre-set object and color space conversion; segmenting a sub-object having a motion component from the pre-set object in the segmented region, and detecting a feature point by modeling the sub-object and a palm region linked to the sub-object based on a pre-set algorithm; and controlling a 3D object for use of an augmented reality service by estimating a posture of the sub-object based on joint information of the pre-set object provided through a certain user interface (UI). | 2017-06-01 |
20170154472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUSTOM SIZES BY VISUAL ANNOTATION - A system and method for determining a clothing size of a user using visually annotation, without the need for exact measurements methods, is provided. The system includes a parameterization module for selecting a reference model and base pattern a visual annotation module configured to receive a plurality of customizations for the clothing size as a plurality of points, a custom-size determination module configured to compute ratios of change of points relative to the reference model and applying the said ratios as transformations to the respective points of the base pattern to create a new graded, custom fit pattern. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154473 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PLACING AN ASSET ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for placing an asset on a three-dimensional model. Each asset can be associated with a pivot point and with an asset normal. A contact point on the surface of a model where an asset is to be positioned may be identified, and a surface normal that may be perpendicular to the surface at the contact point may also be identified. Then, the asset can be placed on the model such that the position of the pivot point of the asset may coincide with the position of the identified contact point on the surface of the model, and such that the orientation of the asset normal may match the orientation of the identified surface normal. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154474 | LOCATION BASED PARKING METER TIME REMINDER - In embodiments of the disclosure, location information can be used to automatically set a parking meter time reminder on a user's mobile device. For example, after determining that the user has parked once a destination has been reached, the user's location can be used to determine if the vehicle has been parked at a parking meter (or other timed parking), and a reminder can be set based on a time limit associated with that parking location. The reminder can display periodic notifications on the user's mobile device until it is detected that the user has driven the vehicle away from the parking spot. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154475 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING LIFE PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for calculating a life percentage of an electronic device is provided. Firstly, a history data of the electronic device is read. The history data contains an expected life, a spent usage time and a decay coefficient of the electronic device. Then, a life percentage value of the electronic device is generated according to the history data. Then, a residual usage time of the electronic device is calculated according to the life percentage value. Since the life percentage value is obtained according to the history data, the residual usage time of the electronic device can be calculated more accurately. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154476 | INFORMATION BACKING UP METHOD AND SYSTEM - An information backing up method and system are provided. The information backing up system at least includes a moving vehicle and a server. The moving vehicle obtains its external information and internal information, establishes a transmitting connection with the server through a machine-to-machine (M2M) protocol, and transmits the external information and the internal information to the server through the transmitting connection. In addition, the information backing up system may further include a network gateway device, so that the moving vehicle can perform an information backup procedure through the network gateway device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154477 | WATCH-TYPE MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal of a watch type and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a display unit, a sensing unit, a communication unit configured to transmit/receive a signal with a vehicle accident recording device, and a controller controlling the display unit, the sensing unit and the communication unit, wherein if a state change of a user is sensed, an image request signal for requesting an image is transmitted to the vehicle accident recording device, wherein the image corresponds to at least one of a moving image and a still image corresponding to a first time point of sensing the state change, and wherein if the image is received from the vehicle accident recording device, a notification indicating that the image is received is provided. Accordingly, a photographed image is received from a vehicle accident recording device in case of sensing user's state change. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING CUSTOM FLEET VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SCRIPTS - System and methods are disclosed for gathering vehicle data from a vehicle engine computer installed in an engine of a vehicle and a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle and providing functionality for a third-party to install and then execute custom scripts within a telematics application to change default functionalities of the telematics application when processing the vehicle data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154479 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A fault diagnosis method for a vehicle includes steps of: detecting, by a controller, whether a reference engineering code (REC) has been generated; if the reference engineering code (REC) has been generated as a result of performing the detecting step, measuring, by the controller, a time for which the reference engineering code (REC) has been generated; after the measuring step, calculating, by the controller, a percentage of the reference engineering code (REC), based on both the time for which the reference engineering code (REC) has been generated and a preset time; after the calculating step, storing, by the controller, the reference engineering code (REC) and the percentage of the REC; and after the storing step, when a request signal is received from a diagnostic device, providing, by the controller, an output signal that includes the reference engineering code (REC) and the percentage of the REC to the diagnostic device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154480 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a failure diagnosis of a multiprocessor LSI to secure the functional safety of the LSI mounted in an automobile, an object of the present invention is to reduce overhead such as functions and programs to perform the failure diagnosis at appropriate timing at which a standard process to be executed by the LSI is not sacrificed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154481 | VEHICLE ABNORMAL SOUND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL SOUND - A vehicle abnormal sound identification system includes a database and at least one vehicle sound processing system. The database stores a vehicle sound comparison file having abnormal sound data and normal sound data of different parts of a vehicle under different conditions. Each processing system includes a plurality of sound sensors, a vehicle computer and a storage device disposed in the vehicle. The plurality of sound sensors receives sound generated from different parts of the car. The vehicle computer processes the sound collected by the plurality of sound sensors to generate a plurality of sound character data, and uploads the sound character data to the database. The database updates the comparison file according to the sound character data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154482 | VEHICLE LIFTGATE AND GARAGE DOOR SYNCHRONIZATION - A vehicle system includes a controller configured to, in response to receiving a request to open a rear enclosure of a vehicle and data indicating that there is an object behind the vehicle, transmit one or more signals to open a door of a garage and inhibit opening the enclosure. The controller is also configured to, in response to the data indicating an absence of objects behind the vehicle, open the enclosure. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154483 | AN ELECTRONIC LOCKING SYSTEM - A system and method for enabling opening of an electronic locking device ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170154484 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - An electronic access control device ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170154485 | WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATING IN AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION MODE AND INCLUDING DOOR POSITION BASED LOCK SWITCHING AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless access control system may include a remote access device and a lock assembly. The lock assembly may include a lock, a door position sensor, interior and exterior directional antennas, wireless communications circuitry, a touch sensor, and a lock controller. The lock controller may unlock the lock based upon the touch sensor, determine when the door is closed after being opened based upon the door position sensor, and determine whether the remote access device is in an interior or exterior based upon the directional antennas. The lock controller may also lock the lock when the door is closed and when the remote device is in the interior. The controller may operate in an automatic calibration mode to generate adjusted interior and exterior received signal values and, based upon the adjusted received signal values, enable and disable unlocking when the remote access device is in the exterior and interior, respectively. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154486 | COIN PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a coin processing apparatus including a plurality of coin containers, each of the coin containers includes a housing guide and a screw-type conveyance member. The housing guide has both side sections paired in a left-right direction. The housing guide has lateral protrusions formed on inner surfaces of the paired side sections and protruding to extend close to each other. The screw-type conveyance member has a shaft having a cylindrical shape and a blade member spirally provided on an outer periphery of the shaft such that the blade member protrudes outward from the outer periphery, and is provided to the housing guide such that a part of the shaft and a part of the blade protrude upward in a space between the lateral protrusions and may rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The screw-type conveyance member is provided at an off-center position of the housing guide. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154487 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE - A magnetic sensor device includes: a magnet; yokes arranged on the magnet; and a magnetoresistance effect element to which is applied a leakage magnetic field emitted from the yokes to an exterior thereof A detection region of the magnetoresistance effect element is at the side opposite to the magnet. The magnetoresistance effect element detects a change of a bias magnetic field of the magnetoresistance effect element that occurs when the object to be detected including the hard magnetic material passes through the detection region. The magnetic sensor device can accurately detect an object to be detected using a hard magnetic material. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154488 | ARTICLES WITH CONFOUNDED EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THEIR AUTHENTICATION - Embodiments include articles, authentication methods and apparatus, and article manufacturing methods. An article includes a substrate with a first luminescent taggant, and an extrinsic feature with a second luminescent taggant, which is positioned proximate a portion of the article surface. The first and second taggants produce emissions in overlapping emission bands as a result of exposure to excitation energy. Above the extrinsic feature, the substrate and extrinsic feature emissions combine in the overlapping emission band to produce “confounded” emissions that are distinguishable from the substrate emissions taken alone. An authentication system determines whether, in a region corresponding to a “substrate-only” region of an authentic article, emissions having first emission characteristics are detected in the overlapping emission band. The system also determines whether, in a region corresponding to an “extrinsic feature” region of an authentic article, the confounded emissions are detected in the overlapping emission band. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154489 | GAMING TABLE SYSTEM PERMITTING PLAY OF A SHARED PLAYER HAND BY MULTIPLE PLAYERS - An electronic gaming table for hosting live table games involving wagers can include a physical surface, a dealer station, a plurality of player terminals, and a table controller. The physical surface permits the play of live table games with a live dealer and physical game components. The dealer station is situated proximate the physical surface and allows the presence of a live dealer who facilitates game play. Player terminals allow live players to play the games and include player terminal processors coupled to player interfaces having input and output devices. A table controller coupled to the player terminals controls various table functions and administers a live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand. Each of multiple live players can make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, wherein resolution of the game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions. | 2017-06-01 |
20170154490 | GAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A GAME INVOLVING 2D AND 3D PLAY AREAS - Various embodiments are disclosed concerning games that use both 2D and 3D play areas. Various embodiments concern representing a 3D structure composed of a plurality of 3D shapes having a plurality of faces, presenting a plurality of elements, marking the plurality of faces and the elements, identifying a first set of one or more combinations of corresponding markings, moving the shapes of the three dimensional structure relative to the elements, and identifying a second set of one or more combinations of corresponding markings, each of the combinations of corresponding markings from the first set and the second set composed of markings from at least one of the elements and multiple faces of the shapes. | 2017-06-01 |