45th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210350045 | STOCHASTIC BAG GENERATOR - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing virtual bags that can be used to simulate and quantify performance of different explosive detection system architectures. The virtual bags can be provided to a simulator for designing and simulating operation of imaging scanners, including X-ray and millimeter-wave based threat detection equipment deployed in transit facilities and other secure locations. One example method of generating container models for a container inspection system includes generating a plurality of objects using a probability function; generating a respective position, scale, and orientation for each of the objects within a container having a defined boundary; generating pairings for a respective material for each of the objects using a probability function; and storing a container instance indicating at least one of: the generated pairings, the respective object positions, object scales, object orientation, the objects, or the respective materials in a computer-readable storage device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350046 | Systems and Methods for Simulating Aircraft Systems - Systems and methods for simulating aircraft systems are provided. A system includes simulation entity agents defined to represent the behavior of multi-modal ride-sharing agents (e.g., aerial vehicle, ground vehicle, air traffic controllers, etc.) and world data representing a world environment within which the simulation entity agents may operate. The system obtains agent data indicative of a simulation aerial vehicle and world data indicative of a particular simulated world environment. The system determines scenario data including a scenario definition defining a simulation scenario and generates a simulation instance based on the scenario data. The simulation instance includes the simulation aerial vehicle within the simulated world environment. The simulation aerial vehicle can have access, within the simulation, to one or more backend services of a transportation services system configured to facilitate an aerial transportation service. The system can initiate the simulation instance and obtain data while the simulation is running. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350047 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - A simulation method of predicting a behavior of a curable composition in a process of bringing a plurality of droplets of the curable composition arranged on a first member and a second member into contact with each other and forming a film of the curable composition on the first member is disclosed. The method includes defining a computational grid formed by a plurality of computational elements so that a plurality of droplets of the curable composition fall within one computational element, and obtaining the behavior of the curable composition in each computational element in accordance with a model corresponding to a state of the curable composition in each computational element. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350048 | Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium, Simulation Method and Simulation Device - A computer program causes a computer to execute processing of simulating behavior of an electromagnetic component including a coil at each of a plurality of time points based on an analytic model of the electromagnetic component. The processing comprises creating a look-up table storing a flux linkage of the coil, an inductance of the coil and a current in the coil that are obtained by a magnetic field analysis based on the analytic model in association with one another, and simulating behavior of the electromagnetic component by referring to the look-up table using currents in the coil calculated at a previous simulation step and at a step before the previous simulation step. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350049 | OPTIMIZING CONTROL ACTIONS OF A CONTROL SYSTEM VIA AUTOMATIC DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION OF A MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for automatically reducing the dimensionality of a mathematical representation of a controlled application system is provided. The method includes receiving, at a control system, data corresponding to control action and system state variables relating to the controlled application system, fitting a constrained reinforcement learning (CRL) model to the controlled application system based on the data, and automatically identifying a subset of the system state variables by selecting control action variables of interest and identifying system state variables that drive the CRL model to recommend each control action variable of interest. The method also includes automatically performing state space dimensionality reduction of the CRL model using the subset of system state variables, estimating a transition probability matrix for a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP) model of the controlled application system, and formulating the CMDP model as a linear programming (LP) problem using the transition probability matrix and several costs. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350050 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GAS CONTENT IN TRANSFORMER OIL BASED ON JOINT MODEL - A method and a system for predicting a gas content in transformer oil based on a joint model are provided and belong a field of transformer failure prediction. The method includes the following: determining a type and a time series of gas to be predicted related to a failure, processing an original series by adopting empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and local mean decomposition (LMD) for a non-stationarity characteristic of a dissolved gas concentration series in oil; performing normalization on each sub-series component, dividing a training sample and a test sample; and establishing a deep belief network (DBN) prediction model for each of the sub-series components for training, performing superposition and reconstruction on the established DBN prediction model to perform characteristic extraction and classification on multi-dimensional data of the failure, evaluating prediction performance of the prediction model through calculating an error index. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350051 | System and method for simulating a rotational moulding process - Computer simulation system configured for determining at least one simulation variable on the basis of a predetermined rotational moulding thermal characteristic of a raw material to be used for the rotational moulding of an object and a simulation of the rotational moulding of the object by means of the virtual rotational moulding system. Computer-implemented method for using the computer simulation system. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350052 | DETERMINING HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION SWEET SPOTS - Techniques for determining one or more hydrocarbon sweet spots include generating a three-dimensional (3D) simulation model of a hydrocarbon reservoir in a subterranean formation; executing a gas winnowing process to the 3D simulation model; applying one or more geomechanical restraints to the 3D simulation model; activating one or more energy simulation parameters with the 3D simulation model; applying a total dynamic productivity index (TDPI) process to the 3D simulation model to generate at least one 3D index that includes one or more hydrocarbon sweet spots; and generating a graphical representation of the generated 3D index for presentation on a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350053 | DETERMINING AND VERIFYING METASTABILITY IN CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSINGS - The technology disclosed relates to verifying metastability for a clock domain crossing (CDC) in a circuit design. The technology disclosed may include, for a destination clock domain in the circuit design, creating a circuit graph based, at least in part, on the circuit design. The circuit graph includes start points and stop points. The start points may be data inputs, clocks, and enables of the destination clock domain. The stop points may be synchronizer outputs of the destination clock domain and a source clock domain in the circuit design. The technology disclosed may also include traversing the circuit graph to mark all graph nodes that reside in a source-destination path of the CDC. Based on the marked graph nodes, the start points, and the stop points, the technology disclosed may also include propagating destination domain qualifiers on the circuit graph within an allowed sequential depth. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350054 | VERIFICATION OF HARDWARE DESIGN FOR DATA TRANSFORMATION COMPONENT - A hardware design for a main data transformation component is verified. The main data transformation component is representable as a hierarchical set of data transformation components which includes (i) a plurality of leaf data transformation components which do not have children, and (ii) one or more parent data transformation components which each comprise one or more child data transformation components. For each of the plurality of leaf data transformation components, it is verified that an instantiation of the hardware design for the leaf data transformation component generates an expected output transaction in response to each of a plurality of test input transactions. For each of the one or more parent data transformation components, it is formally verified, using a formal verification tool, that an instantiation of an abstracted hardware design for the parent data transformation component generates an expected output transaction in response to each of a plurality of test input transactions. The abstracted hardware design for the parent data transformation component represents each of the one or more child data transformation components of the parent data transformation component with a corresponding abstracted component that for a specific input transaction to the child data transformation component is configured to produce a specific output transaction with a causal deterministic relationship to the specific input transaction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350055 | FAULT DIAGNOSTICS - Process for determining defects in cells of a circuit is provided. A layout of a circuit is received. The layout comprises a first cell and a second cell separated by a boundary circuit. Bridge pairs for the first cell and the second cell is determined. The bridge pairs comprises a first plurality of boundary nodes of the first cell paired with a second plurality of boundary nodes of the second cell. Bridge pair faults between the bridge pairs are modeled. A test pattern for the bridge pair faults is generated. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING - One embodiment described herein provides a system and method for simulating behavior of a quantum circuit that includes a plurality of quantum gates. During operation, the system receives information that represents the quantum circuit and constructs an undirected graph corresponding to the quantum circuit. A respective vertex within the undirected graph corresponds to a distinct variable in a Feynman path integral used for computing amplitude of the quantum circuit, and a respective edge corresponds to one or more quantum gates. The system identifies a vertex within the undirected graph that is coupled to at least two two-qubit quantum gates; simplifies the undirected graph by removing the identified vertex, thereby effectively removing the two-qubit quantum gates coupled to the identified vertex; and evaluates the simplified undirected graph, thereby facilitating simulation of the behavior of the quantum circuit. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350057 | VERIFICATION OF HARDWARE DESIGN FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTING POLYNOMIAL INPUT VARIABLE FUNCTION - Methods and systems for verifying a hardware design for an integrated circuit that implements a function that is polynomial in an input variable x over a set of values of x. The method includes formally verifying that a first instantiation of the hardware design implements a function that is polynomial of degree k in x by formally verifying that for all x in the set of values of x the first instantiation of the hardware design has a constant k | 2021-11-11 |
20210350058 | DEFECT WEIGH FORMULAS FOR ANALOG DEFECT SIMULATION - A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can performing an analog defect simulation on an electronic device. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can generate a defect catalog which identifies a defect class relating to a defect and a modeling parameter that is associated with the defect class. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can receive a weight formula that identifies a weight for the defect class in relation to the modeling parameter. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can call a defect weight function to return the weight from the defect weight formula. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can perform the analog defect simulation on the electronic device. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can determine a simulation statistic relating to the analog defect simulation utilizing the weight. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350059 | Integrated Circuit Composite Test Generation - A chip package system comprising N multiple processor cores can be tested by receiving a data file characterizing the chip package system. Thereafter, simulation testing is conducted for each core for each of M, states using the data file such that each core is active in each state while all other cores are inactive. Each simulation test results in a simulation. The simulations are then combined to result in a composite test covering M | 2021-11-11 |
20210350060 | QUANTUM CIRCUIT DECOMPOSITION BY INTEGER PROGRAMMING - Techniques and a system for quantum circuit decomposition by integer programming are provided. In one example, a system includes a quantum circuit decomposition component and a simulation component. The quantum circuit decomposition component generates graphical data for a quantum circuit that is indicative of a graphical representation of the quantum circuit. The graphical representation is formatted as a hypergraph. The simulation component simulates the quantum circuit based on the graphical data associated with the hypergraph. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350061 | NANOFABRICATION AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR 3D ICS AND CONFIGURABLE ASICS - Various embodiments of the present technology provide for the ultra-high density heterogenous integration, enabled by nano-precise pick-and-place assembly. For example, some embodiments provide for the integration of modular assembly techniques with the use of prefabricated blocks (PFBs). These PFBs can be created on one or more sources wafers. Then using pick-and-place technologies, the PFBs can be selectively arranged on a destination wafer thereby allowing Nanoscale-aligned 3D Stacked Integrated Circuit (N3-SI) and the Microscale Modular Assembled ASIC (M2A2) to be efficiently created. Some embodiments include systems and techniques for the construction of construct semiconductor devices which are arbitrarily larger than the standard photolithography field size of 26×33 mm, using pick-and-place assembly. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350062 | POWER RAIL WITH NON-LINEAR EDGE - An integrated circuit includes at least one source/drain (S/D) line extending in second direction in a cell of the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit further includes a conductive element extending in a first direction in the cell of the integrated circuit, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction. The integrated circuit further includes a power rail extending over the conductive element, wherein the power rail includes a first power rail portion and a second power rail portion, and an inner edge of the first power rail portion is offset from an inner edge of the second power rail portion, wherein the first power rail portion has a first edge and the second power rail portion has a second edge on the same side as the first edge of the first power rail portion, and the first edge and the second edge are laterally separated. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350063 | PRE-CHARACTERIZATION MIXED-SIGNAL DESIGN, PLACEMENT, AND ROUTING USING MACHINE LEARNING - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for developing a cell design. Operations of a plurality of electrical cells are simulated to collect a plurality of electrical parameters. A machine learning model is trained using the plurality of electrical parameters. The trained machine learning model receives data having cell layout design constraints. The trained machine learning model determines a cell layout for the received data based on the plurality of electrical parameters. The cell layout is provided for further characterization of electrical performance within the cell layout design constraints. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ENHANCED DOCUMENTS FOR PERFECT AUTOMATED PARSING - The disclosed enhanced document creation and parsing systems deal with enhanced documents that allow for the presentation of document content in a preferred visual manner, while ensuring that the document content can be captured accurately by an automated parser with nothing being discarded or misrepresented. The enhanced document creation system may create an enhanced document by encoding document content in accordance with a defined schema, optionally encrypting the resulting structured data into an encrypted byte string, and embedding the encrypted byte string as non-visible metadata in a rendered document. The resulting enhanced document can be completely and accurately parsed by an enhanced document parsing system that is capable of extracting, decrypting and decoding the embedded document metadata. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350065 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ENHANCED DOCUMENTS FOR PERFECT AUTOMATED PARSING - The disclosed enhanced document creation and parsing systems deal with enhanced documents that allow for the presentation of document content in a preferred visual manner, while ensuring that the document content can be captured accurately by an automated parser with nothing being discarded or misrepresented. The enhanced document creation system may create an enhanced document by encoding document content in accordance with a defined schema, optionally encrypting the resulting structured data into an encrypted byte string, and embedding the encrypted byte string as non-visible metadata in a rendered document. The resulting enhanced document can be completely and accurately parsed by an enhanced document parsing system that is capable of extracting, decrypting and decoding the embedded document metadata. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350066 | ERROR DETECTION IN TEXT STRING WITHIN DISPLAYED LAYOUT - The color of a character of a text string within a layout is changed, and the layout is displayed. An image of the layout as displayed is captured. An error in the text string within the layout as displayed is detected by detecting the changed color of the character within the captured image. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350067 | System and Method for Creating Customized Insurance-Related Forms Using Computing Devices - A system and method for creating customized insurance-related forms (e.g., agreements, policies, exceptions, and other insurance-related documents) using computing devices is disclosed. A user can quickly and conveniently create customized insurance-related forms, and can transmit same to one or more remote users and/or computing systems for further processing. The system provides rich tagged searching and editing features for allowing an insurance professional to rapidly create customized forms, and to access other forms while editing a given form. The system ingests and decomposes insurance-related forms into clauses, applies search tags to the clauses, and stores the clauses and the search tags in a database for rapid searching and retrieval of desired tags for use in creating customized forms. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350068 | DESCRIPTIVE INSIGHT GENERATION AND PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A system is described that generates descriptive insights in a manner that does not require observations to be made by a visually-impaired user and that can present insights in a form perceptible by such a user. A structured dataset or a digital visual graph may include business intelligence or other types of data. In the case of a graph, the graph is converted to the structured dataset. Parameter names in the dataset are encoded using parameter metadata. Relationships among the data of the dataset are identified based on the encoded parameter names and content of the parameters. The relationships are evaluated based on domain knowledge to generate insights. The insights are applied to automatically-selected text templates to generate descriptive insights. The descriptive insights may be presented to a user in a user interface (e.g., in a BI dashboard) or converted to a form perceptible by a visually-impaired user (e.g., speech). | 2021-11-11 |
20210350069 | COMMUNICATION FULFILLMENT ARCHITECTURES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A client-user implemented document and communication creation system for generating a communication using a remote terminal remote from the system, can include at least one memory including computer program instructions and at least one processor that may be accessed remotely by the terminal. The at least one memory and the computer program instructions can further be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system at least to receive client-user specified data insertion instructions comprising client-user specified data from the remote terminal to the processor. The at least one memory and the computer program instructions can additionally be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system at least to process the transmitted client-user specified data insertion instructions in accordance with one or more client-user generated rule/instruction of the at least one client-user generated rule/instruction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350070 | Distributed Document Co-Authoring and Processing - A method and a device are disclosed including plug-in software components that are integrated with document processing software suites. The plug-in software components provide a set of integrated interfaces for collaborative document processing in conjunction with multiple remote file, data, and application service providers. The set of interfaces enable coauthoring a document, document merging, discovering and displaying context-sensitive metadata on a software dashboard based on permissions associated with the metadata and/or a client computing device, caching, symmetric distributed document merge with the multiple service providers, and integrated search and insertion of multimedia data in documents, among others. The documents typically include, but are not limited to formatted text documents, spreadsheet documents, and slide presentation documents. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350071 | TECHNIQUES FOR DOCUMENT MARKER TRACKING - The present disclosure describes techniques for adding a marker to a second document, the marker corresponding to a marker in a first document. The process may include identifying a token in a first document associated with a marker based upon a location of the marker in the first document. The process may further include identifying a particular token group that the token belongs to. The particular token group may be identified from a set of token groups for the first document. A particular token group from a set of token groups for the second document is then identified for the particular token group in the first document. A location for placing the marker in the second document is identified based upon the location of the particular token group in the second document. The marker is then placed in the second document at the identified location. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350072 | TASK BASED SELF EXPLORATION OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS - A method, a computer system, and a computer program product are provided. A computing system receives natural language first textual input from a second computing system and performs natural language processing. The natural language processing identifies vagueness and missing information in the first textual input. Additional information is obtained from at least one source responsive to identifying at least one of the vagueness and the missing information. The identified vagueness and the missing information are resolved based on the obtained additional information and a meaning of the first textual input is determined. Output is provided to the second computing system for presentation to a user. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING USER INPUTS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - The disclosure relates to system and method for processing user input using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The method includes generating, by an NLP model, a set of input intent maps associated with a user input. The method includes matching each of the set of input intent maps with each of a plurality of pre-stored sets of intent maps. Each of the plurality of pre-stored sets of intent maps is generated from a single predefined training input and is mapped to a predefined intent and a predetermined response. The method includes determining a distance of each of the set of input intent maps relative to each of the plurality of pre-stored sets of intent maps. Further, the method includes identifying a pre-stored intent map closest to the set of input intent maps and rendering the predetermined response mapped to the pre-stored sets of intent maps to the user. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350074 | ALLOWING SPELLING OF ARBITRARY WORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for natural language processing. One of the methods includes receiving a first voice input from a user device; generating a first recognition output; receiving a user selection of one or more terms in the first recognition output; receiving a second voice input spelling a correction of the user selection; determining a corrected recognition output for the selected portion; and providing a second recognition output that merges the first recognition output and the corrected recognition output. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350075 | Hybrid Language Detection Model - An example embodiment may involve a software application executable on computing devices of a remote network management platform containing a computational instance associated with a managed network. A text string may be received, and characters of the string may be categorized among a plurality of symbol script families. A respective likelihood of the string corresponding to each family may be determined, and a respective probability of the string being in each language of each given family may also be determined. The respective probabilities for the languages of each given family may be weighted by the likelihoods of the given family, and then weighted sums of the probabilities for each language may be computed. The maximum of the weighted sums may correspond to the language of the text string. The respective probabilities may be determined according to hybrid N-gram and word language models for each family. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350076 | LANGUAGE-MODEL-BASED DATA AUGMENTATION METHOD FOR TEXTUAL CLASSIFICATION TASKS WITH LITTLE DATA - Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques for augmenting textual data that may be used for textual classification tasks. Embodiments of such techniques may provide the capability to synthesize labeled data to improve text classification tasks. Embodiments may be specifically useful when only a small amount of data is available, and provide improved performance in such cases. For example, in an embodiment, a method implemented in a computer system may comprise a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, and the method may comprise fine-tuning a language model using a training dataset, synthesizing a plurality of samples using the fine-tuned language model, filtering the plurality of synthesized samples, and generating an augmented training dataset comprising the training dataset and the filtered plurality of synthesized sentences. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350077 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONCEPT EXTRACTION - A computer-implemented method. The method includes: providing input data for a model; anonymizing at least a portion of the input data, the anonymizing including the provision of masked embeddings of the input data, and extracting pieces of information from the masked embeddings. The steps for anonymizing at least a portion of the input data and for extracting pieces of information are carried out using a hierarchical model. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350078 | SEMANTIC MATCHING OF JOB TITLES WITH LIMITED CONTEXTS - A method, computer system, and a computer program product for semantic matching is provided. The present invention may include pre-processing and normalizing a job title. The present invention may include deconstructing the job title based on at least one semantic element. The present invention may include training a machine learning model. The present invention may include creating a contextual word representation of the job title using the at least one semantic element of the job title. The present invention may include computing a similarity score for each of the at least one semantic element of the job title. The present invention may lastly include applying a weight to the computed similarity score before making a final match assessment. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350079 | CONTEXTUAL DOCUMENT SUMMARIZATION WITH SEMANTIC INTELLIGENCE - There is a need for more effective and efficient document summarization. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for contextual summarization using semantic intelligence. In one example, a method includes identifying a plurality of senses associated with a plurality of words in a document; for each word-sense pair, determining a word-sense probability score; determining, based at least in part on each word-sense probability score for a word-sense pair, one or more context buckets for the document and one or more sense buckets for the document; determining, based at least in part on the one or more context buckets for the document and the one or more sense buckets for the document, the contextual summarization of the document; and performing one or more document processing actions based at least in part on the contextual summarization. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350080 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVIATION DETECTION, INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND OBLIGATION DEVIATION DETECTION - The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for detecting deviations between documents and portions thereof, extracting information from text and detecting deviations between obligations. Deviations are detected by splitting sentences in two documents apart, matching sentences from the different documents and detecting deviations between the matched sentences. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING DOMAIN SPECIFIC NAMED ENTITIES USING DOMAIN SPECIFIC WORD EMBEDDINGS - Systems and methods for recognizing domain specific named entities are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a text incorporation system and include extracting a number of terms from a text under consideration, identifying, among the number of terms, a set of unmatched terms that do not match any of a plurality of known terms, passing each respective unmatched term to a vectorization module, embedding a vectorized version of each respective unmatched term in a vector space, comparing each vectorized version to known term vectors, passing, to a machine learning model, candidate terms corresponding to known term vectors closest to the vectorized versions, identifying, using the machine learning model, a best candidate term for each respective unmatched term, mapping the best candidate terms to unmatched terms in the text under consideration, and incorporating the text under consideration into the system based on the mappings. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350082 | Creating and Interacting with Data Records having Semantic Vectors and Natural Language Expressions Produced by a Machine-Trained Model - A computer-implemented technique uses a machine-trained model to convert input information provided by a user into a natural language expression and a semantic vector. The semantic vector provides a distributed representation of the natural language expression. The technique then uses the generated semantic vector to find a target data record having a target semantic vector that is within a prescribed distance to the generated semantic vector. The technique then outputs at least a target natural language expression that is associated with the target data record. The target data record is produced in an offline process that converts one or more attribute values in an existing structured data record into the target semantic vector and the target natural language expression. Also described herein is a technique for training the machine-trained model and for updating existing collections of data records using the machine-trained model. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350083 | DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR AUTOMATIONS IN COLLABORATIVE WORK SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying application modules for accomplishing the predicted required functionality are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve outputting a logical sentence structure template for use in building a new application module, the logical sentence structure template including a plurality of definable variables; receiving at least one input for at least one of the definable variables; performing language processing on the logical sentence structure including the at least one received input to thereby characterize the function of the new application module; comparing the characterized function of the new application module with pre-stored information related to a plurality of predefined application modules to determine at least one similarity to a specific predefined application module; and based on the at least one similarity, presenting the specific predefined application module as an adoptable alternative for accomplishing the function. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350084 | Intention Identification Model Learning Method, Apparatus, and Device - An intention identification model learning method includes receiving positive data that corresponds to a first skill, generating, based on the positive data that corresponds to the first skill, negative data that corresponds to the first skill, determining, a second skill similar to the first skill, obtaining data that corresponds to each second skill, generating a second base model based on the data that corresponds to the second skill and a first base model stored on the server, and performing learning based on the second base model, the positive data, and the negative data that correspond to the first skill, and generating an intention identification model. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350085 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING RESPONSE - The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for generating a response, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current user request in a current conversation and historical coreference information in the current conversation; extracting content matching the current user request from the historical coreference information; updating the current user request based on the content to obtain an updated current user request; and generating a response of the current user request based on the updated current user request. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350086 | CONTEXT INFORMATION REFORMATION AND TRANSFER MECHANISM AT INFLECTION POINT - Systems, methods, and apparatus for communication assistance for aneurotypical individuals are described. Embodiments of the systems, methods, and apparatus may receive input data during a communication between a first user and a second user, generate feedback based on the input data using a shared network comprising psychological information about the second user, wherein the shared network is based at least in part on interactions between the second user and a third user, and provide the feedback to the first user during the communication. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350087 | Virtual Assistant Domain Functionality - Aspects include methods, systems, and computer-program products providing virtual assistant domain functionality. A natural language query including one or more words is received. A collection of natural language modules is accessed. The collection natural language modules are configured to process sets of natural language queries. A natural language module, from the collection of natural language modules, is identified to interpret the natural language query. An interpretation of the natural language query is computed using the identified natural language module. A response to the natural language query is returned using the computed interpretation. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL DOCUMENT GENERATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERACTION - Systems and methods for digital document generation using natural language interaction are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for digital document generation using natural language interaction may include: (1) receiving from an electronic device, a natural language command comprising an action to generate digital content, an object, and a data source for the digital content; (2) processing the natural language command to identify the action, the type of digital content, and the data source; (3) identifying a skill in a skill library that is mapped to the action and the object; (4) retrieving data from the data source for the skill; and (5) generating the digital content according to the skill using the data. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350089 | PORTABLE RADIO HAVING STAND-ALONE, SPEECH RECOGNITION AND TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS) FUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A portable radio may include a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, an RF receiver, and an audio input transducer. A controller may store command messages and speech messages, implement a stand-alone, speech recognition and text-to-speech (TTS) function for the stored command messages and stored speech messages. The controller may also control at least one of an RE transmitter and RF receiver of a remote radio based upon an input command matching one of the stored command messages using the audio input transducer and the stand-alone speech recognition and TTS function, and convert a speech message matching one of the stored speech messages into a text message. The RF transmitter may send the text message to the remote receiver. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350090 | TEXT TO VISUALIZATION - Various implementations of the present disclosure relate to text to visualization In a method, information items are extracted from a natural language sentence. Visual elements associated with the information items are determined. A visual representation of the natural language sentence based on the visual elements is determined, the visual representation indicating information expressed by the natural language sentence. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350091 | MOBILE RFID ASSET TRACKER - A self-contained, mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) asset tracker and hardware assembly and method of use thereof. The mobile RFID asset tracker includes a frame mounted on locking swivel casters which provide a mobile base for mounting of an RFID antenna, RFID reader and other electrical equipment thereon. An electronics control box, which is adjustably mounted on the frame, houses the RFID reader, a custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB) control module, cellular and WIFI modems, and a power source. The electronics control box is operatively engaged via Input/Output (IO) ports and cabling to an external indicator assembly and to the external adjustably mounted RFID antenna. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350092 | CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-PROTOCOL TRANSPONDER - Example systems and methods for controlling communication protocols for multi-protocol interrogators are provided herein. In various implementations a multi-protocol interrogator is provided that is capable of exchanging data with a transponder according to a plurality of protocols and is configured to transmit a control signal indicating a preferred protocol from the plurality of protocols over a radio interface. Multi-protocol transponders are also provided that are configured to receive and recognize the control signal, and respond only on the signaled, preferred protocol. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350093 | Systems and Methods to Selectively Connect Antennas to Communicate via Radio Frequency Signals - Systems and methods to selectively attach and control antennas via diodes. In one embodiment, a system includes: a reader having a plurality of reader antennas of different polarizations to transmit radio frequency signals; and at least one radio frequency device. The radio frequency device includes: a plurality of tag antennas of different polarizations; a plurality of diodes coupled to the plurality of tag antennas respectively; a receiver coupled to the plurality of diodes to receive the radio frequency signals from the tag antennas when the diodes are forward biased; and a set of one or more current controllers coupled to the plurality of diodes. In a receiving mode the controllers selectively forward bias the diodes to receive the signals from the reader. In a transmitting mode the controllers selectively change the state of the tag antennas to transmit data via backscattering the radio frequency signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350094 | MANAGING TAG NOMENCLATURE IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Some example embodiments described herein relates to a system for configuring a tag name of an electronic component. The system can include a processor that can obtain a dataset comprising a plurality of tags, where each tag can be associated with an electronic component. Further, the processor can identify a metadata associated with the plurality of tags. Further, the processor can recognize a set of tags from amongst the plurality of tags that exhibit a common relationship. The common relationship can be indicative of at least one of: a pattern, a behavior, a usage type, and an installation location, corresponding to the set of tags. Further, the processor can generate a tag nomenclature for the set of tags and configure a tag name of the plurality of tags based on the tag nomenclature. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350095 | DOI SCANNING-BASED INFORMATION PROCESSING - Implementations of the present specification recite DOI scanning-based information apparatuses, methods, and devices. In one implementation, a method includes: scanning, by a user device, a digital object identifier (DOI); based on scanning the DOI, obtaining service information encoded in the DOI; caching the service information within memory of the user device; generating a first service request based on the service information cached within the memory of the user device; sending the first service request to a service server; determining non-receipt of a service response from the service server within a predetermined time duration following the sending of the first service request; responsive to determining the non-receipt of the service response from the service server within the predetermined time duration, generating a second service request based on the service information cached within the memory of the user device; and sending the second service request to the service server. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350096 | MULTI-PART CODE SYSTEM - A method includes receiving, by a network computing device of a multi-part code system, interaction information from one or more of a first and a second computing device regarding an interaction between the first and second computing devices. The method further includes generating a first and second portion of a code that are unusable individually. Alignment of the first and second portions of the code optically produces the code representative of the interaction information. A network application of the one or more of the first and second computing devices is operable to capture the optically produced code. The method further includes sending the first and second portions of the code to one or more of the first and second computing devices. When the optically produced code has been captured, the method further includes finalizing, by an interaction finalization module of the network computing device, the interaction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350097 | DRAG AND DROP ALIGNMENT FUNCTION OF A MULTI-PART CODE SYSTEM - A first computing device of a multi-part code system includes one or more optical scanners and a network application associated with a network computing device of the multi-part code system. The network application is operable to obtain a second portion of a code associated with a second computing device. The network computing device generated the code for an interaction between the first and second computing device. The network application is further operable to display the second portion of the code on a display area of an interactive display, receive a first portion of the code, and instruct a user to drag the first portion of the code to the display area to align with the second portion of the code. When the first and second portions of the code are aligned, the network application produces the code and sends a finalized interaction notification to the network computing device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350098 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SENSING MODULE AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A fingerprint identification sensing module includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a piezoelectric material layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a damping layer, arranged on a surface of the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged opposite. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350099 | DEVICE INCLUDING AN ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND A COULOMB FORCE APPARATUS - An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor system, a Coulomb force apparatus and a control system. The control system may be configured for controlling the Coulomb force apparatus for application of a Coulomb force to a digit in contact with an outer surface of the apparatus in a fingerprint sensor area and for controlling the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor for transmission of first ultrasonic waves towards the digit. The control system may be configured for synchronizing the application of the Coulomb force and the transmission of the first ultrasonic waves. The control system may be configured for receiving ultrasonic receiver signals from the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and for performing an authentication process based, at least in part, on the ultrasonic receiver signals. The ultrasonic receiver signals may, in some instances, include signals corresponding to reflections of the first ultrasonic waves from the digit. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350100 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A fingerprint sensor includes: a light sensing layer including a light sensing element, wherein a sensing current flows in the light sensing element according to incident light; and a collimator layer disposed on the light sensing layer and including a light guide unit guiding light to the light sensing element. The light guide unit includes: a light-transmitting unit configured to provide light to the light sensing element; and a first light-blocking unit disposed on an inner surface of the light-transmitting unit. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350101 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT MOTION - Ping-based imaging systems may be used for tracking motion of hard or soft objects within an imaged medium. Motion detection and motion tracking may be performed by defining fingerprint points and tracking the position of each fingerprint point based on the echoes of multiple transmitted pings. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA CORRESPONDING TO FINGERPRINT IMAGE - Provided is a method of processing data corresponding to a fingerprint image including obtaining first image data corresponding to a group including a plurality of pixels, and dividing the first image data into second image data corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels based on a plurality of weights corresponding to the plurality of pixels, respectively. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350103 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH SCREEN FINGERPRINT RECONGNITION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a display device with a screen fingerprint recognition function, including a light sensing layer configured to sense a fingerprint, a light source layer disposed on the light sensing layer and configured to generate light, and an image display module disposed on the light source layer and configured to generate light to display an image. The present disclosure further provides an electronic device including the display device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350104 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION UNDER SCREEN - A fingerprint-recognition function in a backlit display device includes a cover plate, a display panel, a backlight module, and a fingerprint recognition module. The cover plate has an operating surface defining a touchable fingerprint identification area. The backlight module emits light for the display panel to display images and, as a first detection light, backlighting incident on the fingerprint identification area reflected by a fingerprint is taken and recognized by the recognition module. Along a thickness direction of the display device, a projection of the fingerprint identification module on the cover plate at least partially overlaps with the fingerprint identification area, and supplementary side-mounted sources emitting non-visible light enhance the accuracy of detection of the recognition module. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350105 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A MOBILE INPUT DEVICE - A method for monitoring a mobile input device with a screen on which information can be displayed in a first pixel raster of image elements and which comprises a flat optical fingerprint reader and a second pixel raster of light-sensitive sensor elements. A fingerprint and fingerprint characteristics, comprising position of the finger on the screen are detected. The sensor elements detect the light intensity incident on them. The intensity levels are assembled into a static pattern of the fingerprint. The combination of the static pattern and the fingerprint characteristics are compared with a database. If the combination is in the database, a check is carried out whether an action is associated with this combination, which is then carried out, or whether no action is associated with this combination, whereupon a first standard action is carried out. If the combination is not stored, a second standard action is carried out. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350106 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINGERPRINT IMAGING - The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for fingerprint imaging. The apparatus includes: a light source configured to generate light, wherein a light intensity distribution of the light generated by the light source conforms to a preset encoding mode; a sensing surface on which the light generated by the light source forms a signal light with fingerprint information; and an imaging module configured to image the signal light to obtain a fingerprint image. Embodiments of the present disclosure can encode the fingerprint image by the encoding mode and can “encrypt” the fingerprint image by the encoding mode, thus a clear fingerprint image can be obtained by decoding based on obtaining the preset encoding mode, which can effectively improve the security of fingerprint imaging. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350107 | Apparatus for Capturing Fingerprint and Electronic Equipment - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for capturing a fingerprint and an electronic equipment. The apparatus includes: a sensor array, corresponding to a plurality of fingerprint detection areas, wherein each fingerprint detection area corresponds to a plurality of sensors in the sensor array; an area detection circuit, configured to detect a fingerprint detection area where the fingerprint is located; and a fingerprint scanning circuit, configured to scan sensors corresponding to a preset fingerprint detection area based on a detection result of the area detection circuit, wherein the preset fingerprint detection area comprises the fingerprint detection area where the fingerprint is located. With solutions of the present disclosure, a power consumption of the apparatus can be reduced. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350108 | FINGERPRINT SENSING APPARATUS AND FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A fingerprint sensing apparatus and a fingerprint identification method are provided. An original fingerprint image is obtained by the fingerprint sensor. An image edge block located at an edge of the original fingerprint image is selected. The image edge block is input into a neural network model to generate a predicted extension block. An extended fingerprint image is generated through merging the original fingerprint image with the predicted extension block. A fingerprint application is executed according to the extended fingerprint image. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350109 | PROTECTIVE FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - Various embodiments disclosed in the present document relate to: a protective film configured to be attached to a display glass equipped with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor; and an electronic device including the same. According to the various embodiments disclosed in the present document, a protective film can be provided, which is configured to be attached to an electronic device provided with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, the protective film comprising: a first adhesive layer configured to be attached on a front plate of the electronic device; and a first substrate layer stacked and disposed on one surface side of the first adhesive layer, integrated with the first adhesive layer, and covering the front plate. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF RETINAL IMAGES - Embodiments disclose systems and methods that aid in screening, diagnosis and/or monitoring of medical conditions. The systems and methods may allow, for example, for automated identification and localization of lesions and other anatomical structures from medical data obtained from medical imaging devices, computation of image-based biomarkers including quantification of dynamics of lesions, and/or integration with telemedicine services, programs, or software. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350111 | CAMERA CONFIGURATION ON MOVABLE OBJECTS - A method for controlling a movable object includes receiving, at one or more processors, a plurality of images from a plurality of imaging devices carried by the movable object; determining, with aid of the one or more processors, an environment type of an environment surrounding the movable object; identifying a target based on the plurality of images and the environment type; determining information of the target based on the plurality of images; and controlling the movable object to avoid the target based on the information of the target. The plurality of imaging devices includes a first imaging device arranged at an upper surface of a body of the movable object and a second imaging device arranged at a lower surface of the body. Each of the first imaging device and the second imaging device has a field of view greater than 150 degrees. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350112 | DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Automated systems and methods for evaluating specimens affixed to substrates, such as slides, an exemplary system including a slide imager configured for acquiring a plurality of micro images of a specimen affixed to an substrate, the specimen including a plurality of objects distributed within a three-dimensional volume, and for generating a whole specimen image of the specimen using the micro images, wherein objects contained in the specimen are depicted substantially in focus in the whole specimen image regardless of a z-depth of the respective objects within the specimen. The whole specimen image is stored on a storage medium for subsequent review by a cytotechnologist using a computer-controlled review station including a display and a user interface, wherein the review station user interface is configured such that the cytotechnologist can review and classify the stored whole specimen images. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350113 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF CELL IMAGES - A computer-implemented method for analysis of cell images comprises obtaining a deep neural network and a training dataset, the deep neural network comprising a plurality of hidden layers; obtaining first sets of intermediate output values that are output from at least one of the plurality of hidden layers; constructing a latent variable model using the first sets of intermediate output values, the latent variable model mapping the first sets of intermediate output values to first sets of projected values in a sub-space that has a dimension lower than the sets of the intermediate outputs; obtaining a second set of intermediate output values by inputting a received new cell image to the deep neural network; mapping, using the latent variable model, the second set of intermediate output values to a second set of projected values; and determining whether the received new cell image is an outlier. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A PILE - A system and a method for detecting a pile of material by an autonomous machine. A 3D point cloud method includes obtaining a 3D point cloud indicative of an environment having a material pile, performing a ground surface estimation on the point cloud to identify non-ground points, grouping the non-ground points into clusters based on a proximity metric, creating a normalized height histogram for each of the clusters, comparing the normalized height histogram of each cluster to a generalized pile histogram, and identifying a cluster as a pile based on the similarity between the normalized height histogram and the generalized pile histogram. A 2D image method includes obtaining a 2D image from an imaging device, calibrating the imaging device with respect to a coordinate frame of the machine, and autonomously detecting an image of a material pile in the two-dimensional image using a trained deep-learning neural network. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350115 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SURFACE FEATURES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to identify a surface feature of a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud. Data indicative of a path along a 3D point cloud is received, wherein the 3D point cloud comprises a plurality of 3D data points. A plurality of lists of 3D data points are generated, wherein: each list of 3D data points extends across the 3D point cloud at a location that intersects the received path; and each list of 3D data points intersects the received path at different locations. A characteristic associated with a surface feature is identified in at least some of the plurality of lists of 3D data points. The identified characteristics are grouped based on one or more properties of the identified characteristics. The surface feature is identified based on the grouped characteristics. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONS-OF-INTEREST - This document describes a system and method for identifying persons-of-interest based on images and/or information captured by image capturing devices and information provided by third party sources/databases. In particular, this document describes a system that comprises at least one set of image capturing devices that are provided at a particular location-of-interest, a remote database that is configured to receive the captured images and its associated information from the set of image capturing devices, a server and a third party database whereby the remote database, the server and the third party database are all communicatively connected together. The server is then configured to utilize information from the remote database and the third party database to identify persons-of-interest from the images of individuals that were captured by the set of image capturing devices. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350117 | ANOMALOUS POSE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of detecting anomalous poses is provided, including: detecting an object of interest in a field of view of a video camera; generating, by a neural network, a pose vector associated with a pose of the object; comparing the pose vector to one or more clusters of pose vectors in a dataset of pose vectors, each cluster of pose vectors comprising one or more pose vectors generated from poses of objects; determining a value associated with the similarity of the pose vector to at least one of the one or more pose vectors in the cluster; comparing the value to a predetermined value; and based on the comparison of the value, adding the pose vector to the dataset or generating an alert. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350118 | System & Method for Body Language Interpretation - A system and method for reading and interpreting a wide range of nonverbal communicative cues, to include facial expression, pose, gesture, posture, and voice intonation. The output of this system is a scale between zero and one—with the scale indicating the interpretation of the nonverbal communication and accompanying text describing the interpretation. The system determines how a person intends to react and determines whether the person's pronouncements are true or false. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350119 | HAND GESTURE HABIT FORMING - A method of adapting a display comprises receiving a sequence of a plurality of facial images of a face of at least one user located in front of a display; analyzing the plurality of facial images to detect a hand to face gesture of the user; and updating, according to the hand to face gesture, a dataset documenting a plurality of facial touch event frequencies of a plurality of facial touch events in a plurality of facial locations. Each of the plurality of facial touch events is prompted by one of a plurality of previously captured hand to face gestures of the user. The method further comprises, based on the plurality of facial touch event frequencies, generating a presentation on the display. In response to detection of an impending facial touch, a destruction event may be depicted. A presentation may be also generated showing scoring of multiple persons. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350120 | Measurement calibration using patterned sheets - A method for photogrammetric measurement includes providing a bedsheet having one or more patterns printed thereon in accordance with a pattern template, which defines respective locations of the one or more patterns in a template coordinate frame. An image is received, in an image coordinate frame, of a person lying on a bed, which is covered by the bedsheet. The image is processed in order to identify the one or more patterns in the image and to match the one or more patterns identified in the image to the one or more patterns in the pattern template. A transformation is computed, based on the matched patterns, between the image coordinate frame and the template coordinate frame. A dimension of the person is measured by applying the computed transformation to the image of the person. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350121 | DISTRACTED DRIVER DETECTION DEVICE - A distracted driver detection device for use in a vehicle includes a processor, a video camera, and an accelerometer. The processor is configured to compute an eye open ratio (EOR) and a mouth open ratio (MOR). The processor is configured to provide an audio alert signal to an audio alert component and provide a visual alert signal to a visual alert component when the EOR is less than an EOR threshold for a prescribed EOR assessment time, when the MOR is greater than the MOR threshold for a prescribed MOR assessment time, or when the estimate of the acceleration is greater than an acceleration threshold. The EOR and MOR are calculated from facial landmarks that are generated by a Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithm implemented by the processor. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350122 | STROKE BASED CONTROL OF HANDWRITING INPUT - The subject technology provides for stroke based control of handwriting input. The disclosed stroke based control facilitates selection, copy, paste, search, data detection and other operations for handwritten electronic text. The selection of text represented by handwritten strokes can be performed without drawing a lasso or other loop around the desired text, by using known boundaries of words and phrases in stroke space. Selection of text in this manner allows copy and/or paste of recognized words or phrases, of images of the words or phrases, and/or of the strokes themselves. Boundaries, in stroke space, of actionable data represented by the strokes can also allow action options to be provided when a user interacts with strokes within the boundary. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350123 | IMAGE-BASED DOCUMENT ANALYSIS USING NEURAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for receiving a set of documents (e.g., financial documents) converting them into graphical images, performing image-based, artificial intelligence analysis to determine a score for the set of documents. In addition, the artificial intelligence system generates an image output that indicates how the artificial intelligence system arrived at the score be visually depicting the graphical features detected by the artificial intelligence system. This may allow insight as to the basis for the score. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350124 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE AUTOMATED QUALITY ASSURANCE OF ANNOTATED IMAGES - A framework in which annotated images can be analyzed in small batches to learn and distinguish between higher-quality annotations and lower-quality annotations, especially in the case of manual annotations for which quality assurance is desired. This framework is extremely generalizable and can be used for indoor images, outdoor images, medical images, etc., without limitation. An echo state network (ESN) is provided as a special case of semantic segmentation model that can be trained using as few as tens of annotated images to predict semantic regions and provide metrics that can be used to distinguish between higher-quality annotations and lower-quality annotations. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350125 | System for searching natural language documents - The invention provides a natural language search system and method. The system comprises a digital data storage means for storing a plurality of blocks of natural language and data graphs corresponding to said blocks. First data processing means are adapted to convert said blocks to said graphs, which are stored in said storage means. The graphs contain a plurality of nodes each containing as node value a natural language unit extracted from said blocks. There are also provided second data processing means for executing a machine learning algorithm capable of travelling said graphs and reading the node values for forming a trained machine learning model based on nodal structures of the graphs and node values of the graphs and third data processing means adapted to read a fresh graph and to utilize said model for determining a subset of said blocks of natural language based on the fresh graph. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350126 | IRIS AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, IRIS AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The disclosure is inputting a first image captured an image of an authentication target; inputting a second image captured an image of a right eye or a left eye of the target; determining whether the second image is of a left eye or a right eye of the target based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result as left/right information in association with the second image; detecting an overlap between a region including the second image and a predetermined region in the first image; calculating a verification score by comparing characteristic information that are related to the left/right information with iris characteristic information calculated from the second image, and calculating a first weighted verification score obtained by weighting the verification score with a detection result; and authenticating a target in the second image based on the first weighted verification score, and outputting an authentication result. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350127 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING AND EXPLOITING AT LEAST ONE ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER - Method for tracking and exploiting at least one environmental parameter such as cleanness in an urban setting; method comprising the following successive steps: —Planning measurements of at least one environmental parameter; —Tracking in real-time said parameter by means of a camera located on-board a vehicle or fastened to a static holder; —Geo-positioning the parameter; —Classifying the parameter depending on the characteristics thereof, such as category, danger or typology; —Improving the environmental parameter based on the data obtained in the 2 preceding steps. The invention also relates to a device using said method. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND PROCESSING AGRICULTURAL FIELD DATA - This disclosure relates to a platform for distributing information related to agricultural fields from a plurality of publishers to a plurality of subscribers. An example method includes: providing the platform to the publishers and the subscribers, wherein the publishers provide data to the platform related to agricultural fields, and wherein the subscribers receive data from the platform related to the agricultural fields; receiving publisher data including satellite image data, weather data, laboratory data, and/or sensor data for the agricultural fields; receiving a definition of a parcel of land in the agricultural fields; processing the publisher data to generate information related to a condition of the parcel of land in the agricultural fields; and providing the subscriber with the information related to the condition of the parcel of land in the agricultural fields. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350129 | USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN A SCENE HAVING A WIDE RANGE OF LIGHT INTENSITIES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing images recorded by a camera ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210350130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CONTENT TO AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICES - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method performed by a processing system including a processor, including receiving, from an augmented reality device, image data associated with a visual apparatus, determining whether the image data indicates a marker, and, responsive to determining that the image date indicates the marker, determining a first characteristic associated with a user of the augmented reality device, and sending a notification to an advertising server responsive to determining the image data includes the marker, where the advertising server sends content data to the augmented reality device responsive to the notification, and where the content data is selected by the advertising server according to the first characteristic associated with the user of the augmented reality device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350131 | MEDIA OVERLAY SELECTION SYSTEM - A computing system receives, from a client device, image data describing an image captured by an optical sensor of the client device. The computing system compares the image to a set of reference images that include associated metadata describing a real-world feature depicted by the respective reference image. The computing system determines, based on the comparison, a subset of reference images that are similar to the image, and then determines, based on associated metadata of the subset of reference images, that the image captured by the optical sensor of the client device depicts a first real-world feature. The computing system selects a subset of media overlays related to the first real-world feature based on metadata associated with each media overlay that describes the respective media overlay. The computing system transmits the subset of media overlays to the client device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350132 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH CAMERA FOR IMAGING DISPOSABLE - A method of recording a state of an apheresis machine or a dialysis machine having a disposable component disposed thereon. The disposable component has tubing and a blood component bag. The disposable component is configured to be installed on the apheresis device or dialysis machine by a human operator. The method includes acquiring with a camera an image of a forward-facing external surface portion of the apheresis machine or dialysis machine and the tubing and the blood component bag of the disposable component. The image is acquired automatically without requiring user input. The method includes recording medical device information for the apheresis machine or dialysis machine comprising the image. The method includes generating a message comprising the image and transmitting the message comprising the image to a remote computer. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350133 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE PIPING CONFIGURATION UNDER SINK - Disclosed are various embodiments for determining piping configurations in an under-sink or similar environment. A computing device, such as a mobile device or a server, may be directed to access at least one digital image, the at least one digital image comprising a photograph of an under-sink environment; perform an analysis of the under-sink environment to generate at least one suggested configuration of piping for placement in the under-sink environment using compliance criteria, where the at least one suggested configuration comprises at least one of a faucet, a pipe, a coupler, a connector, a fitting, adhesive, and plumbing tape suggested to connect a first object in the under-sink environment to a second object in the under-sink environment; and display the at least one suggested configuration in a display communicatively coupled to the client device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350134 | GENERATING EVENT LOGS FROM VIDEO STREAMS - A process mining system performs process mining using visual logs generated from video streams of worker devices. Specifically, for a given worker device, the process mining system obtains a series of images capturing a screen of a worker device while the worker device processes one or more tasks related to an operation process. The process mining system determines activity labels for a plurality of images. An activity label for an image may indicate an activity performed on the worker device when the image was captured. The activity label is determined by extracting information from pixels of the image and inferring the activity of the worker device from the extracted information. The process mining system generates event logs from the visual logs of worker devices and uses the event logs for process mining. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350135 | REPRESENTATION LEARNING FROM VIDEO WITH SPATIAL AUDIO - A computer system is trained to understand audio-visual spatial correspondence using audio-visual clips having multi-channel audio. The computer system includes an audio subnetwork, video subnetwork, and pretext subnetwork. The audio subnetwork receives the two channels of audio from the audio-visual clips, and the video subnetwork receives the video frames from the audio-visual clips. In a subset of the audio-visual clips the audio-visual spatial relationship is misaligned, causing the audio-visual spatial cues for the audio and video to be incorrect. The audio subnetwork outputs an audio feature vector for each audio-visual clip, and the video subnetwork outputs a video feature vector for each audio-visual clip. The audio and video feature vectors for each audio-visual clip are merged and provided to the pretext subnetwork, which is configured to classify the merged vector as either having a misaligned audio-visual spatial relationship or not. The subnetworks are trained based on the loss calculated from the classification. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350136 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING IMPLANTATION LOCATION OF RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION - This application discloses a method for determining an implantation location of recommendation information performed at a computer device. The method includes: acquiring a target video; acquiring, according to a scene change status of the target video, a target video frame being used for location detection; performing image recognition on the target video frame to obtain masking information of the target video frame including a first region of an object of a target type in the target video frame; and determining an implantation location of recommendation information in the target video frame based on the first region. Image recognition processing is performed on the target video frame to obtain the masking information of the target video frame, so as to determine the implantation location in the target video frame on the basis of the first region corresponding to the object of the target type in the target video frame. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350137 | AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for monitoring and recording and processing an activity includes one or more cameras for automatically recording video of the activity. A processor and memory associated and in communication with the camera is disposed near the location of the activity. The system may include AI logic configured to identify a user recorded within a video frame captured by the camera. The system may also detect and identify a user when the user is located within a predetermined area. The system may include a video processing engine configured to process images within the video frame to identify the user and may modify and format the video upon identifying the user and the activity. The system may include a communication module to communicate formatted video to a remote video processing system, which may further process the video and enable access to a mobile app of the user. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350138 | METHOD TO IDENTIFY AFFILIATES IN VIDEO DATA - The invention refers to a computer-implemented method of analyzing video data to identify affiliates of an object of interest, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of occurrences of the object of interest in the video data; determining a set of potential affiliates for the object of interest from a plurality of other objects in the video data based on a criterion of closeness between the object of interest at each occurrence and each other object; analyzing the set of potential affiliates to obtain a similarity score for each potential affiliate at each occurrence from the plurality of occurrences, each similarity score indicating a degree of similarity with respect to a selected reference potential affiliate in the set of potential affiliates; and identifying a potential affiliate as an affiliate of the object of interest based on the similarity scores. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350139 | HIGHLIGHT DETERMINATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to select segments of content. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to select one or more video segments from one or more video files based at least in part upon an indication of one or more emotions, of one or more viewers of the one or more video segments, during presentation of the one or more video segments. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350140 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING VIDEO SYNOPSIS OF SPORTS GAME - Provided is a method of generating a video synopsis of a sports game including: based on a video including a sports game and log information sequentially recording events occurring in the sports game, determining an event section of the video corresponding to a preset event; determining a search section in the video based on log information and the determined event section; detecting a preset object in at least one scene section included in a search section; and generating a first video based on the at least one scene section in which the preset object is detected. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A STORY BOARD WITH FORENSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS ON A VIDEO REPOSITORY - Systems and methods for creating a story board with forensic video analysis on a video repository are provided. Some methods can include storing a plurality of video data streams in a data repository, storing asynchronous streams of metadata of each of the plurality of video data streams in the data repository, identifying a first object captured by at least one of the plurality of video data streams, using the asynchronous streams of metadata to identify correlations or interactions between the first object and a plurality of other objects over time, and replicating a story of the first object. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350142 | IN-TRAIN POSITIONING AND INDOOR POSITIONING - This application relates to an in-train localization method, including: obtaining an environment image in a train; determining feature objects based on the environment image, wherein the feature objects are arranged in the train according to a preset rule; and determining a position of a mobile device in the train based on a number of feature objects by which the mobile device has passed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350143 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SURVEILLANCE DEVICE - A surveillance system having an interface to a camera network for video surveillance of a surveillance area. The camera network includes a plurality of cameras each for capturing a surveillance subarea. The cameras are designed to provide surveillance images of the surveillance subareas. The surveillance system also includes a surveillance device for re-identifying people in the surveillance images. The surveillance device includes a person detection module for detecting people and an object detection module 10 for detecting objects. The surveillance device 5 includes an assignment module 12 designed to assign at least one item of object information to a person 4, and an action detection module 11 designed to detect an action of the person 4 on one of the objects 8. | 2021-11-11 |
20210350144 | MIXED REALITY-BASED EXPERIENCE SIMULATOR - Provided is a mixed reality-based experience simulator including an imaging part including first and second cameras installed on an experience object to capture images of different viewpoints from the experience object, a display part worn by a participant and configured to display a mixed reality image of the experience object to the participant, and an image processing unit configured to provide the mixed reality image to the display part and configured to generate the mixed reality image such that images captured by the first and second cameras are included in the mixed reality image. The mixed reality-based experience simulator according to the present invention generates a mixed reality image on the basis of images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on an experience object and provides the generated mixed reality image to a participant so that a more realistic experience is provided. | 2021-11-11 |