46th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150324622 | DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING DUAL TARGET AUTO EXPOSURE - The method includes automatically adjusting a first control parameter in a device for capturing a first plurality of images, automatically adjusting a second control parameter in the device for capturing a second plurality of images such that automatic adjustment of the first control parameter is interspersed with, separate from, and obtained generally concurrently with the automatic adjustment of the second control parameter. The adjustment of the first control parameter being determined differently compared to adjustment of the second control parameter. The method may include attempting to decode a decodable indicia utilizing one or more images of the first and second plurality of images. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324623 | DATA COLLECTION MODULE AND SYSTEM - A data collection module including an illumination assembly and an imaging assembly, a processor configured to operate the illumination and imaging assemblies, at least one network interface configured to communicate with a terminal module, at least one power supply and a terminal module interface configured to communicate with a terminal module when the data collection module is mated with the terminal module. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324624 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODES - A method and device for identifying 2-dimensional (2-D) barcodes contained within a retrieved webpage are disclosed. The method includes the operations of: launching a browser to retrieve at least one webpage; receiving an instruction input by a user for identifying at least one 2-D barcode contained within the at least one retrieved webpage; determining according to the input instruction, whether the at least one 2-D barcode may be available within the at least one retrieved webpage; if the at least one 2-D barcode may be available within the at least one retrieved webpage, obtaining at least one 2-D barcode image; and identifying the least one 2-D barcode image, and obtaining 2-D barcode information associated with the identified least one 2-D barcode image. The disclosed method and device simplifies operations of 2-D barcodes identification within the retrieved webpage. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324625 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH FINGERPRINT SENSING FUNCTION, DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH FINGERPRINT SENSING FUNCTION - An electronic apparatus with fingerprint sensing function, a driving circuit, and a method for driving the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a first fingerprint sensor adapted to perform fingerprint sensing; a second fingerprint sensor adapted to perform fingerprint sensing; and a driving circuit. The driving circuit provides a first fingerprint detection signal to the first fingerprint sensor for performing fingerprint detection, and determines whether to control the electronic apparatus to perform a first function, based on fingerprint detection information from the first fingerprint sensor; and provides a second fingerprint detection signal to the second fingerprint sensor for performing fingerprint detection, and determines whether to control the electronic apparatus to perform a second function, based on fingerprint detection information from the second fingerprint sensor. With above technical solution, security for usage of the electronic apparatus is improved. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324626 | Personal Identification System - A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324627 | PORTABLE DEVICE INCLUDING A FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A portable device including a display unit, a control button and a controller. The display unit displays an execution screen of an application of the portable device. The control button receives a control input including at least one of a fingerprint input corresponding to a security authentication for the application and a push input corresponding to a cancel function. The controller displays a security authentication screen of the application, for which the fingerprint input is needed, receives a first control input including a first fingerprint input and a first push input when the security authentication screen of the application is displayed, and recognizes the first fingerprint input of the first control input by activating a fingerprint recognition function when the first fingerprint input is detected for more than a first threshold time and the first push input of the first control input is not detected. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324628 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE COORDINATE SYSTEM REGISTRATION - Systems, methods and computer program products for mapping coordinates of various imaging stations are described. In some implementations, cells (e.g., red blood cells) in a biological specimen can be used for determining the mapping information between the imaging stations. The use of cells allows a target image (e.g., an image of a sub-region of cells in the biological specimen) taken by one imaging station to be pattern-matched to a reference image (e.g., an image showing a larger region of cells in the biological specimen that also includes the sub-region) taken by another imaging station. Once the target image is matched to the reference image, point by point correspondence (and therefore coordinates) between the target image and the reference image can be established for computing the coordinate transformation to map the imaging stations. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324629 | LIVENESS TESTING METHODS AND APPARATUSES AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES - A liveness testing apparatus includes a testing circuit. The testing circuit is configured to test a liveness of an object included in a received input image based on whether an image of the object has a characteristic indicative of a flat surface or a characteristic indicative of a three-dimensional (3D) structure. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324630 | GROUPING FACE IMAGES USING STATISTIC DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATE - A computer-implemented method for sorting face images of different individuals into different groups includes obtaining face images comprising faces of unknown individuals by a computer processor; calculating similarity functions between pairs of face images by the computer processor; joining face images that have values of the similarity functions above a predetermined threshold into a hypothetical face group, wherein the face images in the hypothetical face group hypothetically belong to a same person; conducting non-negative matrix factorization on values of the similarity functions in the hypothetical face group to test truthfulness of the hypothetical face group; and identifying the hypothetical face group as a true face group if a percentage of the associated similarity functions being true is above a threshold based on the non-negative matrix factorization. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324631 | IMAGE PRODUCT CREATION BASED ON FACE IMAGES GROUPED USING IMAGE PRODUCT STATISTICS - A computer-implemented method for creating an image product by accurately grouping faces includes receiving an initial set of face groups for a plurality of face images, training classifiers between pairs of face groups in the initial set of face groups using image-product statistics by a computer processor, classifying the plurality of face images by classifiers to output binary vectors for the plurality of face images by the computer processor, calculating a value for an improved similarity function using the binary vectors for each pair of the plurality of face images, grouping the plurality of face images into modified face groups based on values of the binary similarity functions by the computer processor, and creating an image product based at least in part on the modified face groups | 2015-11-12 |
20150324632 | HEAD-POSE INVARIANT RECOGNITION OF FACIAL ATTRIBUTES - A system facilitates automatic recognition of facial expressions or other facial attributes. The system includes a data access module and an expression engine. The expression engine further includes a set of specialized expression engines, a pose detection module, and a combiner module. The data access module accesses a facial image of a head. The set of specialized expression engines generates a set of specialized expression metrics, where each specialized expression metric is an indication of a facial expression of the facial image assuming a specific orientation of the head. The pose detection module determines the orientation of the head from the facial image. Based on the determined orientation of the head and the assumed orientations of each of the specialized expression metrics, the combiner module combines the set of specialized expression metrics to determine a facial expression metric for the facial image that is substantially invariant to the head orientation. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324633 | ANONYMIZATION OF FACIAL IMAGES - A method facilitates the use of facial images through anonymization of facial images, thereby allowing people to submit their own facial images without divulging their identities. Original facial images are accessed and perturbed to generate synthesized facial images. Personal identities contained in the original facial images are no longer discernable from the synthesized facial images. At the same time, each synthesized facial image preserves at least some of the original attributes of the corresponding original facial image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324634 | MONITORING A WAITING AREA | 2015-11-12 |
20150324635 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR VISITOR MONITORING - A system for automatic visitor monitoring comprises one or more sensors and a processor. The one or more sensors can be configured to automatically generate electronic sensor data regarding visitors at a venue. The processor can be configured to process the electronic sensor data to identify one or more visitors. The processor can also be configured to identify one or more characteristics of the behavior of the one or more visitors or devices carried by said visitors. Even further, the processor can be configured to determine if two or more visitors are part of a single visitor group unit. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324636 | INTEGRATED SENSOR AND VIDEO MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD - A method that integrates sensor data and video analysis to analyze object motion. Motion capture elements generate motion sensor data for objects of interest, and cameras generate video of these objects. Sensor data and video data are synchronized in time and aligned in space on a common coordinate system. Sensor fusion is used to generate motion metrics from the combined and integrated sensor data and video data. Integration of sensor data and video data supports robust detection of events, generation of video highlight reels or epic fail reels augmented with metrics that show interesting activity, and calculation of metrics that exceed the individual capabilities of either sensors or video analysis alone. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324637 | MOTION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A motion information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains pieces of motion information of a subject acquired from mutually-different positions with respect to the subject performing a predetermined motion. The processing circuitry calculates association information used for bringing the pieces of motion information obtained into association with one another. The processing circuitry exercises control so as to cause an output circuitry to output such output information in which the pieces of motion information are kept in association with one another on the basis of the association information calculated. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND SEPARATION OF FORM AND FEATURE ELEMENTS FROM HANDWRITTEN AND OTHER USER SUPPLIED ELEMENTS - A system and methods for progressive feature evaluation of an electronic document image to identify user supplied elements is disclosed. The system includes a controller in communication with a storage device configured to receive and accessibly store a generated plurality of candidate images. The controller is operable to analyze the electronic document image to identify a first feature set and a second feature set, wherein each of the first and second feature sets represent a different form feature, compare the first feature set to the second feature set, and define a third feature set based on the intersection of the first and second feature sets, wherein the third feature sets represents the user provided elements. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324639 | MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE, PROCESSING, AND ELECTRONIC FORM GENERATION - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for capturing and processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes capturing image data using a mobile device, the image data depicting a digital representation of a document; defining, based on the image data, a plurality of candidate edge points corresponding to the document; defining four sides of a tetragon based on at least some of the plurality of candidate edge points; determining a plurality of fields within the tetragon; for each field, determining at least a field location and a field data type; associating each determined field location with each field data type to generate a plurality of metadata labels; and associating the plurality of metadata labels with an image of an electronic form. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324640 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT VALIDITY - In one approach, a method includes: capturing an image of a document using a camera of a mobile device; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the image of the document; extracting data of interest from the image based at least in part on the OCR; and validating the extracted data of interest against reference information stored on the mobile device. In another embodiment, a method includes: capturing an image of a document using a camera of a mobile device; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the image of the document; extracting data of interest from the image based at least in part on the OCR; and validating authenticity of the document based on comparing some or all of the extracted data of interest to reference information stored on the mobile device. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324641 | MODIFIED WALLIS FILTER FOR IMPROVING THE LOCAL CONTRAST OF GIS RELATED IMAGES - Disclosed herein is a method and system for performing adaptive local contrast enhancement for an image by using a linear complexity algorithm for Wallis filter. For an input image, the standard deviation and mean are computed for the first pixel in the image. The computed standard deviation and mean of the first pixel are re-used to calculate the standard deviation and mean for the nearest pixels. So, the standard deviation and mean for each pixel in the image are based on the computed standard deviation and mean of at least one other pixel in the image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324642 | DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining an orientation of a mobile device. One method includes capturing, at the mobile device, an image of at least one illuminated object defining an illuminated reference axis; determining a first angle between the illuminated reference axis and a device reference axis of the mobile device; determining a second angle between the illuminated reference axis and a common reference axis; estimating a third angle between the device reference axis and the common reference axis; and determining an orientation of the mobile device based at least in part on the first angle, the second angle, and the third angle. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324643 | REMOTE VISUAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and a system for remote visual inspection of a target surface of a structure, the system comprising a multi-axis assembly; a combination of dynamic digital video cameras and optic supported by said multi-axis assembly; and a controller connected to the cameras and the multi-axis assembly; wherein the multi-axis assembly comprises a turret along a vertical axis, the turret being connected at a top part thereof to a first arm extending along a roll axis, the first arm being connected to a second arm along a pitch axis, the cameras and optic being carried by the second arm. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324645 | EYEWEAR-TYPE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is an eyewear-type terminal including a display unit on which picture information is displayed; a sensing unit that senses a period of time for which a user's gaze has been fixed in a state where a user wears the eyewear-type terminal; and a controller that collects information relating to something that the user gazes toward, in a case where the user's gaze has been fixed for a period of reference time or longer, and controls the display unit in such a manner that, among the pieces of collected information, at least one piece of collected information, is displayed on the display unit. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324646 | NAVIGATION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - According to some aspects, a wearable device for estimating a location of the device within a space is provided, the device comprising a plurality of cameras mounted to a structure, at least a portion of the structure being adapted to facilitate a user wearing the device, the plurality of cameras having substantially fixed positions and orientations on the structure relative to each other, and at least one processor configured to receive image data from the plurality of cameras, perform feature detection on the image data to obtain a first plurality of features from the image data, and determine an estimate of the location of the device in the space based, at least in part, on a location associated with a second plurality of features obtained from image data previously captured of the space that matches the first plurality of features. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324647 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF A QUEUE - Method for determining the length of a queue of objects in a predefined region having at least one entrance and at least one exit, in the course of which errors in the acquisition of objects entering or exiting the region are corrected during the determination of the length of the queue. In a first step, a specific entry signature E of each object entering the predefined region through the at least one entrance is determined with the aid of at least one first image sensor. Thereafter, the specific entry signature E is stored in an entry list of a calculation unit, each entry signature E being provided with an index value i reflecting the temporal sequence of the entries. In addition, a value L reflecting the length of the queue of the objects is increased by one. Furthermore, a specific exit signature A of an object exiting the predefined region through the at least one exit is determined with the aid of at least one second image sensor, the specific exit signature A being stored in an exit list of a calculation unit as exit signature A | 2015-11-12 |
20150324648 | IMAGE FILTER BASED ON ROW IDENTIFICATION - System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324649 | Method and Device for Analyzing Trafficability - The invention relates to a method for analyzing trafficability using a computer, said method comprising the following steps:
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20150324650 | DEVICE FOR THE EXPANDED REPRESENTATION OF A SURROUNDING REGION OF A VEHICLE - A device is provided for the expanded representation of a surrounding region of a vehicle, the device having an imaging component for the visual representation of the surrounding region. Information from a road model is additionally able to be superimposed on the visual representation of the surrounding region. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324651 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A three-dimensional object detection device has an image capturing unit, a first object detection unit, a light source detection unit, a second object detection unit, a degree-of-clouding calculation unit and a controller. The image capturing unit captures images rearward of a vehicle. The first object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object from the captured images. The second object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object from a detection result of the light source detection unit. The degree-of-clouding calculation unit calculates a degree of lens clouding from the captured images. The controller assess the object as an adjacent vehicle in an adjacent lane from the degree of lens clouding when the degree of lens clouding is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and from the presence of the object in the captured images when the degree of lens clouding is less than the value. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324652 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - In an object recognition apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of recognizers each adapted to conduct object recognition ahead of the vehicle at intervals; and an object continuity determiner adapted to conduct object continuity determination based on a result of the object recognition conducted by the recognizers; the object continuity determiner determines that, when a first object recognized by any of the object recognizers at time (N) is present at a position within a predetermined area defined by a position of a second object recognized by other of the object recognizers at time (N−1) earlier than the time (N), the first object and the second object are identical to each other to be one object which is kept recognized continuously for a time period ranging from at least the time (N−1) to the time (N). | 2015-11-12 |
20150324653 | VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING PASSENGER TO DRIVER FEATURE DISTANCE - A method, system, and apparatus for vehicle occupancy detection comprises collecting image data of a vehicle, creating a first value according to a plurality of characteristics of a driver position of the vehicle, and then creating at least one other value according to a plurality of characteristics of at least one other candidate occupant position in the vehicle. The characteristics of the driver position of the vehicle and candidate occupant position of the vehicle are compared in order to determine the vehicle occupancy. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324654 | DETERMINING IMAGES HAVING UNIDENTIFIABLE LICENSE PLATES - An approach for processing an image is presented. A category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate of a vehicle is determined. Based on the category, characteristics of objects in the image are determined match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate. Another category specifying characteristics of a background color of the license plate is determined. Based on the other category, the characteristics of the objects in the image do not match the characteristics of the background color. Based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the background color of the license plate, the image is determined to not include an identifiable license plate. Responsive to determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the image is determined to be invalid and a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers in license plates is bypassed. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324655 | Distributive Hierarchical Model for Object Recognition in Video - Various examples are provided for object recognition in video. In one example, among others, a system includes processing circuitry including a processor. The processing circuitry is configured to process a sequence of images to recognize an object in the images, the recognition of the object based upon a hierarchical model. In another example, a method includes determining input data from a plurality of overlapping pixel patches of a video image; determining a plurality of corresponding states based at least in part upon the input data and an over-complete dictionary of filters; and determining a cause based at least in part upon the plurality of corresponding states. The cause may be used to identify an object in the video image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324656 | Method and System for Tracking People in Indoor Environments using a Visible Light Camera and a Low-Frame-Rate Infrared Sensor - A method and system tracks objects in an environment by acquiring a first sequence of images of the environment with a visible-light camera having a first frame rate and a second sequence of images with a thermal infrared sensor having a second frame rate. The second frame rate is substantially lower than the first frame rate. The objects are tracked in the first sequence of images to obtain tracks. Warm regions in the second sequence of images are detected to obtain detections. The tracks and the detections are aligned spatially and temporally, and verified to determine whether the tracks and detections coincide after the aligning. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING 3D SHAPE BY USING DERIVATIVE MOIRE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for measuring three-dimensional shapes by using moire interference, which comprises a unit calibration unit, an integrated calibration unit and a phase calibration unit. The unit calibration unit is configured to use a phase difference between two adjacent measuring points for obtaining a unit calibration value of an absolute moire order. The integrated calibration unit is configured to calibrate the absolute moire order up to a target point by using the unit calibration values. The phase calibration unit is configured to calibrate a phase of the target point by using the absolute moire order. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324658 | SENSOR FUSION USING DETECTOR CONFIDENCE BOOSTING - A method for detecting one or more target objects is provided including obtaining 2-dimensional imaging information and 3-dimensional point cloud information of a target zone. The method also includes determining a ground plane in the point cloud information and removing the ground plane to generate modified 3-dimensional information. Also, the method includes identifying a set of 2-dimensional candidate objects from the 2-dimensional imaging information, and identifying a set of 3-dimensional candidate objects from the modified 3-dimensional information. The method also includes determining, for each of at least some of the 2-dimensional candidate objects, a corresponding 3-dimensional candidate object from the set of 3-dimensional candidate objects. Further, the method includes modifying the 2-dimensional confidence measure for each of the at least some of the 2-dimensional candidate objects to generate fused confidence measures based on whether the 2-dimensional candidate object corresponds to a 3-dimensional candidate object. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324659 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN STEREO IMAGES - A method detects an object in a pair of stereo images acquired of a scene, by first generating a cost volume from the pair of stereo images, wherein the cost volume includes matching costs for a range of disparity values, for each pixel the sterao images, between the stereo images in the pair. Feature vectors are determined from sub-images in the cost volume using a feature function of the disparity values with a minimal accumulated cost within regions inside the sub-images. Then, a classifier is appled to the feature vectors to detect whether the sub-image includes the object. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324660 | MULTI-SCALE PYRAMID ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN AN IMAGE SEGREGATION - Multiple sets include multiple scale-spaced pyramids representing each of the image and selected characteristics of the image relevant to the identification of the illumination and material aspects of the image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324661 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF BLEND PIXELS FOR USE IN AN IMAGE SEGREGATION - A method and system comprising image processing techniques that utilize spatio-spectral information relevant to an image, derived from multiple sets of selectively varied representations of the image to accurately and correctly identify illumination and material aspects of the image is provided. Blend pixels are detected to improve the accuracy of the identification of the illumination and material aspects of the image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324662 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COLOR-BASED VECTORS FOR ANALYSIS OF FRAMES OF A VIDEO - A method for identifying color-based vectors is provided, for an improved analysis of frames of a video, for locally accurate color/material correspondence information is provided. The correspondence information can be used to improve the identification of illumination and material aspects of each image depicted in temporally spaced frames of a video. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324663 | IMAGE CONGEALING VIA EFFICIENT FEATURE SELECTION - A novel technique for unsupervised feature selection is disclosed. The disclosed methods include automatically selecting a subset of a feature of an image. Additionally, the selection of the subset of features may be incorporated with a congealing algorithm, such as a least-square-based congealing algorithm. By selecting a subset of the feature representation of an image, redundant and/or irrelevant features may be reduced or removed, and the efficiency and accuracy of least-square-based congealing may be improved. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324664 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION SAMPLE SELECTION FOR DIE-TO-DATABASE PHOTOMASK INSPECTION - A method for selecting samples of reticle design data patterns in order to calibrate the parameters based on which the reference image used in a die-to-database reticle inspection method is rendered, the method comprising the steps of applying local binary pattern (LBP) analysis to a plurality of samples to obtain a p-dimensional vector output for each of the plurality of samples, clustering the q-D data points to M groups, selecting one sample from each clustered group, calculating evaluation scores for the samples selected, and, selecting a portion of the M samples on the representativeness score and the diversity score. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324665 | Identification of packing units - For an identification of packing units, data resulting from an optical recording of at least one surface of a packing unit undergo a text recognition to recognize individual characters. A plurality of characteristic values is determined, each characteristic value being based on another predetermined statistical analysis of the recognized characters. The plurality of characteristic values forms at least one part of an identification of the packing unit. The characteristic values are provided for storage and/or for comparison with previously stored characteristic values. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324666 | ROCKING OPERATING APPARATUS FOR A PUSH-PUSH CARD READER - The invention relates to an operating apparatus having an operating mechanism for purposefully releasing a card receptacle drawer of a push-push card reader from the latched slide-in position by means of simultaneous two-point operation on two spaced-apart operating sections of the operating mechanism. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324667 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF USER INTERFACE OF PRINTER DRIVER - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver includes a printer driver core component and a print setup user interface component. The print setup user interface component causes the computing device to control a display section to display one or more setup user interface portions by determining whether a setup user interface portion designated by designation information obtained from the printer driver core component is implemented in the print setup user interface component; in response to determining that the designated setup user interface portion is not implemented, searching for a compatible setup user interface portion; and in response to determining that the designated or compatible setup user interface portion is implemented, controlling the display section to display the designated or compatible setup user interface portion. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324668 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEMORY CHIP FOR GENERATING CHECKOUT VALUE - A method, a system and a memory chip for generating a check value, which can eliminate the defect of time consuming and high power consumption of the existing memory chip for generating check value, are provided according to the present disclosure. The method comprises the following steps: a frequently changing data relating to an imaging cartridge is acquired; an intermediate check data pre-generated based on infrequently changing data is acquired; the frequently changing data and the intermediate check data are calculated through a predetermined algorithm, and thus a check value is obtained. A step of calculating the infrequently changing data relating to the imaging cartridge is omitted according to the present disclosure, and thus the calculation amount for acquiring the check value can be reduced, the calculation efficiency can be improved, the calculation time and the response time of the entire printing and imaging apparatus can be shortened, and the power consumption of the memory chip can be reduced. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324669 | DYNAMIC SPOOLER LOAD BALANCING - Methods and systems monitor print data being retrieved by a dedicated spooler of a printing device, and monitor the quantity of print data within the print queue to be printed by a printing engine of the printing device. The dedicated spooler and the printing engine share computing resources and, therefore, the processing activities of the dedicated spooler slow processing activities of the printing engine. These methods and systems dynamically reduce the rate at which the print data is retrieved by the dedicated spooler based on the quantity of documents within the print queue to increase printing speed (for example, these methods and systems can reduce the rate at which the print data is retrieved by the dedicated spooler based on the quantity of print data within the print queue being above a threshold amount). | 2015-11-12 |
20150324670 | PARALLEL PROCESSING PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DATA - Methods and apparatus for processing a page description language (“PDL”) data stream are provided. The methods and apparatus divide the PDL data stream to provide a plurality of PDL segments, create associated first and second data files for each of the PDL segments, and assign the first data file or the second data file associated with each of the PDL segments to at least one of a plurality of PDL processors. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms an image according to light emitted from a light source is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a first image processor that performs image processing on image data having a first resolution and outputs the resulting image data; a resolution converter that acquires the image data having the first resolution output from the first image processor and converts the image data to image data having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; a modulation signal generator that modulates the image data having the second resolution according to a clock signal to thereby generate a modulation signal; a light source driver that drives the light source according to the modulation signal; and a second image processor that performs image processing on the image data having the second resolution to be modulated to the modulation signal. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324672 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process including extracting first color space information from first image data in which the first color space information and n-color values in a first color space are described in a page description language, the first color space information being information for determining the first color space, which is a target, generating a color conversion profile in accordance with the first and second color space information, the second color space information being information for determining a second color space corresponding to output characteristics of an image output device that outputs second image data generated from the first image data, and converting the n-color values in the first color space into n-color values in the second color space in accordance with the color conversion profile. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324673 | PRINTING APPARATUS SYSTEM, AND CONNECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A printing apparatus system, comprising: a printing apparatus; and connection devices connected to the printing apparatus in multistage, wherein a device side controller is configured to: execute an authentication process in cooperation with an apparatus side controller when a signal is input thereto, the signal corresponding to a start command signal output from the printing apparatus and input to an electric resistance; and execute a level process where a voltage level of the start command signal passed the electric resistance is set to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level when the authentication process is finished, wherein the apparatus side controller is configured to store identification information assigned to each of the connection devices and number-of-stage information indicating, for each of the connection devices, which stage a connection device associated with the identification information is connected to, wherein the identification information is associated with the number-of-stage information. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324674 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An angle of rotation of a sheet is determined so as to match a processing area that is processed in a processing step defined by specification information with a processing area that is processed on the sheet placed in a placement direction designated in correspondence with a processing apparatus used in the processing step. After rotating the designated placement method by the determined angle of rotation, the resultant direction is printed in, for example, an area to be trimmed off as a placement direction of the sheet in the processing step. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324675 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that dynamically and suitably switches login processing between a user who selects an icon and a user who is identified by reading of a card. The image forming apparatus searches user information of a user who logs in by selecting a user icon displayed on a display unit and a user who logs in using a card, and performs the login processing on a searched user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324676 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SENDING IMAGE DATA - An image processing system includes a reception unit configured to receive an input of authentication information from a user, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user based on the authentication information received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a destination of image data, an operation key configured to set a folder of the user as a destination of the image data, and a transmission unit configured to send the image data to a destination set by the setting unit. The image processing system performs control not to allow a destination setting using the operation key, in the case where a destination to be set by the setting unit is limited to a destination to be set using the operation key and a folder to be set in response to an operation of the operation key is the one to be registered by the user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324677 | Multi-Layer Optical Barcode with Security Features - A multi-layer optical barcode with security features is described herein. An example method includes illuminating a first phosphor layer on a substrate with light having a first wavelength, wherein the first phosphor layer has luminescent properties such that when it is illuminated by light having the first wavelength, it emits light having a second wavelength, the first phosphor layer is divided into a first two-dimensional grid of cells arranged in a first spatial pattern, wherein each cell of the first phosphor layer corresponds to one bit of an identification code, a first portion of the first phosphor layer is removed from a first number of cells of the first two-dimensional grid of cells to expose the substrate for the first number of cells, capturing a first image of the light emitted by the first phosphor layer having the second wavelength, determining whether the first phosphor layer is authentic based on the first image, and determining the identification code based on the first image. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324678 | Modifying Data-Bearing Images - In an embodiment of a method of automatically modifying a data-bearing image, a number of first modules and a number of second modules of the data-bearing image used to encode first data and extra data, corresponding to the first data, are determined, where portions of the first data and/or portions of the extra data encoded in second modules cannot be modified. When the number of first modules is greater than or equal to the number of second modules, at least some of the number of first modules are modified to encode at least some of the first data and at least some of the extra data. When the number of first modules is less than the number of second modules, at least some of the number of first modules are modified to encode the first data. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324679 | OPTICAL-READING CODE PREPARATION DEVICE - An optical-reading code preparation device includes: a storage unit able to receive data to be coded, and parameter data including presentation data, an encoding unit, able to produce code data on the basis of data to be coded and of parameter data, an imaging unit, able to produce data defining an image plane on the basis of presentation data and/or of code data, a scheduler devised so as to, in response to the receipt of data to be coded and of parameter data comprising presentation data: call the encoding unit with the data to be coded and the parameter data received so as to produce associated code data, call the imaging unit with the associated code data, selectively with some at least of the presentation data, call the imaging unit, and prepare an optical-reading code. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - A system and method for obtaining an intra-oral X-ray image of a patient. The system includes an information carrier plate having an affixed NFC/RFID tag. The NFC/RFID tag includes a memory. A primary tagging device reads and writes temporary information into the tag's memory over a first communication channel. A scanner is in communication with a secondary tagging device to read and write the temporary information saved in the tag's memory over a second communication channel. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324681 | FLEXIBLE RFID TAG FOR MOUNTING ON METAL SURFACE - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a three-dimensional Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag structure that provides improved performance when mounted on a conducting surface, the three-dimensional RFID tag structure comprising a first substrate with an RFID integrated circuit and antenna, the antenna comprising a first antenna portion and second antenna portion, wherein the first and second antenna portions are wrapped around and connected to each other such that a continuous conductive path is made from the first electrical terminal of the RFID integrated circuit, to the first antenna portion, to the second antenna portion, and to the second electrical terminal of the RFID integrated circuit. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324682 | PROCESS FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF A SMART CARD FOR A SINGLE SELECTED APPLICATION - A process is designed to configure a smart card (CP) comprising a microchip (PE) capable of participating in at least two applications, a magnetic stripe (PM) capable of storing information, action means (MA) capable of acting on the magnetic stripe (PM) to modify certain stored information, a control circuit (MC) capable of controlling the microchip (PE) and the action means (MA), and selection means (MS) capable of allowing the selection of an application. This process comprises a step wherein, if one of the applications is selected, a dedicated piece of information that is representative of that selected application is stored in a location accessible to the control circuit (MC), so that if the microchip (PE) is woken up, the microchip (PE) automatically retrieves the dedicated information in order to activate the selected application represented by it. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324683 | Smart Card Module - A smart card module has an elongated circuit substrate; a card-reader contact element on one side of the substrate for connection to a smart card reader; an integrated circuit connection element on another side of the substrate connected to the card-reader contact element and to which an integrated circuit is mountable; and an antenna on the substrate connected to the integrated circuit connection element for receiving radio frequency signals from the smart card reader. A furthest perimeter edge of the antenna is spaced from a proximal edge of the card-reader contact element by at least half a distance between the proximal edge and a center C | 2015-11-12 |
20150324684 | NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARE FOR NEURONAL COMPUTATION AND NON-NEURONAL COMPUTATION - Embodiments of the invention provide a neurosynaptic system comprising a delay unit for receiving and buffering axonal inputs, and a neural computation unit for generating neuronal outputs by performing a set of computations based on at least one axonal input received by the delay unit. The system further comprises a permutation unit for receiving external inputs to the system, and transmitting external outputs from the system. The permutation unit maps each external input received as either an axonal input to the delay unit or an external output from the system. The permutation unit maps each neuronal output generated by the neural computation unit as either an axonal input to the delay unit or an external output from the system. The neural computation unit comprises multiple electronic neurons, multiple electronic axons, and a plurality of electronic synapse devices interconnecting the neurons with the axons. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324685 | ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION OF A NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE - A first input is processed via a first configuration of a neural network to produce a first output. The first configuration defines attributes of the neural network, such as connections between neural elements of the neural network. If the neural network requires a context switch to process a second input, a second configuration is applied to the neural network to change the attributes, and the second input is processed via the second configuration of the neural network to produce a second output. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324686 | DISTRIBUTED MODEL LEARNING - A method of learning a model includes receiving model updates from one or more users. The method also includes computing an updated model based on a previous model and the model updates. The method further includes transmitting data related to a subset of the updated model to the a user(s) based on the updated model. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324687 | INTELLIGENT MODULAR ROBOTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for an extensible robotic device with artificial intelligence and receptive to training controls. In one implementation, a modular robotic system that allows a user to fully select the architecture and capability set of their robotic device is disclosed. The user may add/remove modules as their respective functions are required/obviated. In addition, the artificial intelligence is based on a neuronal network (e.g., spiking neural network), and a behavioral control structure that allows a user to train a robotic device in manner conceptually similar to the mode in which one goes about training a domesticated animal such as a dog or cat (e.g., a positive/negative feedback training paradigm) is used. The trainable behavior control structure is based on the artificial neural network, which simulates the neural/synaptic activity of the brain of a living organism. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324688 | CUSTOMIZED CLASSIFIER OVER COMMON FEATURES - A method of generating a classifier model includes distributing a common feature model to two or more users. Multiple classifiers are trained on top of the common feature model. The method further includes distributing a first classifier of the multiple classifiers to a first user and a second classifier of the multiple classifiers to a second user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324689 | CUSTOMIZED CLASSIFIER OVER COMMON FEATURES - A method of updating a set of classifiers includes applying a first set of classifiers to a first set of data. The method further includes requesting, from a remote device, a classifier update based on an output of the first set of classifiers or a performance measure of the application of the first set of classifiers. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324690 | Deep Learning Training System - Training large neural network models by providing training input to model training machines organized as multiple replicas that asynchronously update a shared model via a global parameter server is described herein. In at least one embodiment, a system including a model module storing a portion of a model and a deep learning training module that communicates with the model module are configured for asynchronously sending updates to shared parameters associated with the model. The techniques herein describe receiving and processing a batch of data items to calculate updates. Replicas of training machines communicate asynchronously with a global parameter server to provide updates to a shared model and return updated weight values. The model may be modified to reflect the updated weight values. The techniques described herein include computation and communication optimizations that improve system efficiency and scaling of large neural networks. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324691 | NEURAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS USING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES - A system includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells and a map that assigns connections between nodes of a neural network to the memory cells. Memory devices containing nonvolatile memory cells and applicable circuitry for reading and writing may operate with the map. Information stored in the memory cells can represent weights of the connections. One or more neural processors can be present and configured to implement the neural network. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324692 | HUMAN ENVIRONMENT LIFE LOGGING ASSISTANT VIRTUAL ESEMPLASTIC NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mobile user borne brain activity data and surrounding environment data correlation system comprising a brain activity sensing subsystem, a recording subsystem, a measurement computer subsystem, a user sensing subsystem, a surrounding environment sensing subsystem, a correlation subsystem, a user portable electronic device, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a computer processing device. The mobile user borne system collects and records brain activity data and surrounding environment data and statistically correlates and processes the data for communicating the data into a recipient biological, mechanical, or bio-mechanical system. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324693 | PREDICTING DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS BASED ON CLINICAL SIDE EFFECTS - A processor-implemented method, computer program product and system are provided for predicting drug-drug interactions based on clinical side effects. The method includes constructing a drug-drug interactions training dataset that includes pharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamics drug-drug interactions from multiple data sources for each of a plurality of drugs. The method also includes constructing side effect features for each of the drugs from side effects associated with the drugs. The method further includes building, using the drug-drug interactions training dataset, a drug-drug interactions classifier that predicts adverse drug-drug interactions for drug pairs derivable from the drugs. The method additionally includes for each of the side effects, building a two-by-two table using the side effect features, and performing a Fisher's exact test using the two-by-two table to determine whether a given one of side effects is differentially shown between positive predicted drug-drug interactions and negative predicted drug-drug interactions. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324694 | DISCOVERING USER-BEHAVIOR FROM TRAJECTORY-AS-POLYGON (TaP) - Disclosed is a system for analyzing user-behavior using a TaP algorithm. For example, raw data are collected and segmented to become segmented data. In this example, the TaP algorithm in combination with a sliding time window is implemented to derive a convex hull polygon. A determination of geometric properties of the derived convex hull polygon facilitates the analysis of the user-behavior. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324695 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INTER-DEPENDENICES BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES - Methods and systems for creating one or more statistical classifiers. A first set of performance parameters, corresponding to the one or more applications and the one or more computing infrastructures, is extracted from a historical data pertaining to the execution of the one or more applications on the one or more computing infrastructures. Further, a set of application-specific and a set of infrastructure-specific parameters are selected, from the first set of performance parameters, based on one or more statistical techniques. A similarity between each pair of the applications, each pair of the computing infrastructures, and each pair of possible combinations of an application and a computing infrastructure is determined. One or more statistical classifiers are created, based on the determined similarity. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324696 | PREDICTION OF AVAILABLE GENERATOR RUNNING TIME - At least one aspect of the invention is directed to a power monitoring system including a generator coupled to a fuel tank, a plurality of monitors, and a processor configured to monitor one or more loads drawing power from the generator; monitor one or more parameters that affect the amount of power drawn by the one or more loads; monitor a fuel consumption rate of the generator; generate one or more load profiles for each of the one or more loads; receive a set of the one or more loads for which a predicted time is to be generated; receive values for the one or more parameters; generate a predicted load profile for the set of the one or more loads and the values of the one or more parameters; receive information indicating an amount of remaining fuel; and calculate a predicted available run time. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324697 | METHOD OF PREDICTING CRACK GROWTH AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of predicting growth of a crack in a member includes memorizing, for each portion on the member, stress distribution Δσ(a) in the depth direction obtained in the case that no crack is present, a relationship between depth of growing cracks and creep contribution, and a relationship between creep contribution and parameters C and in of the Paris's law, receiving from a user an indication of a certain portion on the member, acquiring the stress distribution Δσ(a) in the depth direction for the certain portion, acquiring a creep contribution at the depth of a growing crack for the certain portion, from the relationship between depth of cracks and creep contribution memorized for the certain portion, and acquiring parameters C and in corresponding to the acquired creep contribution, from the relationship between creep contribution and parameters C and m of the Paris's law memorized for the certain portion. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324698 | CONTEXT-AWARE DECISION MAKING - A context-aware decision making system may include at least one processor circuit that is configured to obtain an environmental profile of an environment associated with a user. The at least one processor circuit is configured to determine a predicted behavior of the user based at least on the obtained environmental profile. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to determine the predicted behavior of the user using at least one predictive model associated with the user. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to perform an action related to the predicted behavior of the user, such as an action that facilitates the predicted behavior of the user, an action that impedes the predicted behavior of the user, and/or an action that provides information related to the predicted behavior of the user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324699 | NETWORK INFORMATION METHODS DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for predicting links in a network, such as a social network, are disclosed. The existing network structure can be used to optimize link prediction. The methods and systems can learn a distance metric and/or a degree preference function that are structure preserving to predict links for new/existing nodes based on node properties. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324700 | HANDLING LIVE OCCURRENCE EVENTS WITH A RULES ENGINE - A method is disclosed herein in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The method may include deriving at a mobile transaction platform a multi-dimensional context from one or more user transactions and determining at least one life occurrence based, at least in part, on the multi-dimensional context. The one or more user transactions may be conducted through the mobile transaction platform. The one or more user transactions may be stored on a third-party source. In an aspect, the at least one life occurrence has yet to occur. In another aspect of the invention, the life occurrence has already occurred. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of user location information and life occurrence location information. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of a time of life occurrence and a current time. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324701 | APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SENSORY EFFECT AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a sensory effect representation apparatus including a collection unit configured to collect user status information about a user status, a storage unit configured to store sensory effects; an analysis unit configured to analyze the user status information to generate a user status prediction pattern, a sensory effect recommendation unit configured to recommend a sensory effect corresponding to the user status prediction pattern, from among the stored sensory effects; and a sensory effect provision unit configured to read a sensory effect corresponding to the sensory effect prediction pattern, from the storage unit and provide the read sensory effect. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a sensory effect appropriate for a user characteristic by predicting a user status and reflecting a feedback on a recommended sensory effect. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324702 | PREDICTIVE PATTERN PROFILE PROCESS - A system and method for providing a prediction is disclosed. A series of historical data or profiles are collected and stored on a database. Using software to provide a first set of predictive patterns from the historical profiles and a second set of predictive patters from the first set of predictive patterns from which the prediction for a particular subject such as sales can be provided. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324703 | ADAPTIVE CONTACT WINDOW - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving aggregate user data, the aggregate user data corresponding to response rate of one or more answering users responding to requests, processing the aggregate user data to generate one or more analytical models, each of the one or more analytical models providing a plurality probabilities that an average answering user will respond to a request, each probability of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a particular time period during a day, receiving a request, determining a time corresponding to the request, identifying a plurality of answering users, processing the one or more analytical models based on the time to identify a sub-set of answering users of the plurality of answering users, and transmitting the request to each answering user of the sub-set of answering users. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICIPATORY SENSING DATA COLLECTION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for participating in sensing data collection. The method comprises: for each of multiple user equipments, calculating probabilities that the user equipment is located in respective subareas of a predetermined area at a predetermined time by using historical movement information of the user equipment; determining types of sensing data to be collected when the user equipment is located in the respective subareas, based on capability information of the user equipment for collecting sensing data; and obtaining a utility value of the user equipment associated with sensing data collection within the predetermined area, based on the probabilities calculated for the respective subareas and the determined types of sensing data. The method further comprises selecting one or more user equipments from the multiple user equipments for collection of participatory sensing data, based on multiple utility values obtained for the multiple user equipments. By means of the method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently select user equipments participating in sensing data collection, increase the efficiency for sensing data collection, and reduce the cost for data collection. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324705 | LONG-TIME LOW-LATENCY QUANTUM MEMORY BY DYNAMICAL DECOUPLING - This disclosure relates to preserving a quantum state in a quantum memory. A controller of the quantum memory determines based on a characteristic of noise that causes deterioration of the quantum state a dynamical decoupling base sequence. The duration of the base sequence is shorter than or equal to an access latency time of the quantum memory to allow access to the quantum state within the access latency time. Further, the deterioration of the quantum state is bounded to an upper deterioration limit when the base sequence is repeatedly applied to the quantum system. This provides acceptable access times while simultaneously allowing long term storage of data in the quantum state with low error rates. Repeatedly applying the base sequence to the quantum system will first yield an increasing deterioration but that deterioration will eventually reach the upper limit. As a result, over time the error rates will not exceed that upper limit and the quantum state is stable. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324706 | HOME AUTOMATION VIA VOICE CONTROL - Methods and systems are described for setting operation rules for use in controlling aspects of a home automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for establishing operation rules in a home automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by the processor to receive a spoken command having a plurality of rule setting terms, establish at least one operation rule for the home automation system based on the spoken command, and store the at least one operation rule for later use by the home automation system. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING USEFUL SMART KERNELS FOR GENERAL-PURPOSE GPU COMPUTING - The present systems and methods leverage aspects of GPU architecture to improve the operational efficiency of the GPU. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324708 | ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION - A user is detected in a vicinity of a shared transportation vehicle by identifying a user device and determining a location of the user device. Parameters are determined for user travel of a route of the shared transportation vehicle. A message is targeted to a device of the detected user based on a location of the detected user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324709 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Available Parking Spaces En Route - A computer-implemented system and method for providing available parking spaces en route is provided. Each of a plurality of parking spaces are associated with a hold time during which other vehicles are prevented from parking within that parking space while available and prior to commencement of a reservation. A request for an available parking space is received from a user. One or more of the parking spaces are identified as available. A duration of time for arrival by the user to each of the available parking spaces is determined. The hold time for each available parking space is applied to the arrival time duration for that available parking space. At least one of the available parking spaces for which the user's arrival time duration is less than the hold time is selected and provided to the user. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324710 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method causes a computer of a communication device to: acquire appointment available dates and times at a specialized institution; determine candidate appointment dates and times at the specialized institution by excluding each date and time, on which a plan of a user is stored in the communication device, from the acquired appointment available dates and times; display each display representing each candidate appointment time based on the determined candidate appointment dates and times, in each region corresponding to each day represented in calendar data; and display an appointment screen on a display when selection of one region is detected, the one region corresponding to one day represented in the calendar data and representing one candidate appointment time, the appointment screen being used for setting the one candidate appointment date and time corresponding to the selected one region as an appointment date and time at the specialized institution. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324711 | ASSOCIATION-BASED PRODUCT DESIGN - A method for designing a new product includes automatically identifying a plurality of components of stored products, wherein the plurality of components is associated with an existing component included in a design of the new product, automatically selecting a new component from among the plurality of components, wherein a relationship between the existing component and the new component optimizes a design objective for the new product, automatically adding the new component to the design for the new product, and iteratively repeating the identifying, the selecting, and the adding until a stopping criterion is met, wherein the design for the new product is complete when the stopping criterion is met. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324712 | INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND BENEFITS TRACKING - A method and system for tracking an IT infrastructure is provided. The method includes modeling an IT infrastructure as a collection of hardware components, software components, and networking components. An observer agent is deployed on each of the components. The observer agent performs a measurement process with respect to each of the components and a mapping process is performed with respect to the measurement process. An aggregation module is deployed and an aggregation process is performed with respect to results of the mapping process. In response, a two dimensional moving graph indicating results of the aggregation process is generated and displayed. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324713 | AUTOMATED DESIGN OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICE SOLUTIONS - A computer implemented method for automated design of information technology solutions. In an embodiment, the method comprises identifying a client for whom the service solution is being provided, and an applicable technology domain associated with the client; identifying a market segment associated with the client; generating a market-based profile for the client, the market-based profile derived, at least in part, from the identified market segment and the applicable technology domain; retrieving applicable workload profiles for the client, wherein the applicable workload profiles are retrieved, at least in part, by mapping the generated market-based profile for the client to a plurality of workload profiles; and generating a prototype solution, based, at least in part, on alignment of the applicable workload profiles to the market-based profile for the client. The method further includes customizing the prototype solution to provide a solution that includes client-unique specification of service solution parameters. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324714 | Method of Generating An Optimized Ship Schedule To Deliver Liquefied Natural Gas - A system and method is provided for generating an optimized ship schedule to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) from one or more LNG liquefaction terminals to one or more LNG regasification terminals using a fleet of ships. The method involves modeling the ship schedule via an LNG ship scheduling model and a LNG ship rescheduling model to provide optimized decisions for the LNG supply chain. The LNG supply chain includes the one or more LNG liquefaction terminals, the one or more LNG regasification terminals, and the fleet of ships. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324715 | LOGISTICS SETTLEMENT RISK SCORING SYSTEM - A method and system for measuring financial risk in logistics transactions is disclosed. Historical data from processing logistics transactions is reviewed with analysis tools to determine risk scores in key areas. The method may be updated for new components representing high risk in logistics and to refresh risk scores periodically. In embodiments, a module generates risk score results for a given client profile, which may include actual or estimated inputs for both activity levels and a control configuration. Control configuration inputs include not only the basic controls in place for risk mitigation, but also the data enhancements applied for every control as implemented by the client. The client data inputs originate from shippers, logistics service providers, financiers, auditors or other logistics ecosystem partners. The outputs include quantified risk score results in various formats, which may be accessed by computer, smart phone, tablet, mobile device, or via an Internet browser. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324716 | Multi-Tag Identification Devices, Variable-Power Standoff Readers For Same, and Related Systems - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software for monitoring compliance of sanitizees (e.g., health care workers, food service workers, sanitization/janitorial workers etc.) with sanitization protocols to be followed for encounters with sanitization-protocol targets (e.g., patients, food-preparation areas, health care facilities/appurtenances, restrooms, etc.). In one example, a system includes sanitization verification systems located close to the targets and mobile node devices issued to the sanitizees. Each verification system can be configured to test the efficacy of sanitization procedures performed by the sanitizees prior to encountering a target, to provide authorizations, via the node devices, to the sanitizees to proceed with target encounters, and to open monitoring sessions during which the node devices record information concerning interactions with the targets. The node devices are configured to annunciate sanitization statuses of the sanitizees throughout a work period as the sanitizees continually interact with verification stations and encounter targets. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324717 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME CARPOOLING - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving a request for transport of a first end user; selecting, in response to the received request, a transportation vehicle unit that is currently en route to or is currently transporting a second end user for transporting the first end user, the selection of the transportation vehicle unit being based, at least in part, on ascertaining that the transportation vehicle unit is able to accommodate transport of the first end user while transporting the second end user; and transmitting one or more directives that direct the selected transportation vehicle unit to transport the first end user. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324718 | REAL-TIME CARPOOLING COORDINATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for transmitting a request for one or more identities of a transportation vehicle unit for transporting a first end user; receiving the one or more identities of the transportation vehicle unit for transporting the first end user, the transportation vehicle unit currently en route to or is currently transporting a second end user and having been identified based, at least in part, on a determination that the transportation vehicle unit is able to accommodate transport of the first end user while transporting the second end user; and directing the identified transportation vehicle unit to rendezvous with the first end user in order to transport the first end user. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324719 | MODEL REFERENCED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF A WORKSITE - A reference model generates a model output indicative of modeled operations of one or more worksites. The model output is compared against actual operation data indicative of actual worksite operations. A recommendation engine generates recommendations to adjust the worksite operations so that they more closely conform to the model operations. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324720 | Roadside Assistance Management - Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system for establishing base stations and allocating service vehicles to the base stations in order to provide roadside assistance. The system may include computing devices associated with customer vehicles and service vehicles as well as network computing devices. The system may receive a service request from a customer regarding a disabled vehicle. The system may then identify an appropriate service vehicle to assist the customer and assign the service request to the identified service vehicle. The system may select the appropriate service vehicle based on a location of the disabled vehicle. In an example, the system may choose a service vehicle from a base station closest to or within the shortest driving time to the disabled vehicle. By setting-up base stations in advance of service requests, service vehicles may reach disabled vehicles within a predetermined period of time. | 2015-11-12 |
20150324721 | CLOUD BASED SELECTIVELY SCALABLE BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE (CBSSA) - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a cloud based selectively scalable architecture (CBSSA) that may be used for selective and automatic up-scaling and downscaling of individual sub systems are disclosed. In this architecture sub systems may also be extended and added onto the system architecture independently without impacting the other sub systems. Hardware and Software provisioning techniques may be achieved at runtime using the APIs of the cloud infrastructure. | 2015-11-12 |