39th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170278241 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR QUALIFYING MEDICAL IMAGES - Disclosed is a system for qualifying medical images submitted by user for diagnostic analysis comprising: an image input module, configured to receive one or more image input by a user; an image protocol conformation module, configured to receive the one or more images from the image input module, and further configured to analyze each of the one or more images for conformity with a predefined protocol and wherein images that do not conform to the predefined protocol are flagged as non-conforming images; an image output module, configured to identify to the user each of the one or more images flagged as non-conforming and prompting the user to resubmit a new image for each of the non-conforming images; and an image resubmission module, configured to receive the user resubmitted image and provide the resubmitted image to the image protocol conformation module. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278242 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device capable of generating a more accurate analysis image by extracting a region, which exists at a boundary between different substances and has a pixel value that is non-uniform and continuously changes, from volume data. The image processing device acquires the volume data of a region which includes a large intestine, sets a plurality of starting points of region expansion in a boundary region between air and a residue in the large intestine, sets a condition of an expandable range of a width according to a gradient of a pixel value of each of the starting points, performs a region expansion process from each of the starting points according to the set condition, and generates the analysis image based on the result of the region expansion process. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278243 | Methods And System For Linking Geometry Obtained From Images - Techniques for linking geometry extracted from one or more medical images, the geometry including a plurality of geometric objects each having parameter values including at least one value for location and at least one value for direction/orientation, the plurality of geometric objects comprising a target geometric object and at least two candidate geometric objects, the techniques include: (A) comparing parameter values of the target geometric object with parameter values of the at least two candidate geometric objects, (B) selecting one of the at least two candidate geometric objects to link to the target geometric object based, at least in part, on the comparison; and (C) linking the to target geometric object with the selected candidate geometric object. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278244 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR NON-RIGID IMAGE REGISTRATION - Disclosed is a method for non-rigid image registration, comprising: dividing a subject image and a target image into a plurality of subject sub-images and a plurality of target sub-images, respectively; registering, in parallel, each of the subject sub-images and the corresponding one of the target sub-images to obtain a transformation matrix of the each of the subject sub-images relative to the corresponding one of the target sub-images; transforming, based on by the obtained transformation matrices, the subject sub-images into images corresponding to the target sub-images; and merging the transformed images to form a final registered image having the resolution of the target image. A system and a device for non-rigid image registration are also enclosed within the disclosure. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278245 | IDENTIFYING OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE - Identifying objects in an image. An image is received. A plurality of objects in the image are detected. One or more of the detected objects are identified, while one or more detected objects remain unidentified. From the identified detected objects, one or more salient objects are determined. Based on the salient objects, a generic location for the image is determined. Based on the determined generic location for the image, at least one of the unidentified detected objects is identified. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278246 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBJECT - According to one general aspect, an apparatus for extracting an object includes an image receiver configured to receive an image; a coupled saliency-map generator configured to generate a coupled saliency-map which is the sum of the product of a global saliency-map of the image and a predetermined weight value and a local saliency-map: an adaptive tri-map generator configured to generate an adaptive tri-map corresponding to the coupled saliency-map; an alpha matte generator configured to generate an alpha matte based on the adaptive tri-map: and an object detector configured to extract an object according to transparency of the alpha matte to generate an object image. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278247 | SMART REFRIGERATED COUNTER SYSTEM - A refrigerated counter system includes a refrigerated counter, 3D filming means arranged in such manner to take 3D images of the products contained in the refrigerated counter and of an area in front of the refrigerated counter, a PC connected to the 3D filming means to process statistic data according to the 3D images taken by the 3D filming means, and a CPU connected to the PC to control the operating parts of the refrigerated counter according to the statistic data processed by the PC. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278248 | Border Tracing - A method for scanning for borders in an image represented by pixels, the method including a first operation comprising: estimating an attribute for each of a first set of two adjacent pixel positions in the image; assessing whether a predetermined binary condition differs in respect of the two pixel positions, and if so determining that a border is present in the part of the image represented by pixels at those positions; and if a border is determined to be present in that part of the image, estimating the direction of the border as being perpendicular to a line joining the positions of the two pixels; and initiating tracing the border in that direction. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278249 | IMAGING METHOD FOR DETERMINING STRAY FIBERS - The present invention is directed to a method of detecting stray fibers emanating from a substrate comprising: a) Taking an image or a series of consecutive images of stray fibers in front of a contrasted background, that is created using one or more light sources, using a digital device; b) Segmenting of stray fibers and background from objects not directly contrasted against the background resulting in a binary image mask; c) Applying an edge detection technique to the image or modification of original image to enhance contrast of stray fibers against the background; and Applying the binary image mask from step b) to an image created in step c) to create an image in which only the stray fibers and/or outline of any other object contrasted against the background are present. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278250 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device is provided with an extracting unit that extracts a region from an image in accordance with an operation of an operator, an adding unit that adds a frame to the region, a removing unit that removes black pixels connected to the frame, and an output unit that outputs a process result of the removing unit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING A BACKGROUND OF AN IMAGE - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may then be discarded to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target and the isolated voxels associated with the foreground object may be processed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278252 | Foreground-Background Differentiation in a Vehicle - A method for segmenting a first scene from a sequence of scenes is described. In this case, the sequence of scenes was captured by a camera in or on a vehicle such as by smartglasses. The method determines an optical flow of the first scene, on the basis of the sequence of scenes. In addition, the method determines statistical variables of the optical flow in different partial regions of the first scene. Furthermore, the method determines, on the basis of the statistical variables, a separating line between a foreground region and a background region of the first scene. In this case, determining the separating line includes determining, on the basis of the statistical variables, an indicator of whether the optical flow in the background region is attributable to a movement of the vehicle. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278253 | LINE-OF-MOVEMENT GENERATING APPARATUS, LINE-OF-MOVEMENT GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A line-of-movement generating apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a detection unit, an extraction unit, a setting unit, a calculation unit, and a confirmation unit. The acquisition unit acquires images captured by an image capturing device at respective multiple time points. The detection unit detects one or more moving objects from the images. The extraction unit extracts a line of movement of each of the detected one or more moving objects. The setting unit sets a region where a line of movement tends to have a missing portion in an image captured by the image capturing device. The calculation unit calculates a likelihood indicating a degree of certainty of the extracted line of movement of each of the one or more moving objects. The confirmation unit confirms a line of movement of the one or more moving objects on the basis of the calculated likelihood. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278254 | MOVING-OBJECT COUNTER APPARATUS, MOVING-OBJECT COUNTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A moving-object counter apparatus includes a first captured-image acquisition unit, a moving-object moving-path specifying unit, a virtual-line setting unit, and a first moving-object counter unit. The first captured-image acquisition unit acquires multiple images captured at respective times different from each other by a first imaging apparatus capturing images of a predetermined region. The moving-object moving-path specifying unit specifies, on the basis of the acquired images, one or more moving paths along which one or more respective moving objects have moved in the predetermined region. The virtual-line setting unit sets a virtual line on the basis of the specified one or more moving paths. The first moving-object counter unit counts, by counting one or more moving paths that cross the set virtual line among the specified one or more moving paths, one or more moving objects that have passed through the predetermined position. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278255 | POSITION IDENTIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PATH IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A position identifying apparatus includes multiple image capturers, an accumulating unit, a deriving unit, and an identifying unit. The image capturers capture images of predetermined image capturing ranges. The accumulating unit accumulates in time series movement track information of a person included in the images captured by the image capturers. The deriving unit derives, using the movement track information accumulated in the accumulating unit, for each image position in an image captured by any one of the image capturers, a probability that, at a same time as a time at which a person is image-captured at the image position, a person is image-captured at each image position in an image captured by another one of the image capturers. The identifying unit identifies, from the probability derived by the deriving unit, an image position common to the images captured by the image capturers. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278256 | System and Method for Tracking and Annotating Multiple Objects in a 3D Model - system and method for tracking and annotating objects in a 3D model is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal feed from a group of sensors including at least one depth sensor, determining a reference signal feed from the signal feed, determining a volumetric representation of at least one object not present in the reference signal feed, assigning a unique volumetric profile to at least one object, and/or storing the unique volumetric profile in an object database. The signal feed may include at least one 3D area of interest. Also, the unique volumetric profile may include a unique volumetric id obtained from a group of attributes. The unique volumetric profile may include at least a unique volumetric position and a unique volumetric centroid. The group of sensors may further include video cameras, thermal, and chemical sensors. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278257 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR IDENTIFICATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COLOR CHART - A data processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a converting unit. The obtaining unit obtains measured color sample data, which represents values obtained by measuring color samples on a color chart with a color measuring device, and image data, which represents an image of the color chart and a target object captured with an image capturing apparatus. The converting unit converts captured target object color data, which represents a value of a color of the target object included in the image data, into estimated target object color data, which represents an estimated value of the color of the target object identified if the color of the target object were measured with the color measuring device, on the basis of the measured color sample data and captured color sample data, which represents values of the multiple color samples included in the image data. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278258 | Method Of Detecting And Describing Features From An Intensity Image - The invention provides methods of detecting and describing features from an intensity image. In one of several aspects, the method comprises the steps of providing an intensity image captured by a capturing device, providing a method for determining a depth of at least one element in the intensity image, in a feature detection process detecting at least one feature in the intensity image, wherein the feature detection is performed by processing image intensity information of the intensity image at a scale which depends on the depth of at least one element in the intensity image, and providing a feature descriptor of the at least one detected feature. For example, the feature descriptor contains at least one first parameter based on information provided by the intensity image and at least one second parameter which is indicative of the scale. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278259 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND SPECIMEN OBSERVATION METHOD - A three-dimensional image is easily, quickly, and efficiently acquired, regardless of the shape of a specimen or other factors. The present invention provides a microscope system including: a microscope that acquires an image of a specimen; a reference-shape setting portion that sets an approximate shape of the specimen; an observation-area estimating portion that sets a three-dimensional observation area of the specimen according to the reference shape set by the reference-shape setting portion; and a control unit that controls the microscope so as to acquire a three-dimensional observation image of the observation area set by the observation-area estimating portion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278260 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The processor calculates a first phase difference between a first light and a first reflection light, and a second phase difference between a second light and a second reflection light, generates a first distance image and a second distance using the first phase difference and the second phase difference, respectively, generates a first intensity image and a second intensity image for each of pixel of the first distance image and pixel of the second distance image, respectively, compares light receiving intensity for each pixel of the first intensity image with light receiving intensity for a corresponding pixel of the second intensity image, selects a pixel from the first distance image and a corresponding pixel of the second distance image based on the comparison, and generates a synthesized distance image using the selected pixels. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278261 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING PRODUCE SHAPE - The disclosure provides for an image processing method for quantifying produce shape. The disclosure further provides for the use of the image processing method for various applications, including digital produce sorting systems, and geographical information systems. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278262 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - [Object] To process an image captured by a camera mounted on a moving object device or a user to be suitable for display on an image display device fixed to the head or face of the user. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278263 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The purpose of the present invention is to enable the determination of whether to obtain a special-effect image to be controlled easily. A main body device | 2017-09-28 |
20170278264 | VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE COUNTING AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A verification method for people counting includes steps of displaying a people counting video by a display device, wherein the people counting video shows an entry and exit boundary and an accumulated number of persons; when at least one person exists in the people counting video, displaying an initial position and a current position of each of the at least one person by the display device; determining whether each of the at least one person passes across the entry and exit boundary according to the initial position and the current position of each of the at least one person by a user, so as to determine whether the accumulated number of persons is incorrect; and when the user determines that the accumulated number of persons is incorrect, receiving a modified number of persons from the user by an input device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278265 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A video processing apparatus obtains videos obtained from a plurality of image capture apparatuses, and extracts a predetermined attribute from the obtained videos. The video processing apparatus calculates individual attribute frequency information indicating a frequency at which an attribute has been extracted for a video obtained by each of a plurality of image capture apparatuses and overall attribute frequency information indicating a frequency at which an attribute has been extracted for a plurality of videos obtained by a plurality of image capture apparatuses, and outputs the individual attribute frequency information and the overall attribute frequency information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING A MARKER - Systems and methods for detecting and tracking a marker in real time is disclosed. Shape based segmentation of at least one object detected in a first frame from a sequence of frames is performed to define a region of interest (ROI) surrounding an object of interest corresponding to the marker. A marker detection model is dynamically trained based on sampling points from a plurality of pixels in and around the ROI. The marker is then tracked in real-time based on projected ROI in subsequent frames and the trained marker detection model. To optimize computation time required in classifying the pixels as marker pixels or non-marker pixels, the ROI is reduced to half its size, classification is performed on the reduced ROI and to improve accuracy, blob detection and classifying pixels along the boundary of the reduced ROI is performed by processing the ROI in original resolution. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278267 | PICTURE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides a picture information processing method based on a mobile terminal, where the picture information processing method based on a mobile terminal includes: generating, by the mobile terminal, a query request information according to a information of a picture of an object taken by a user and a shooting positional information of the object, and sending a query request information to the back-end server; searching and matching, by the back-end server, corresponding introductory information of the object, and sending the introductory information of the object back to the mobile terminal. The present disclosure makes the user easily obtain the introductory information of the object, which provides convenience for the user. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278268 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Generating Three-Dimensional Models - Systems, methods, and devices for generating three dimensional models, in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure utilizes stereo, nadir, oblique and street view images of a structure to determine with high precision the location of one or more points on a structure. Using the determined location of such one or more points, multi-dimensional models of a structure may be generated. The models may be used and presented in one or more points to determine spatial, orientation and other characteristics of structures. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278269 | CORNEAL REFLECTION POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, CORNEAL REFLECTION POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, CORNEAL REFLECTION POSITION ESTIMATION PROGRAM, PUPIL DETECTION SYSTEM, PUPIL DETECTION METHOD, PUPIL DETECTION PROGRAM, GAZE DETECTION SYSTEM, GAZE DETECTION METHOD, GAZE DETECTION PROGRAM, FACE ORIENTATION DETECTION SYSTEM, FACE ORIENTATION DETECTION METHOD, AND FACE ORIENTATION DETECTION PROGRAM - A corneal reflection position estimation system according to an embodiment includes: an image acquisition unit configured to continuously acquire an image of an eye of a subject by controlling a camera equipped with a light source, the image acquisition unit being configured to acquire a plurality of pupil images taken by using light from the light source and then acquire one unilluminated image taken without using light from the light source; and an estimation unit configured to calculate positions of corneal reflection or corneal sphere centers, which correspond to the plurality of pupil images, as reference positions, calculate a movement vector of the corneal reflection or the corneal sphere center based on a plurality of the reference positions, and estimate the corneal reflection position in the unilluminated image based on at least the movement vector. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278270 | TARGETLESS VEHICLE CAMERA CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A vehicular camera calibration system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle and being operable to capture image data. Responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, the camera calibration system determines features at the ground adjacent to the vehicle and tracks the determined features over two or more frames of captured image data. Responsive to processing of frames of captured image data during movement of the vehicle along a straight path on a planar surface, the camera calibration system is operable to determine a misalignment of the camera. The camera calibration system calibrates the misaligned camera by using an assumption that the determined features lie in a plane parallel to the planar surface along which the vehicle is traveling. The camera calibration system calibrates the camera by reducing ambiguity in vectors normal to the planar surface. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278271 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus, comprising an imaging device that acquires a plurality of image data of a physical object, a measurement circuit that measures physical quantities of the physical object based on at least one item of image data among the plurality of image data, a controller that includes a condition changing section that changes imaging conditions of the imaging device, a representative image determination section that determines a representative image based on image data that has been selected from or combined with the plurality of items of image data, and a memory that stores measurement results from the measurement circuit and a representative image that has been determined by the representative image determination section. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278272 | PUBLICATION MODIFICATION USING BODY COORDINATES - In various example embodiments, a system and method for modifying publications of a network-based publication system are presented. The system receives a set of body coordinates from a client device and associates the set of body coordinates with a user account. The system identifies a set of clothing images within a set of publications retrieved as a result of a query. The system generates a set of modified clothing images from one or more images of the set of clothing images and causes presentation of the set of modified clothing images at the client device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278273 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Targets on a Display - There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to display targets on a display, each target having at least one target color, receive an input signal transmitted by a user device indicating at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the targets displayed on the display, compare the color value indicated by the input signal with each of target colors in a target color database, determine the input signal is indicative of a first target of the targets based on a match between the color value indicated by the input signal and one of the target colors in the target color database, and execute an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the targets. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278274 | Multiple Texture Variable Opacity Stroke Rendering and Blending - Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for rendering and blending variable opacity ink strokes on a touchscreen device. In one aspect, blending variable opacity ink strokes may include receiving a touch input including a stroke associated with variable opacity, and converting the stroke to a plurality of segments, including arc segments, line segments, or a combination thereof. Next, a plurality of stamps corresponding to the plurality segments may be generated and combined with a static texture and a varying texture. The plurality of stamps may be rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke. In another aspect, the received stroke may at least partially overlap other visual data. In this case, the stamps associated with the stroke may be blended with the other visual data using source-over blending The blended plurality of stamps may be rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278275 | Shading for Variable Opacity Stroke Rendering - A touch input is received on the touchscreen. The touch input comprises a stroke and is associated with variable opacity. The stroke is converted to a plurality of segments. The plurality of segments comprises a plurality of arc segments, line segments, or a combination. A plurality of stamps is generated corresponding to the plurality segments. Shading is applied to the stroke, where applying shading comprises varying at least one of a weight or an offset of at least one color associated with at least one pixel of at least one stamp of the plurality of stamps. The plurality of stamps is rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278276 | Motion Blur Using Cached Texture Space Blur - The techniques discussed herein facilitate realistic real-time motion blur of a primitive. The techniques discussed herein can calculate a first movement of a primitive, blur texture space data based on the first movement, cache the blurred texture space data, and re-use the blurred texture space data when later movement of the primitive calculated at a later time is found to be similar to the first movement. The techniques discussed herein can re-blur the texture space data to generate second blurred texture space data, store second blurred texture space data, and use the second blurred texture space data to generate blurred primitives if the later movement differs by a threshold amount from the first movement. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278278 | SPECTRAL IMAGING - A system includes memory ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170278279 | METHOD FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method for image reconstruction is disclosed, based upon a first plurality of spectral raw data sets. The method includes forming a second plurality of virtual raw data sets; reconstructing an auxiliary image data set on the basis of a virtual raw data set. A first material is selected from a material group which comprises a plurality of materials. Material-specific maps are generated for a number of second materials of the material group. A determination of material line integrals take place, for the second materials with forward projection of the respective material-specific map. Subsequently, synthetic projection data sets are determined for each material. Finally, a reconstruction of at least one image data set takes place on the basis of the synthetic projection data sets for a number of materials of the material group. An image reconstruction device and a computed tomography system are also disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278280 | REGISTERING NUCLEAR MEDICINE DATA - A method of data presentation in which NM data and x-ray data (or other structural and/or functional data sets) are combined for display. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, the combination uses rules, for example Boolean rules to generate a display. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, the combination uses a marker visible in the NM and x-ray modalities. Optionally, the marker includes a removable radioactive section. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278281 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING PROJECTION IMAGES FROM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY VOLUMES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are described herein to facilitate generation of high-resolution two-dimensional projection images of an object having minimal artifacts from three-dimensional computed tomography volumes. Direct or iterative image reconstruction techniques can be used in concert with binning to identify and select measurement data subject to a criterion and resampling of the initial volumetric dataset to generate the high-resolution, two-dimensional projection images of at least a portion of the object. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278282 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processor includes a curve generator and a gradation correcting unit. Based on a predetermined correspondence relationship between average luminance of an image and a gradation correction curve, the curve generator generates, in accordance with average luminance of an input image, a common curve, i.e. a gradation correction curve used to correct a gradation of the input image. The gradation correcting unit uses in common the common curve generated by the curve generator for red, green, and blue color signals of the input image to correct gradations of the red, green, and blue color signals. Based on first average luminance, i.e. an average value of luminance of a first region in the input image, second average luminance, i.e. an average value of luminance of a predetermined-colored second region included in the first region, and an area of the second region, the curve generator generates a common curve. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278283 | GPU-Accelerated Pencil Ink Effect Rendering - Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for rendering variable opacity ink strokes on a touchscreen device. In one aspect, a method for rendering variable opacity ink strokes includes receiving a touch input including a stroke associated with variable opacity on a touchscreen of a device. The stroke may be converted to at least one Bezier curve. The at least one Bezier curve may be smoothed and dividing into a plurality of segments, wherein the plurality of segments includes arc segments, line segments, or a combination thereof. A plurality of stamps may be generated corresponding to the plurality of segments. The plurality of stamps may be rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278284 | CURVE EDITING MECHANISM - Datasets such as two dimensional raster images or three dimensional voxel based representations are often processed for representation using a transfer function defined by a curve. A mechanism for manually adjusting such curves is described, whereby a user adds a second curve. The transfer curve is recalculated so as to draw closer to the second curve. By drawing the second curve in the shape required for the transfer curve, and repeating this gesture as the transfer curve evolves, the user can subtly and interactively develop the transfer curve until the processed representation is exactly as required. The attractive effect of the points of the first curve on those of adjacent point on the first curve and on those of the second may be attractive or repellent, may vary in any manner as a function of distance, and in particular may imitate the effects of physical forces such as magnetic, elastic, etc. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING POINTS WITHOUT GAPS - Various systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to rendering point-based graphics on a computing device with the spaces between points filled in with color to produce the appearance of surfaces without gaps or holes. According to one method, one or more rasterization passes are performed on an image space. One or more filling passes are performed on the pixels in the image space in which the spaces between the pixels are filled with color to form a contiguous surface in a new image plane. One or more blending passes are performed on the image space after the filling passes, in which wherein the color of a group of pixels is a blended together. A new image space is rendered from the image space in the image buffer. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278286 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CREATING TITLE BACKGROUND IN VIDEO FRAME - A method for creating a title background in a video frame is disclosed in the present disclosure. The method includes: acquiring image information of the video frame to which a title needs to be added by the video frame processing terminal; converting the image information into a bitmap format; determining a region that is used as the title background in the video frame; capturing a picture corresponding to the region of the title background from the video frame converted into the bitmap format; blurring the captured picture; and overlaying the blurred picture as the title background onto the region of the title background in the video frame. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278287 | CHARACTER ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A CHARACTER DESIGNED IN A FIRST PIXEL MATRIX SO AS TO OUTPUT THE CHARACTER TO A SECOND PIXEL MATRIX OF AN OUTPUT DEVICE - A character adjustment method is used for adjusting the character so as to output the character to a second pixel matrix of an output device. The character is designed in a first pixel matrix. The method includes determining a constant, an upper density limit and a lower density limit according to at least one feature value of the output device; performing an interpolation calculation for obtaining a variation parameter according to a density of the character in the first pixel matrix, the constant, the upper density limit and the lower density limit; adjusting the character according to the variation parameter; and outputting the adjusted character to the second pixel matrix by the output device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278288 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a change determination unit configured to determine, using data of a plurality of images captured continuously, whether a change in direction of capturing the plurality of images occurs; a change amount calculation unit configured to calculate a change amount of a position of an object shown in the plurality of images, depending on whether the change in direction of capturing the plurality of images occurs; and an auxiliary image creation unit configured to create data of an auxiliary image for displaying information on the object, the information being related to the change amount. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278289 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT INTO OTHER DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a content integration system. The content integration system is configured to retrieve a source digital content, retrieve a target digital content, identify a region within the target digital content for placing or integrating the source digital content, and place or integrate the target digital content onto the identified region of the source digital content. The content integration system can be configured to place the source digital content into the target digital content in an aesthetically-pleasing, unobtrusive, engaging, and/or otherwise favorable manner. The content integration system can be particularly useful for advertisements, enhanced expression, entertainment, information, or communication. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278290 | VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR PARALLEL DEPENDENCY GRAPH EVALUATION - Systems and processes providing a tool for visualizing parallel dependency graph evaluation in computer animation are provided. Runtime evaluation data of a parallel dependency graph may be collected, including the start time and stop time for each node in the graph. The visualization tool may process the data to generate performance visualizations as well as other analysis features. Performance visualizations may illustrate the level of concurrency over time during parallel dependency graph evaluation. Performance visualizations may be generated by graphing node blocks according to node start time and stop time as well as the level of concurrency at a given time to illustrate parallelism. Performance visualizations may enable character technical directors, character riggers, programmers, and other users to evaluate how well parallelism is expressed in parallel dependency graphs in computer animation. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278291 | Multi-Mode Animation System - Animations are displayed on a user interface (UI) of a computing device using one of multiple different animation system modes, each animation system mode operating in a different manner to determine how to change the display for an animation. The animation can be on a particular object that is displayed by the computing device (e.g., scrolling a list, moving an icon or character from one location to another) and/or can be on the display as a whole (e.g., panning or scrolling a view of the whole display). The multi-mode animation system operates to select an animation system mode on a frame by frame basis. For each frame of content being displayed on the display device, the multi-mode animation system selects an appropriate one of the animation system modes to use for generating the content of that frame. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES - A system, method, and computer program product for displaying representative images within a collection viewer is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an indication of a new orientation for the collection viewer, displaying a sequence of animation frames that depict an in-place rotation animation for the representative images, generating a rotation angle in a sequence of rotation angles, and displaying a rendered representative image for each of the two or more representative images by rendering the two or more representative images, wherein each rendered representative image is rotated according to the rotation angle. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278293 | Processing a Texture Atlas Using Manifold Neighbors - Systems and methods for processing textures to be applied to surface of a three-dimensional model, such as a three-dimensional model of a geographic area, are provided. According to aspects of the present disclosure, a two-dimensional image processing operation can be performed in the two-dimensional texture atlas space defined by a texture atlas using manifold neighborhoods defined for pixels in the texture atlas. The manifold neighborhood for a pixel can be the set of texture atlas pixels whose corresponding position on the surface of the three-dimensional model lies within a threshold distance of the surface position corresponding to the pixel in the three-dimensional model. The two-dimensional image processing operations can be performed using the set of texture atlas pixels in the manifold neighborhood. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278294 | Texture Blending Between View-Dependent Texture and Base Texture in a Geographic Information System - Systems and methods for rendering a view-dependent texture in conjunction with a three-dimensional model of a geographic area are provided. A view-dependent texture can be rendered in conjunction with at least portions of the three-dimensional model. A base texture can be rendered for portions of the three-dimensional model in the same field of view that are viewed from a slightly different perspective than a reference direction associated with the view-dependent texture. For instance, a stretching factor can be determined for each portion of the three-dimensional model based on the reference direction and a viewpoint direction associated with the portion of the three-dimensional model. A base texture, a view-dependent texture, or a blended texture can be selected for rendering at the portion of the three-dimensional model based on the stretching factor. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278295 | ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL CAMERA SENSOR - Techniques associated with adaptive sampling are disclosed. In some embodiments, in response to receiving a specification of a scene to render, a sampling of each portion of the scene is determined based at least in part on the specification of the scene such that the scene is not uniformly sampled, and the scene is rendered according to the determined sampling of each portion of the scene. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278296 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF PIXELS - Adaptive sampling of pixels is disclosed. In some embodiments, an initial rendering of a scene that determines texture at each portion of the scene is generated, and a ray traced rendering of the scene is generated by tracing an initial sample of rays. The following steps are iterated until all portions of the ray traced rendering satisfy a noise threshold: subtract the initial rendering of the scene from the ray traced rendering of the scene to determine a measure of noise at each portion of the ray traced rendering and trace another sample of rays in the ray traced rendering for each portion of the ray traced rendering that does not satisfy the noise threshold. The completed ray traced rendering is outputted. Different portions of the completed ray traced rendering are sampled with different numbers of samples of rays. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278297 | Query Resolver for Global Illumination of 3-D Rendering - Rendering system combines point sampling and volume sampling operations to produce rendering outputs. For example, to determine color information for a surface location in a 3-D scene, one or more point sampling operations are conducted in a volume around the surface location, and one or more sampling operations of volumetric light transport data are performed farther from the surface location. A transition zone between point sampling and volume sampling can be provided, in which both point and volume sampling operations are conducted. Data obtained from point and volume sampling operations can be blended in determining color information for the surface location. For example, point samples are obtained by tracing a ray for each point sample, to identify an intersection between another surface and the ray, to be shaded, and volume samples are obtained from a nested 3-D grids of volume elements expressing light transport data at different levels of granularity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278298 | OBJECT DEFINITION IN VIRTUAL 3D ENVIRONMENT - Objects in a voxel based computer generated three dimensional environment are identified by traversing adjacent voxels meeting a predetermined criterion with respect to a scalar metadata value associated with each voxel, such as opacity or density. These adjacent voxels may be explored in accordance with a tree-crawling algorithm such as a breadth first or depth first algorithm. Once all adjacent cells meeting the criterion are identified, these are determined to represent a discrete object, and displayed as such. The starting point for the traversing process may be the voxel closest to a virtual camera position along the line of sight of that virtual camera meeting the criterion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278299 | Computer Modeling System and Method for Plenoptic Scene Simulation - A method comprising the step of partitioning a 3D model domain into disjoint subsets of interaction and propagation subdomain volumes, wherein propagator methods transport plenoptic field through extents of volumetric media between interaction subdomain boundaries, wherein distinct interaction methods are applied to each interaction subdomain separately and govern the solution process within the subdomain and field-exchange at boundary. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278300 | POINT OF VIEW SELECTION IN VIRTUAL 3D ENVIRONMENT - In a crowded representation of a virtual three dimensional space defined in terms of voxels, an object of interest will often be occluded by one or more objects of varying densities between the virtual camera defining the user's point of view, and the object of interest. To automatically identify an optimal camera position, an number of candidate positions are considered, for example situated at the vertices of a regular polyhedron centred on the object of interest. For each of these candidate positions, a ray is cast towards the object of interest, and the occlusion for each intervening voxel is determined as the product of that voxel's density, and a density transfer function. The virtual camera position corresponding to the least occluded path is then selected as the new point of view. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278301 | HOLLOW OBJECT MODEL VISUALIZATION IN MEDICAL IMAGES - Techniques for generating a hollow model from a medical image are disclosed herein. In an example, a hollow model may be created within a medical imaging visualization application through the generation of a mask of an interior space of a segmented anatomical structure, the extrusion of a shell mask from the mask of the interior space, and the generation of a visualization of the shell mask within the medical imaging visualization application. For example, the mask may be provided as a layer in the medical imaging visualization application, allowing a user to visualize the produced shell mask of the hollow model from the perspective of the medical imaging. In further examples, the hollow model generation techniques may be used with techniques for shell region modifications, variable shell thickness, multiple shell layer, and trimming of shell endpoints. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278302 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING AN IMAGE TO A MODEL - A method of registering an image to a model, comprising: providing a 3D facial model, said 3D facial model being parameterized from a plurality of facial expressions in images of a reference person to obtain a plurality of sparse and spatially localized deformation components; tracking a set of facial landmarks in a sequence of facial images of a target person to provide sets of feature points defining sparse facial landmarks; computing, a set of localized affine transformations connecting a set of facial regions of the said 3D facial model to the sets of feature points defining the sparse facial landmarks; and applying the localized affine transformations to the 3D facial model and registering the sequence of facial images with the transformed 3D facial model. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL SENSOR DATA GENERATION WITH DEPTH GROUND TRUTH ANNOTATION - Methods and systems for generating virtual sensor data for developing or testing computer vision detection algorithms are described. A system and a method may involve generating a virtual environment. The system and the method may also involve positioning a virtual sensor at a first location in the virtual environment. The system and the method may also involve recording data characterizing the virtual environment, the data corresponding to information generated by the virtual sensor sensing the virtual environment. The system and the method may further involves annotating the data with a depth map characterizing a spatial relationship between the virtual sensor and the virtual environment. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278304 | SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR INTEGRATION OF VISUAL IMAGES OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT INTO VIRTUAL REALITY - A method for use with a head-mounted display in a physical environment includes obtaining depth information of the physical environment and capturing a visual image of the physical environment. The method also includes determining a spatial relationship between a user of the head-mounted display and one or more physical objects included in the physical environment based on the depth information. The visual image is then segmented based on the spatial relationship to generate a segmented image that includes the one or more physical objects. The segmented image is then overlaid on a virtual image to display both the virtual image and the one or more physical objects on the head-mounted display. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278305 | Three Dimensional Heads-up Display Unit Including Visual Context for Voice Commands - The disclosure includes a system and method for wireless data sharing between a mobile client device and a three-dimensional heads-up display unit. A system may include a three-dimensional heads-up display unit (“3D HUD”) installed in a vehicle. The system may include a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: establish a peer-to-peer video stream between a mobile client device and the vehicle; generate live video data for providing a video stream for causing a screen of the mobile client device to display visual content of the 3D HUD that includes substantially live images depicting what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD; and stream the live video data to the mobile client device to cause the screen of the mobile client device to display the video stream that depicts what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278306 | Virtual Reality (VR) Cadence Profile Adjustments for Navigating VR Users in VR Environments - A method, system, computer readable media and cloud systems are provided for adjusting image data presented in a head mounted display (HMD). One method includes executing a virtual reality (VR) session for an HMD user. The VR session is configured to present image data to a display of the HMD. The image data is for a VR environment that includes a VR user controlled by the HMD user. The method further includes adjusting the image data presented on the display of the HMD with the cadence profile when the VR user is moved in the VR environment by the HMD user. The adjusting causes a movement of a camera view for the image data that is for the VR environment as presented on the display of the HMD. In some examples, the cadence profile substantially replicates a rhythmic movement of a person while moving in a real world environment. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278307 | DANGER AVOIDANCE SUPPORT PROGRAM - A danger avoidance support program is described which make it possible to always grasp the surrounding situation and avoid danger such as collision even when using a smartphone while walking. This danger avoidance support program detects a direction to each of a plurality of measurement objects located ahead of the portable information terminal and measures the distance to the each measurement object to display the plurality of measurement objects in real time on the screen of the portable information terminal by mapping the plurality of measurement objects in the space of the screen of the portable information terminal on the basis of the detected directions and the measured distances. The plurality of measurement objects are displayed on the screen of the portable information terminal as translucent images which are superimposed on an image displayed by another application running on the portable information terminal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278308 | IMAGE MODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT USING 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODEL BASED RECOGNITION - Techniques are provided for image modification and enhancement based on recognition of objects in a scene image. An example system may include an image rendering circuit to render a number of image variations of an object based on a 3D model of the object. The 3D model may be generated by a computer aided design tool or a 3D scanning tool. The system may also include a classifier generation circuit to generate an object recognition classifier based on the rendered image variations. The system may further include an object recognition circuit to recognize the object from an image of a scene containing the object. The recognition is performed by the generated object recognition classifier. The system may still further include an image modification circuit to create a mask to segment the recognized object from the image of the scene and modify the masked segment of the image of the scene. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278309 | BOOLEAN OBJECT MANAGEMENT IN 3D DISPLAY - The objects present in a particular computer generated 3d environment are represented to a user as distributed amongst a plurality of display area. The relative positions of the objects are maintained, and whenever an object is removed from one display area it is added to another. The point of view presented to the user may be the same for each display area, with all being controlled together, or separate control may be provided for each area or sub-group of areas. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278310 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONVERSION OF 2D ASSETS INTO 3D GRAPHICAL SCENES - A computer-implemented method of and system for converting a two-dimensional drawing into a navigable three-dimensional computer graphics representation of a scene that includes inputting the two-dimensional drawing, embedding some portion of the two-dimensional drawings onto one or more two-dimensional planes, arranging the two-dimensional planes in a virtual three-dimensional space; and outputting the arranged two-dimensional planes into the three-dimensional computer graphics representation of the scene. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278311 | INTELLIGENT PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An intelligent parking management system for residential communities is disclosed that includes a license plate reader; and a server communicatively coupled to the license plate reader over a network. The server includes a memory storing a parking policy and registered license places for one or more residential communities registered with the at least one server; and at least one processor. The processor is operably configured to receive a license plate number, over the network, from the license plate reader; compare the license plate number to a plurality of registered license plate numbers stored in the memory; and communicate, over the network, a parking violation message as a result of determining that the license plate number does not match any one of the plurality of registered license plate numbers to a user such as a resident, a towing company, or administrator. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE - Systems and methods for automatic maintenance of an autonomous vehicle include: identifying a maintenance requirement for an autonomous vehicle, wherein identifying a maintenance requirement includes using one or more sensors to obtain vehicle maintenance data; in response to identifying the maintenance requirement, generating a maintenance request comprising a description or data relating to the maintenance requirement; transmitting the maintenance request; receiving maintenance instructions comprising maintenance routing instructions and a maintenance schedule for a maintenance session for resolving the maintenance requirement; and implementing the maintenance instructions | 2017-09-28 |
20170278313 | ONBOARD VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC, MONITORING, SAFETY, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A device, method, and system may remotely monitor one or more subsystems in a terrestrial vehicle. In one embodiment, a method and system may schedule maintenance and order replacement parts after comparing the reported data with threshold data. In one embodiment, stake-holders, law enforcement entities, government agencies, and national security organizations may access the reported data. In one embodiment, a modular device may monitor vehicle subsystems, vehicle environmental data, a driver's heart beat, a driver's eye activity, a driver's head position, vehicle environmental data, and a driver's ID data. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278314 | TIRE CONDITION TELEMETRICS SYSTEM - A tire condition telemetrics system. The system includes a vehicle having an onboard computer and one or more wheel assemblies with one or more tires with a tire tread. A prediction as to when said tire tread will fall below a minimum tread depth in performed. The prediction is based on an amount of distance said wheel assemblies experience said wheel slip condition, a distance said wheel assemblies drive over said one or more road materials, a distance said wheel assemblies drive in rain and snow, a distance one or more loads are on said vehicle, an amount of braking force applied by one or more braking systems to said wheel assemblies and a speed of said vehicle when said braking force is applied. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDLE STATE DETERMINATION - An idle state determination system and method are disclosed for a work vehicle having an engine and at least one movable work implement. The movable work implement includes a load bin. The idle state determination system includes a source of work vehicle data that indicates one or more operational parameters of the work vehicle, including at least a speed, a state of an engine and a position of the load bin. The idle state determination system including a source of idle state classifications that include a plurality of idle states associated with the work vehicle, and the plurality of idle states including at least a waiting idle state and a loading idle state. The idle state determination system includes a controller that processes the work vehicle data to determine an idle state of the work vehicle. The controller classifies the idle state as one of the plurality of idle states. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TELEMATICS DATA TO IMPROVE FLEET MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS - According to various embodiments, a fleet management system is provided for capturing, storing, and analyzing telematics data to improve fleet management operations. The fleet management system may be used, for example, by a shipping entity (e.g., a common carrier) to capture telematics data from a plurality of vehicle sensors located on various delivery vehicles and to analyze the captured telematics data. In particular, various embodiments of the fleet management system are configured to analyze engine idle data in relation to other telematics data in order to identify inefficiencies, safety hazards, and theft hazards in a driver's delivery process. The fleet management system may also be configured to assess various aspects of vehicle performance, such as vehicle travel delays and vehicle speeds. These analytical capabilities allow the fleet management system to assist fleet managing entities, or other entities, in analyzing driver performance, reducing fuel and maintenance costs, and improving route planning. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278317 | VEHICLE LIFT CONFIGURED FOR INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTING DEVICES - A vehicle lift comprising a main housing and a carriage assembly configured to engage a wheel of a vehicle, with the carriage assembly being vertically shiftable relative to the main housing. The vehicle lift additionally includes a lift control module for controlling actuation of said carriage assembly. The vehicle lift further includes a docking area configured to receive a diagnostic device, with the docking area including a power port configured to provide power to the diagnostic device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278318 | VEHICLE EVENT RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This disclosure relates to a system configured to generate synchronized electronic vehicle event records. The synchronized vehicle event records may include vehicle operation information, video information, and/or other information. The synchronized electronic vehicle event records may be generated remotely (e.g., “in the cloud”) from a vehicle. The system is configured to communicate with factory installed and/or other (e.g., third party) vehicle systems to generate the vehicle event information and/or cause other information relevant to a particular vehicle event to be transmitted in addition to the vehicle event information. By communicating with existing vehicle systems and causing these systems to transmit information related to vehicle events themselves, and generating the synchronized electronic vehicle event records remotely from a vehicle the system reduces the amount and/or cost of aftermarket equipment that must be installed in a vehicle for vehicle event monitoring. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278319 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR BRAKE OF TRAIN AND AUTOMATIC TRAIN OPERATION EQUIPMENT DUE TO THE REDUCTION BRAKING PERFORMANCE USING THE SAME AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR BRAKE OF TRAIN - The present invention relates to a fault diagnosis apparatus for a brake of a train, an automatic train operation system operated due to degradation of braking performance using the same, and a fault diagnosis method for the brake of the train. In particular, the present invention is directed to determining that a fault has occurred in the brake when the difference between the current acceleration of the train and the required acceleration is greater than or equal to a reference value and safely moving the train to a stopping point through a powering operation or coasting operation such that emergency braking is not applied by an automatic train protection (ATP) system if the fault has occurred in the brake. When a fault occurs in the brake of the train, the train is automatically operated such that emergency braking is not triggered by an ATP system. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278320 | IN-VEHICLE GATEWAY DEVICE, STORAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An in-vehicle gateway device according to an embodiment includes a storage unit, a plurality of internal communication processors, a routing processor and a storage controller. The storage unit stores therein data output by an electronic control unit included in the in-vehicle system. The internal communication processors include an internal communication processor to which at least one electronic control unit is connected. The routing processor transfers data among the internal communication processors and outputs at least a part of the transferred data to the storage unit in a form capable of being stored in the storage unit. The storage controller manipulates or filters, in accordance with a certain rule, at least one of the data to store in the storage unit and the data output from the storage unit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278321 | REPORTING DEVICE - A reporting device that is connected to at least one vehicle, which is controlled based on a result of recognition by an outside recognizer, via a network provides the vehicle with information on a possibility of a failure in outside recognition on the basis of a condition under which a failure in outside recognition has occurred previously. Preliminarily, if a failure such as non-detection or erroneous detection occurs due to an outside recognizer of a connected car, the abnormality is stored while being linked with an external traveling environment such as the position of the vehicle or a weather. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PRODUCTIVITY OF A PAVING MACHINE - A method of monitoring a productivity of a paving machine is provided. The method includes receiving a signal, through a load monitoring device, indicative of a change in a load on a frame of the paving machine. The method also includes determining a sum value of the change in the load on the frame based on the signal received each time when a material is delivered to the paving machine, and when the signal indicates an increase in the load on the frame. The method further includes determining a weight of the material provided to the paving machine based on at least the sum value of the change in the load. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278323 | Methods and Systems for Utilizing Information Collected from Multiple Sensors to Protect a Vehicle from Malware and Attacks - Various embodiments include methods, and computing devices implementing the methods, for analyzing sensor information to identify an abnormal vehicle behavior. A computing device may monitor sensors (e.g., a closely-integrated vehicle sensor, a loosely-integrated vehicle sensor, a non-vehicle sensor, etc.) in the vehicle to collect the sensor information, analyze the collected sensor information to generate an analysis result, and use the generated analysis result to determine whether a behavior of the vehicle is abnormal. The computing device may also generate a communication message in response to determining that the behavior of the vehicle is abnormal, and send the generated communication message to an external entity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278324 | DYNAMIC OFFLINE CARD AUTHORIZATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating rules to apply to fare transactions when a fare card reader cannot communicate with an authorization server, for generating historical data and a risk score for a fare card that are used by a fare card reader, with the rules, to determine whether to authorize access to a transit service when the fare card reader cannot communicate with the authorization server, and for selectively permitting or denying access to the transit service using the rules and the historical data or the score for a fare card. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278325 | DYNAMIC OFFLINE CARD AUTHORIZATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating rules to apply to fare transactions when a fare card reader cannot communicate with an authorization server, for generating historical data and a risk score for a fare card that are used by a fare card reader, with the rules, to determine whether to authorize access to a transit service when the fare card reader cannot communicate with the authorization server, and for selectively permitting or denying access to the transit service using the rules and the historical data or the score for a fare card. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278326 | DRIVER INDENTIFICATION USING VEHICLE APPROACH VECTORS - Systems and methods for driver identification using vehicle approach vectors are disclosed. An example disclosed vehicle includes a plurality of beacons configured to connect to a first mobile device and a second mobile device. The example vehicle also includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors. The example vehicle includes a driver identifier configured to predict trajectories for the first and second mobile devices based on information received from the plurality of beacons and the plurality of ultrasonic sensors, and determine which one of the mobile devices is associated with a driver based on the predicted trajectories. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278327 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing system that identifies communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal used by a user when the user uses communication through an access point. An information processing system includes a communication terminal identification information storage unit that stores the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device, a person identifying information comparison processing unit that determines whether there is a same person using at least two or more pieces of person identifying information acquired in a person identifying information acquisition device in a certain wireless LAN communication spot where the wireless communication device exists, and a communication terminal identification information narrowing-down processing unit that performs, from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, processing for narrowing down the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by extracting pieces of communication terminal identification information corresponding to the respective pieces of person identifying information from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, and identifying common communication terminal identification information, when existence of the same person is determined as a result of the determination. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278328 | ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF ADMISSION TICKETS DIRECT TO A PURCHASER - Electronic delivery of counterfeit-resistant documents exchangeable for value such as admission tickets, gift certificates, coupons, vouchers, etc. directly to the person who ordered the documents over an open communications network such as the Internet. A first party orders a document from a second party, and the second party electronically delivers the ordered, counterfeit-resistant document to a device designated by the first party. For example, the document may be electronically ordered using a PC, and a printer coupled to the PC may print the document. Alternatively, the electronic information may be provided to a fax, or the document ordered by telephone and electronically delivered to a PC or fax. The document may be made counterfeit resistant by assigning unique information to each document of a given type, e.g., admission tickets, and checking the uniqueness of a document prior to allowing it to be exchanged for value. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278329 | CAR SHARING SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS FOR CAR SHARING SYSTEM - A car sharing system includes: an IC card carried by a user and including an identification ID of the user; an in-vehicle apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle, and includes a card reading portion reading the IC card and a switch control portion performing an on-off control of a vehicle power source switch that allows traveling of a vehicle; and a management apparatus that is disposed in a reservation management center, wirelessly communicates with the in-vehicle apparatus, manages an operation status of the vehicle, and further manages reservation information. The in-vehicle apparatus reads the IC card by the card reading portion and, based on authentication of an the identification ID by collation between the identification ID, which is read, and the reservation information, executes a check-in process of the vehicle and turns on the vehicle power source switch. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS VEHICULAR ACCESS DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a mobile device to activate a recognition sequence. The method also includes transmitting a plurality of time-stamped recognition codes to the device, responsive to the request. The method further includes receiving an acknowledgement following transmission of a proper recognition code. The method also includes calculating a time-delay between transmission of the proper recognition code and acknowledgement receipt. The method additionally includes receiving a key-code from the device and comparing the key-code to a code exchanged with the device when the device was previously present within a vehicle. Further, the method includes measuring the received strength of multiple wireless signals successively received from the device and conditional on the time-delay being below a predefined threshold, verification of the key-code and the received signal strength of multiple wireless signals matching a predefined pattern of increasing signal strength, providing vehicle system access to the device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278331 | METHOD FOR UTILIZING A WIRELESS CONNECTION TO UNLOCK AN OPENING - A method of operating a lock from a portable remote device includes sending a radio frequency identification signal from the portable remote device to a controller for the lock, and receiving the radio frequency identification signal at the lock controller and identifying the remote device as an authorized user of the lock. The method then includes sending a sound frequency identification signal from the portable remote device to the lock controller, receiving the sound frequency identification signal at the lock controller and identifying the remote device as an authorized user of the lock. The method further includes authorizing operation of the lock in accordance with the radio or sound frequency identification signal from the portable remote device. A system for practicing the method includes a lock controller capable of receiving a radio frequency identification signal and a sound frequency identification signal from the portable remote device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278332 | WRAPPED-COIN DISPENSING APPARATUS - Provided is a wrapped-coin dispensing apparatus | 2017-09-28 |
20170278333 | PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND ITEM IDENTIFICATION - The present invention provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating and identifying products. Methods of the invention are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a product authentication code defined by a frequency array of a population of entities, and an item identifier defined by the specific manifestation of the product authentication code. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278334 | System for Authenticating an Object - A method of authenticating an object ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170278335 | THICKNESS DETECTION DEVICE - A thickness detection device that includes a roller, rollers being a plurality of rollers of a first group, rollers being a plurality of rollers of a second group, sensors being a plurality of sensors of a first group, and sensors being a plurality of sensors of a second group. The roller is a cylindrical fixed roller being rotatable around a shaft. The rollers are provided with an interval therebetween in an axial direction of the roller, with the respective rollers being arranged near the roller on an upstream side in a carrying direction of paper sheets. The movable rollers are provided with an interval therebetween so as to be in a staggered manner with respect to the rollers in the axial direction of the roller, with the respective rollers being arranged near the roller on a downstream side in the carrying direction. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278336 | VENDING MACHINE - The present application describes a vending machine, communicatively coupled with a server. The vending machine comprises a Vending Machine Controller (VMC), a Data Exchange (DEX), a Vivid Transaction System (VTS), a payment device and a microcontroller. The microcontroller selects one of the DEX and the VTS, by changing a jumper setting on a GPIO. The microcontroller communicates with the VMC, the DEX and/or the VTS and the payment device in order to facilitate transaction associated with the vending machine. The microcontroller extracts at least one of inventory data and transaction data from the DEX or VTS associated with the vending machine and transmit at least one of the inventory data and the transaction data to the server for further processing and analysis. The microcontroller receives recommendation information pertaining to at least one of inventory and transaction associated to the vending machine from the server based upon the processing and analysis. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278337 | SOFT GOOD DISPENSING DEVICE WITH ROTARY CUTTING BLADE, LIFT ELEMENT, AND CLAMPING MECHANISM - A soft good dispensing device includes a loading zone, one or more rollers, and a cutting mechanism. The loading zone is configured to receive a soft good supply. The one or more rollers are configured to automatically unwind a desired quantity of a soft good from the soft good supply. The cutting mechanism is configured to automatically separate the desired quantity of the soft good from the soft good supply. The cutting mechanism includes a rotary cutting blade and a rotatable blade adjustment mechanism. The rotary cutting blade is configured to cut the soft good as the rotary cutting blade travels relative to an unwound portion of the soft good. The rotatable blade adjustment mechanism is coupled to the rotary cutting blade and operable to extend the rotary cutting blade from the cutting mechanism and retract the cutting blade into the cutting mechanism. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278338 | FUEL DISPENSER HAVING INTEGRATED CONTROL ELECTRONICS - A fuel dispenser comprises fuel flow piping defining a flow path from a source of fuel toward a fueling nozzle. A plurality of fuel handling components are disposed along the fuel flow piping. Control electronics, in operative communication with the fluid handling components, include a multi-core processor having at least two processor cores located on a common integrated circuit chip, the at least two processor cores utilizing different operating systems in an asynchronous manner. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278339 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A GAME WITH BLOCKADING GAME SYMBOLS - An apparatus and method for a game of play for use in a casino establishment, or on a general purpose computing device for offering games with multiple outcomes and including blockading game elements or symbols. A base game, or an outcome on a base game that triggers a sub-game or a bonus game involves forming winning combinations from combinations of symbols in a matrix using only accessible symbol positions. Achieving winning combinations of symbols among accessible symbols results in awards to players. The apparatus and method are offered on electronic gaming machines such as slot machines and video poker machines, but may also be deployed on other devices such as on a general purpose computing device or mobile phone in stand-alone form or connected to a network, such as the internet. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BINGO - A method for playing a game of chance which is played for prizes includes cards bearing numbers or other designations. In such a game, a holder of the card covers numbers or other designations when objects, similarly numbered or designated, are drawn or electronically determined. The game is won by the first person covering a previously designated number of numbers or other designations on such cards wherein at least some of the numbers or other designations are selected by a player. | 2017-09-28 |
20170278341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC GAME OF BACCARAT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A MULTIPLIER FEATURE - In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic baccarat game includes one or more multiplier feature improvements. One example of a multiplier improvement includes activating a bonus awarding mechanism (e.g., a wheel) once a plurality of qualifying conditions are satisfied during play of the primary game. In one example embodiments, the qualifying conditions include the obtainment of a Player Pair, a Banker Pair and a Tie during play of the primary game. In one embodiments, each of the qualifying conditions may be satisfied more than once and a multiplier associated with the bonus awarding mechanism (e.g., a multiplier corresponding to a respective qualifying condition) is increased each time the qualifying condition is satisfied. | 2017-09-28 |