43rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150302207 | PROVIDING INTRUSION DETECTION, MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN A SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a system includes a processor with at least one core to execute an application to provide intrusion detection and protection, a radar sensor to detect presence of one or more persons within a detection zone about the system and to output a detection notification responsive to the presence detection, and a peripheral controller coupled to the radar sensor to receive the detection notification and to provide the detection notification to the application, where the application is to cause a protection measure to be performed responsive to the detection notification. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302208 | TRIGGER SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method that generate a trigger signal required for side channel analysis by analyzing the data of a smart card cryptographic module in real time. In the trigger signal generation method, a data input/output signal of a cryptographic module is monitored in real time. A preset section in the data input/output signal is analyzed. A reference signal is generated using the data input/output signal and a signal obtained from results of analysis of the preset section, and a trigger signal is generated using the reference signal. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302209 | CONTROL APPARATUS | 2015-10-22 |
20150302210 | SECURE DATA ACCESS - Embodiments for preventing data loss and allowing selective access data include systems and methods that determine that a file has been created or received; determine a fingerprint of the file, wherein the fingerprint is a record of the file for comparison to the file at a later time; determine at least one permitted use related to the file, wherein the permitted uses comprises a permitted user and a permitted action; determine that the file is being accessed by a user; determine whether the user is a permitted user of the file based on an identity of the user; compare the file to the associated fingerprint of the file when the user is a permitted user; determine the action being taken by the user when the file matches the associated fingerprint; and permit the action to occur when the action is a permitted action of the file. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302211 | REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile storage medium safety system and method is disclosed. The mobile storage medium safety system provided at a host includes a file manager module for recognizing at least one file stored in a mobile storage medium when the mobile storage medium is connected to the host and a control unit for mounting on the host only a selective file selected by a predetermined method from at least one file recognized through the file manager module. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302212 | System for Meetings Documentation that Enables Access to the Documentation only by the Consent of the Participants - A system for audio and visual documenting of personal meetings between two or more persons whereby the documentation is stored in a memory means where the access to the memory means can be done only by consent of said participants and by a positive action made by each of them. The system includes a casing, a memory means, a recording voice means or a video recording means, a locking means and authorized keys. The memory means is saved in the casing and locked by the locking means. Opening the locking means and the casing can be done only by using authorized keys. The locking means is a locking means selected from the group consisting of a mechanical locking, an electronic lock, an electric lock, a lock based on magnetic cards, a biometric lock, a locking means based on finger print, retina or DNA sample. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302213 | SYSTEM SECURITY DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE, AND SYSTEM SECURITY DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD - Security measures taking into consideration significance of handled information is made applicable and prevents security requirement to be set in the system from missing, in system security design. In supporting requirement defining and measures planning, the system as the target of design is indicated divided in a plurality of zones and is classified into a path | 2015-10-22 |
20150302214 | FEDERATED PATIENT GUARANTEED UNIQUE IDENTIFICAITON (GUID) MATCHING - A method includes receiving patient data for a patient in electronic format. The patent data includes information that identifies the patient. The method further includes labeling the patient data with a guaranteed unique identifier. The method further includes at least one of removing or visually obscuring any information in the patient data that identifies the patient. The method further includes conveying, electronically, the labeled patient data to a third party remote computing/storage service. The labeled patient data is stored at the remote computing/storage service without any information in the patient data that identifies the patient. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302215 | SENSITIVE OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to the field of network technologies, and discloses a sensitive operation verification method, a terminal device, a server, and a verification system. The method includes: scanning, by a first terminal device, a two-dimensional code for initiating a sensitive operation, and obtaining information in the two-dimensional code, the information in the two-dimensional code being at least used to uniquely determine the sensitive operation; and sending, by the first terminal device, a first verification request to a verification server, the first verification request carrying verification information of the first terminal device and the information in the two-dimensional code. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302216 | SECURE ENDPOINT FILE EXPORT IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments for preventing data loss in a business environment are provided. In some embodiments, a secure endpoint file export application assigns users to different classes having different permissions for accessing and writing data. In an embodiment, the system and method are configured to identify a plurality of users in a business environment; classify the plurality of users according to business needs; assign the users to one of at least two classes based on the classification; determine that the first user is permitted to access the data; transmit the secure file to a second user who is permitted to write the data in the secure file to removable media; write the data in the secure file to the removable media; and track a location of the removable media. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302217 | APPLICATION ENGAGEMENT IDENTIFICATION USING A DYNAMIC PATTERN - Systems and methods securely determine whether a human or a hacking computing device attempts to engage an application. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to identifying a defined pattern to be displayed by a user interface for an individual to trace. The defined pattern is dynamically displayed so that characteristics associated with the defined pattern change as the defined pattern is displayed. A background is displayed simultaneously with the defined pattern. The background randomly changes as the characteristics associated with the defined pattern change. The likelihood that a hacking computing device can recognize the dynamically changing defined pattern from the dynamically changing background is low while the likelihood that the human brain can do so is high. Thus, user attempting to engage the application is confirmed as a human when a trace of the defined patter is received. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILE HIDING - A method for hiding a file. The method includes receiving the file to hide, wherein the file comprises file metadata, and file content, obtaining the file metadata from the file, generating a message digest using at least a portion of the file metadata, extracting, from the message digest, a derived file name and a file encryption key. The method further includes encrypting, using the file encryption key, the file to obtain encrypted file content, associating the encrypted file content with the derived file name and decoy file metadata to obtain an encrypted file, and storing the encrypted file in a file directory. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302219 | METHOD IN A PROCESSOR, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - There is disclosed a method in which information relating to a sequence of instructions of a thread is examined to determine a security condition of the thread. It is further determined by using the security condition which processor core of a multicore processor has an appropriate security mode to fulfil the security condition. If the determining indicates that one or more processor cores of the multicore processor has the appropriate security mode are available, one of the one or more processor cores is selected as a potential processor core to execute the sequence of instructions of the thread. There is also disclosed an apparatus and a computer program product to implement the method. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302220 | SECURE DATA CONTAINERS - Embodiments for providing secure data containers and allowing selective access to files stored in the containers include systems and methods that receive a request to create a container, wherein the container is a file system comprising access parameters that define one or more permitted actions and one or more permitted users for the container; determine duration parameters for the container, wherein the duration parameter comprise a time duration during which the container may be accessed; determine a fingerprint of the container, the fingerprint being a record of the container for comparison to the container at a later time; generate the container with the access parameters, duration parameters, and fingerprint; monitor the container for compliance with the access parameters, duration parameters, and fingerprint; and apply a consequence when the container is not in compliance with the access parameters, duration parameters, or fingerprint. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302221 | SECURE ACCESS TO PROGRAMMING DATA - Embodiments for preventing data loss and allowing selective data access are provided. In some embodiments, the system and method are configured to receive task protocols and registration requests; determine an allowed list based on the protocols or requests, the list comprising registered data and codes needed to execute a task; allow a user to establish a connection to a device to execute the task on the device; identify data being transferred to and from the device; compare the data being transferred and the allowable list; and determine that at least some of the data being transferred is allowable. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302222 | COMPUTING MACHINE, ACCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - When an access occurs to an I/O device from an OS | 2015-10-22 |
20150302223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING CENTRALISED PATIENT DATA - A system and method is provided to allow access to centralised patient data captured from a medical device across an open network to a third party. The system and method receives the request based upon patient-specific information, checks the request and allows access if the request matches stored information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302224 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SECURE SERVICES FOR COMPUTING DEVICE - A method of processing secure services is provided. The method is applied to a processing unit of a computing device to control the processing unit to process multiple secure services. The computing device includes a storage unit. The method includes: controlling a core of the processing unit to perform following steps in a secure mode: accessing the storage unit to obtain a first command that includes first secure service information, processing a first secure service associated with the first secure service information according to the first command, and accessing the storage unit to obtain a second command that includes second secure service information. During a period from a time point that the core accesses the storage unit to obtain the first to a time point that the core accesses the second command, the core is controlled to stay in the secure mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302225 | MULTI-PURPOSE CREDIT CARD READER APPARATUS - A credit card reader shields a credit card, stores data from one or more credit cards simultaneously and then selectively broadcasts data associated with one of the cards. A slim, electromagnetically shielding housing has a cavity and a card reader for reading data from a credit card received in the cavity. A processor connects the card reader to a memory component, and connects both to an RFID device, where the credit card data can be broadcast to an RFID reader. A control interface allows a user to initiate reading credit card data, to select a card data set to store in memory, or to broadcast a dataset. A display shows transaction information and stored card data. A retractable input/output plug can engage a socket on another device to transmit and receive data. A memory card device can selectively store credit card data and transaction data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302226 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ID AND ID CARD USING THE SAME - A system for identifying identity (ID) and an ID card using the same are provided in the present invention. The ID card utilizes a specific ID reader to identify the ID of the ID card. The ID card includes a card case, a plurality of disposing positions for electrodes and at least a specific conductor electrode. The disposing positions are disposed in the card case. The specific conductor electrode(s) is/are disposed on at least one of the disposing positions according to the ID of the ED card. The specific card reader includes a flat panel sensor. When the ID card is close to the flat panel sensor of the card reader, the flat panel sensor senses the position of the conductor electrode(s) to determine the ID of the ID card. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ABOUT AN OBJECT ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for enabling a portable electronic device to retrieve information about an object when the object's symbology, e.g., a barcode, is detected. According to one embodiment a method is providing in which symbology associated with an object is detected and decoded to obtain a decode string. The decode string is sent to one or more visual detection applications for processing, wherein the one or more visual detection applications reside on the portable electronic device, and receiving a first amount of information about the object from the one or more visual detection applications. The method also includes sending the decode string to a remote server for processing and receiving a second amount of information about the object from the remote server. The first amount of information is combined with the second amount of information to obtain cumulative information which is displayed on the portable electronic device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302228 | READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - A reading apparatus reading information from an RFID tag attached to a commodity configured to comprise: a casing consisting of an opening serving as an entrance and exit port of a commodity and a space for housing the commodity inside; an antenna configured to be arranged inside the space; an opening and closing lid configured to open and close the opening; an acquisition module configured to acquire an opening and closing state of the opening and closing lid; a reading module configured to execute, in a case in which the opening and closing state acquired by the acquisition module indicates a closing state of the opening and closing lid, a reading processing for reading information relating to commodities from RFID tags of each of the commodities housed in the casing through the antenna; and an output module configured to output the information read by the reading module. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302229 | REGISTERING OF A TRANSPONDER TAG VIA AN ALTERNATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD - A transmitter circuit generates an electric source signal, and emits a corresponding alternating electromagnetic field. A receiver antenna registers the alternating electromagnetic field and any modifications thereof due the presence of a tag unit within a range of operation. The receiver antenna is arranged relative to the transmitter antenna and a potential tag unit, such that a portion of the emitted alternating electromagnetic field reaches the receiver antenna unmodified irrespective of whether or not a tag unit is present within the range of operation. A receiver circuit connected to the receiver antenna produces an electric detection signal in response to the alternating electromagnetic fields. Based on the electric detection signal, a processing unit discriminates identification data of any tag unit having modified the alternating electromagnetic field by utilizing an aiding signal component originating from the unmodified portion of the alternating electromagnetic field. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302230 | Method for Operating a Communication System - A method for operating a communication system comprises a transponder having at least one antenna, in particular in the form of a portable data carrier, and a reading device having at least one antenna. The reading device is configured to exchange data with the transponder. An exchange of data between the transponder and the reading device is possible within a predetermined range. A measurement and evaluation is effected of the time of a command transmitted from the reading device to the transponder and the receipt of a corresponding response of the transponder by the reading device. In so doing, a processing is effected of a card-individual length of time T_icc, wherein the card-individual length of time T_icc specifies how long the transponder takes for the receipt and the processing of a command received from the reading device and the sending of a corresponding response. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302231 | MULTIMODE RESONATOR AND RFID TAGS USING THE SAME - Chipless RFID tags and a tag system are provided, wherein the stepped impedance higher-order mode resonator includes two sets of composite transmission lines each set having an equal line length and including a plurality of transmission lines each having a plurality of specific levels to which the transmission line characteristic impedance is assigned, the two sets of composite transmission lines each connected in series, the sets being connected at the center to form an electrically symmetrical configuration and wherein the chipless RFID tags and the tag system allow each of the codes to be assigned to each of the structures of the stepped impedance higher-order mode resonator, and allow each of those codes to be identified by detecting each of the combinations of the higher-order mode resonance frequencies that may be produced from each the structures of the resonator that corresponds to each of the codes that have been assigned. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302232 | OVERCAP FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRONIC TAG TO A BOTTLE CAP - An overcap is provided for placement on a cap for a container. The overcap includes a pair of mating components separated by a hinge. Interlocking means is provided for securing the components together about the cap. The interlocking means couples the components for rotation about the cap without causing removable rotation of the cap and preventing non-destructible detachment of the components. The components define a lip for positioning beneath the cap for preventing removal of the overcap therefrom without destructible detachment of the components. The overcap supports an electronic tag therein. The mating components of the overcap include a severable location for removing the overcap from the cap. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302233 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A SET OF COMMUNICATING OBJECTS ALLOWING THE PROPAGATION OF A SIGNAL, NOTABLY A WAKE INSTRUCTION, BETWEEN SAID OBJECTS - The method for managing a set ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150302234 | EXTERNAL ACCESS TO MEMORY ON AN RFID TAG - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for an RFID tag comprising a radio frequency (RF) network node and a communication facility, the RF network node comprising a data processing and controller block for digital information processing, a memory store, and a power management block for managing power requirements of the RFID tag, wherein an external computing device accesses the memory store through a communications bus. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302235 | RACE TIMING SYSTEM - A race timing system | 2015-10-22 |
20150302236 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE - A method of identifying a two-dimensional bar code in digital image data of the bar code, the bar code comprising first and second type elements arranged in an ordered grid and having an outline that comprises an L-shape clock line with transitions between the first and second type elements and an L-shape solid line without transitions between the first and second type elements, wherein approximate corners in the digital image data determine a first and a second pair of opposite edge segments along the outline, the method comprising scanning in the digital image data a first edge segment of the first pair and counting transitions between the first and second type elements along the first edge segment of the first pair; if no transitions were counted along the first edge segment of the first pair, then scanning in the digital image data the second edge segment of the first pair and counting transitions between the first and second type elements along the second edge segment of the first pair; scanning in the digital image data a first edge segment of the second pair and counting transitions between the first and second type elements along the first edge segment of the second pair; if no transitions were counted along the first edge segment of the second pair, then scanning in the digital image data the second edge segment of the second pair and counting transitions between the first and second type elements along the second edge segment of the second pair; identifying the edge segment of the first pair and the edge segment of the second pair along which transitions were counted as the L-shape clock line of the bar code, and identifying the edge segment of the first pair and the edge segment of the second pair along which no transitions were counted as the L-shape solid line of the bar code. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302237 | CELL MONITORING DEVICE, CELL MONITORING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A cell monitoring device includes an outline detecting section that detects edge pixels from a cell image in a captured image of cells arranged in a single layer and generates an edge image including the detected edge pixels; a pigmented region detecting section that detects pixels of a pigmented region of the cell image in the captured image, and generates a pigmented region image including the detected pixels of the pigmented region; and an image merging section that, in a merged image obtained by overlaying the edge image and the pigmented region image together, detects a cell image region and a background image region in the captured image based on the pixel intensity variance and thus detects the cell image region in the captured image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302238 | Method and Apparatus for Surveying with a Feature Location - Methods are provided for conducting surveys of regions of interest, points of interest, and objects of interest. The methods typically involve using a survey instrument with programmed logic. The programmed logic may include one or more base of knowledge in an electronically accessible format, and may include statistical analysis software. The survey instrument generally includes a display and one or more sensors. The sensors may include a visible image or an infrared image sensor. The program logic may be used to guide an operator through a survey. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302239 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image storage section | 2015-10-22 |
20150302240 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING FEATURE POINTS ON HUMAN FACE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method, device and storage medium for locating feature points on a human face. The method for locating feature points on a human face of the present invention comprises: preliminary locating of the position of a human face by combining human face detection with human eye matching, and acquiring preliminary locating information; according to the preliminary locating information, fitting feature points on the human face; and according to the fitting result, completing the locating of the feature points on the human face. The present invention has the beneficial effects that: by using human face detection and human eye matching at the same time, and incorporating at least one feature of an appearance model according to the preliminary locating information, the position information about a human face is more accurately located, and the location of the feature points on the human face is accurately accomplished. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302241 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF A STATE OF A SUBJECT - Systems and methods for improving the health and wellbeing of subjects in an industrial setting are disclosed. The systems may include a camera arranged so as to observe one or more features of a subject, and a processor, coupled to the camera, the processor configured to analyze one or more images obtained therefrom, to extract one or more features from the image(s) of the subject, and to analyze one or more of the features, or sub features nested therein to predict an outcome of a state of the subject. In particular the system may be configured to generate a diagnostic signal (e.g. an outcome, fever, mastitis, virus, bacterial infection, rut, etc.) based upon the analysis. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302242 | METHOD OF PROCESSING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for processing content in an electronic device and an electronic device for doing the same are provided. The method includes acquiring content including at least one character, and performing at least one of classifying the acquired content into at least one of a plurality of categories by analyzing the acquired content or generating vector images including a vector image corresponding to the at least one character based on the acquired content and displaying at least a part of the vector images on a display functionally connected to the electronic device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302243 | DISTANCE BASED BINARY CLASSIFIER OF HANDWRITTEN WORDS - This disclosure provides methods and systems to classify handwritten words associated with an answer to a question. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a reference dictionary is constructed as a function of a known answer to the question, the reference dictionary including handwritten characters which are used for comparison purposes to determine if the handwritten answer if correct or not. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302244 | ADJUSTING DIFFERENT AREAS OF A PAYMENT INSTRUMENT IMAGE INDEPENDENTLY - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for allowing independent adjustment for different areas of a payment instrument image. An example method includes updating an image property of an area of a clearing payment instrument image associated with a tangible payment instrument including a payee, a payor, an amount, and an authorization, the tangible payment instrument to be submitted for electronic transaction clearing, wherein the clearing payment instrument image is associated with a first value of the image property, the image property of the area is updated to a second value different than the first value of the image property, and the area of the clearing payment instrument image includes less than the entire clearing payment image; and storing the updated clearing payment instrument image in response to updating the image property. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302245 | ADJUSTING DIFFERENT AREAS OF A PAYMENT INSTRUMENT IMAGE INDEPENDENTLY - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for allowing independent adjustment for different areas of a payment instrument image. An example method includes receiving an original payment instrument image associated with a tangible payment instrument; creating a clearing payment instrument image based on the original payment instrument image associated with a first contrast value; presenting the clearing payment instrument image in a user interface in response to creating the clearing payment instrument image; in response to presenting the clearing payment instrument image: receiving an indication of an area of the clearing payment instrument image from the user interface; receiving an indication of a second contrast value to which to update the indicated area from the user interface; and updating a contrast value of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image to the second contrast value. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302246 | FORMING SCANNED COMPOSITE DOCUMENT WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION FUNCTION - An embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using an image capture device of an electronic device, image data of a document; processing, using a processor, the image data; the processing including identifying text within the image data to form two or more images into a composite document of the document; and storing, in a memory, data related to the composite document. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302247 | READ DETERMINING DEVICE AND METHOD - A read determining device includes: a similar portion identifying unit configured to identify a similar portion in a document which is similar to a portion in the document or a similar portion in a document which is similar to a portion in another document which is already read; and a determination unit that lowers a threshold value with which a document is determined to be read with respect to the document which includes more similar portions than those in another document which includes less similar portions and thereby determines whether or not the document is read, so that the determination accuracy is improved. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302248 | Method for Providing Measurement Data from a Device for Processing Value Documents and Value Document Processing Device - A method for making available measuring data of a value-document processing apparatus for processing value documents includes feeding individual value documents in real time, measuring data for the value documents are captured by means of a sensor device and stored in an intermediate memory, such that feeding of individual value documents and/or the capturing of measuring data the current utilization of the intermediate memory is compared to a predetermined limit utilization, dependent on the comparison. The feeding of value documents is interrupted and measuring data from the intermediate memory are permanently stored in a permanent memory, and during the permanent storing and/or after the permanent storing of the measuring data in the permanent memory the intermediate memory is released again. After release of the intermediate memory the feeding of individual value documents and capturing and storing of measuring data for the fed value documents in the intermediate memory is restarted. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302249 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Detecting Unwanted Data Based on an Analysis of an Icon - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for detecting unwanted data based on an analysis of an icon. In use, an icon is analyzed. Furthermore, unwanted data is detected based on the analysis. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302250 | RUNNING OBJECT RECOGNIZERS IN A PASSABLE WORLD MODEL FOR AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302251 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING GAZE LOCKING - Methods, systems, and media for detecting gaze locking are provided. In some embodiments, methods for gaze locking are provided, the methods comprising: receiving an input image including a face; locating a pair of eyes in the face of the input image; generating a coordinate frame based on the pair of eyes; identifying an eye region in the coordinate frame; generating, using a hardware processor, a feature vector based on values of pixels in the eye region; and determining whether the face is gaze locking based on the feature vector. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302252 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD USING MULTI-FACTOR EYE GAZE - A method for rapid and robust one-step multi-factor authentication of a user is presented, employing multi-factor eye gaze. The mobile environment presents challenges that render the conventional password model obsolete. The primary goal is to offer an authentication method that competitively replaces the password, while offering improved security and usability. This method and apparatus combine the smooth operation of biometric authentication with the protection of knowledge based authentication to robustly authenticate a user and secure information on a mobile device in a manner that is easily used and requires no external hardware. This method demonstrates a solution comprised of a pupil segmentation algorithm, gaze estimation, and an innovative application that allows a user to authenticate oneself using gaze as the interaction medium and biometrics to authenticate an individual's facial structure. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302253 | Systems and Method for Identifying Locations of Infrastructure Assets Using Aerial Imagery - Embodiments include a computer-implemented method for identifying locations of infrastructure assets. The method including identifying a location of a first infrastructure asset and a location of a second infrastructure asset, identifying a region of interest extending at least partially between the locations of the first and second infrastructure assets, obtaining an aerial image of the region of interest, determining that the aerial image of the region of interest comprises a third infrastructure asset, determining a location of the third infrastructure asset based at least in part on the aerial image, and storing the location of the secondary infrastructure asset in an infrastructure asset datastore. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302254 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD BY THE IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image outputting apparatus that photographs a user as a subject, allows the user to perform edit input to an acquired photographed image, and outputs the photographed image. The image outputting apparatus comprises a photographing condition selection unit that selects a photographing condition related to the photographing, and a music output unit that outputs music corresponding to the selected photographing condition during the photographing. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302255 | Automated Pharmaceutical Pill Identification - A pill identification system identifies a pill type for a pharmaceutical composition from images of the pharmaceutical composition. The system extracts features from images taken of the pill. The features extracted from the pill image include color, size, shape, and surface features of the pill. In particular, the features include rotation-independent surface features of the pill that enable the pill to be identified from a variety of orientations when the images are taken. The feature vectors are applied to a classifier that determines a pill identification for each image. The pill identification for each image is scored to determine identification for the pharmaceutical composition. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302256 | PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE RECOGNITION PROCESSING SUITABILITY - Provided is a system for displaying image recognition processing suitability which provides the degree to which a photographed image in which a monitoring target object is present at any potential location is suitable for an image recognition process in such a way that a user can understand it easily. A resolution evaluation unit | 2015-10-22 |
20150302257 | On-Vehicle Control Device - An on-vehicle control device includes: an image acquiring unit that acquires a captured image from an image-capturing device, the image-capturing device capturing an image of surroundings of a vehicle; a judged range dividing unit that divides a predetermined judged range of an image-capturing range of the image-capturing device into a plurality of regions; a feature point extracting unit that extracts a feature point having predetermined characteristics in the surroundings of the vehicle from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; a point accumulating unit that accumulate points for a region where there is the feature point extracted by the feature point extracting unit, among the plurality of regions, for a plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit in time series; and a judging unit that judges whether a foreign matter is adhered to the image-capturing device based on scores resulting from accumulating points of the plurality of regions. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302258 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An object detection device detects an object being recognized (such as a pedestrian) in a frame image, and identifies an area where a detected object which is detected in the frame image is present. A frame image is input after the frame image. The object detection device detects the object being recognized in the frame image, and identifies an area where a detected object which is detected in the frame image is present. When a distance from center coordinates of the area to center coordinates of the area smaller than a reference distance, the object detection device determines that the detected object which is detected in the frame image identical to the detected object which is detected in the frame image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302259 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A driving assistance device includes: an imaging unit configured to image surroundings of a vehicle, an image processing unit configured to perform processing on the image imaged by the imaging unit and to generate a display image, and a display unit configured to display the display image generated by the image processing unit. The image processing unit, in response to a set condition, among areas in which the image imaged by the imaging unit is divided, generates a display image in which a visibility of a display area corresponding to a first area which is an imaging area at a side far from the vehicle is lower than a visibility of an ordinary display image thereof. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302260 | MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL APPARATUS AND TARGET OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS - A mobile object control apparatus includes a movement predictor and a mobile object controller. If a specific object having at least one tire is detected, the movement predictor starts to predict a movement of the specific object. The mobile object controller controls the behavior of a mobile object in view of the movement of the specific object that is predicted by the movement predictor. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302261 | On-Vehicle Image Processing Apparatus - An on-vehicle image processing apparatus includes: a photographing device configured to photograph a road surface around a vehicle so as to obtain a photographed image; an image creation section configured to create an overhead view image showing a situation where a circumference of the vehicle is looked down from above the vehicle, based on the obtained photographed image; an extraction section configured to extract a road surface sign around the vehicle by using the created overhead view image; a detection section configured to detect one or more noises among at least a road surface noise, an obstruction noise, and an attached substance noise that are to be observed when the extraction section extracts the road surface sign; and a parking frame recognition section configured to recognize a parking frame based on one of a partial photographing region in the photographed image and a partial overhead view region in the overhead view image, depending on the detected noise. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302262 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING VARIABLE MESSAGE TRAFFIC SIGNS - A method for detecting variable message traffic signs for a vehicle, includes: reading in a vehicle position, comparing the vehicle position to position information of at least one variable message traffic sign in order to determine a presence of a variable message traffic sign in a predefined area around the vehicle and in response to provide a proximity information, and varying a detection instruction of information of a variable message traffic sign in response to the proximity information to detect a variable message traffic sign. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302263 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION, AUTHENTICATION AND VERIFICATION USING NEAR-INFRARED STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH 3D IMAGING OF THE HUMAN EAR - A biometric identification or authentication images an ear of the user. A source of near-infrared structured light illuminates the ear with at least one structured pattern and an image acquisition device captures a near-infrared image of an ear illuminated with a structured pattern of near-infrared light. An analysis area of the near-infrared image is processed to extract identifying features and it is determined if the identifying features correspond to an authorized user. The analysis area of the near-infrared image is processed to determine a reflectivity of the ear and it is determined if the reflectivity corresponds to an ear of a living person. The user is authenticated if the classified identifying features correspond to an authorized user and the reflectivity corresponds to an ear of a living person. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302264 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The present invention is a biometric authentication apparatus comprising, a fingertip sensor mounted on a tip placement surface of a tip placement section for placing a tip of a finger cushion said fingertip sensor detecting displacement of an arrangement position of a finger on the tip placement surface of the tip placement section, wherein the biometric authentication apparatus detects the displacement of a position of the tip of the finger cushion. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302265 | REMOTE ENCODING CENTER AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations. The operations can include intercepting a request for manual processing of a mail piece image. The request can be transmitted by an originating MPE having failed to resolve the mail piece image. The request can be ignored and the mail piece scan image can be forwarded to an automated mail recognition system (AMRS). If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, a response, including a plurality of addressing data corresponding to the mail piece scan image, can be received from the AMRS. If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, at least a portion of the plurality of addressing data can be transmitted to the originating MPE. If the AMRS did not successfully resolve the image, the request can be forwarded to a manual mail recognition processing system. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302266 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302267 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302268 | PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method for identifying a pattern in an image. In a first step the image is normalized to a binary matrix. A binary vector is subsequently generated from the binary matrix. The binary vector is filtered with a sparse matrix to a feature vector using a matrix vector multiplication wherein the matrix vector multiplication determines the values of the feature vector by applying program steps which are the result of transforming the sparse matrix in program steps including conditions on the values of the binary vector. Lastly, from the feature vector, a density of probability for a predetermined list of models is generated to identify the pattern in the image, | 2015-10-22 |
20150302269 | MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION USING SPECULAR GLOSS - Gloss-based material classification of an object fabricated from an unknown material, particularly where the unknown material is one from a limited set of predetermined materials. The object is illuminated with an area light source such that the object is illuminated from multiple angles. An image of the object is obtained, and specular reflections from the object are measured by analyzing the image. The object material is classified based on a number of high-intensity specular reflections. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302270 | A METHOD OF PROVIDING A FEATURE DESCRIPTOR FOR DESCRIBING AT LEAST ONE FEATURE OF AN OBJECT REPRESENTATION - A method of providing a feature descriptor for describing at least one feature of an object representation includes the steps of providing an original feature descriptor comprising at least one vector or a plurality of K vectors having equal sum of vector entry values and each vector having H entries, projecting each vector on a lower dimensional space of size H-1 or lower to gain a projected feature descriptor comprising projected vectors of H-1 entries or lower, such that it is possible to obtain a similarity measure between two projected feature descriptors equal to the similarity measure between the two corresponding original feature descriptors, and providing the projected feature descriptor as a lossless compressed feature descriptor. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302271 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302272 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IMAGES - Methods and apparatus to detect differences between images are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include determining whether a difference between a block of pixels of a first image represented by a first signature and a block of pixels of a reference image represented by a second signature matching the first signature is resolvable using a transformation operation. Example methods disclosed herein also include, in response to determining the difference is unresolvable using the transformation operation, including the block of pixels of the first image in a difference region of the first image. Example methods disclosed herein further include generating a third signature different from the difference region of the first image to represent the difference region of the first image, and storing the third signature with version information associated with first image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302273 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM - An image processing device according to the present invention includes: a patch generation unit which generates an input patch used for comparison on the basis of an input image; a modification parameter estimation unit which estimates a parameter used in blurred modification on the basis of the input image; a blurred image generation unit which generates a blurred image on the basis of a learning image by using the parameter; a patch pair generation unit which generates a patch pair used to compose a restoration image on the basis of the blurred image and the learning image; a selection unit which selects a patch pair used to compose the restoration image on the basis of the input patch; and a composition unit which composes the restoration image on the basis of the patch pair selected by the selection unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302274 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit, an acquisition unit, an enlarging/reducing unit, and a detector. The reception unit receives two image data to be compared. The acquisition unit acquires character sizes of characters contained in the two image data received by the reception unit. The enlarging/reducing unit enlarges or reduces the image data received by the reception unit such that the character sizes of the characters contained in the two image data acquired by the acquisition unit coincide with each other. The detector detects a difference between the two image data which have been enlarged or reduced by the enlarging/reducing unit such that the character sizes of the characters contained in the two image data coincide with each other. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302275 | Devices, Terminals and Methods for Image Acquisition - Devices, terminals and methods are provided for image acquisition. For example, an instruction for acquiring a first image triggered by a user is responded to; actual feature information of the first image is acquired; preset feature information of a reference image corresponding to the first image is called; the actual feature information of the first image is compared with the preset feature information of the reference image; a first similarity between the actual feature information of the first image and the preset feature information of the reference image is determined; and image acquisition is performed for the first image based on at least information associated with the first similarity. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302276 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOKWARE DETECTION - Systems and methods for cookware detection are provided. One example system includes a vision sensor positioned so as to collect a plurality of images of a cooktop. The system includes a classifier module implemented by one or more processors. The classifier module is configured to calculate a cookware score for each of the plurality of images and to use the cookware score for each of the plurality of images to classify such image as either depicting cookware or not depicting cookware. The system includes a classifier training module implemented by the one or more processors. The classifier training module is configured to train the classifier module based at least in part on a positive image training dataset and a negative image training dataset. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302277 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to present an image that is a processing target to a user and receive a specification of an area in the image; a character recognition unit configured to perform a character recognition process on the area for which the receiving unit has received the specification in the image that is the processing target, and acquire an information item of a character string in the area; and a setting unit configured to set management information of the image that is the processing target, based on the character string acquired by the character recognition unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302278 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first image processor configured to perform a first image processing not using a setting by a user on image data obtained by scanning a document; a first storage unit configured to store first image data corresponding to the image data on which the first image processing has been performed; a second image processor configured to perform a second image processing using the setting by the user on the first image data; a second storage unit configured to store second image data corresponding to the first image data on which the second image processing has been performed; and a preview image generator configured to generate a preview image based on the second image data, the preview image indicating a predicted result of a print execution. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302279 | Run Length Compression Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data stream and performing Run Length Limited (RLL) encoding to encode the data stream, including adjusting run types and lengths and aligning headers to boundaries of a decoding system. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302280 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a processing unit that distinguishes a command of a first command system including commands designating attributes of a printing form and a command of a second command system including commands designating attributes that are not defined in the first command system. When a recording instruction including an instruction designating the printing form by a command of the first command system and data arranged in accordance with the printing form designated by the command of the first command system are input, the processing unit arranges the data included in the recording instruction in accordance with a printing form designated by the command of the second command system to generate recording data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302281 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a generation unit and a reconstruction unit. The generation unit generates a data source including data to be referred to at a time of printing for a variable portion in which data to be referred to is variable for each record. The reconstruction unit acquires the data source and reconstructs print data that is variable for each record. The generation unit executes processing of determining a largest size based on a size of data to be referred to for the variable portion to generate stub data of the determined size, of generating the print data by using the stub data, and of generating the data source for each record. The reconstruction unit executes processing of reconstructing the print data by overwriting the stub data in the print data with the data in the acquired data source. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302282 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus distinguishes whether image data of a page included in print data is color or monochrome, determines whether image data of a page generated based on print data is color or monochrome, and changes from a color print mode to a monochrome print mode based on a result of the distinguishing and a result of the determination. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302283 | ACCELERATOR CIRCUIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An accelerator circuit for an image processing apparatus includes a buffer circuit that temporarily stores image data obtained from N (N>1) data sources and an arithmetic circuit that performs a predetermined arithmetic operation on pixel data. The buffer circuit includes N buffer memories and N 2D registers associated with the respective N data sources, a control circuit, and a selector. Each buffer memory temporarily stores image data obtained from a corresponding one of the N data sources. Each 2D register temporarily stores pixel data, which is a part of image data stored in a corresponding one of the N buffer memories, of an area of a predetermined size. The selector is controlled by the control circuit so as to select, when pixel data is stored in one of the N 2D registers, the pixel data and send the pixel data to the arithmetic circuit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND REMAINING TONER AMOUNT ESTIMATION METHOD - A device having a function of adjusting image processing such as PWM setting, printer density setting and engine speed downstream of a video counter or a dot counter determines a correction coefficient of a video count value or a dot count value, according to a combination of adjustment values of image processing for realizing configured print settings, and corrects the count value by applying the correction coefficient to the video count value or the dot count value. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302285 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Recording Medium That Reduces Load for Generation of Tone-Correction Data - An image forming apparatus includes a print device, a spectral reflectance acquiring unit, and a tone-correction-data generation unit. The print device prints a chart including patches of a plurality of tones of color. The spectral reflectance acquiring unit acquires a spectral reflectance for the patches in the chart printed by the print device. The tone-correction-data generation unit generates tone-correction data for correction of tone characteristics of the print device. The tone-correction-data generation unit generates the tone-correction data based on the spectral reflectances in a range of specific partial wavelengths among the spectral reflectances in the range of whole wavelengths acquired by the spectral reflectance acquiring unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302286 | PRINTING AN IMAGE ON A SUBSTRATE - Printing a screened image includes a computer for converting a contone image to a digital image. A digital front end provides a screening tile, a dither magnitude curve, a spot function for each of the cells in the screening tile and a displacement vector for each of the cells. The digital front end displaces the center of each cell spot function and constructs a halftone image from the contone image and the screening tile by comparing value of each pixel from the contone image to a corresponding threshold value from the screening tile. If the pixel value exceeds the threshold value set a corresponding pixel in the halftone image to one otherwise set the corresponding pixel in the halftone image to zero. An imaging system prints the halftone image on a substrate. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302287 | Techniques for Checking into a Retail Establishment - Techniques for checking into a retail establishment are provided. A retailer provides a substrate having a magnetic-field encoded tag. A consumer waves the consumer's device over the tag to electronically capture the magnetic-field encoded tag. The consumer's device is used to communicate the tag to a retailer to validate that the consumer is physically present and now checked into the retail establishment of the retailer. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302288 | Active RFID Asset Tracking Tag with Current-Sensing Cable Clamp - Configurations are provided for measuring electrical current flow through an AC power cable to a host device. An enclosure is provided that includes various components, such as components of an active RFID tag. A cable clamp is provided that is configured to attach the enclosure to the AC power cable. The cable clamp includes magnetic sensors that are responsive to electrical current flowing through the AC cable to generate signals indicative of the current flowing through the AC cable. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302289 | USER INTERFACE UNIT, SMART CARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is disclosed a user interface unit for a smart card, said user interface unit comprising a two-dimensional capacitive sensor array, wherein the capacitive sensor array comprises an array of corner sensor elements each comprising a capacitor over its area, wherein the respective capacitors of neighbouring corner sensor elements in each dimension extend towards each other thereby defining at least one intermediate region therebetween, the area of the or each intermediate region covered by the respective capacitors being in a respective fixed ratio. Furthermore, there is disclosed a corresponding smart card and a method of manufacturing a user interface unit for a smart card. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302290 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TAG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An antenna conductor and a reinforcing layer are provided on an upper surface and a lower surface, respectively, of a flexible base film. An RFIC element is mounted on the upper surface of the base film. Two I/O terminals provided on the RFIC element are each connected to meander patterns of the antenna conductor. In a plan view, the reinforcing layer has a circular contour, and the RFIC element is surrounded by the contour of the reinforcing layer. The two I/O terminals provided on the RFIC element are exposed on the upper surface of the base film. Breakage of the connected portion between the RFIC element and the antenna conductor is prevented, and any breakage that has occurred is easily identified. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302291 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANTENNA SHEET - A method for manufacturing an antenna sheet. The method is for connecting at least one of an antenna coil and a connection pattern, to a conductive member. The at least one of the antenna coil and the connection pattern is provided on one surface of a substrate and the conductive member is provided on the other surface of the substrate. The method includes a pressing process performed to form a first through hole to the substrate, wherein the first through hole passes through the substrate, and to bring the at least one of the antenna coil and the connection pattern, and the conductive member into contact with each other. The method also includes a melting process performed to melt the at least one of the antenna coil and the connection pattern, and the conductive member to each other. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302292 | OPERATION NUMBER-COUNTING PIEZOELECTRIC DISPENSER - Provided is an operating number-counting piezoelectric dispenser including a piezoelectric pump dispensing a liquid by using a piezoelectric element as an actuator. According to the operating number-counting piezoelectric dispenser, damages to a piezoelectric actuator may be predicted and the piezoelectric actuator may be replaced before the damages are caused, thereby preventing process loss and defective products and improving productivity. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302293 | COUNTING MECHANISM FOR HYDRAULIC TIGHTENING DEVICE - A counting mechanism of a hydraulic tightening device that includes an oil input/output mechanism and a counting mechanism, wherein the counting mechanism includes a counter, a piston sealing, a driving piston, a spring, a spring cover, a counting unit, a piston restricting unit, a main body seal, a lower cover, a bolt and a restricting unit. The oil input/output mechanism is connected to the hydraulic tightening device through the counting mechanism, and once the hydraulic oil passes through the oil input/output mechanism, the counting mechanism automatically records as the hydraulic tightening device performs one more time. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302294 | MULTI-SCALE SPATIO-TEMPORAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to a multi-scale spatio-temporal neural network system. One embodiment comprises a neural network including multiple heterogeneous neuron populations that operate at different time scales. Each neuron population comprises at least one digital neuron. Each neuron population further comprises a time scale generation circuit that controls timing for operation of said neuron population, wherein each neuron of said neuron population integrates neuronal firing events at a time scale corresponding to said neuron population. The neural network further comprises a plurality of synapses interconnecting the neurons, wherein each synapse interconnects a neuron with another neuron. At least one neuron receives neuronal firing events from an interconnected neuron that operates at a different time scale. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302295 | GLOBALLY ASYNCHRONOUS AND LOCALLY SYNCHRONOUS (GALS) NEUROMORPHIC NETWORK - Embodiments of the invention relate to a globally asynchronous and locally synchronous neuromorphic network. One embodiment comprises generating a synchronization signal that is distributed to a plurality of neural core circuits. In response to the synchronization signal, in at least one core circuit, incoming spike events maintained by said at least one core circuit are processed to generate an outgoing spike event. Spike events are asynchronously communicated between the core circuits via a routing fabric comprising multiple asynchronous routers. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302296 | PLASTIC ACTION-SELECTION NETWORKS FOR NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARE - A neural model for reinforcement-learning and for action-selection includes a plurality of channels, a population of input neurons in each of the channels, a population of output neurons in each of the channels, each population of input neurons in each of the channels coupled to each population of output neurons in each of the channels, and a population of reward neurons in each of the channels. Each channel of a population of reward neurons receives input from an environmental input, and is coupled only to output neurons in a channel that the reward neuron is part of. If the environmental input for a channel is positive, the corresponding channel of a population of output neurons are rewarded and have their responses reinforced, otherwise the corresponding channel of a population of output neurons are punished and have their responses attenuated. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302297 | Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) Serial Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Sequence Design - Example apparatus and methods employ an artificial neural network (ANN) to automatically design magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences. The ANN is trained using transverse magnetization signal evolutions having arbitrary initial magnetizations. The trained up ANN may then produce an array of signal evolutions associated with a pulse sequence having user selectable pulse sequence parameters that vary in degrees of freedom associated with magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF). Efficient and accurate approaches are provided for predicting user controllable MR pulse sequence settings including, but not limited to, acquisition period and flip angle (FA). The acquisition period and FA may be different in different sequence blocks in the pulse sequence produced by the ANN. Predicting user controllable MR pulse sequence settings for both conventional MR and MRF facilitates achieving desired signal characteristics from a signal evolution produced in response to an automatically generated pulse sequence. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302298 | TOOLING FOR IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS PROCESSES USING WEB SERVICES - Business processes are implemented using a collection component for storing system knowledge comprising usage history and user input relative to activities within community of users, where the system knowledge comprises at least a folksonomy. At least one of a user client component interacts with the data collection component to enable a corresponding user to contribute user-derived information to the folksonomy and a monitoring component monitors activities associated with the community of users and interacts with the data collection component to contribute usage information to the system knowledge. Still further, a composition design application interacts with a user to build and/or modify processes built using services, wherein the composition design application recommends candidate services that can implement aspects of the business processes based upon information derived from the system knowledge. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND SYNTHESIZING COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including both an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to analyze an input complex KR to deconstruct its complex concepts and/or concept relationships to elemental concepts and/or concept relationships to be included in the elemental data structure. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to synthesize an output complex KR from the stored elemental data structure in accordance with an input context. Multiple input complex KRs of various types may be analyzed and deconstructed to populate the elemental data structure, and input complex KRs may be transformed through the elemental data structure to output complex KRs of different types, providing semantic interoperability to KRs of different types and/or KR models. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302300 | EFFICIENT GRAPH-BASED RULE ENGINE FOR COMPLEX, DYNAMIC, UNSTRUCTURED DATA - Systems and methods can support efficient graph-based rule engines for complex, dynamic, unstructured data. The system can provide an interface to a graph database for storing rules and facts. The system can receive rules and facts. The system can convert the received rules to a format suitable for insertion into the graph database and store the converted rules into the graph database. The system can receive a question and perform a query against the graph database to evaluate rules and facts in light of the received question. The system can return facts retrieved from the graph database in response to the performed query. Also, the system can generate one or more actions based upon facts retrieved or rules trigger in response to the performed query. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302301 | 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. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302303 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UNIFIED AND INTELLIGENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS - There is provided systems and methods for generating suggestions integrated into business applications. Parameters for generating suggestions relating to the plurality of business applications are stored in a dynamic database. At least one suggestion relating to a business currently being used by a user is generated, the at least one suggestion generated using the parameters stored in the dynamic database. The at least one suggestion is integrated into the user interface of the given business application. Input of the user into the given business application is monitored, including input reflecting whether the at least one suggestion has been actioned by the user; and the parameters stored in the dynamic database are updated based on the monitored input so that generation of future suggestions may be refined. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302304 | CLOUD COMPUTING SCORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a computer-implemented cloud computing scoring system. In an embodiment, a parser receives unstructured sentiment data commenting on a scored service. The parser identifies in the unstructured sentiment data a service category of the scored service. The parser selects from the unstructured sentiment data text relating to the service category and matching one or more opinionative words and phrases listed in a keyword dictionary, thereby producing a structured comment associated with the service category. The structured comment is classified as positive or negative according to a list of exemplary sentiment data sets contained in a learning seed file. The exemplary sentiment data sets are manually assigned a positive or a negative polarity. The learning seed file is configured for enhancement by the ongoing addition of structured sentiment data, the structured sentiment data commenting on the scored service and having a polarity classification. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302305 | GENERATING AN AGRICULTURE PRESCRIPTION - A method begins by agriculture equipment collecting current on-site gathered agriculture data regarding an agriculture region and sending at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data to a host device. The method continues with the host device processing one or more of the at least a representation of the current on-site gathered agriculture data, current off-site gathered agriculture data, historical on-site gathered agriculture data, historical off-site gathered agriculture data, and historical analysis of agriculture predictions regarding the agriculture region to produce a current agriculture prediction for the agriculture region. The method continues with the host device generating an agriculture prescription regarding at least a portion of the agriculture region based on the current agriculture prediction and sending the agriculture prescription to one or more of the agriculture equipment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING PERSONALITY INFORMATION - A computer-based system and associated processes are disclosed for making personality-related recommendations to an entity. The system receives indications of one or more personality attributes of an entity. The system acquires indications of one or more personality attributes of a desired partner of the entity. The system applies a mathematical model to the one or more personality attributes of the entity and the one or more personality attributes of the desired partner of the entity. The mathematical model calculates one or more recommended changes to the personality attributes of the entity to increase a predicted relationship satisfaction score between the entity and the desired partner. The system selects a recommended action from a database of recommended actions, based at least in part on the recommended changes to the personality attributes of the entity. The system presents the recommended action. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302307 | Journal Manuscript Submission Decision Support Method and System - This innovation is to create one journal manuscript submission decision support method and system. It includes three major subsystems which are Decision Factor Filtering System, Manuscript Submission Decision Support System and Decision Model Verification System. Using on-line questionnaire module can collect and filter the critical decision factors. Through the statistics analysis, the weighted decision factors can be stored on the factor weight model database. After combining with periodical database, the manuscript submission decision support system can generate the ranking journal list which assists author(s) to submit their research papers to the suitable academic journal. The decision model verification system verifies the usefulness and easy-to-use of this Journal Manuscript Submission Decision Support System. The decision model can be fine-tuned by verification system. The critical decision factors can be filtered out. Finally, it can reduce authors' time to look for suitable journal. | 2015-10-22 |