23rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150154692 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE VISUAL BROWSING - Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary item is positioned in a predetermined location on a visual display. Navigation direction constraints are determined. The navigation direction constraints provide guidance as to where related items that are related to the primary item, based on at least one attribute of the primary item and attributes of the related items, should be located in the visual display. The related items are positioned in proximity to the predetermined location of the primary item based on the determined navigation direction constraints. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154693 | COMMUNITY TRADING PLATFORM - A community trading platform may be provided. The platform may be, for example, an internet-based trading system for non-securitized goods and services. More particularly, the platform may be comprised of methods and systems that are community based, creating virtual communities, collecting their data, displaying the community data, and presenting communication channels and market commands. In this way, the platform of the present disclosure may create a network of cross-matched and complementary communities, interconnecting markets for consummating transactions. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154694 | BARTER SYSTEM WITH A MASTER USER - A barter system for transferring physical assets between related entities utilizes a distributed computer network using a master user. The system utilizes a database of designated physical assets, or optionally services, a transfer value for each asset, a list of the related entities, and an account for each entity, the account for containing points to obtain physical assets from another related entity. Each entity has at least one remote computer the remote computers operably connected to the database for (i) providing a list of physical assets available for transfer limited to designated physical assets in the database; and (ii) requesting transfer of physical assets listed in the database. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154695 | FORECASTING LAGGED CURRENT TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PRIOR TRANSACTIONS - An economic performance forecasting system includes computer storage configured to store payment card transaction records. A computer processor is configured to access the computer storage and determine from the stored payment card transaction records a total (T | 2015-06-04 |
20150154696 | MUNICIPAL BOND TRACKING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a web-application that gathers raw data and meta data, matches debt related data with corresponding meta data, marks the debt data so that the resulting data stream can be used to create various analytical reports on variable rate securities for Users. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154697 | System And Method For Accelerated Client Bank Account Opening - A system and method for accelerated client bank account opening is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes (1) using a computer network: (a) receiving identification information for a representative for a client; (b) receiving a request from the representative to open a new account for the client; and (2) using a computer processor: (a) verifying the representative's authority to open the new account; (b) determining if any documents are required from the client to open the new account; (c) receiving a selection of an account type to open for the client from the representative; and (d) opening the selected account type for the client. A method for accelerated bank account opening for a new client is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method may include (1) using a computer network: (a) receiving a request from a representative to open an account for the a client; (b) receiving identification information for the representative; and (c) receiving information about the new client from the representative; and (2) using a computer processor: (a) opening a temporary account for the new client; (b) verifying the representative's authority to open the new account; (c) establishing an identity for the representative; (d) verifying the information about the new client; (e) providing documents to the representative for completion; (f) receiving completed documents from the representative; (g) receiving a selection of an account type to open for the client from the representative; and (h) opening the selected account type for the new client. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154698 | Hybridization of Personal and Business Credit and Credibility - Some embodiments provide a system that removes the delineation between credit and credibility and between the personal and business aspects of each. The system constructs an individual-business tuple for an entity. The tuple stores credit and credibility information for the entity and other entities that are associated with the entity. When the entity is a business, the tuple stores credit and credibility information for individuals that can affect creditworthiness of the business. When the entity is an individual, the tuple stores credit and credibility information for businesses that can affect the creditworthiness of the individual. The entity's credit can then be evaluated by shopping the information to loan originators, using the associated information to fill gaps in credit information of the entity, producing a holistic report, and deriving a hybrid credit score based on some combination of the credit and credibility information from the tuple. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154699 | Alternate-Form Options - Option class definition data may indicate a negotiable parameter and a plurality of non-negotiable parameters. The negotiable parameter may be an optioned transaction parameter, a strike price parameter, a put-or-call type parameter, an expiration parameter or an exercise style parameter. Buy order data and sell order data may indicate values for the negotiable parameter. Matching buy orders and sell orders may be identified based on values for the negotiable parameter indicated by the buy order data and the sell order data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154700 | Method of Tracking and Displaying Stocks Information Utilizing Candlestick Charts - A method of tracking and displaying stock information utilizing candlestick is provided as a means of generating graphical representation of stock data that is used to determine patterns to help influence decision making as well as teach a user about stock trends. The method receives a plurality of stock data for a particular stock over the course of a plurality of trading intervals. The method extracts particular pricing information from the plurality of stock data and uses the information to generate a graphical representation of the particular stock for each trading interval of the plurality of trading intervals. The method utilizes a computerized system to carry out certain functional aspects such as communicating with external distribution services, storing large quantities of data, graphically representing said data, analyzing the graphically represented data, and generating notifications based on possible patterns in the represented data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154701 | PROVIDING GUARANTEED EXECUTION OF MARKET SPREADS - The described technology creates an execution risk transfer (“ERT”) by transferring the risk of fulfilling a spread trade from a user or trader to another entity such as a trading firm or another user account. The described technology delivers or reports electronic market fills, proxy fills representing synthetic price risk transfers, or other instruments to users, which are executed at a desired spread level. The risk associated with the execution of the spread is managed by the technology and reduced at the electronic market(s), internal transfers, or other methods of risk reduction. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154702 | AUTOMATED TRADING SYSTEM IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING EXCHANGE - An electronic exchange system network includes a trader site having an automated trading system capable of submitting orders and/or quotes to an exchange site. The automated trading system determines whether an order or quote should be submitted based on, for example, the current market price of an option and theoretical buy and sell prices. The theoretical buy and sell prices are derived from, among other things, the current market price of the security underlying the option. The theoretical buy and sell prices are calculated when underlying factors that contribute to the theoretical prices change. Computation times of the theoretical prices may be reduced by using precalculated values and/or using interpolation and extrapolation. Other techniques may be used in addition or in the alternative to speed automatic decision-making. In addition, a system of checks may be conducted to ensure accurate and safe automated trading. The automated trading system may be capable of automatically submitting orders in connection with the underlying security in order to hedge part of the delta risk associated with the automated option trades. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154703 | System And Market Hedging And Related Method - A system includes a data collection module that collects data for a plurality of different types of tradable assets which may include tradable credit instruments or industrial minerals and rocks (IMR). A selection module selects specific types of tradable assets from sets of tradable assets based on the physical properties of the tradable assets, to thus generate sets of tradable assets. A benchmark generating module that generates tradable asset benchmarks indicating aggregate qualities of the sets of tradable assets. A tradable asset benchmark for a set of tradable assets is generated based on weighted averages of the physical properties of each specific tradable asset in the set of tradable assets. A communication module communicates the tradable assets benchmarks to traders, and receives orders for derivatives contracts from the traders, based on the tradable asset benchmarks. An order processing module processes an order for derivatives contracts based on differences between actual properties of the specific tradable asset to be physically delivered under the terms of an operative derivatives contract and the aggregate qualities indicated by an operative tradable assets benchmark. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A TRADE ORDER - Systems and apparatus for processing a trade order include a computer configured for receiving market data for a financial asset, receiving pricing parameters and receiving proposed order quantity and price data. The computer is further configured for constructing proposed trades based on the proposed order quantity and price data, and for calculating a theoretical price for the financial asset based on the market data, pricing parameters as well as the proposed order price data. In addition, the computer is configured for comparing the constructed trades with the theoretical price, and displaying market data indicators relative to the theoretical price indicators based on the comparison. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154705 | INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT - A novel investment instrument, and associated method of using said investment instrument, for investing in assets, holding assets, and exiting the investment through an investment company. Specifically, the investment instrument and method of an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of an investor investing funds, or assets in kind, into an investment company, the investor choosing at least an asset for the investment, and offering to the investor the option to take possession of the chosen asset, while title to the asset remains with the investment company, or asset owner, for the duration of the investment period. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINANCIAL ASSET ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing financial assets under a plurality of economic scenarios. In general, the systems and methods can include an asset scenario analysis module for calculating performance metrics of a plurality of financial assets under each of the scenarios and storing the asset performance metrics in a database. Using the asset performance metrics, a portfolio scenario analysis module can calculate performance metrics under each of the scenarios for one or more investment portfolios that each includes a unique subset of the assets. The performance metrics of the one or more portfolios can be displayed on an interactive user interface, thereby allowing the user to dynamically compare the impact of changing the subset of assets that comprise the portfolios under each of the scenarios. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154707 | System And Method For Recommending Equity Investments - Interface, system, and method for recommending contextual equity investments based on rankings of a target investment relative to one or more investment strategies. For example, the rankings may include such investment strategies as “Quality,” “Value,” “Momentum,” “Growth,” “Dividend Yield,” or other recognizable strategies. A target investment chosen by the investor is displayed along with its rankings for one or more strategies, and at least one investment opportunity is displayed for each strategy. Each opportunity may have a ranking in the strategy for which it is recommended that exceeds the corresponding ranking for the target equity, and in each other strategy that is at least equal to the corresponding rankings for the target equity. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154708 | FUNDING CAPITAL PROJECTS - Methods are disclosed which use an entity-based investment architecture to finance, in part or in whole, one or a series of projects of a parent company (or its Affiliates) to exploit a company's Protected Technologies, together with operational and administrative tools and machines to manage the investment architecture and related operations. These methods generally tend to reduce the likelihood of diluting the ownership interest of existing equity holders of the parent company or an Affiliate of the parent, as well as the likelihood of needing to separately raise investment funds for each individual project. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154709 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING RESOURCES TO MANAGE LOSS EVENTS - Methods and systems for modifying resources equipped to manage loss events and processing associated therewith based on an analysis of real-time data. An insurance provider can maintain historical data that indicates resources usage data for managing previously-occurring loss events. The insurance provider can receive real-time first-party and third-party loss event data from a variety of sources, the loss event data being associated with a recent or forecasted loss event. The insurance provider can compare the received loss event data to the historical data to determine that resources configured to manage insurance claim processing resulting from the loss event may need to be modified. In embodiments, the resources may be hardware or software resources, a workforce, physical goods or supplies, or other resources. The insurance provider can facilitate the appropriate resource modification by interfacing with various components and entities. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A PREMIUM FOR A LIFE INSURANCE OPTION - A method for identifying a premium for a guarantee of future insurability includes: receiving a premium guarantee request, the request including an age, deferral period, and risk class; identifying a selected class based on the risk class; receiving a plurality of lapse rates, base mortality rates, and subclass mortality rates, each based on the received age and identified selected class and associated with a policy year and/or subclass; identifying an assumed lapse proportion; calculating a zero-lapsed selected mortality rate based on the received lapse rates, base mortality rates, and subclass mortality rates; calculating a premium based on the calculated zero-lapse mortality rate using a calculation pricing model, the premium corresponding to a guarantee for future insurability of a policy holder at the age after the deferral period at the selected class; and transmitting the calculated premium in response to the premium guarantee request. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154711 | ASSIGNING MOBILE DEVICE DATA TO A VEHICLE - A method for identifying a primary vehicle associated with a user of a mobile device includes receiving an indication of a vehicle entry event from a mobile device and retrieving sensor data from the mobile device. The method further includes receiving an indication of a vehicle exit event from the mobile device, generating a trip log including portions of the sensor data, and storing the trip log in a trip database. A server, or other suitable computing device, then analyzes the trip log and a plurality of previously stored trip logs in the trip database to determine a primary vehicle corresponding to the user of the mobile device. The method may allow a computing device to assign gathered mobile device data to a specific household vehicle. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154712 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POTENTIALLY INACCURATE INSURANCE CLAIMS - Methods and systems for detecting inaccurate insurance claims associated with a loss event are provided. An insurance provider may receive loss event data associated with the loss event from a variety of sources. The insurance provider may also receive an insurance claim submission from the claimant customer that indicates an insured property and a claimed amount of damage to the insured property. The insurance provider examines the loss event data to estimate an actual amount of damage experienced by the property as a result of the loss event, and compares the actual amount of damage to the claimed amount of damage. Based on the comparison, the insurance provider may approve the insurance claim, deny the insurance claim, or flag the insurance claim. The systems and methods thus aim to reduce fraudulent or otherwise inaccurate insurance claim filings. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154713 | CLAIM WORK ASSIGNMENT USING WEIGHTED WORKLOADS - Automated assignment of insurance claim work includes: obtaining an insurance claim work unit; identifying among a plurality of users of the insurance claims processing platform a set of eligible users who are eligible to process the insurance claim work unit; and automatically selecting among the set of eligible users a selected user to process the insurance claim work unit, including determining a set of weighted workloads that corresponds to the set of eligible users and applying a set of one or more assignment rules based on the set of weighted workloads. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154714 | SERVICE PROVISION METHOD - A premium update system includes: an article transmission unit ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150154715 | SENSORS FOR USAGE-BASED PROPERTY INSURANCE - A method includes receiving, at an insurance provider server and from at least one sensor located at an insured property, sensor data indicative of an insurance risk associated with the insured property. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the received sensor data, a risk-adjusted insurance premium for an insurance account associated with the insured property. The risk-adjusted insurance premium compensates for the insurance risk associated with the insured property. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154716 | SPONSORED WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION FOR CUSTOMERS - Processes are engineered to electronically identify different types of mobile data so as to facilitate an insurer to pay wireless data transmission costs for customers who transmit specific types of information to the insurer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154717 | Leveraging Transaction data for Entity Verification and Credibility - Some embodiments provide an accurate and real-time account of an entity's verification status and credibility from transaction data. Some embodiments verify the entity's operational status by aggregating transaction data involving the entity and by determining if the transaction data satisfies some threshold number of transactions within a given time frame. If the threshold is satisfied, the entity is verified to be active and operational and have a “pulse”. The pulse can be used to scrub directories or marketing lists. Some embodiments derive the entity's credibility by monitoring for increases or decreases in the transaction data, wherein increases or decreases can be identified from changes in the transaction volume, changes in average transaction price, and/or changes in price of a good or service from one monitored interval to another. Some embodiments derive entity credibility by comparing those changes to changes in one or more competitors' transaction data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, an analysis unit, and a display unit. The detection unit detects pieces of information used in a meeting and operator's operations performed in the meeting or device operations performed in the meeting. The analysis unit analyzes a co-occurrence relationship between the pieces of information and the operator's operations or the device operations which are detected by the detection unit. The display unit displays the relationship between the pieces of information and the operator's operations or the device operations which are detected by the detection unit, on the basis of a result of the analysis performed by the analysis unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154719 | Valuation of Civil Legal Cases and Disputes - A system for computing present value of civil legal cases and disputes using decision tree analysis that accounts for multiple possible outcomes with differing chances of occurrence and/or economic result. The system also computes odds of success, remaining length of litigation, hidden assumptions conveyed in settlement offers, and trains users in the valuation process. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND DEFENDING TRADEMARKS AGAINST SERIAL CYBERSQUATTERS - Disclosed is a system and method for enabling serial cybersquatter detection. The disclosed systems and methods provide brand owners the ability to go after serial cybersquatters that are infringing multiple brands in a single proceeding, thereby allowing class complainants to share in the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) costs and preparation fees. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide an online tool that enables researchers to identify serial cybersquatters (e.g., cybersquatters who own dozens, sometimes hundreds of domains containing trademarks). The disclosed systems and methods enable identifying serial violators and connecting brands with each other so they can file a class action suit against an identified cybersquatter. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154721 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER TO OBTAIN SERVICE FROM PROFESSIONAL - Computer-implemented tools (such as systems, apparatuses, methods, application software, computer program products, etc.) can be provided to match and connect consumers with wellness professionals. Such tools may employ an intelligent module that takes into account various information collected from or regarding the patient, such as physical, emotional, and/or verbal traits, and/or other behavioral patterns or personal profile information, as well as other contextually relevant information to perform the matching. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154722 | Crime Deterrence Using Smartphone Signatures - A method and system of deterring crime by analyzing short-range signals broadcast by mobile wireless personal communication devices. Business places have sensors that are used to detect the short-range broadcast signals. The device signatures are identified by the short-range broadcast signals. When there is a crime event at the business place, a suspect device signature is identified. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154723 | Display Device and Display Method Thereof - A display device and a method for displaying image are proposed. The first TFT and the second TFT are connected to a scan line and a data line. The first TFT and the second TFT are connected to a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area respectively. A switch unit is used for turning on/off a first current channel when the display panel is under 2D/3D display mode. The display device of the present disclosure avoids color shift in a large viewing angle under two-dimensional display mode, and displays identical luminance of left eye and right eye images under three-dimensional display mode, avoiding uncomfortable to the viewer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154724 | HIERARCHICAL WATERMARK DETECTOR - The present invention relates generally to digital watermarking. In one implementation, we provide a hierarchical digital watermark detector method. The method includes: i) in a first layer of a hierarchical search, performing watermark detection on blocks of at least a portion of an incoming suspect signal; ii) identifying a first block in the portion that is likely to include a decodable digital watermark; and iii) in a second layer of the hierarchical search, performing additional watermark detection on overlapping blocks in a neighborhood around the first block. Another implementation provides a hierarchical watermark detector including a buffer and a detector. The buffer stores portions of an incoming signal. The detector evaluates watermark detection criteria for blocks stored in the buffer, and hierarchically zooms into a neighborhood of blocks around a block associated with watermark detection criteria that satisfies detection criteria. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154725 | INFORMATION EMBEDDING DEVICE, INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE, INFORMATION EMBEDDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD - A memory stores first video information displayed on a display screen. A processor generates embedded information varying temporally and superimposes the embedded information on an image part at least corresponding to an edge of the display screen in the first video information so as to generate second video information on which the embedded information is superimposed. An output interface outputs the second video information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154726 | Watermarked Media Content In IPTV or ITV Networks - A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may embedding a watermark in media content for presentation at a rendering device using an editor to associate the watermark with one or more metadata pointers that point to additional media content according to an embedded link of the watermark to generate a group of one or more metadata pointers where the watermark includes an embedded link to additional media content used to modify the media content based on a content exchange between the rendering device and a computer. The method may further include storing the group of one or more metadata pointers, where a selection of the watermark invokes access to the altered media content containing the additional media content associated with the watermark, thereby producing the altered media content at the one or more user devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154727 | ADAPTIVE REMOTE COMPUTING - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with operating an application are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method may include locally creating on a client computing device, by a client side of the application, a graphics context of the application. The graphics context may include a plurality of rendering resources associated with generating display frames of the application. The client side of the application may cause creation of a copy of the graphics context, by a remote side of the application, on a collection of remote computing resources. The client side of the application may then adaptively cause generation of a display frame locally or remotely. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154728 | Display Device - A display device that is to be connected with an information terminal includes: a video reception unit that receives video information about a screen including a cursor from the information terminal; a touch panel that brings up on display the screen based upon the video information received by the video reception unit and detects a touch position specified by a touch operation; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the information terminal, displacement quantity information corresponding to a quantity of displacement from the display position of the cursor to the touch position. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154729 | TESTING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PROTOCOL TESTING WITH A PLAYING-CARD METAPHOR - A testing device serves for the testing of a device under test. It comprises a control unit ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150154730 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A novel human interface with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device, a novel display device, or the like is provided. An input and output device is supplied with image data and supplies sensing data, and an arithmetic device supplies the image data and is supplied with the sensing data. The input and output device includes a plurality of display portions that display display data and a sensing portion that senses an object obscuring one of the display portions, and includes one region provided with the one of the display portions and the sensing portion, another region provided with the other display portions, and a curved portion between the one region and the other region. The arithmetic device includes an arithmetic portion and a memory portion that stores a program to be executed by the arithmetic portion. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154731 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE EMPLOYING A UNIFIED SHADER - A graphics processing architecture in one example performs vertex manipulation operations and pixel manipulation operations by transmitting vertex data to a general purpose register block, and performing vertex operations on the vertex data by a processor unless the general purpose register block does not have enough available space therein to store incoming vertex data; and continues pixel calculation operations that are to be or are currently being performed by the processor based on instructions maintained in an instruction store until enough registers within the general purpose register block become available. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154732 | COMPOSITING OF SURFACE BUFFERS USING PAGE TABLE MANIPULATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for compositing surface buffered data for display. The method includes identifying a first set of memory mappings that associates a first set of contiguous virtual addresses with a first set of image data. The method also includes identifying a second set of memory mappings that associates a second set of contiguous virtual addresses with a second set of image data. The method further includes generating a third set of memory mappings based on the first set of memory mappings and the second set of memory mappings that associates a third set of contiguous virtual addresses with both the first set of image data and the second set of image data. Further embodiments provide, among other things, a computing device, a display subsystem, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to carry out method steps set forth above. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154733 | STENCIL BUFFER DATA COMPRESSION - A raster operations (ROP) unit is configured to compress stencil values included in a stencil buffer. The ROP unit divides the stencil values into groups, subdivides each group into two halves, and selects an anchor value for each half. If the difference between each of the stencil values and the corresponding anchor lies within an offset range, and the difference between the two anchors lies within a delta range, then the group is compressible. For a compressible group, the ROP unit encodes the anchor value, offsets from anchors, and an anchor delta. This encoding enables the ROP unit to operate on the compressed group instead of the uncompressed stencil values, reducing the number of memory and computational operations associated with the stencil values. Consequently, the ROP unit reduces memory bandwidth use, reduces power consumption, and increases rendering rate compared to conventional ROP units that implement less flexible compression techniques. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154734 | DISPLAY DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC), METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - A display driver integrated circuit (IC) (DDI) includes a graphic memory that receives and stores line data including a plurality of pixel data blocks, an indicator generating circuit that compares the pixel data blocks of the line data received by the graphic memory with each other and generates an indicator signal corresponding to results of the comparison, and a read controller that performs a read operation with respect to the whole or a part of the line data from the graphic memory, based on a read command for the line data and the indicator signal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154735 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING DATA IN A GRAPHICS SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A central processor unit (CPU) is connected to a system/graphics controller generally comprising a monolithic semiconductor device. The system/graphics controller is connected to an input output (IO) controller via a high-speed PCI bus. The IO controller interfaces to the system graphics controller via the high-speed PCI bus. The IO controller includes a lower speed PCI port controlled by an arbiter within the IO controller. Generally, the low speed PCI arbiter of the IO controller will interface to standard 33 MHz PCI cards. In addition, the IO controller interfaces to an external storage device, such as a hard drive, via either a standard or a proprietary bus protocol. A unified system/graphics memory which is accessed by the system/graphics controller. The unified memory contains both system data and graphics data. In a specific embodiment, two channels, CH0 and CH1 access the unified memory. Each channel is capable of accessing a portion of memory containing graphics data or a portion of memory containing system data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154736 | Linking Together Scene Scans - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for linking scene scans. A method includes creating a first scene scan from a first group of photographic images. The first scene scan is created by aligning a set of common features captured between at least two photographic images in the first group, where the at least two photographic images in the first group may each be captured from a different optical center. The set of common features is aligned based on a similarity transform determined between the at least two photographic images. An area of at least one photographic image in the first group is then defined, at least in part, based on a user selection. A second scene scan is linked with the area defined in the at least one photographic image in the first group, where the second scene scan is created from a second group of photographic images. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154737 | Display Screen Orientation Lock Removed by the Angle Between the Display Screen and the Keyboard or Bottom of the Computing Device Exceeding a Predetermined Angle - A computer system comprising that has a display screen that displays information from a computing device. An auxiliary device such as a cover or a keyboard is pivotally attached to the display screen. When the angle between the display screen and the auxiliary device is a first angle that makes it likely that the device is being used normally, the device is then locked against orientation rotation. The angle between the auxiliary device and the display needs to be brought into an unnatural angle in order to allow automatic orientation rotation. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154738 | ADAPTIVE ARTIFACT REMOVAL - Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating a digital terrain model (“DTM”) from a digital surface model (“DSM”). For example, the DSM may include a plurality pixels associated with coordinate information and elevation information, including the elevation of features such as buildings and large vegetation. Initially, a set of vertices defining a polygon may be identified. A set of seed pixels, corresponding to points of the DSM of “bare” earth (without buildings or large vegetation) may also be identified. These may be the same or different from the set of vertices. An adaptive flood filler algorithm is used to evaluate the pixels of the polygon starting with the seed pixels. This process validates or invalidates the state of the pixels. The result is an approximation of a DTM for the polygon. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154739 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING SEMANTIC COMPONENTS - A system for determining a high resolution output image that includes receiving a low resolution image and determining an intermediate high resolution image. The system detects semantic features based upon the input image and selects corresponding semantic components from a database based upon the detected semantic features. The first intermediate high resolution image is modified based upon information from the corresponding semantic components to determine the high resolution output image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154740 | METHOD OF REMOVING DEBLOCKING ARTIFACTS - Provided is a method determines a boundary strength for each 4-sample edge lying on 8×8 sample grid, determines whether deblocking filtering is performed on the 4-sample edge or not if the boundary strength is not equal to zero, selects a deblocking filter if the deblocking filtering is performed on the 4-sample edge, and filters the 4-sample edge using the selected filter. Accordingly, the computational complexity required to determine the boundary strength according to the present invention is reduced by 50% or more when compared with the HEVC under development. Also, the memory capacity and bandwidth required to determine the boundary strength are reduced by 50% or more without deterioration of image quality. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154741 | MULTI-SHOT SCAN PROTOCOLS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MRI INCORPORATING MULTIPLEXED SENSITIVITY-ENCODING (MUSE) - Multi-shot DWI with multiplexed sensitivity-encoding (MUSE) inherently corrects nonlinear shot-to-shot phase variations without requiring the use of navigator echoes. The multi-shot DWI can use interleaved echo-planar imaging or other scan protocols. This new technique should prove highly valuable for mapping brain structures and connectivities at high spatial resolution for neuroscience studies. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154742 | VISUALIZATION OF DEFECTS IN A FRAME OF IMAGE DATA - Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for receiving, from a camera, a frame representing image data prior to the image data being saved in long term memory. Areas of image data are analyzed to determine types of defects contained within each area of image data. At least one area contains a defect, and the types of defects include glare, blur, defocused, and noise. The frame is visually altered based upon each area of image data that contains a defect such that each defect can be ascertained within the frame, and the altered frame is displayed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154743 | Image Denoising System and Method - A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a first portion of a facial image in a first image, wherein the first portion includes noise. A corresponding portion of the facial image is identified in a second image, wherein the corresponding portion includes less noise than the first portion. One or more filter parameters of the first portion are determined based upon, at least in part, the first portion and the corresponding portion. At least a portion of the noise from the first portion is smoothed based upon, at least in part, the one or more filter parameters. At least a portion of face specific details from the corresponding portion is added to the first portion. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154744 | Image Converting Device and Image Converting System - Means which enables image conversion in which a plurality of conversion results can be output without once saving all of video-image data, which has been input from image-pickup means, in a storage medium is provided. A single line memory having a plurality of lines is used while switching the role thereof for a reading use by a video-image converting means and a use for inputting image data from the image-pickup means. The image converting means obtains an input image, which is in the line memory, and carries out conversion of the input image based on a conversion specifying means interpreted by an instruction decoder. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154745 | 3D Object Positioning in Street View - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for correcting the placement of an object on an image. An example method includes providing the image and depth data that describes the depth of the three-dimensional scene captured by the image. The depth data describes at least a distance between a camera that captured the three-dimensional scene and one or more structures in the scene and a geolocation of the camera when the three-dimensional scene was captured. When the object is moved from a first location on the image to a second location on the image, a set of coordinates that describes the second location relative to the image is received. The set of coordinates are then translated into geolocated coordinates that describe a geolocation that corresponds to the second location. The set of coordinate is translated, at least in part, using the depth data associated with the image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154746 | Methods and Systems for Utilizing Design Data in Combination with Inspection Data - Various methods and systems for utilizing design data in combination with inspection data are provided. One computer-implemented method for binning defects detected on a wafer includes comparing portions of design data proximate positions of the defects in design data space. The method also includes determining if the design data in the portions is at least similar based on results of the comparing step. In addition, the method includes binning the defects in groups such that the portions of the design data proximate the positions of the defects in each of the groups are at least similar. The method further includes storing results of the binning step in a storage medium. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154747 | DISTANCE DRIVEN COMPUTATION BALANCING - Methods for improving the processing time, scalability, and resource usage for three-dimensional projecting-backprojecting rays with respect to voxels (pixels) and detector bins are provided. Specifically, improvements to a distance-driven technique, wherein the pixels and detector edges are projected on to a predetermined reference plane are disclosed. The methods balance the computational load of a system of parallel processors, which results in a balanced memory and cache access operations, while reducing the computational complexity of projection-backprojection techniques in scanning systems. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154748 | MAPPING TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR AUTOMATED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A gripping element may be commanded to move to pre-determined robot-frame locations, and markings may be punched into a calibration sample capture substrate at each location. A calibration image may be obtained, and fiducial markings on the gripping element may be detected. A set of calibration regions of interest may be predicted, and the previously punched markings may be detected. A sampling system may then create a mapping transfer function between detected image locations and real-world locations resulting from the commanded locations of the gripping element when the markings were punched. An indication may subsequently be received that a biological sample capture substrate is ready to be processed. An image of the sample capture substrate may be obtained, and the fiducial markings may be detected. Based on those image locations and the mapping transfer function, biological sample portions may be automatically taken from the sample capture substrate. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To cause a client termination specialized for image display processing to display a pathological image stored in a server without needing complicated setting processing. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154750 | Method and Device for Identification and/or Sorting of Medicines - A medicine identification and sorting system is disclosed, which includes an image capturing system for creating a digital image of at least a portion of a target medicine, and an image processing system for comparing said created target medicine image with reference medicine images in a reference medicine image database to identify and/or then sort the medicine from a mixture of medicines. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A QUANTITY OF A BLOOD COMPONENT IN A FLUID CANISTER - A variation of a method for estimating a quantity of a blood component in a fluid canister includes: within an image of a canister, identifying a reference marker on the canister; selecting an area of the image based on the reference marker; correlating a portion of the selected area with a fluid level within the canister; estimating a volume of fluid within the canister based on the fluid level; extracting a feature from the selected area; correlating the extracted featured with a concentration of a blood component within the canister; and estimating a quantity of the blood component within the canister based on the estimated volume and the concentration of the blood component within the canister. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154752 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an image processor of one embodiment, a first acquirer acquires a first perspective image of a target, which has a first resolution. A second acquirer acquires a second perspective image of the target, which has a second resolution. A first image generator generates first and second display images respectively from the first and second perspective images. The first and third display images have a third resolution lower than at least one of the first and second resolutions. A first point acquirer acquires first and second corresponding points respectively on the first and second display images. A first corrector searches, on the second perspective image, a second image similar to a first image on the first perspective image, the first image including the first corresponding point, and changes, on the second perspective image, a position of the second corresponding point to a position of the second image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154753 | CALIBRATION OF CAMERA-BASED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - A computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for determining camera calibration data. The computer system receives geo-positional data of a moving object, wherein the geo-positional data is associated with an indicator ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150154754 | METHOD FOR MANUALLY ALIGNING TWO DIGITAL IMAGES ON MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods of aligning two digital images using a user interface on a device that includes an electronic circuit and a display screen are disclosed. The electronic circuit displays a first image on the display screen and receives a selection of a first reference point on the first image from the user interface. The electronic circuit generates a snippet image that is a partially transparent square portion of the user map image centered on the first reference point. The electronic circuit overlays the snippet image on a second image on the display screen, such that the second image is visible through the snippet image. The electronic circuit receives a selection of a second reference point on the second image corresponding to the first reference point on the first image from the user interface and an indication of acceptable alignment of the two digital images. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154755 | IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD - An image registration method for registering images into a coordinate system includes the following steps: (a) performing image normalization on a source image and generating a normalized image; (b) retrieving at least one color-deconvoluted image from color-deconvoluting the source image; (c) determining at least one image feature from the at least one color-deconvoluted image; (d) comparing the at least one image feature of the at least one color-deconvoluted image with a target image, and generating a relative matching structural feature result; and (e) transforming the normalized image into a registered image according to the matching structural feature result. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154756 | Single- And Multi-Modality Alignment Of Medical Images In The Presence Of Non-Rigid Deformations Using Phase Correlation - A phase correlation method (PCM) can be used for translational and/or rotational alignment of 3D medical images even in the presence of non-rigid deformations between first and second images of a registered volume of a patient. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154757 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an image processor of one embodiment, a first acquirer acquires a first perspective image of a target viewed in a first direction. A second acquirer acquires a second perspective image of the target viewed in a second direction at a time different from when the first acquirer acquires the first perspective image. The second direction is substantially the same as the first direction. The second time is different from the first time. A point acquirer acquires first information indicating a first position of a first point on the first perspective image, and a second information indicating a second position of a second point on the second perspective image. An image generator generates an image that is based on the first and second perspective images, wherein a first coordinate of the first perspective image is changed so that the first point corresponds to the second point. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154758 | POINT-OF-GAZE DETECTION DEVICE, POINT-OF-GAZE DETECTING METHOD, PERSONAL PARAMETER CALCULATING DEVICE, PERSONAL PARAMETER CALCULATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A point-of-gaze detection device according to the present invention detects a point-of-gaze of a subject toward a surrounding environment. The device includes: an eyeball image obtaining means configured to obtain an eyeball image of the subject; a reflection point estimating means configured to estimate a first reflection point, at which incoming light in an optical axis direction of an eyeball of the subject is reflected, from the eyeball image; a corrected reflection point calculating means configured to calculate a corrected reflection point as a corrected first reflection point by correcting the first reflection point on the basis of a personal parameter indicative of a difference between a gaze direction of the subject and the optical axis direction of the eyeball; and a point-of-gaze detecting means configured to detect the point-of-gaze on the basis of light at the corrected reflection point and light in the surrounding environment. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154759 | METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method of processing image data using a processor includes acquiring a motion history of areas of a frame image based on motion information for the areas determined by frame images comprised in one of scenes of a video and identifying a plurality of areas each having a similar motion as object areas comprising a same object. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154760 | VERIFICATION METHOD, VERIFICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, VERIFICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is a verification method comprising: designating as a verification area at least a part of a predetermined area of an article that has a textured pattern provided thereto, and previously storing at least one or more image features of the textured pattern of the verification area; acquiring the image feature of the textured pattern that is provided to the verification area of an article to be verified; and verifying the article to be verified by using the acquired image feature and the stored image features. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154761 | SCENE SCAN - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for creating a scene scan from a group of photographic images. An exemplary method includes determining a set of common features for at least one pair of photographic images. The features include a portion of an object captured in each of a first and a second photographic image included in the pair. The first and second photographic images may be captured from different optical centers. A similarity transform for the at least one pair of photographic images is the determined. The similarity transform is provided in order to render the scene scan from each pair of photographic images. At least one of the rotation factor, the scaling factor, or the translation factor associated with the similarity transform is used to position each pair of photographic images such that the set of common features between a pair of, at least in part, align. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154762 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CONVERSION FROM RGB SIGNALS TO RGBW SIGNALS - Provided are a method and device for image conversion from RGB signals to RGBW signals, The method includes the steps of converting RGB input signals as received into corresponding RGB luminance input values respectively; determining RGBW luminance output values respectively according to a position relationship between a corresponding point of the RGB luminance input values and regions divided by RGBW in a chromaticity diagram; and converting the determined RGBW luminance output values into corresponding RGBW output signals respectively and outputting the RGBW output signals. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154763 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKGROUND COLORS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A control system and method for controlling background color for a mobile terminal are provided. The control system includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to: sample a plurality of pixels on a predetermined area during a predetermined interval; determine a main color among the sampled pixels, the main color is a color that most sampled pixels have; and determine a background color according to the main color. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154764 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGES - In a medical imaging apparatus, system and a method for displaying medical images, an image display unit and an image reconstruction unit are virtual machines running on a single physical computer. The image reconstruction unit receives medical imaging data and reconstructing a medical image based on the medical imaging data. The image display unit displays the medical image. Multiple physical computers in a medical imaging apparatus are thereby concentrated in a single physical computer with the use of virtualization technology, thereby enabling costs to be reduced significantly and the system to be simplified, increasing the system maintenance efficiency. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154765 | TOMOSYNTHESIS RECONSTRUCTION WITH RIB SUPPRESSION - A method for rib suppression in a volume chest x-ray image, executed at least in part by a computer captures a first set of unsegmented projection images, each at a corresponding angle, and forms a second set of segmented projection images by detecting rib features in a first projection image to form a first segmented projection image and generating a base model according to the detected rib features for the first projection image. Each of one or more additional projection images from the first set is processed to add members to the second set by a repeated sequence of generating a predictive model; detecting rib features using the predictive model; adjusting the base model according to detected rib features; and correcting rib detection in one or more members of the second set. The volume chest x-ray image is reconstructed according to the segmented projection images and is displayed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154766 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION AND/OR IMAGE RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT - A method for improving image quality of image data includes analyzing, for each of a plurality of voxels of image data, a set of entries of a dictionary, wherein an entry represents a mapping between a lower resolution patch of voxels and a corresponding higher resolution patch of voxel or a local neighborhood around a voxel, deriving, for each of the plurality of voxels, a subspace based on the analysis, wherein the subspace is for one of the mapping or the local neighborhood, and restoring target image data based on the subspaces, wherein the target image data is image data with higher image resolution or reduced image noise. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154767 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING PET IMAGE USING GPU PARALLEL COMPUTING - A method for reconstructing a PET image using GPU parallel computing including the following steps: 1) sampling particles of each voxel and obtaining an intensity value of each particle of the voxel; 2) calculating a prior intensity value of the voxel, and calculating a weight value of each particle of the voxel corresponding to the intensity value of each particle; 3) resampling the intensity value and the weight value of the particle, and obtaining the resampled intensity value of the particle and the resampled weight value of the particle; 4) repeating step 2) and step 3) until the resampled intensity value of the particle is converged to a certain value; and 5) calculating the voxel value according to a true intensity value of the particle and a true weight value of the particle. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154768 | ROTATED RECTANGLE DRAWING ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Methods for drawing a rotated rectangle on an electronic device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving content configured for display and analyzing the content to identify a skew angle associated with the content. The method also includes receiving an input request to draw a rectangle overlaid upon the content, and providing, for display, the rectangle overlaid upon the content based upon the input request, the rectangle rotated according to the skew angle. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154769 | WEARABLE MAP AND IMAGE DISPLAY - Embodiments of a wearable electronic device having mapping and imaging functions are disclosed. The wearable electronic device may have a controller coupled to an annular touchscreen display and a plurality of sensors. The controller may be configured to execute mapping and imaging functions such that the results of those functions may be displayed on the touchscreen display relative to a user of the wearable electronic device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER VISUALIZATION - A method and apparatus for visualization of power generated by a plurality of distributed generator (DG) components. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving power information representing an amount of power generated by each DG component in the plurality of DG components; displaying a two-dimensional image showing an image representation of each DG component in the plurality of DG components; associating a color with each image representation; and varying at least one characteristic of the color associated with each image representation in accordance with the amount of power generated by the DG component that is represented by the image representation. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154771 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, in an X-ray diagnosis apparatus, a detector detects a position of a feature point in the sequentially generated X-ray images. A corrector performs a correction process such that an angle of a line segment including the feature point and a single point based on the feature point detected in any one of the sequentially generated X-ray images substantially agree with an angle based on the feature point and a single point based on the feature point detected in a new X-ray image generated after the X-ray image, thereby sequentially generating corrected images in which a position different from the feature point in the images is substantially the same. Every time each of the corrected images is newly generated by the corrector, a controller sequentially generates the corrected images, thereby displaying a moving image on a display unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154772 | Variable Rasterization Order for Motion Blur and Depth of Field - Cache thrashing or over-accessing of a cache can be reduced by reversing the order of traversal of a triangle on different granularities. In the case where triangles are not grouped, the traverse order may be reversed on each triangle. In cases where triangles are grouped, the traversal order may be reversed with each group change. However, when motion is excessive, for example beyond a threshold, then the traversal order reversal may be disabled. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154773 | Using Geographic Coordinates On A Digital Image Of A Physical Map - Systems and methods are disclosed for using geographic coordinates on a physical map. The system may include a mobile device having a processor and a display, where the processor receives a first input that instructs a camera to capture a digital image of a physical map. The mobile device may then display the digital image of the physical map. The mobile device may further receive a second input from a user interface, where the second input identifies a first location on the digital image of the physical map. The first location may be associated with an image pixel coordinate, and the mobile device may obtain a geographic coordinate based on this image pixel coordinate. The mobile device may then determine a transformation matrix based on the image pixel and geographic coordinates. Using the determined transformation matrix, the mobile device may determine further image pixel coordinates based on received geographic coordinates. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154774 | MEDIA RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH WIDGET CONTROL - Method and apparatus are provided for intelligently rendering media with widget superimposition control. The method comprises determining a program characteristic/type of a program included in a receiving media stream, and controlling superimposition of a widget on a scene of the program in accordance with a widget superimposition rule. The widget superimposition rule is dependent on program characteristic/type to limit visual detraction of the widget from a predetermined content feature of the scene as the scene appears on a display device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154775 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, method includes: classifying images into first group and second group, the first group comprising images, the second group comprising images, both the first group and the second group comprising first image; setting each of images in the first group to be either one of displayable or non-displayable; setting each of images in the second group to be either one of displayable or non-displayable; displaying first representative image of the first group, the first representative image being generated based on at least one displayable image in the first group; displaying second representative image of the second group, the second representative image being generated based on at least one displayable image in the second group; displaying, when the first representative image is selected, displayable images in the first group; and displaying, when the second representative image is selected, a plurality of displayable images in the second group. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154776 | IMAGE SPLICING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image splicing method and apparatus. The image splicing method includes: acquiring a first image and a second image; determining a to-be-processed region within the overlapping region, where a region within the overlapping region except the to-be-processed region is a remaining region; obtaining a weight value of each adjacent pixel pair of the remaining region; setting a weight value of an adjacent pixel pair within the to-be-processed region; determining a splicing path having the least seam line intensity of all splicing paths; and performing image splicing on the first image and the second image along the optimal seam line. According to the image splicing method and apparatus of the present invention, a seam line can be excluded from a to-be-processed region, so as to ensure that the to-be-processed region is spliced naturally and to improve subjective perception of a user in viewing an image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154777 | BOTH-DIRECTION DISPLAY METHOD AND BOTH-DIRECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A both-direction display method includes: inputting an image signal from an external device; displaying an image on a screen on the basis of a display signal; detecting an operation for the screen as an image operation; drawing an operation input object corresponding to the image operation; outputting the display signal for displaying a composite image obtained by combining an external image on the basis of the image signal and the operation input object; detecting an interlocking operation; and editing the operation input object so as to follow a change of the external image in accordance with the interlocking operation. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC IMAGE RENDERING - A method for dynamic image rendering comprises receiving information indicative of a display resolution associated with a client device. The method also comprises determining that the display resolution of the client device is greater than a native resolution of a source image, and transmitting the source image at its native resolution. The method further comprises rendering an overlay at the display resolution associated with the client device, and transmitting the overlay to the client device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154779 | AUTOMATED ITERATIVE IMAGE-MASKING BASED ON IMPORTED DEPTH INFORMATION - A method, process, and associated systems for automatically selecting and masking areas of a still image or frame of a video clip as a function of depth-information metadata embedded into the image or frame. An image-editing or video-editing workstation receives an image or frame into which has been embedded a set of depth values. Each depth value identifies a distance from the camera position of an object depicted by a pixel of the image or frame. When a user directs the workstation to automatically select or mask a region of the image or frame, the workstation uses the depth values, optionally in conjunction with other graphical properties of each pixel, to automatically select which pixels to include in the selection or mask such that the selection or mask identifies an approximate area of the image or frame that represents a three-dimensional object. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154780 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device capable of making conversation using push to talk comprises a display module configured to display information, and a display controller configured to control the display module. The display controller makes the display module display a first display screen containing information about conversation using push to talk while the electronic device makes the conversation. When the display controller makes the display module display a display screen different from the first display screen while the electronic device makes the conversation, the display controller incorporates information on the first display screen into a partial region of the different display screen. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154781 | INFORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE COMBINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information device includes an image receiving unit receiving an information terminal image having a specific region composed of pixels having a same feature value from an information terminal, the feature value being luminance or chromaticity; a specific region detecting unit detecting the specific region within the information terminal image, based on feature values of pixels composing the information terminal image received by the image receiving unit; an information device image creating unit creating an information device image related to a function provided to the information device; a composite image creating unit creating a composite image where the information device image created by the information device image creating unit is embedded in the specific region detected by the specific region detecting unit within the information terminal image; and a display control unit displaying the composite image created by the composite image creating unit on a display apparatus. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154782 | CHAINING ANIMATIONS - In applications that display a representation of a user, it may be reasonable to insert a pre-canned animation rather than animating a user's captured motion. For example, in a tennis swing, the ball toss and take back in a serve could be a pre-canned animation, whereas the actual forward swing may be mapped from the user's gestures. An animation of a user's gestures can be chained together into sequences with pre-canned animations, where animation blending techniques can provide for a smoother transition between the animation types. Techniques for blending animations, that may comprise determining boundaries and transition points between pre-canned animations and animations based on captured motion, may improve animation efficiency. Gesture history, including joint position, velocity, and acceleration, can be used to determine user intent, seed parameters for subsequent animations and game control, and determine the subsequent gestures to initiate. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154783 | AUGMENTING PHYSICAL APPEARANCE USING ILLUMINATION - A system for augmenting the appearance of an object including a plurality of projectors. Each projector includes a light source and a lens in optical communication with the light source, where the lens focuses light emitted by the light source on the object. The system also includes a computer in communication with the plurality of projectors, the computer including a memory component and a processing element in communication with the memory component and the plurality of projectors. The processing element determines a plurality of images to create an augmented appearance of the object and provides the plurality of images to the plurality of projectors to project light corresponding to the plurality of images onto the object to create the augmented appearance of the object. After the images are projected onto the object, the augmented appearance of the objected is substantially the same regardless of a viewing angle for the object. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154784 | Use of Photo Animation Transitions to Mask Latency - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for using photo animation transitions to mask latency. An example method includes loading a first photographic image in response to a user request. The user request is associated with a zoom-level and a set of geographic coordinates and the first photographic image is associated with a first set of image tiles. A second photographic image is requested via a network request. The second photographic image is associated with a second set of image tiles. While the network request is processed, a first animation effect is applied to the portion of the first photographic image displayed within a viewport, in which a resolution of the first photographic image is incrementally decreased for each image tile of the first set of image tiles corresponding to the portion of the first photographic image displayed within the viewport. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154785 | ANIMATING SKETCHES VIA KINETIC TEXTURES - A sketch-based interface within an animation engine provides an end-user with tools for creating emitter textures and oscillator textures. The end-user may create an emitter texture by sketching one or more patch elements and then sketching an emitter. The animation engine animates the sketch by generating a stream of patch elements that emanate from the emitter. The end-user may create an oscillator texture by sketching a patch that includes one or more patch elements, and then sketching a brush skeleton and an oscillation skeleton. The animation engine replicates the patch along the brush skeleton, and then interpolates the replicated patches between the brush skeleton and the oscillation skeleton, thereby causing those replicated patches to periodically oscillate between the two skeletons. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DEPTHMAPS - Systems and methods for generating a depthmap for images of structures in a geographic area are provided. In some aspects, a method includes dividing the area into cells. Each of the cells is visible in no more than a threshold number of images. The method also includes: generating, using multi-view stereo processing, a set of three-dimensional (3D) points of structures in each of the cells based on the images associated with a corresponding one of the cells; generating a mesh model of the structures in each of the cells based on the set of 3D points for a corresponding one of the cells; identifying one or more of the mesh models visible in a corresponding one of the images; and generating a depthmap for each of the images based on the identified one or more mesh models visible in a corresponding one of the images. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154787 | NODE ARRANGING APPARATUS, NODE ARRANGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A node arranging apparatus includes: a node arranging unit that arranges, in a virtual three-dimensional space, nodes indicated by inter-node information stored in an inter-node information storage unit; a node moving unit that moves each node using a movement amount and a movement direction of that node determined by arrangement relationship of that node with a first plane, arrangement relationship with another node arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space, and arrangement relationship with at least one other node associated therewith by the inter-node information and arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space; a display information generating unit that generates display information of a node connection image where nodes are projected and connected; and an output unit that outputs the display information. The node moving unit repeatedly performs at least once the node moving process until a predesignated condition is satisfied. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH VALUES OF OBJECTS IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY - A method of setting a plurality of depth values of a plurality of objects in a scene. The method comprises providing an image dataset depicting a scene comprising a plurality of objects having a plurality of depth values with a plurality of depth differences thereamong, selecting a depth range, simultaneously adjusting the plurality of depth values while maintaining the plurality of depth differences, the adjusting being limited by the depth range, and instructing the generation of an output image depicting the scene so that the plurality of objects having the plurality of adjusted depth values. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154789 | GENERATION OF INTERMEDIATE IMAGES FOR TEXTURE COMPRESSION - A machine may be configured to process an uncompressed image to obtain a set of intermediate images, which may be alternatively known as working images or temporary images. Such a set of intermediate images may be used as input for an image compression algorithm that, when executed by the machine or other compression engine, outputs a compressed version of the uncompressed image. For example, a compression format called “PVRTC,” which may be used on certain portable devices, accepts a set of three intermediate images as input, specifically, one full resolution, low precision version of the original uncompressed image, plus two low resolution, low frequency color versions of the original uncompressed image. A set of intermediate images for such a compression format may be generated by the machine from the original uncompressed image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154790 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for realistically expressing an object. The image processing apparatus includes a volume data generator configured to generate volume data using received signals of an object, and a volume rendering unit configured to perform volume rendering using the volume data to acquire a projection image, and apply a subsurface scattering effect according to virtual lighting information, to the projection image with respect to a user's viewpoint to produce a final image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154791 | CONSERVATIVE CELL AND PORTAL GRAPH GENERATION - Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for creating and simplifying a cell and portal graph. The simplified cell and portal graph may be used to make a conservative determination of whether an element of geometry is visible for a given view frustum (and therefore needs to be rendered). That is, the simplified cell and portal graph retains the encoded visibility for given set of geometry. The simplified cell and portal graph provides a “conservative” determination of visibility as it may indicate that some objects are visible that are not (resulting in unneeded rendering), but not the other way around. Further, this approach allows cell and portal graphs to be generated dynamically, allowing the cell and portal graphs to be used for scenes where the geometry can change (e.g., as 3D world of a video game). | 2015-06-04 |