| 23rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
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| 20160162722 | ANTI-SHOCK RELIEF PRINT SCANNING - One or more techniques, devices and/or systems are disclosed for mitigating a perceived electrical sensation for a relief print scanning device. A current determination component can be used to identify an electrical current configuration that provides a mitigated electrical sensation to the user, for use with an electroluminescent-based relief print scanning device. The electrical current configuration can be identified using one or more image characteristics of a relief print image, which is captured by the devices using the current configuration. A current adjusting component, can be operably coupled with the current determination component, and may be used to adjust the current configuration, where the adjustment can be based on current adjustment data that is provided by the current determination component, based on the image characteristics. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162723 | TENRPRINT CARD INPUT DEVICE, TENRPRINT CARD INPUT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A fingerprint image processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations, including reading a tenprint card image which includes a plurality of fingerprint patterns and at least one ruled line to separate one fingerprint imprint area from another fingerprint imprint area, and extracting from the tenprint card image a fingerprint image which includes a part of a fingerprint imprint area and apart of a next fingerprint imprint area. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162724 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a fingerprint identification device including a substrate, a sensitive die, a packaging material layer and a protection film. The sensitive die is positioned on the substrate, and has a top surface. The packaging material layer is positioned on the substrate, surrounding the sensitive die and exposing the top surface of the sensitive die, wherein a top surface of the packaging material layer and the top surface of the sensitive die have a coplanar. The protection film covers the sensitive die and the packaging material layer, wherein a material of the protection film is different from that of the packaging material layer. A method for manufacturing a fingerprint identification device is also provided herein. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162725 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ENROLLING AND MATCHING BIOMETRIC DATA - A system and method is disclosed for comparing biometric image data to a stored enrollment template that may comprise collecting a set of biometric image data for a biometric object image from a biometric object imaging sensor; storing the biometric object image data in a memory as an enrollment template for further comparison to find a match with subsequently imaged biometric object image data; collecting a subsequent set of biometric image data for a biometric object image from the biometric object imaging sensor; updating the enrollment template; determining if a limited enrollment window remains open; and repeating the collecting of a subsequent set of biometric data step if the enrollment window remains open. Determining if the enrollment window remains open may be by determining the existence of one of a stability indicator and an instability indicator. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162726 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE COORDINATE SYSTEM REGISTRATION - Systems, methods and computer program products for mapping coordinates of various imaging stations are described. In some implementations, cells (e.g., red blood cells) in a biological specimen can be used for determining the mapping information between the imaging stations. The use of cells allows a target image (e.g., an image of a sub-region of cells in the biological specimen) taken by one imaging station to be pattern-matched to a reference image (e.g., an image showing a larger region of cells in the biological specimen that also includes the sub-region) taken by another imaging station. Once the target image is matched to the reference image, point by point correspondence (and therefore coordinates) between the target image and the reference image can be established for computing the coordinate transformation to map the imaging stations. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EYE-DAMAGE REDUCTION METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for reducing eye damage, caused by watching a display screen, executed in an electronic device, a start time of eye exposure to the display screen is set. At least one image of an object in front of the display screen is captured using an image capturing device. If there is a face region and an eye region of a person in the image, a period of time that the person continuously views the display screen is calculated. If the period of time exceeds a preset time, a message to take a break is issued. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162728 | SKIN ANALYSIS METHOD, SKIN ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SKIN ANALYSIS DEVICE - A control method for controlling a skin analysis device is a control method for controlling a skin analysis device including a camera for obtaining a face image of a subject, a display for displaying the face image of the subject, and a computer, wherein the control method causes the computer of the skin analysis device to execute: obtaining the face image of the subject; determining a target extraction criterion for each of a plurality of skin areas of the face image based on a position on the face image; and extracting a target that satisfies the determined extraction criterion from the face image; and displaying the extracted target on the display of the skin analysis device. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162729 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION USING BIOMETRIC DATA - A method for identity verification using biometric data is disclosed herein. The method comprises receiving, by a processor, an image of an identification document and receiving a video associated with a face of a user. A predefined number of frames is selected in the video. Based on the selection, it is determined whether the video depicts a live person. Additionally, the face of the user in the video is compared with the image of the identification document and, based on the comparing, results of the identity verification are provided. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162731 | Method and System for Optimizing Accuracy-Specificity Trade-offs in Large Scale Visual Recognition - As visual recognition scales up to ever larger numbers of categories, maintaining high accuracy is increasingly difficult. Embodiment of the present invention include methods for optimizing accuracy-specificity trade-offs in large scale recognition where object categories form a semantic hierarchy consisting of many levels of abstraction. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an arrangement unit that arranges documents within a multidimensional space in accordance with features of the documents; a clipping unit that clips a region in which the documents are distributed, from the multidimensional space in which the documents are arranged by the arrangement unit; an extraction unit that extracts a vector indicating a closed curved surface which is the region clipped by the clipping unit; and a retrieval unit that retrieves information corresponding to the vector extracted by the extraction unit, from a storage unit that stores the vector in the multidimensional space in association with information indicating meaning of the vector. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162733 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR TRACKING CHARACTERS THAT APPEAR ON A PLURALITY OF IMAGES OF A VIDEO STREAM OF A TEXT - The tracking method comprises, for at least a first image of the text having at least a first line of characters:
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| 20160162734 | DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION USING EXTRACTED DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS - Methods and systems for detecting changes, alterations and forgeries in documents utilize digital fingerprinting. A set of documents of a given type that are known to be altered or forgeries are scanned and “fingerprinted” to build a forgery database. Suspect documents are scanned and the resulting fingerprint data is used to query the forgery database to look for matching records, although a match need not be exact. Matches may be counted and compared to a threshold number to assess a confidence that a document is forged or not. The fingerprinting may be directed to at least one authentication region of a document, and one or more features in a region may be incorporated into a fingerprint of the document. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162735 | METHOD FOR DETECTING FACE DIRECTION OF A PERSON - A method for detecting face direction of a person includes receiving a face image of the person. The method further includes determining whether the person is wearing glasses, based on the face image. The method also includes determining whether the number of reflection points of light in a glasses region of the face image is four or more at the time of detecting the glasses region. The method also includes aligning the reflection points of light in order of size, upon determining that the number of reflection points of light is four or more. The method also includes detecting two virtual images of the light, based on the aligning. The method also includes detecting a face direction vector based on the two virtual images of the light. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162736 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes: an analysis unit configured to obtain information indicating a degree of curvature of a retina from a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a category of the eye to be examined based on an analysis result. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162737 | Information processing device, information processing method and program - An information processing device, which includes: a data holding section which holds first time-series data of an operation parameter which varies through a predetermined capturing operation; a data comparing section which compares second time-series data of the operation parameter with the first time-series data, the second time-series data being correlated with a moving image recorded through an actual capturing operation and varying through the actual capturing operation; and a data area specifying section which specifies, among the second time-series data, a data area corresponding to the first time-series data on the basis of the comparison of the first and second time-series data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162738 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND OBJECT TRACKING PROGRAM - Tracking candidate storage means | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162739 | TRAIN INTERIOR MONITORING METHOD AND TRAIN INTERIOR MONITORING SYSTEM - In a train interior monitoring method, in order to improve the efficiency in memory-usage, when an event occurs, data containing image information, which has been recorded in a temporary image memory, is recorded in an image memory without any processing in order to reduce the file size of the data. Further, data containing image information is recorded in the image memory represents for only a period of time before and after detection of the occurrence of the event, the period of time being set according to what the event is. After a given period of time has elapsed, the data containing the image information is processed in order to reduce its file size and then recorded in the image memory. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162740 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - An in-vehicle device includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains a captured image from a camera that captures, via a camera lens, an image of a surrounding environment around a vehicle; an accumulation detection unit that individually detects a plurality of types of accumulation settled at the camera lens based upon the captured image; an image recognition unit that recognizes an object image, expressing a specific object present in the surrounding environment, in the captured image; a detection results integrating unit that calculates integrated detection results by integrating a plurality of sets of detection results based upon various sets of detection results pertaining to detection of the plurality of types of accumulation provided by the accumulation detection unit; and an operation control unit that controls operation executed by the image recognition unit based upon the integrated detection results. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNNEL DECISION - The present invention provides a tunnel decision apparatus, including: a camera which outputs an image in front of a vehicle; a road area classifying unit which detects a vanishing point from the image in front of a vehicle to output at least one of a road area and a non-road area; a pattern detecting unit which detects at least one of a lamp pattern from the non-road area and a lane pattern from the road area; and a tunnel decision unit which determines whether the vehicle enters a tunnel in consideration of at least one of the lamp pattern and the lane pattern. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162742 | LIDAR-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECT MOVEMENT - Within machine vision, object movement is often estimated by applying image evaluation techniques to visible light images, utilizing techniques such as perspective and parallax. However, the precision of such techniques may be limited due to visual distortions in the images, such as glare and shadows. Instead, lidar data may be available (e.g., for object avoidance in automated navigation), and may serve as a high-precision data source for such determinations. Respective lidar points of a lidar point cloud may be mapped to voxels of a three-dimensional voxel space, and voxel clusters may be identified as objects. The movement of the lidar points may be classified over time, and the respective objects may be classified as moving or stationary based on the classification of the lidar points associated with the object. This classification may yield precise results, because voxels in three-dimensional voxel space present clearly differentiable statuses when evaluated over time. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162743 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH SITUATIONAL FUSION OF SENSOR DATA - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera and a non-imaging sensor. With the camera and the non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle, the field of view of the camera at least partially overlaps the field of sensing of the non-imaging sensor at an overlapping region. A processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera and sensor data captured by the non-imaging sensor to determine a driving situation of the vehicle. Responsive to determination of the driving situation, Kalman Filter parameters associated with the determined driving situation are determined and, using the determined Kalman Filter parameters, a Kalman Filter fusion may be determined. The determined Kalman Filter fusion may be applied to captured image data and captured sensor data to determine an object present in the overlapping region. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162744 | DECISION DEVICE PROVIDED TO DECIDE WHETHER AN EYE IS REAL OR FALSE - A decision device for deciding whether an eye having a macula and an optical axis is real or false includes: lighting means emitting an infrared flux towards the eye along an entry axis; an infrared capture means for capturing an image of the eye along an exit axis, the entry and exit axes being aligned with the optical axis so that the macula illuminated by the lighting means under the incidence of the entry axis is seen by the capture means; processing means for detecting, on an image captured by the capture means, whether a peripheral zone representing the iris exists and whether a central zone in the peripheral zone, the colour of which is representative of the macula existence, exists, and for delivering information representing this detection; and decision means for deciding whether the eye is real or false according to the information delivered by the processing means. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162745 | MATCHING OF FINDINGS BETWEEN IMAGING DATA SETS - A method includes detecting a focus of attention of an observer of an anatomical image of a set of images, determining a location of the anatomical image includes tissue with a finding of interest based on the detected focus of attention, identifying an anatomical image, from an earlier acquired imaging data set, with a same portion of tissue as the displayed image, visually displaying graphical indicia, concurrently with the displayed image, that identifies the earlier acquired image. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162746 | DETECTION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REGIONS OF INTEREST - A detection method and a detection device for detection of at least one region of interest (ROI) using the same are provided. A plurality of successive frames is captured by an image sensor. A first frame among the plurality of successive frames is divided into a plurality of sub regions. A first vital-sign feature of a first sub region among the plurality of sub regions is obtained. A first feature signal is generated according to the first vital-sign feature. Whether the first feature signal is a first valid image signal is determined. When it is determined that the first feature signal is a first valid image signal, the first sub region is identified as a first ROI. In the frames occurring after the first frame, the first ROI is tracked. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162747 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH RETROREFLECTOR PATTERN RECOGNITION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera and an image processor. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera to classify patterns of retroreflective reflectors present in the field of view of the camera. The image processor compares determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors to a database of patterns and classifies patterns of retroreflective reflectors at least in part responsive to determination that determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors generally match a pattern of the database. The image processor may compare movement of determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors and pattern movements of the database over multiple frames of captured image data and may classify the retroreflective reflectors at least in part responsive to determination that the movements generally match. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162748 | GENERATING SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONS BY LEVERAGING AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for generating a sequence of support instruction steps by leveraging Augmented Reality (AR) can include: capturing workspace data from a workspace using a sensing device, wherein workspace may include a plurality of components, with at least one of the plurality of components having at least a tag; identifying both a first tag of a first component of the plurality of components, and a second tag of a second component of the plurality of components; determining, based on respective shapes of the first and second tags, that the first and second components are operably related; determining, again based on the first and second tags, a first operation; generating a first overlay, wherein the first overlay includes at least one image corresponding with the first operation; and generating a first augmented reality display of a first instruction step by combining the first overlay with a display of the workspace data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162749 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AN IMAGE DESCRIPTOR BASED ON A GRADIENT HISTOGRAM - A method for encoding an image descriptor (H) based on gradient histograms (h | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162750 | Method Of Generating A Training Image For An Automated Vehicle Object Recognition System - In a method of generating a training image for teaching of a camera-based object recognition system suitable for use on an automated vehicle which shows an object to be recognized in a natural object environment, the training image is generated as a synthetic image by a combination of a base image taken by a camera and of a template image in that a structural feature is obtained from the base image and is replaced with a structural feature obtained from the template image by means of a shift-map algorithm. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162751 | USER CHARACTERISTIC PREDICTION USING IMAGES POSTED IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods and systems provide electronic instructions to a non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record images uploaded by a user over a computerized network to a social networking site, and to record categories of network site locations to which the images are uploaded by the user. These methods and systems also provide electronic instructions to a computerized electronic image processor hardware device to analyze features within the images to identify content of each of the images, and to determine the user characteristics based on the categories of network site locations to which the images are uploaded by the user and on the content of the images uploaded by the user. Also, such methods and systems provide electronic instructions to the computerized electronic image processor hardware device to output the user characteristics on a graphic user interface hardware device. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162752 | RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a retrieval apparatus includes a receiver, a retrieval processor, and a display controller. The receiver is configured to receive a first image. The retrieval processor is configured to retrieves a second image based on first element information, the first element information comprising one or more of a category, a position, a size, a shape, and a color associated with the first image, the first image comprising one or more first image elements. The display controller is configured to display, the second image with at least a first symbol image symbolizing the one or more first image elements on a display. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162753 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an edge detector configured to create first image data including information of an edge part of an image obtained by picking up an object by an image pickup device, a frequency analyzer configured to create second image data by dividing the image into each frequency band, and an output unit configured to output distance information from the image pickup device to the object of the image, based on the first image data and the second image data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162754 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for synthesizing continuously captured images includes a positioning unit configured to position images to be synthesized by using a motion vector indicating a positional deviation of the images between the images, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the images positioned by the positioning unit. The image processing apparatus further includes a group classification unit configured to classify the images into groups based on an order of imaging, and a setting unit configured to set a reference image in each group. The positioning unit includes a first positioning unit configured to position the images within the groups with respect to the respective reference images, and a second positioning unit configured to position the reference images between the groups. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162755 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to acquire an image having phase information of an electromagnetic wave from a cyclic pattern image generated by interference of the electromagnetic wave, comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a pattern image; a first conversion unit configured to convert the pattern image into a spectrum in a wave number space; a filter unit configured to apply to the spectrum a filter that cuts off components included in a predetermined cut-off region; and a second conversion unit configured to convert the filtered spectrum, in which the components included in the predetermined cut-off region are cut off, into an image having phase information, wherein the cut-off region is a region that includes at least a part of a first axis, which is an axis passing through a center point of the spectrum. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162756 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - An image processing device includes an artificial image determining unit configured to determine whether a pixel is in an artificial image by using two or more different determination criteria or conditions based on an input image signal, where the determination criteria include any one or more of a first determination criterion for determining whether the pixel is part of an artificial image by determining whether a predetermined area including the pixel represents a flat area, a second determination criterion for determining whether the pixel is part of an artificial image by determining whether the predetermined area represents a gradation area, or a third determination criterion for determining whether the pixel is part of an artificial image by determining whether the predetermined area represents a color change area. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162757 | MULTI-CLASS OBJECT CLASSIFYING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A multi-class object classifying method and system are disclosed herein, where the multi-class object classifying method includes the following steps: classes, first training images and second training images are received and stored, and first characteristic images and second characteristic images are respectively extracted from the first training images and the second training images; the first training images is used to generate classifiers through a linear mapping classifying method; a classifier and the second characteristic images are used to determine parameter ranges corresponding to the classes and a threshold corresponding to the classifier. When two of the parameter ranges overlap, the remaining parameter ranges except for the two overlapped parameter ranges are recorded; after another classifier is selected from the classifiers except for the classifier that has been selected, the previous steps is repeated until the parameter ranges don't overlap with each other and the parameter ranges are recorded. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162758 | Recognition Process Of An Object In A Query Image - Recognition process ( | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162759 | ABNORMAL PATTERN ANALYSIS METHOD, ABNORMAL PATTERN ANALYSIS APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - An abnormal pattern analysis method includes determining a service application associated with analysis data, selecting at least one abnormal pattern analysis module in an abnormal pattern analysis framework based on the determined service application and performing an analysis for the analysis data through the selected at least one abnormal pattern analysis module to detect an abnormal pattern. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162760 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LEARNING AND IDENTIFYING VISUAL FEATURES OF MATERIALS - Devices, systems, and methods for classifying materials in a scene obtain spectral-BRDF material samples; learn feature-vector representations for the spectral-BRDF material samples based on the obtained spectral-BRDF material samples; train classifiers using the learned feature-vector representations; and generate a material classification using the trained classifiers and a new material sample. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OCR-FREE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER LOCALIZATION - Methods and systems for localizing numbers and characters in captured images. A side image of a vehicle captured by one or more cameras can be preprocessed to determine a region of interest. A confidence value of series of windows within regions of interest of different sizes and aspect ratios containing a structure of interest can be calculated. Highest confidence candidate regions can then be identified with respect to the regions of interest and at least one region adjacent to the highest confidence candidate regions. An OCR operation can then be performed in the adjacent region. An identifier can then be returned from the adjacent region in order to localize numbers and characters in the side image of the vehicle. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162762 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method in a printing apparatus includes printing, by a printing unit, an adjustment image for adjusting a printing position on a sheet, conveying, by a conveying unit, the sheet on which the adjustment image is printed, reading, by a reading unit, an image to generate image data, the reading unit being executable to perform reading by a first reading method for reading an image of a sheet without conveying the sheet or a second reading method for reading the image of the sheet while conveying the sheet, and determining, based on that a type of the sheet on which the adjustment image is to be printed is a specific type, to read the adjustment image by the first reading method. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162763 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device that changes the output format of the generated printout can dynamically change the output format of the printout using print data from an existing system. An image processing device that executes a process to change the output format of a printout has an output format selector that selects a template determining the format of the printout based on information contained in the print data for the printout, and a print data generator that changes the print data according to the selected template. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162764 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control system | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, image forming system and image forming method are shown. The image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The sheet feeding tray stores and feeds a sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray. The control unit controls the image forming unit to form an image including information regarding a sheet before changing when operation including changing of a sheet stored in the sheet feeding tray is performed or there is a necessity to change a sheet stored in the sheet feeding tray. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162766 | Methods and Systems for Protecting Personal Account Information - The invention provides systems and methods for protecting information related to personal accounts and other kinds of information displayed on personal and identification cards. In some embodiments, the invention further provides a credit card with a card portion displaying a first part of an account number and an electronically readable region. The credit card may also include a sleeve portion that holds the card portion and that may display a second part of an account number. The sleeve portion may have a window through which the first part of the account number is visible, so that the first and second parts of the account number provide a complete valid account number. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INFORMATION CODE - A method and an apparatus for generating an information code is provided. In a generation apparatus, after data to be interpreted and data of an image to be displayed are acquired, a code figure that is provided with an image display region is generated and displayed on a display unit. After the code figure is displayed on the display unit in this way, when information designating an arrangement content of the image display region is inputted, an information code is generated. Specifically, an information code is generated in a form in which the image display region is newly arranged based on the arrangement content designated by the input, and a specification pattern region and a region to be interpreted are provided in positions other than that of the image display region. The information code generated in this way is displayed on the display unit. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162768 | MODULAR RADIO-IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE RFID MODULE AND ACTIVE RFID MODULE - A modular radio-identification system including a first passive radio-identification module having a housing with a memory for storing an identification datum disposed inside the housing and being linked to an antenna. The system also includes a second active radio-identification module having a housing with a controller disposed therein, the controller being linked to a supply battery, to a transmiter/receiver and to at least one sensor. The housings of the two modules are equipped with components of reversible and complementary fixing which are adapted for co-operating together so as to allow the reversible fixing of the second module on the first module. The modules include electrical connection components adapted for establishing an electrical connection between the memory and the controller once the second module is fixed on the first module. The system may be supplemented with a hood for covering the first module. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162769 | A Contactless Smart Chip For Biometric Tracking - The present invention provide a wearable device for biometric tracking. The wearable device comprises a contactless smart chip module having an antenna connected thereto, the contactless smart chip module is adapted for storing personal information in a secured manner; a fibre glass substrate for encapsulating the contactless smart chip and the antenna therein; a protective shield surrounding at least a portion of the fibre glass substrate to provide a resistant finish. A system for entering the information and a method thereof are also provided. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162770 | A Land Title Deed Comprising A Smart Chip - The present invention is an electronic land title deed. The electronic land title deed comprises a number of flat sheets; and a smart chip embedded within the flat sheet, wherein the smart chip stores a number of data that provides information related to a land title deed. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162771 | MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A membrane which is provided with a membrane surface that represents the functional region of the membrane and which is provided with a tab that projects beyond the membrane surface is described. The membrane and the tab are constructed from a number of layers, wherein at least one of the layers consists of an elastomer. Arranged in the tab is an electronic data carrier. The tab has an upper and a lower layer. The data carrier is enclosed by the layers of the tab and the upper and the lower layer. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162772 | FACILITY WALKTHROUGH AND MAINTENANCE GUIDED BY SCANNABLE TAGS OR DATA - A mobile device configured to enable a user to maintain a facility includes: a display device; a network interface configured to communicate across a computer network with an external computer server to retrieve facility data; an antenna for interrogating an RFID tag; a reader configured to read a response signal generated by the RFID tag in response to the interrogating, process the response signal to extract tag information, determine whether the tag information includes information identifying one of a room within the facility or equipment within the facility; and a processor configured to determine whether the tag information includes a room identifier identifying a room within the facility or an equipment identifier identifying equipment within the facility based on the facility data, retrieve display data from the stored facility data based on the identified information, and present the display data on the display device. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162773 | Systems, Methods, And Devices For Commissioning Wireless Sensors - In one embodiment the present invention comprises a smartphone and encoders for commissioning RFID transponders. The present invention further includes novel systems, devices, and methods for commissioning RFID transponders with unique object class instance numbers without requiring a realtime connection to a serialization database. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162774 | Stretchable electronic patch having a circuit layer undulating in the thickness direction - An electronic patch includes a first circuit layer comprising a substantially flat first substrate and a first conductive circuit, a second circuit layer comprising a substantially flat second substrate and a second conductive circuit, and an undulated ribbon that connects the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The undulated ribbon includes a third conductive circuit that connects the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit. An elastic layer encloses the first circuit layer, the second circuit layer, and the undulated ribbons. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162775 | TAG DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A device and system utilizing the ground plane of a printed circuit board (PCB) for an antenna. In one embodiment, the device can be a tag comprising a housing forming a housing cavity; a PCB positioned in the housing cavity, wherein the PCB comprises a ground plane forming an antenna; and a first circuit operably coupled to the antenna. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF RFID INTERROGATORS IN A THEATRE OF OPERATION - RFID tags are used for many purpose including tracking. RFID interrogators are used to retrieve information from tags. In many applications, a plurality of RFID interrogators are required. Synchronization between interrogators in the same theatre of operation is critical to ensure that their broadcasts do not interfere with each other. In fixed RFID interrogator applications, RFID interrogators can be wired together allowing a channel to synchronize the transmissions of the RFID interrogators. Methods described herein can ensure that synchronization is maintained in the event of the failure of a synchronizing master. Furthermore, additional methods for synchronizing RFID interrogators in wireless applications are described allowing synchronization in the absence of wired connections between interrogators. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162777 | VISUAL CORTICAL CIRCUIT APPARATUS, VISUAL CORTICAL IMITATION SYSTEM AND OBJECT SEARCH SYSTEM USING VISUAL CORTICAL CIRCUIT APPARATUS - Provided us a visual cortical circuit apparatus comprising: a current mirror unit which uses a transistor as a current source to generate a current having the same size as that of a reaction; a transconductance unit which takes, as an input, the current generated by the current mirror unit and outputs a voltage using a transconductance; and a buffer unit for converting the voltage output from the transconductance unit into a current and buffering the current. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162778 | USING RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS AND HYPER-CUBES FOR EXCURSION CLASSIFICATION IN SEMI-CONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - A method and system for analysis of data, including creating a first node, determining a first hyper-cube for the first node, determining whether a sample resides within the first hyper-cube. If the sample does not reside within the first hyper-cube, the method includes determining whether the sample resides within a first hyper-sphere, wherein the first hyper-sphere has a radius equal to a diagonal of the first hyper-cube. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162779 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PREDICTIVE MODEL BY MACHINE LEARNING - A method of machine learning for generating a predictive model of a response characteristic based on historical data elements using a processor may include receiving historical data elements and historical values for the response characteristic related to uses of the historical data elements in web pages. A plurality of key-value pairs may be generated defining values of a plurality of predefined features representing properties of the historical data elements. Each of a plurality of n features may be represented by an axis in an n-dimensional space are extracted from the historical data elements. The extracted plurality of key-value pairs for each historical data element may be projected onto the n-dimensional space. The plurality of vectors may be input into a model generator to generate a predictive model predicting a value of the response characteristic for a new data element. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162780 | EVENT-DRIVEN UNIVERSAL NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT - The present invention provides an event-driven universal neural network circuit. The circuit comprises a plurality of neural modules. Each neural module comprises multiple digital neurons such that each neuron in a neural module has a corresponding neuron in another neural module. An interconnection network comprising a plurality of digital synapses interconnects the neural modules. Each synapse interconnects a first neural module to a second neural module by interconnecting a neuron in the first neural module to a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. Corresponding neurons in the first neural module and the second neural module communicate via the synapses. Each synapse comprises a learning rule associating a neuron in the first neural module with a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. A control module generates signals which define a set of time steps for event-driven operation of the neurons and event communication via the interconnection network. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162781 | METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK - A method of training a neural network having at least an input layer, an output layer and a hidden layer, and a weight matrix encoding connection weights between two of the layers, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing an input to the input layer, the input having an associated expected output, (b) receiving a generated output at the output layer, (c) generating an error vector from the difference between the generated output and expected output, (d) generating a change matrix, the change matrix being the product of a random weight matrix and the error vector, and (e) modifying the weight matrix in accordance with the change matrix. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162782 | CONVOLUTION NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method of training a convolutional neural network (CNN) are provided. A method of training a CNN including a plurality of convolution layers stored in a memory involves approximating, using a processor, a convolution layer among the plurality of convolution layers using a low-rank approximation; reducing the number of output reconstruction filters of the approximated convolution layer; and modifying a structure of the CNN based on an approximation result and the reduced number of output reconstruction filters. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162783 | Autonomous, Closed-Loop and Adaptive Simulated Annealing Based Machine Learning Approach for Intelligent Analytics-Assisted Self-Organizing-Networks (SONs) - Convergence times associated with simulated annealing based (SA-based) optimization in wireless networks can be reduced by introducing an additional local or cell-level evaluation step into the evaluation of global solutions. In particular, new local solutions may be evaluated based on local performance criteria when the new solutions are in a global solution deemed to have satisfied a global performance criteria. New local solutions that satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria remain in the new global solution. New local solutions that do not satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria are replaced with a corresponding current local solution from a current global solution, thereby modifying the new global solution. The resulting modified global solution includes both new local solutions and current local solutions prior to being accepted as the current global solution for the next iteration. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INCORPORATING VISUAL DATA INTO ELECTRONIC VERBAL BROADCAST - An end to end intelligent visual insertion system and method for an adaptive content management is designed to implement a practical and enjoyable approach to listeners and users by the podcasts, lectures or electronic book providers by adding a visual data to further clarify their talks, literature work or a talk. They would be able to insert and visualize a particular and pertinent picture at an appropriate time and duration during their listening or reading experience using edge devices. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING A USER CUSTOMIZABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINE FOR SEARCHING AND CORRELATING MULTIPLE DATABASES - The present invention discloses a portal capable of gathering and correlating data spread from multiple databases in multiple relevant but disparate information data sets, and an associated method. In some embodiments, the portal can relatively easy generate a new data set including a body of relevant but disparate information to be viewed through the prism of an individual's life. For example, by intuitively generating text-based and photo/video-based information of interest to the user measured by, for example, (i) periods of time (e.g., between the user's birth date and a milestone birthday, a wedding date, or an anniversary); (ii) geographic places (e.g., the user's hometown, the place he or she went to college, favorite vacation spots); and/or (iii) interests (e.g., favorite sports teams, foods, hobbies, etc.), as well as other variables that can be built into the search engine and database and/or provided by at least one user. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162786 | Long Term Active Learning from Large Continually Changing Data Sets - Methods and systems are disclosed for autonomously building a predictive model of outcomes. A most-predictive set of signals S | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162787 | INTEGRATING RULE BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMS WITH DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING USING CONTROL AT EDGE AGENTS - In an embodiment, an improved computer-implemented method of efficiently determining actions to perform based on data from a streaming continuous queries in a distributed computer system comprises, at a central control computer, receiving a streaming continuous query and a rule-set; wherein the rule-set comprises decision data representing decisions based on attributes produced by the query, and action data representing end actions based on the decisions, wherein the attributes comprise data processed by one or more networked computers; separating the streaming continuous query into a sub-query executable at one or more edge computers; categorizing end actions from the set based on decisions requiring attributes available from the sub-query into a set of one or more edge expressions that are configured to be evaluated at an edge agent to cause an action; providing the set of edge expressions and the sub-query to at least one edge computer with instructions to process visible attributes on the edge computer and to evaluate the set of one or more edge expressions independently from the central control computer; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162788 | EVENT DETECTION USING ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS OF ENTITIES - A method, system, and computer program product for event detection using roles and relationships of entities are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A training event and a set of entities participating in the training event are identified in a training data. For a first entity in the set of entities, a first role occupied by the entity in the event is determined. A behavior attribute is assigned to the first role. A relationship of the first role with a second role corresponding to a second entity in the set of entities is determined. An event rule is constructed to detect an event corresponding to the training event in new data and comprising a plurality of roles, behavior attributes, and the relationship. The plurality of roles includes the first role and the second role, and the plurality of behavior attributes includes the behavior attribute assigned to the first role. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162789 | EVENT DRIVEN BEHAVIOR PREDICTOR - Aspects provide for event-driven behavior prediction and include mapping a first data input to a first event of a plurality of pre-defined events as a function of an effective date of the input and identification data that is unique to an individual and a role within an organization. In response to the mapping to the first event, aspects predict (as a function of the identification data, the role and the effective date) that a second event of the pre-defined events that is linked to the first event requires an additional, second data input for the individual that is different from the first data input. Said predicting triggers an automated process that prompts a user to enter the second data input | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162790 | DISPLAYING ANSWERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANSWER CLASSIFICATIONS - A question is received in a computerized answering system via an input device. A plurality of classes corresponding to the question are retrieved from a memory device. One or more answers to the question are generated by a processor. Each answer is associated with a confidence value. The confidence values associated with the answers are compared with thresholds associated with the plurality of classes. The answers are classified by the processor into the plurality of classes based on the comparing. The answers are presented via a display device in accordance with the classification of the answers. A user response to at least one of the answers is detected. At least one of the plurality of classes is adjusted based on the user response. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162791 | AUTOMATIC ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXTUAL REPLIES - A computing device includes at least one processor and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to receive an communication, determine, based at least in part on the communication, one or more candidate responses to the communication, and receive an indication of user input that selects a candidate response from the one or more candidate responses. The at least one module may be further operable by the at least one processor, responsive to receiving the indication of user input that selects the candidate response, to send the candidate response, determine, based at least in part on at least one of the candidate response and the communication, an operation that is contextually related to the candidate response, and execute the operation. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162792 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EXPEDITING EXPERTISE - A system includes a user model module that generates a plurality of topic-specific user knowledge models for each user of a plurality of users, each topic-specific user knowledge model representing a level of knowledge possessed by a respective user on a single topic from a set of globally defined topics shared among the plurality of users, a expertise model building module that generates a plurality of topic-specific expert knowledge models, each topic-specific expert knowledge model representing an aggregate level of knowledge possessed by a plurality of expert users on a single topic from a set of globally defined topics shared among the plurality of users, and a processor of a computer that executes instructions for comparing the topic-specific user knowledge model of the first user with the topic-specific expert knowledge model for a respective topic to determine a distance between a user knowledge level and an aggregate expert knowledge level for the topic. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECISION TREE BASED SEARCH RESULT RANKING - A method of decision tree based search result ranking includes obtaining a training data set for generating at least one decision tree, the training data set having N training features and N greater than or equal to 2. The method further includes dividing a computational system of decision trees into N feature work groups corresponding to the N training features respectively, and by use of the feature work groups, computing splitting nodes and splitting values corresponding to the splitting nodes for the decision trees. The method also includes generating the decision trees using the computed splitting nodes and the corresponding splitting values; and ranking search results using the decision trees. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162794 | DECISION TREE DATA STRUCTURES GENERATED TO DETERMINE METRICS FOR CHILD NODES - Disclosed are various embodiments for data processing using decision tree data structures to implement artificial intelligence in an ingestion process. At least one computing device may be employed to access reference data from a data store accessible to the at least one computing device and parse the reference data using a natural language processor to identify relevant data for storage in at least one decision tree data structure. An ingestion process is applied to receive input data from at least one client device remotely over a transmission network. The at least one decision tree data structure is queried to identify a node in the at least one decision tree data structure that corresponds to a state of the ingestion process. A first metric for a first child node and a second metric for a second child node are generated using the input data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT LOCATION INFORMATION - A method and system that includes extracting event models from at least one personal planning source of a user, wherein a parameter of an event model includes event location; periodically receiving location information of at least one mobile device of the user; storing the location information in a location log; a pattern worker module maintaining user location patterns through the location log; generating a location prediction from the extracted event models and the user location patterns; a first content worker module checking if the location prediction meets a set of content requirements; if the set of content requirements is satisfied, initiating content retrieval from at least one service; and pushing the content to the mobile device. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162796 | COMBINATION SELECTING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A combination selecting method comprises the following steps: firstly, selecting a fixed number of sources from a plurality of the sources to generate a plurality of predictive combinations; next, filtering the predictive combinations by a parameter to generate a group associating with the predictive combinations satisfied by the parameter; then, altering a part of the sources of each predictive combination to generate a new predictive combination correspondingly from each predictive combination, and filtering the new predictive combinations by the parameter to add into the group; finally, repeating performing the previous step until the total number of all predictive combinations achieves a goal. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162797 | Method to Determine Individualized Insulin Sensitivity and Optimal Insulin Dose by Linear Regression - This invention relates to a method and a device for predicting the glucose concentration of a subject and recommending therapeutic action. The responses of the user's glucose to administered doses of insulin, dietary carbohydrates, and other factors influencing glucose concentration are measured individually for a given user. Once these responses are learned as a function of time, the method and device can receive information about the factors which have been recently or will soon be administered and can recommend which other factors should also be administered. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162798 | COMPUTATION USING A NETWORK OF OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS - In one aspect, a computational machine includes an optical device configured to receive energy from an optical energy source and generate a number N1 of optical signals, and a number N2 of coupling devices, each of which controllably couples a plurality of the number N1 optical signals. The coupling devices are individually controlled to simulate a computational problem. In another aspect, a computational machine includes a number N1 of parametric oscillators and a number N2 of coupling devices, each of which controllably couples a plurality of the number N1 of parametric oscillators together. The coupling devices are individually controlled to simulate a computational problem. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162799 | COUPLING OF RATIONAL AGENTS TO QUANTUM PROCESSES - The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process. In particular, the present invention provides rational agents configured to influence a quantum process, or to derive information from a quantum process, and methods and uses thereof | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162800 | Parallel Development and Deployment for Machine Learning Models - Example systems and methods of developing a learning model are presented. In one example, a sample data set to train a first learning algorithm is accessed. A number of states for each input of the sample data set is determined A subset of the inputs is selected, and the sample data set is partitioned into a number of partitions equal to a combined number of states of the selected inputs. A second learning algorithm is created for each of the partitions, wherein each second learning algorithm receives the unselected inputs. Each of the second learning algorithms is assigned to a processor and trained using the samples of the partition corresponding to that algorithm. Decision logic is generated to direct each of a plurality of operational data units as input to one of the second learning algorithms based on states of the selected inputs of the operational data unit. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162801 | Quick Path to Train, Score, and Operationalize a Machine Learning Project - Automatically detecting and anticipating that an additional machine learning experiment may be needed. A method includes after successfully running a first experiment workflow, automatically prompting a user that an additional experiment workflow may be needed based on specific criteria associated with the first experiment workflow. The method further includes receiving input from the user confirming the additional experiment workflow. As a result of receiving input from the user confirming the additional experiment workflow, the method further includes the system automatically reconfiguring the first experiment workflow, including automatically identifying all necessary modules for the additional experiment workflow and connecting them properly to perform the intended second experiment workflow. The method further includes displaying to the user the first experimental workflow transitioning from the first experiment workflow to the additional experiment workflow. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162802 | Active Machine Learning - Technologies are described herein for active machine learning. An active machine learning method can include initiating active machine learning through an active machine learning system configured to train an auxiliary machine learning model to produce at least one new labeled observation, refining a capacity of a target machine learning model based on the active machine learning, and retraining the auxiliary machine learning model with the at least one new labeled observation subsequent to refining the capacity of the target machine learning model. Additionally, the target machine learning model is a limited-capacity machine learning model according to the description provided herein. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162803 | ERROR-DRIVEN FEATURE IDEATION IN MACHINE LEARNING - Disclosed herein are technologies directed to a feature ideator. The feature ideator can initiate a classifier that analyzes a training set of data in a classification process. The feature ideator can generate one or more suggested features relating to errors generated during the classification process. The feature ideator can generate an output to cause the errors to be rendered in a format that provides for an interaction with a user. A user can review the summary of the errors or the individual errors and select one or more features to increase the accuracy of the classifier. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162804 | MULTI-TASK CONDITIONAL RANDOM FIELD MODELS FOR SEQUENCE LABELING - Embodiments of a computer-implemented method for automatically analyzing a conversational sequence between multiple users are disclosed. The method includes receiving signals corresponding to a training dataset including multiple conversational sequences; extracting a feature from the training dataset based on predefined feature categories; formulating multiple tasks for being learned from the training dataset based on the extracted feature, each task related to a predefined label; and providing a model for each formulated task, the model including a set of parameters common to the tasks. The set includes an explicit parameter, which is explicitly shared with each of the formulated tasks. The method further includes optimizing a value of the explicit parameter to create an optimized model; creating a trained model for the formulated tasks using the optimized value of the explicit parameter; and assigning predefined labels for the formulated tasks to a live dataset based on the corresponding trained model. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING DATA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) - A method and an apparatus are described to classify data. The method and apparatus includes selecting a hypothesis class among entire classes. The method and corresponding apparatus generate output data with regard to the entire classes by applying a classification algorithm to input data, and modify the input data to increase a value of the hypothesis class among the output data in response to a re-classification condition being met. The modified input data is set to be new input data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162806 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Generating a Supervised Model for Lexical Cohesion Detection - Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method for identifying pairs of cohesive words within a text. A supervised model is trained to detect cohesive words within a text to be scored. Training the supervised model includes identifying a plurality of pairs of candidate cohesive words in a training essay and an order associated with the pairs of candidate cohesive words based on an order of words in the training essay. The pairs of candidate cohesive words are filtered to form a set of evaluation pairs. The evaluation pairs are provided via a graphical user interface based on the order associated with the pairs of candidate cohesive words. An indication of cohesion or no cohesion is received for the evaluation pairs via the graphical user interface. The supervised model is trained based on the evaluation pairs and the received indications. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162807 | Emotion Recognition System and Method for Modulating the Behavior of Intelligent Systems - The disclosure describes an audio-based emotion recognition system that is able to classify emotions in real-time. The emotion recognition system, according to some embodiments, adjusts the behavior of intelligent systems, such as a virtual coach, depending on the user's emotion, thereby providing an improved user experience. Embodiments of the emotion recognition system and method use short utterances as real-time speech from the user and use prosodic and phonetic features, such as fundamental frequency, amplitude, and Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, as the main set of features by which the human speech is characterized. In addition, certain embodiments of the present invention use One-Against-All or Two-Stage classification systems to determine different emotions. A minimum-error feature removal mechanism is further provided in alternate embodiments to reduce bandwidth and increase accuracy of the emotion recognition system. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MICRO-BLOGS WITH MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may operate, for example, obtaining a number of blogs including an initial set of annotated blogs and unannotated blogs. The initial set of annotated blogs are annotated as being either relevant to a selected media program or not relevant to the selected media program. A set of features is determined associating the selected media program with the unannotated blogs and a trained classifier is generated based on the set of features. The trained classifier is applied to the blogs to identify a subset of blogs relevant to the selected media program. An analysis is performed on the selected blogs to determine a trend related to the selected media program and a graphical user interface is presented that concurrently presents the selected blogs, the trend, and the selected media program. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162809 | Enhanced searching and selection of rental properties and associated activities based on historic travel-related data - An application executing on a computing device (e.g., a wireless computing device) may be configured to monitor and provide channelized stay data that includes tagged activities engaged in by a traveler during a stay at a rental property such as physical presence of the traveler at the rental property during the stay, searches conducted on the computing device, activities selected using the computing device and to verify participation by the traveler in one or more of the selected activities. A networked computing device may receive the channelized stay data and use data included in the channelized stay data to form a search key configured to filter out a subset of rental property listings, which may be of interest to the traveler, from a larger pool of rental property listings. The networked computing device may present the subset of rental property listings on a display of the computing device. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162810 | CARDHOLDER TRAVEL DETECTION WITH INTERNET SERVICE - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to identify travel by payment cardholders using an internet service, and more particularly to reduce fraudulent transactions involving payment cards by generating a white list for travel associated with a payment cardholder. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162811 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING REMOTE CHECK-IN INTO HOTELS - Disclosed is a system for facilitating remote check-in to a user in a room, of a hotel, booked by the user. A booking detail receiving module receives booking details pertaining to a room, of a hotel, from a user. The booking details may comprise reservation details, hotel details, and personal details. A validation module validates the booking details against previously stored booking details. A unique reservation code module generates a unique reservation code when the room is available for the specific period of time. The unique reservation code module further transmits the unique reservation code to the user. A verification module verifies the unique reservation code and the booking details. An acknowledgment transmission module transmits an acknowledgment to the user upon verifying the unique reservation code and the booking details. In one aspect, the acknowledgment indicates details of the room that has been allotted to the user. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING VIRTUAL AND REAL CURRENCIES FOR PROCESSING CRUISE AND CRUISE-RELATED TRANSACTIONS - Methodologies and apparatuses create and utilize member profiles and provide members the ability to combine their use of actual currency and virtual currency created by a cruise line using common virtual currency to obtain a cruise booking and/or related products and/or service available from a wide variety of vendors partnering with the cruise line. Further, the use of common virtual currency enables formulation, management, comparison and presentation of options for using virtual currency specific to cruise lines. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162813 | INTEGRATION OF BIG-DATA ANALYSIS INTO AUDIT ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE - According to an embodiment of the present disclosures, systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums having program instructions thereon, provide for an audit management graphical user interface application incorporating big-data analysis of business data. In an embodiment, the audit management graphical user interface application analyzes the business data within discrete detection tasks. In an embodiment, the discrete detection tasks include detection strategies which act on the business data. In an embodiment, the business rules of a detection strategy pertain to certain business protocols and procedures. Accordingly, the audit management application provides the business or auditor a means of verifying that the controls (e.g., the business rules) established by the business to curb fraud are actually adhered to in the course of normal business activity. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162814 | COMPARATIVE PEER ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE - Techniques are described for comparative peer analysis for business intelligence (BI). In one example, a method includes identifying, in response to an input indicating one or more features of a BI report context associated with an enterprise, one or more elements of information associated with one or more peer entities of the enterprise from one or more information sources, wherein the one or more elements of information associated with one or more peer entities correspond with the one or more indicated features of the BI report context. The method further includes generating an output comprising the one or more elements of information associated with the one or more peer entities that correspond with the one or more indicated features of the BI report context. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162815 | System and Method for Transforming a Component Business Model - Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162816 | HUMAN TASK MONITORING AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC BUSINESS PROCESSES - a computer-implemented business process monitoring system includes a set of concept probes. Each concept probe is communicatively connected to a monitoring component of an associated business process management (BPM) infrastructure. In response to the BPM infrastructure deploying a domain-specific business process activity—including at least one manual task—each concept probe queries the BPM infrastructure for manual task information associated with execution of the business process activity. In response to receiving the manual task information from the BPM infrastructure and activity information acquired from an associated second probe connected to the BPM infrastructure, each concept probe correlates the manual task information with the activity information. Each concept probe generates monitoring information based on the correlated data. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162817 | Vehicle Reconditioning Workflow System - Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating an online task management system portal that enables vehicle managers and vehicle service providers to track, monitor, update, and communicate vehicle status information in substantially real-time during a generated vehicle reconditioning process are disclosed. In an aspect, such online system allows users to identify what work needs to be done on a given vehicle and have a workflow order generated therefore in order to make the vehicle suitable for resale. The cost associated with that work may also be easily tracked and identified. Furthermore, the work and cost information may be updatable and seamlessly viewable by all system users in order to enhance the efficiency of the vehicle reconditioning process. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING DATA ANALYSIS SERVICES - A system for recommending data analysis services is provided. The system comprises: a service catalog storing a list of analysis services; a data catalog storing a list of data of targets for analysis; an algorithm catalog storing a list of analysis algorithms; an interactive analytic tool receiving a user requirement in a word form; an analysis helper receiving the user requirement and extracting an analysis service corresponding to the user requirement from the service catalog; an analysis job generator receiving the user requirement, extracting data and an analysis algorithm corresponding to the user requirement from the data catalog and the algorithm catalog, respectively, and defining the extracted data and the extracted analysis algorithm to one job to generate a job, wherein the analysis job generator transmits the generated job to the analysis helper to deliver the job as recommendation analysis service information to a user through the interactive analytic tool. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162819 | WORKFLOW DEFINITION, ORCHESTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT VIA A COLLABORATIVE INTERFACE ACCORDING TO A HIERARCHICAL PROCEDURE LIST - Various embodiments include a server system that parses a natural language text segment representative of a hierarchical checklist to generate a hierarchical workflow execution model. The hierarchical workflow execution model describes a plurality of task items corresponding to one or more line items in the natural language text segment. At least some of the task items can be respectively assigned to one or more participant roles according to the natural language text segment. Textual tokens of the line items can denote a hierarchical relationship structure of the task items. The server system can determine a logical constraint associated with enforcement of the task items based at least partly on the hierarchical relationship structure of the task items. The server system can enforce execution of at least a subset of the task items according to the determined logical constraint. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162820 | Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Cloud Services - Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) functionality is implemented in a cloud environment utilizing logic provided by a function library that is present within an underlying in-memory database layer. In some embodiments, the GRC logic of the in-memory database function library is expressed in a language (e.g., C++) agnostic to that of an overlying application layer(s). In other embodiments, the in-memory database function library may be expressed in a specialized application code (e.g., ABAP of SAP SE) that is utilized by an application/application layer designed to interact with the in-memory database (e.g., HANA of SAP SE). In such embodiments the logic of the function library may be consumed (e.g. by the in-memory database engine) utilizing a function afforded by that specialized language. Particular embodiments may check for Segregation of Duties (SoD) violations based upon user and risk information input to the system. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162821 | COMPARATIVE PEER ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE - Techniques are described for comparative peer analysis for business intelligence (BI). In one example, a method includes identifying, in response to an input indicating one or more features of a BI report context associated with an enterprise, one or more elements of information associated with one or more peer entities of the enterprise from one or more information sources, wherein the one or more elements of information associated with one or more peer entities correspond with the one or more indicated features of the BI report context. The method further includes generating an output comprising the one or more elements of information associated with the one or more peer entities that correspond with the one or more indicated features of the BI report context. | 2016-06-09 |
| 20160162822 | OPEN AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE (OADR) ENDPOINT DEVICE - Implementations of the disclosure describe an Open Automated Demand Response (OADR) endpoint device. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device of an endpoint device, a first message comprising a first market energy price, determining whether a first quantity of energy has been consumed within a first time period by at least one energy device associated with the endpoint device, responsive to a determination that the first quantity of energy has been consumed by the at least one energy device within the first time period, determining whether the first market energy price is greater than a price threshold and responsive to a determination that the first market energy price is greater than the price threshold, causing the at least one energy device to stop consuming additional amounts of energy. | 2016-06-09 |
