47th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140341389 | HEADSET MICROPHONE BOOM ASSEMBLY - The present arrangements relate to a microphone boom assembly. A first microphone can be positioned proximate to a first aperture defined in a first side of the microphone boom through which acoustic signals propagate to the first microphone, and a second microphone can be positioned proximate to a second aperture defined in a second side of the microphone through which the acoustic signals propagate to the second microphone. The first microphone can be connected to a first side of a flexible printed circuit at a first location and the second microphone connected to a second side of the flexible printed circuit at a second location, the flexible printed circuit mounted into the microphone boom with a bend in the flexible printed circuit positioned between the first location and the second location. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING WIRELESS AUDIO STREAMS - A method for transmitting wireless audio streams in an audio system comprising a first transmitter unit, the method includes: transmitting a first audio block in a first audio frame, the first audio block comprising a first primary audio package having a transmitter unit address of the first transmitter unit; transmitting a first primary pilot package, the first primary pilot package comprising the transmitter unit address of the first transmitter unit, a first primary time offset, and a channel identifier of a first primary audio package of a second audio block in a second audio frame; and transmitting the first primary audio package of the second audio block at a start time depending on the first primary time offset and the channel identifier. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341391 | LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A method for mounting a loudspeaker carrier in a vehicle. The method includes providing a loudspeaker carrier and providing an expandable material. The method further includes arranging the expandable material between the loudspeaker carrier and a mounting site on bodywork of the vehicle and activating the expandable material such that the material expands, forming a foam structure, and causes the loudspeaker to be secured to the bodywork. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341392 | AUGMENTATION OF A BEAMFORMING MICROPHONE ARRAY WITH NON-BEAMFORMING MICROPHONES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341393 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AUDIO SIGNALS - In a method of reproducing audio signals using an electronic device, the electronic device decodes an audio file to generate original digital audio signals, and attenuates the original digital audio signals having frequencies that are lower than a preset cutoff frequency. The electronic device further amplifies each of attenuated digital audio signals and the original digital audio signals having frequencies that are higher than the preset cutoff frequency with a preset gain. Once the electronic device converts the amplified digital audio signals into analog audio signals, and outputs the analog audio signals to an audio amplifier, the audio amplifier amplifies the analog audio signals to drive a speaker to output the analog audio signals. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341394 | Loudspeaker Enclosure System With Signal Processor For Enhanced Perception Of Low Frequency Output - A loudspeaker system with a transducer and an enclosure with at least one resonant chamber, including a resonant-chamber resonance frequency, at which a displacement characteristic of a vibratile diaphragm of the transducer has a minimum. The loudspeaker system further includes a multi-mode signal processor with a set of signal processes wherein in one example, a variable gain, frequency selective dynamic filter reduces the gain in a high displacement frequency range upon an output in the frequency range exceeding an overload amplitude threshold. The gain reduction is compensated for by complimentary frequency generating signal processes, including at least one of a harmonics generator and a transpositional gain controller, with the signal processor adapted to match the resonant chamber enclosure by substantially maintaining or increasing acoustic output at the resonant chamber resonance and generating harmonics associated with fundamental frequencies in the gain reduced frequency range to maintain a perception of tonal quality and physical bass impact, increasing low frequency capability while minimizing audible overload distortion. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341395 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The disclosed apparatus extracts particular instrument sounds included in music in real time during music reproduction. The audio processing section | 2014-11-20 |
20140341396 | SMART AUTOMATIC AUDIO RECORDING LEVELER - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for adjusting audio properties after recording an audio. An exemplary method includes recording audio using an audio capturing system, wherein the recorded audio is associated with an audio level; determining one or more audio signal properties associated with the recorded audio; comparing the audio level with a first predetermined threshold level; and in response to determining the audio level is greater than a first predetermined threshold level, adjusting the recorded audio based at least partially on modifying the one or more determined audio signal properties, wherein the adjusting step is performed a finite time interval following the recording step. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341397 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling an Amplification Gain of an Amplifier, and a Digitizer Circuit and Microphone Assembly - A controller for controlling an amplification gain of an amplifier for amplifying a high dynamic range signal for an analog to digital converter comprises an input interface adapted to receive a representation of the high dynamic range signal and a signal compressor adapted to provide a low amplitude representation of the high dynamic range signal, the low amplitude representation having a lower signal amplitude than the high dynamic range signal. A comparator is adapted to compare the signal amplitude of the low amplitude representation with a predetermined threshold and an output interface is adapted to provide a control signal to the amplifier, the control signal being adapted to control the amplification gain of the amplifier such that the amplification gain is lowered when the signal amplitude of the low amplitude representation exceeds the predetermined threshold. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341398 | MULTICHANNEL DIGITAL AUDIO INTERFACE - A multichannel input device with automatic number-of-channels detection includes an automatic channel and bit depth detector, a digital audio interface (DAI), an analog device, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) coupling the DAI to the analog device. The automatic number-of-channels and bit depth detector has a BCLK input, a LRCLK input, a number of channels NCHAN output, and a bit depth B output. The DAI has a data DIN input, the BCLK input, the LRCLK input, an NCHAN input and a B input and has an output including data associated with an assigned channel. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICES - Embodiments of the disclosure may provide an apparatus and method of controlling and altering the acoustic output of audio devices that are used in conjunction with a computing device. In some embodiments, the apparatus and methods include a wireless speaker communication method and computing device software application that are configured to work together to more easily setup and deliver audio information from an audio source to one or more portable audio speakers. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341400 | Impedance Matching Circuit for Driving a Speaker System - An impedance matched resonant circuit uses inductors coupling an audio source and a speaker array in order to reduce feedback reflection induced by an audio signal traveling from the audio source to the array of speakers. An RC circuit could also be coupled to the positive and negative terminals of the speaker array to reduce the slope differential of the audio signal at certain frequencies. The circuit can be packaged together in a single module with switches to activate and deactivate portions of the circuit to alter the effectiveness of the circuit depending upon need. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341401 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device including: a hollow case; a drive unit housed in the case and configured to cause a diaphragm to vibrate; and a curved diaphragm having a flat plate curved and arranged to stand in an upright position on an upper surface of the case, wherein a diaphragm of the drive unit is exposed at a part of a surface of the case, and a part of a base end of the curved diaphragm abuts on the diaphragm of the drive unit, and the curved diaphragm is compressively deformed through a standing pole arranged to extend between a tip end of the curved diaphragm and the case, whereby vibration of the diaphragm of the drive unit is allowed to propagate to the curved diaphragm and the case so that sound is allowed to come out of the diaphragm of the drive unit, the curved diaphragm, and the case. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341402 | MEMS PROCESS AND DEVICE - A method of fabricating a micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) transducer comprises the steps of forming a membrane on a substrate, and forming a back-volume in the substrate. The step of forming a back-volume in the substrate comprises the steps of forming a first back-volume portion and a second back-volume portion, the first back-volume portion being separated from the second back-volume portion by a step in a sidewall of the back-volume. The cross-sectional area of the second back-volume portion can be made greater than the cross-sectional area of the membrane, thereby enabling the back-volume to be increased without being constrained by the cross-sectional area of the membrane. The back-volume may comprise a third back-volume portion. The third back-volume portion enables the effective diameter of the membrane to be formed more accurately. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341403 | OPTICALLY CLEAR DIAPHRAGM FOR AN ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a diaphragm that may be used with a mechanical-to-acoustical transducer. The diaphragm may include a layer of optically clear film, a damping layer and another layer of optically clear film. The damping layer may be an adhesive. The diaphragm may also comprise two optically clear films, optionally including a damping layer, wherein the films indicate a desired coefficient of linear thermal expansion in one or both of the machine and transverse directions. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341404 | Multi-Channel Audio Rendering - A multi-channel audio rendering system comprises an audio renderer ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341405 | HEARING INSTRUMENT WITH AN AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL - A hearing instrument includes: a radio for reception of a broadcasted message; an authenticator configured for authentication of a transmitter of the broadcasted message; and a receiver configured for converting the broadcasted message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument upon successful authentication of the transmitter of the broadcasted message. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341406 | HEARING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR RECEIVING WIRELESS AUDIO STREAMING - A method for receiving wireless audio streams in a hearing device includes: receiving audio packages of a primary audio stream from a primary transmitter unit having a primary transmitter unit address; evaluating a first parameter of the primary audio stream; and if the first parameter fulfills a search criterion: searching for pilot packages from available transmitter units; determining an optimum transmitter unit based on one or more pilot package parameters of the pilot packages from the available transmitter units; and receiving audio packages of an audio stream from the optimum transmitter unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341407 | METHOD AND HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR LOGIC-BASED BINAURAL BEAM-FORMING SYSTEM - A method for beam-forming for a hearing aid system is disclosed. The hearing aid system has a left and a right hearing aid device for disposal on a head of a wearer. The hearing aid devices each have microphones for converting the sound into a left and a right input signal and also a signal processing device which receives the two input signals. In the method a number of different linear combinations of the left and the right input signal are provided, are assessed according to a predetermined signal criterion and, in dependence thereof, one of the linear combinations is selected as a beam signal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION FROM HOME APPLIANCES TO A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for providing a gateway for a wireless hearing assistance device. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for wirelessly communicating with a hearing assistance device. One or more message and alert inputs are received and the message and alert inputs are processed to obtain an output. The output is wirelessly transmitted to a hearing assistance device, and the output is configured to be played via audio to a wearer of the hearing assistance device and to interrupt a current audio stream being played to the wearer, in various embodiments. Another aspect of the present subject matter relates to the one or more message and alert inputs being received from one or more home appliances through a hub device. The output informs the wearer of the hearing assistance device of states of the one or more home appliances. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341409 | HEARING AID SLEEVE - A hearing aid sleeve is made from a pliable and flexible rubber material. The sleeve is configured to minimize acoustic feedback in an ear canal by restricting movement of a hearing aid relative to the ear canal. The hearing aid sleeve includes a pliable rubber body configured to flex to the contours of an ear canal, the rubber body having an outer surface. The opposing ends of the sleeve form a tapered contour. An aperture passes from a first end to a second end. The aperture is configured to accept contact with the hearing aid. The outer surface of the body is configured to flex to the contour of the ear canal and grip the surface of the ear canal, thereby increasing the compressive forces around the hearing aid sufficient to minimize acoustic feedback. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341410 | SPEAKER APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH A COMPUTER - A speaker apparatus suitable for use with a computer operable for communicating audio signals to the speaker apparatus. The speaker apparatus includes a housing having a top portion and a body portion adjacent the top portion. The housing can be configured for carrying a coupling module and a speaker driver array. The coupling module can be configured for coupling the speaker apparatus and the computer. The speaker driver array can include a first speaker driver and a second speaker driver. The first and second speaker drivers can be arranged in a stacked arrangement. The stacked arrangement can be such that the first speaker driver can be positioned atop the second speaker and such that the first and second speaker drivers face different directions. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341411 | DUAL PURPOSE PILL REMINDER AND TAMPER DETECTOR - An audio signal analysis method is provided for detecting the opening and closing of a medicine bottle cap in a robust manner using a micro speaker and a microphone along with associated mixed signal electronics. It is also used for robust tamper detection and for monitoring liquid medication consumption accurately. In a preferred embodiment an un-modulated OFDM signal is used that covers the entire operating audio spectrum. In another embodiment, Complimentary code based phase encoding of the subcarrier phases is used to reduce the peak to average power of the OFDM signal, thereby enabling higher transmit power of the audio signal to mitigate against interference. A suitable wireless device can be co-located with the mixed signal electronics for sending the bottle usage, medication reminder alarm, and tamper status to the medication compliance monitoring system or to the user's cell phone. In some embodiments of the patent, electrical capacitance sensing is used to determine if the bottle is opened or closed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341412 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ENHANCED SOUND REPRODUCTION - A miniaturized and portable electronic device with enhanced audio output includes a main body, an internal sound guiding pipe and a surface-mounted but internal loudspeaker. The main body defines a plurality of first sound holes and a plurality of second sound holes at respective ends of the main body. The interconnecting sound guiding pipe receives the portion of the sound waves generated by the loudspeaker which the loudspeaker does not direct to the outside of the main body, and such portion not directly output is collected by the sound guiding pipe to resonate and be transmitted to the second sound holes for outward emission. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341413 | Waterproof Audio and Storage System - A portable and waterproof audio reproduction device is provided, comprising a case having a base and a lid defining an internal volume, and further including a seal between the base and the lid sufficient to prevent water from entering the internal volume when the lid is closed onto the base. The case includes control electronics within the internal volume, wherein the control electronics are adapted to receive an audio signal from an audio device located either inside the case or outside the case. The case also includes a battery, electrically connected to the control electronics. Surface transducers are electrically connected to the control electronics and operatively attached to an internal surface of the case, wherein the surface transducers are capable of receiving the audio signal from the audio device and causing vibration of the internal surface in response to the audio signal. The control electronics comprise a printed circuit board having additional electronic features which are desirable to the operation of the device, such as a line-in input for receiving an audio signal, a charging input for charging the battery from an external power source, a power switch, a switch to activate an on-board wireless networking protocol such as Bluetooth®, an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal, and magnetically responsive switches for controlling playback and volume. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341414 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include a body including an outlet and an audio collecting device provided on one side of the outlet, the audio collecting device including a microphone that collects audio input. The audio collecting device may include a housing body including an opening in which the microphone is installed, a housing cover provided on one side of the housing body, and a noise insulation space defined by the housing body and the housing cover. The microphone may be received in the noise insulation space. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341415 | Internal-External Speaker Headphones that Transform Into a Portable Sound System - Combination headphones having internal speakers and external speakers. A controller allows for audio to be emitted from the internal speakers, the external speaker, or both. The headphones have earpieces detachably connected at opposing ends of a headpiece in such a way that the earpieces may be collapsed toward the headpiece and stacked onto each other. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING HEADPHONE TRANSDUCERS - A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the first mechanical housing of the first transducer device. A second transducer device has a second mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A second coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the second mechanical housing of the second transducer device. The first coupling device is coupled to the second coupling device when in close proximity to each other, such that the inner surfaces of the first and second mechanical devices are opposed to each other. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTIC TRANSPARENCY - One embodiment of the invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of a speaker cover comprising loading the speaker cover into a plasma chamber, introducing a fluoro monomer into the plasma chamber, pulsing plasma for processing, removing any excess monomer gas from the plasma chamber, and removing the speaker cover from the plasma chamber. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341418 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING EXPANDABLE SPEAKER BOX - An electronic device having at least one expandable speaker box is provided. The electronic device may include a base having at least one speaker disposed therein and at least one speaker box configured to expand. The electronic device may include further include a lid having a display configured to be attached to the base. The at least one speaker box may be at least partially formed of a compressible-expandable material, such as rubber. Alternatively, the at least one speaker box may be at least partially formed of a bi-metal material that expands when exposed to heat. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341419 | INTEGRATED LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLIES - An integrated loudspeaker assembly along with associated methods and systems for enhancing audio output from a consumer electronic device including such an integrated loudspeaker assembly are disclosed. More particularly an integrated loudspeaker assembly configured to utilize the enclosure of an associated consumer electronic device for back volume is disclosed. Methods and systems for optimizing the audio performance of a consumer electronic device with an integrated loudspeaker assembly are also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341420 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising a flexible substrate material ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341421 | Method for Detecting Persons Using 1D Depths and 2D Texture - A method detects an object in a scene by first determining an active set of window positions from depth data. Specifically, the object can be a person. The depth data are acquired by a depth sensor. For each window position perform the following steps. Assign a window size based on the depth data. Select, a current window from the active set of window positions. Extract a joint feature from the depth data and texture data for the current window, wherein the texture data are acquired by a camera. Classify the joint feature to detect the object. The classifier is trained with joint training features extracted from training data including training depth data and training texture data acquired by the sensor and camera respectively. Finally, the active set of windows position is updated before processing the next current window. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341422 | Systems and Methods for Facial Property Identification - Systems and methods are provided for facial property identification. For example, an image sample is acquired; a first effective area image of a face is acquired in the image sample; first textural features of the first effective area image are extracted: and the first textural features of the first effective area image are classified by race, gender and age using a race classifier, a gender classifier and an age classifier successively to obtain a race property, a gender property and an age property of the face. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341423 | METHOD FOR TRACKING AND FORECASTING MARINE ICE BODIES - A near-real-time tracking and integrated forecasting of marine ice bodies observable on satellite imagery. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341424 | TOOL TRACKING DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES - A system and method for tracking a surgical implement in a patient can have an imaging system configured to obtain sequential images of the patient, and an image recognition system coupled to the imaging system and configured to identify the surgical implement in individual images. The image recognition system can be configured to identify the surgical implement relative to the patient in one of the images based, at least in part, on an identification of the surgical implement in at least one preceding one of the sequential images, and a probabilistic analysis of individual sections of the one of the images, the sections being selected by the image recognition system based on a position of the surgical implement in the patient as identified in the at least one preceding one of the images. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341425 | PROVIDING VISUAL EFFECTS FOR IMAGES - Implementations relate to providing visual effects for images. In some implementations, a method includes detecting one or more objects in an image. The method identifies one or more important objects of the objects, where the important objects are determined to have an importance measurement satisfying a predetermined threshold indicating their importance to a viewer of the image. The method determines an application of a visual image effect to the image based on the important objects. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341426 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a slice image generating unit, a region extracting unit and a tubular structure extracting unit. The storage unit stores a volume image of a three-dimensional region of a subject. The slice image generating unit generates a plurality of slice images corresponding to a plurality of slices each substantially perpendicular to a predetermined reference axis from the volume image. The region extracting unit extracts a target region from the plurality of slice images. The tubular structure extracting unit detects an end point from the extracted region, and extracts a tubular structure based on the end point. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341427 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SYSTEM AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CONTROL APPARATUS - A surveillance system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of an object detected from an image captured by an image capturing unit, an association unit configured to associate a recognition processing result of the object with the motion information, and a determination unit configured to determine, from among a plurality of objects detected from the image captured by the image capturing unit, an object to be subjected to recognition processing based on the recognition result associated with the motion information. Thus, even when a plurality of abnormal regions is simultaneously present in a region to be monitored, face recognition can be efficiently performed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341428 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING HUMAN BODY IN HYBRID MANNER - An apparatus and a method for recognizing a human body in a hybrid manner are provided. The method includes calculating body information used for recognizing a human body from an input image, detecting a region of the human body in a learning-based human body recognition manner by using the calculated body information, and tracing a movement of the detected region of the human body in a modeling-based human body recognition manner. Thereby, it is possible to quickly perform more accurate and precise recognition of the human body. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341429 | COMBINING MULTI-SENSORY INPUTS FOR DIGITAL ANIMATION - Animating digital characters based on motion captured performances, including: receiving sensory data collected using a variety of collection techniques including optical video, electro-oculography, and at least one of optical, infrared, and inertial motion capture; and managing and combining the collected sensory data to aid cleaning, tracking, labeling, and re-targeting processes. Keywords include Optical Video Data and Inertial Motion Capture. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341430 | Method and Device for Detecting Face, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Executing the Method - In the present disclosure, a plurality of frames of input images sequentially received for a predetermined time interval is obtained, and a face detecting operation is performed on a first frame if a full detecting mode is implemented. If a face is detected from a specific region of the first frame during the face detecting operation, a face tracking mode is implemented, a second frame is divided to produce the divided input image portions of the second frame, and the face tracking operation is performed on a surrounding region of the specific region of the divided input image portions of the second frame that corresponds to the specific region in the first frame. If the face is not detected in the face tracking mode, a partial detecting mode is implemented, and the face detecting operation is performed on image portions resized on divided input image portions of a third frame to which a specific region of the third frame corresponding to the specific region of the first frame belongs. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341431 | PASSABLE SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR PERSON - The present invention discloses a through-type of millimetre wave person body security inspection system, wherein a person to be inspected passes through an inspect passage therein for performing a security inspection. The through-type of millimetre wave person body security inspection system provided in accordance with the present invention can make a total body dynamic scanning to the person to be inspected, and obtain millimetre wave images and optical images with respect to the person body, thereby achieving the inspection of prohibited articles hidden within clothing of the person body and an automatic alarm thereof. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341432 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER - An object recognition device includes a sensor ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341433 | METHOD FOR FINDING PATHS IN VIDEO - A system for detecting behavior of a target may include: a target detection engine, adapted to detect at least one target from one or more objects from a video surveillance system recording a scene; a path builder, adapted to create at least one mature path model from analysis of the behavior of a plurality of targets in the scene, wherein the at least one mature path model includes a model of expected target behavior with respect to the at least one path model; and a target behavior analyzer, adapted to analyze and identify target behavior with respect to the at least one mature path model. The system way further include an alert generator, adapted to generate an alert based on the identified behavior. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341434 | DYMANIC FUSION METHOD AND DEVICE OF IMAGES - A dynamic fusion method of images includes: receiving broadcast information from surrounding vehicles of a host vehicle; determining whether at least one of the surrounding vehicles travels in the same lane as the host vehicle to become a neighboring vehicle of the host vehicle according to the broadcast information; determining whether the neighboring vehicle is too close to the host vehicle and blocks the view of the host vehicle; and performing a transparentization or translucentization process on the neighboring vehicle in an image captured by the host vehicle when the neighboring vehicle blocks the view of the host vehicle. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341435 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTING APPARATUS FOR RAILROAD RAILS - A displacement detecting apparatus is provided with a self-position detector for detecting a position and an orientation of the apparatus relative to a preset reference position and a preset reference orientation. Displacement of a rail at an upper surface reference point and a side surface reference point relative to a preset reference position is calculated from imaged image data of the surfaces of the rail using an optical cutting method, and the calculated displacement of the rail is corrected using data obtained from the self-position detector, thereby compensating for errors caused by differences in position and orientation of the apparatus associated with a vehicle running motion. By doing so, the displacement detecting apparatus is superior in maintenance and unlikely to cause measurement errors. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341436 | CLASSIFYING MATERIALS USING TEXTURE - An unknown material is classified using texture. A database of predetermined images is accessed, each of a known material and each captured at a magnification factor that is relatively high. A query image of the unknown material is received. The query image is captured at a second magnification factor that is relatively lower than the magnification factors of the predetermined images. A collection of images of the known materials is dynamically generated at the second magnification factor. The received query image is matched against the dynamically generated collection of images, and the unknown material is classified in correspondence to a match between the received image and the dynamically generated collection of images. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341437 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSPECTING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image inspection apparatus for inspecting an image output on a recording medium. The image inspection apparatus includes processing circuitry that obtains data of an output-target image used by an image forming apparatus to conduct an image forming operation, generates read data from the data of the output-target image, and generates an inspection reference image from the data of the output-target image. The apparatus also performs position alignment between the read image and the inspection reference image, conducts an inspection which determines a defect in the read image based on the difference of the aligned read image and the inspection reference image, and determines whether a position alignment defect exists in the read image based on the defect detected during inspection. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TAPE ON A DOCUMENT - Systems and methods for detecting tape on a document are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes capturing a first image of a document. The first image is captured while at least a portion of the document is subjected to a first electromagnetic radiation. The method includes capturing a second image of the document. The second image is captured while at least a portion of the document is subjected to a second electromagnetic radiation. The method also includes comparing the first image to the second image to determine whether tape is adhered to the document. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341439 | Identification of People Using Multiple Skeleton Recording Devices - Method(s) and system(s) for identification of an unknown person are disclosed. The method includes receiving skeleton data comprises data of multiple skeleton joints of the unknown person from skeleton recording devices. The method further includes extracting G gait feature vectors from the skeleton data. Further, the method includes classifying each gait feature vector into one of N classes based on a training dataset for N known persons and computing a classification score for each class. The method also includes clustering the training dataset into M clusters based on M predefined characteristic attributes of the known persons, tagging each gait feature vector with one of the M clusters based on a distance between a respective gait feature vector and cluster centers of M clusters, and determining a clustering score for each M cluster. The method further includes identifying the unknown person based on clustering scores and classification scores. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341440 | IDENTITY CADDY: A TOOL FOR REAL-TIME DETERMINATION OF IDENTITY IN THE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Identity caddy for real-time determination of identity in the mobile environment. The identity caddy offers a means for expanding protection beyond what a password can provide by establishing actual identity through biometric features and behavior characteristics. Furthermore, identity is established from multiple sources (including biometrics as well as locational and environmental factors), and once the identify caddy obtains this information, it corroborates identity by considering them all in tandem through fusion. In an aspect, identity is built from several measures, including biometric features as well as non-biometric features, such as location and travel patterns. Melding identity with portable devices opens the door to numerous new applications for transaction and access controls rooted in identity and supporting commerce, as well as many forms of physical and cyber-security. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341441 | WEARABLE DEVICE USER AUTHENTICATION - In embodiments, a wearable device includes an imager that captures eye feature images of one or both eyes of a user of the wearable device, such as while the user is wearing the wearable device. The user can then be authenticated based on a comparison of the eye feature images to a biometric template of the user. The eye feature images may include iris images, retina images, and/or eye vein images of the eyes of the user. The user can be authenticated based on each of the iris images, the retina images, and the eye vein images, both individually and in combination. The imager can also be periodically initiated, to capture the eye feature images to confirm user presence and maintain operability of the wearable device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341442 | IMAGE MASKS FOR FACE-RELATED SELECTION AND PROCESSING IN IMAGES - In some implementations, a method includes identifying one or more face regions of an image, the face regions including pixels that depict at least a portion of one or more faces of persons. The face regions are identified based on identifying facial landmarks of the faces. The method determines an associated face mask for each of the faces based on the face regions, where each face mask indicates which pixels in the image depict the corresponding face. Face pixels can be selected for processing by applying the face masks, and image pixels outside the faces can be selected by inversely applying the face masks. The selected pixels can be provided to a processing operation for adjustment of the selected pixels. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341443 | JOINT MODELING FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION - This disclosure describes a system for jointly modeling images for use in performing facial recognition. A facial recognition system may jointly model a first image and a second image using a face prior to generate a joint distribution. Conditional joint probabilities are determined based on the joint distribution. A log likelihood ratio of the first image and the second image are calculated based on the conditional joint probabilities and the subject of the first image and the second image are verified as the same person or as different people based on results of the log likelihood ratio. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341444 | Systems and Methods for User Login - Systems and methods are provided for user login. For example, a login request from a first user is received, the login request being associated with fast login based on at least information associated with facial authentication; one or more first facial images of the first user are acquired; one or more first facial features are extracted from the one or more first facial images; the first facial features are compared with a predetermined feature template; and in response to a comparison result associated with the first facial features and the predetermined feature template exceeding a predetermined threshold, the first user is allowed to log in based on predetermined first user information of the first user. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION BASED ON FACE RECOGNITION, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method for identity authentication based on face recognition. The method comprises: initiating an interaction authentication request, which includes requested interaction tracks, and sending the interaction authentication request to an authentication client; receiving face interaction information sent by the authentication client; extracting face action tracks from the face interaction information; determining whether the face action tracks are consistent with the requested interaction tracks; if the face action tracks are consistent with the requested interaction tracks, determining that the authentication is passed, otherwise determining that the authentication fails. The above solution could prevent the authentication server from being cheated by face pictures or videos taken previously and could ensure that the face pictures or videos passing the authentication is taken in real time from a real person. Besides, the present disclosure relates to a system for identity authentication based on face recognition and computer storage medium. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341446 | UTILIZING A TOUCH SCREEN AS A BIOMETRIC DEVICE - A method, system or computer usable program product for authenticating a fingerprint by aggregating samples on a digital touch screen including capturing multiple data samples of a finger swipe across the touch screen, wherein the touch screen is used both for fingerprint recognition and manipulation of a user interface; utilizing a processor to aggregate the multiple data samples to form a combined sample fingerprint of the finger; and responsive to detecting the combined sample fingerprint matching a predetermined allowed fingerprint, providing a signal indicating the fingerprint is authentic. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341447 | PORTABLE DEVICE INCLUDING A FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A method of controlling a portable device according to one embodiment of the present specification may be able to selectively activate the functions of a multifunctional control button. The method of controlling the portable device may include the steps of sensing a first control input for a control button configured to perform a fingerprint recognition function and a control input detection function, recognizing a fingerprint of the first control input by activating the fingerprint recognition function, if the fingerprint recognition function is activated, deactivating the control input detection function, and if the activated fingerprint recognition function is terminated, activating the control input detection function. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341448 | DIVERGENT SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a sensing device, sensing circuit cells are formed on a lower structure, an upper structure is disposed on the lower structure along a vertical direction, and divergent traces are formed in the upper structure and electrically connected to the sensing circuit cells, respectively. Each divergent trace comprises at least one horizontal extending portion and at least one vertical extending portion perpendicular to each other. Sensing electrode cells are formed in the upper structure and electrically connected to the divergent traces, respectively, and sense biometrics features of an organism to generate sensing signals, which are transmitted to the sensing circuit cells through the divergent traces. The sensing circuit cells processes the sensing signals to obtain output signals, respectively. A minimum distribution area covering the sensing circuit cells is smaller than or equal to a minimum distribution area covering the sensing electrode cells. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341449 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATLAS-BASED CONSENSUAL AND CONSISTENT CONTOURING OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A system and method are disclosed to provide a solution to automatically generate consensual and consistent segmentation results to reduce the effects of inter- and intra-observer variability in contouring medical images, respectively. The invention may be used by multiple users with access to an internal or external network or via cloud-computing devices but it does not require having instant access to multiple users for generating the consensus or consistent contours. The invention is applicable on a multitude of medical image modalities such as CT, MRI, Ultrasound, PET and fused images. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341450 | ENCODING HIGH QUALITY (MEDICAL) IMAGES USING STANDARD LOWER QUALITY (WEB) IMAGE FORMATS - A system for encoding web accessible high quality medical images ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF SCANNED LASER CAPSULORHEXIS INCISIONS - Systems and methods are described for cataract intervention. In one embodiment a system comprises a laser source configured to produce a treatment beam comprising a plurality of laser pulses; an integrated optical system comprising an imaging assembly operatively coupled to a treatment laser delivery assembly such that they share at least one common optical element, the integrated optical system being configured to acquire image information pertinent to one or more targeted tissue structures and direct the treatment beam in a 3-dimensional pattern to cause breakdown in at least one of the targeted tissue structures; and a controller operatively coupled to the laser source and integrated optical system, and configured to adjust the laser beam and treatment pattern based upon the image information, and distinguish two or more anatomical structures of the eye based at least in part upon a robust least squares fit analysis of the image information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ASSESSMENT OF LESION DEVELOPMENT - In a method for calculating and displaying a summary of changes in image-derived measurements of one or more properties of one or more regions of interest whereby a representation is presented to a user indicating a change in the property of at least one of the regions-of-interest, with an indication of the region-of-interest associated with the representation. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341453 | MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW QUANTITATION WITH DYNAMIC SPECT OR SPECT/CT IMAGING - A quantitative Single Photon Computed Emission Tomography (SPECT) reconstruction system for myocardial blood flow quantitation with SPECT or Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT) dynamic imaging. The present invention solves the problems of physical interference and patient motions in dynamic SPECT imaging to enable the quantitative ability for myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) quantification. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES - A system and method for the 3D reconstruction of a structure, the method comprising: obtaining at least two calibrated 2D bi-planar images of the structure, associating with each pixel each of the images a textural vector characterizing the distribution of the gradient texture and orientation in a window centered around the pixel, applying a non-linear statistical dimensionality reduction procedure to the textural vectors to obtain reduced dimension textural vectors, creating segmented images of the images using the reduced dimension textural vectors, projecting the representative 3D model onto the segmented images, adjusting the projection of the representative 3D model with the contours and homogeneous zones of the segmented images using the optimization of a cost function to obtain the 3D reconstruction of the structure. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341455 | Determining Petrophysical Properties Using Sodium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Logs - The presence of hydrocarbons in a subsurface formation fluid may be inferred from a determined salt concentration. A sodium nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement of a subsurface formation is obtained and a salt concentration of the fluid in the subsurface formation is determined from the sodium NMR measurement. Various operations may be performed using the determined salt concentration such as tracking injected water, monitoring flood fronts, improving reserves estimation, and designing enhanced oil recovery. A sodium index may be determined and used in conjunction with one or more other logs to determine a saturation of the subsurface formation. The one or more other logs may include a resistivity log, a dielectric log, a capture cross section (sigma) log, and a proton NMR log. Differentiation between bound water and free water can also be achieved using the sodium nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341456 | FULLY AUTOMATED LOCALIZATION OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) ELECTRODES - A method for fully automated localization and channel identification of electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes. The electrode locations are automatically identified from three dimensional images stored in an electronic format, wherein the images may be derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that render the electrodes visible and object shapes and properties are used to locate the electrodes in the three dimensional images. The three dimensional images also show the brain in detail, such that the relationship of the electrodes to the brain is available, thereby making it possible to better identify electrical sources within the brain that create the EEG signals. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341457 | COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY - Image processing, creation and analysis techniques include using computer technology to identify a plurality of structures of interest in an image, such as spinal discs in a medical diagnostic image. Such techniques can also be used to improve image creation through the use of localizers which can help identify portions of an image, and the use of computer programs to combine multiple images into a single image for review. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341458 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING A VOI IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SPACE - An ultrasound imaging system provides for defining a VOI in an ultrasound imaging space. The system defines an initial frame of the VOI in the ultrasound imaging space, receives a selection of at least one reference point at an arbitrary location in the ultrasound imaging space, creates at least one curved surface using at least one element of the initial frame and the at least one reference point, and then creates VOI based on the curved surface in the ultrasound imaging space. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341459 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Diagnosing Conditions Using Unique Codes Generated from a Multidimensional Image of a Sample - Methods of providing a diagnosis using a digital code associated with an image are provided including collecting a multidimensional image, the multidimensional image having at least two dimensions; extracting a two dimensional subset of the multidimensional image; reducing the multidimensional image to a first code that is unique to the multidimensional image based on the extracted two dimensional image; comparing the first unique code associated with the subject to a library of reference codes, each of the reference codes in the library of reference codes being indicative of a class of objects; determining if the subject associated with the first unique code falls into at least one of the classes of objects associated with the reference codes based on a result of the comparison; and formulating a diagnostic decision based on the whether the first unique code associated with the subject falls into at least one of the classes associated with the reference code. Related systems and computer program products are also provided herein. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341460 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEPOSITION OF ELEMENTARY SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS IN A PROCESS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A method and apparatus for controlling the deposition of elementary semifinished products in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes: driving in rotation, around a rotation axis, at a rotation speed between about π/8 raft and about 6 π rad/s, a tyre being processed which tyre has a radially external surface including one or more elementary semifinished products; sending a first electromagnetic radiation to the radially external surface, the latter generating a corresponding first reflected radiation; detecting, through a first detecting device, at least one first image representative of the first reflected radiation; controlling the first detecting device in such a manner that a first exposure time for detecting the at least one first image is included between about 0.1 s and about 10 s; carrying out a first comparison between the at least one first image and one or more reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISTORTION-CORRECTED MAP CREATION APPARATUS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Image processing apparatus includes: interpolation process image acquisition means for acquiring an interpolation process image of prescribed size which includes an interpolation point of an inputted image; Fourier transform means for subjecting the interpolation process image which is acquired with the interpolation process image acquisition means to Fourier transform; phase change means for changing, a phase of each value of the transformed interpolation process image which has been subjected to Fourier transform by the Fourier transform means, such that the interpolation point migrates to a desired nearby integer coordinate position; inverse Fourier transform means for subjecting the interpolation process image whose phase has been changed by the phase change means, to inverse Fourier transform; interpolation value determination means for adopting an interpolation point, a value of a pixel at the integer coordinate position, from the transformed interpolation process image subjected to inverse Fourier transform by the inverse Fourier transform means. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341462 | MACHINE LEARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING RETICLES - Apparatus and methods for inspecting a photolithographic reticle are disclosed. A reticle inspection tool is used at one or more operating modes to obtain images of a plurality of training regions of a reticle, and the training regions are identified as defect-free. Three or more basis training images are derived from the images of the training regions. A classifier is formed based on the three or more basis training images. The inspection system is used at the one or more operating modes to obtain images of a plurality of test regions of a reticle. Three or more basis test images are derived from to the test regions. The classifier is applied to the three or more basis test images to find defects in the test regions. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341463 | Method for Reconstructing 3D Lines from 2D Lines in an Image - A method for reconstructing—three-dimensional (3D) lines in a 3D world coordinate system from two-dimensional (2D) lines in a single image of scene detects and clusters the 2D lines using vanishing points. A constraint graph of vertices and edges is generated, wherein the vertices represent the 2D lines, and the edges represents constraints on the 2D lines, then identifying the 3D lines that satisfy the constraints and reconstructing the 3D lines using the identified constraints. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341464 | SHADOW DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are a shadow detection method and device. The method includes a step of obtaining a depth/disparity map and color/grayscale image from a two-lens camera or stereo camera; a step of detecting and acquiring plural foreground points; a step of projecting the acquired plural foreground points into a 3-dimensional coordinate system; a step of carrying out, in the 3-dimensional coordinate system, a clustering process with respect to the projected plural foreground points so as to divide the projected plural foreground points into one or more point clouds; a step of calculating density distribution of each of the one or more point clouds by adopting a principal component analysis algorithm so as to obtain one or more principal component values of the corresponding point cloud; and a step of determining, based on the one or more principal component values, whether the corresponding point cloud is a shadow. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341465 | REAL-TIME POSE ESTIMATION SYSTEM USING INERTIAL AND FEATURE MEASUREMENTS - A hybrid estimator system using visual and inertial sensors for real-time pose tracking on devices with limited processing power using at least one processor, a memory, a storage and communications through a protocol and one or more than one software module for a hybrid estimator, real-time algorithm selection to process different measurements, statistical learning for these characteristics to compute the expected device computing cost of any strategy for allocating measurements to algorithms, and algorithm selection based on the statistical learning module. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341466 | NOISE ESTIMATION FOR IMAGES - Implementations relate to estimating noise in images. In some implementations, a method includes extracting a plurality of sample blocks of pixels from a received image, where each sample block includes a subset of pixels of the image. One or more of the sample blocks are examined for texture content based on whether the sample blocks include one or more edges based on a predetermined threshold. At least one sample block determined to include texture content is removed. The method determines one or more average color variances based on the remaining sample blocks that have not been removed, where noise estimations for the image are based on the average color variances. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341467 | METHOD FOR BRIGHTNESS EQUALIZATION OF VARIOUS IMAGES - The present invention provides a method for brightness equalization of a plurality of images to equalize brightness when composing, into a single image, a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of cameras. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341468 | Methods and Apparatus for Tone Mapping High Dynamic Range Images - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for tone mapping High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. An input HDR image is separated into luminance and color. Luminance is processed to obtain a base layer and a detail layer. The base layer is compressed according to a non-linear remapping function to reduce the dynamic range, and the detail layer is adjusted. The layers are combined to generate output luminance, and the output luminance and color are combined to generate an output image. A base layer compression technique may be used that analyzes the details and compresses the base layer accordingly to provide space at the top of the intensity scale where the details are displayed to thus generate output images that are visually better than images generated using conventional techniques. User interface elements may be provided via which a user may control one or more parameters of the tone mapping method. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341469 | Image Processing Method, Image Processor, Imager, and Computer Program - A method of image processing is offered which can control the degree of application of histogram equalization. The method involves: creating a brightness histogram indicating the frequency values of brightness levels of image data having brightness information (S | 2014-11-20 |
20140341470 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING SCINTILLATION IN DYNAMIC IMAGES - A method for reducing scintillation in an image of a scene includes receiving an input sequence of images of the scene and grouping a first plurality of images of the sequence of images into a first subset of images comprising a first number of images that occur in sequence within the input sequence of images of the scene. The method also includes grouping a second plurality of images of the sequence of images into a second subset of images comprising a second number of images that occur in sequence within the input sequence of images of the scene. The method further includes generating a set of averaged images comprising an averaged image for the first subset of images and an averaged image for the second subset of image and outputting a composite image based at least the set of averaged images. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341471 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM - Provided is a medical image processing device capable of notifying the diagnosis personnel that a segmentation error has occurred or may have occurred during tissue segmentation processing. This medical image processing device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341472 | PERSON DETECTION DEVICE AND PERSON DETECTION METHOD - The purpose of the invention is to increase accuracy in detecting a person on the basis of the size of an object detection region in an omni-directional image. A height-and-width switching section for switching between the height and the width of the object detection region on the basis of the position of the object detection region in the omni-directional image is provided. It is determined on the basis of the height and the width of the object detection region for which the height and the width are switched by the height-and-width switching section whether the object detection region is a person detection region. As a result, the person detection region and a shadow detection region can be correctly separated in the omni-directional image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341473 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING USER RECOGNITION - Disclosed is an apparatus for enhancing user recognition. The apparatus for enhancing user recognition comprises: a storage unit for storing content; a display unit for displaying the stored content; a scan path detection unit for detecting a scan path of a user on the content; an eye feature extraction unit for extracting eye feature information from the detected scan path; and a calculation unit for calculating a recognition state of the user for the content by using the extracted eye feature information | 2014-11-20 |
20140341474 | MOTION STABILIZATION AND DETECTION OF ARTICULATED OBJECTS - The techniques and systems described herein are directed to isolating part-centric motion in a visual scene and stabilizing (e.g., removing) motion in the visual scene that is associated with camera-centric motion and/or object-centric motion. By removing the motion that is associated with the camera-centric motion and/or the object-centric motion, the techniques are able to focus motion feature extraction mechanisms (e.g., temporal differencing) on the isolated part-centric motion. The extracted motion features may then be used to recognize and/or detect the particular type of object and/or estimate a pose or position of a particular type of object. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341475 | IMAGE MATCHING - A method performed by a system. The method includes comparing at least one query image received from a mobile device with a plurality of planes stored in a memory, matching the query image with at least one of the plurality of planes, and determining a location based on the matching of the query image with the at least one plane. Comparing the at least one query image with the plurality of planes includes executing a warping function between the at least one query image and the plurality of planes to determine at least a first matching score for matching the at least one query image with at least one of the plurality of planes. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341476 | ASSOCIATING CLASSIFICATIONS WITH IMAGES - One or more devices may receive multiple images; determine one or more classifications for each of the multiple images; generate a confidence score for each classification of the one or more classifications for each of the multiple images. The confidence score may include a value between two numbers and may identify the likelihood that that a particular classification, of the one or more classifications, correctly corresponds to a particular image, of the multiple images. The confidence score may be based on information, associated with a user, and pixel-based classification information. The one or more devices may sort the multiple images by the one or more classifications and by corresponding confidence scores to form sorted multiple images; and provide the sorted multiple images. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341477 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSING A DATA ARRAY WITH PROJECTIONS - A projective compression scheme for an n-dimensional data array makes use of at least n+1 compression maps in order to maximize the ability to resolve ambiguities. The invention also relates to hardware implementations of the projective compression scheme, and in particular to front end circuits that allow for a compressive readout. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341478 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image encoding method including: a constraint information generating step of generating tile constraint information indicating whether or not there is a constraint in filtering on boundaries between adjacent tiles among a plurality of tiles obtained by dividing a picture, and storing the tile constraint information into a sequence parameter set; and a filter information generating step of generating, for each of the boundaries, one of a plurality of filter information items respectively indicating whether or not filtering is executed on the boundaries, and storing the plurality of filter information items into a plurality of picture parameter sets, wherein, in the filter information generating step, the plurality of filter information items which indicate identical content are generated when the tile constraint information indicates that there is the constraint in the filtering. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341479 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SETTING CORRECTION INFORMATION AT AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes a first information processing device; and a second information processing device, the first information processing device transmitting data to the second information processing device in response to a request from the second information processing device. The first information processing device includes first storage means and transmission means. The second information processing device includes reception means, second storage means, display control means, revision parameter setting means, and image processing means. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341480 | IMAGE NOISE REMOVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE NOISE REMOVING METHOD - An image noise removing apparatus which removes, after removal of noise from a first image, noise included in a second image includes: a spatial noise removing unit executing an operation for removing the noise included in the second image using a pixel value included in the second image, thereby generating a spatial noise-free image; a reliability calculating unit calculating a reliability indicating how dynamic the second image is, based on the spatial noise-free image, the second image, and a first noise-free image which is generated from the first image with the noise therein removed; and a temporal blending unit performing, based on the reliability, a weighted summation on the second image and the first noise-free image, thereby removing the noise included in the second image. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341481 | Methods and Apparatus for Image Processing and Analysis - Methods and apparatus to providing image fusion using a number of image processing approaches. In one embodiment, a single image is processed and image fusion is performed. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, image enhancement, denoising, edge detection, etc., can be provided. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341482 | GENERATING COMPOSITIONS - Implementations generally relate to generating compositional media content. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a plurality of photos from a user, and determining one or more composition types from the photos. The method also includes generating compositions from the selected photos based on the one or more determined composition types. The method also includes providing the one or more generated compositions to the user. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341483 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit which performs image processing on each of a plurality of images of a same subject having different resolutions, and an image combining unit which combines an image processing result of each of the plurality of images obtained by the image processing unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF OBJECTS - A system for producing a visual representation of an object includes a structure for at least partially circumscribing the object, a plurality of still cameras mounted in fixed relation to each other, and at least one computer processor. The one or more computer processors trigger the plurality of still cameras to capture a plurality of still images of the object, create the visual representation of the object by, at least in part, arranging at least some of the plurality of still images in an order, and transmit a digital file that includes the visual representation of the object to a storage medium accessible by a user device. The visual representation of the object is user manipulable to permit presenting the visual representation in more than one way. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341485 | PACKAGING CONTAINER - A packaging container heated together with contents accommodated inside therein according to the present invention includes: a first cover part having a packaging area and a sealing area surrounding the packaging area; and a second cover part facing the first cover part and coupled to the first cover part in the sealing area. Further, each of the first cover part and the second cover part includes: a base layer, a first auxiliary layer formed on the base layer, and a second auxiliary layer formed on the base layer so as face the first auxiliary layer with the base layer interposed therebetween. The base layer is implemented by a Casted Polypropylene (CPP) film, the first auxiliary layer is implemented by the CPP film including Epoxidised Butadiene Rubber (EBR), and the second auxiliary layer includes the same material as that of the first auxiliary layer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341486 | PIVOT BEARING FOR THE LOW-FRICTION SUPPORT OF COMPONENTS - A pivot bearing for the low-friction bearing of components, including a cylindrical bearing body and a bearing part pivotably arranged therein. The bearing body has a substantially radially arranged rib, on which at least one first rolling surface is formed, and the bearing part has a rolling body having a cylindrical rolling section at the tip, which rolling section rolls on the rolling surface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341487 | BEARING ELEMENTS, BEARING APPARATUSES INCLUDING SAME, AND RELATED METHODS - Bearing apparatuses including contacting bearing surfaces comprising superhard materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to bearings including polycrystalline diamond inserts or compacts defining a plurality of surfaces that move relative to one another and contact one another. For example, apparatuses may include radial bearings, or other bearings including arcuate bearing surfaces that more in relation to one another, without limitation. In one embodiment, a superhard bearing element may comprise a superhard table (e.g., polycrystalline diamond) forming an arcuate bearing surface. Further, such a superhard bearing element may comprise a chamfer formed about at least a portion of a periphery of the arcuate bearing surface. Bearing apparatuses including such bearing elements and various mechanical systems are disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341488 | OIL-RETAINING BEARING AND FIXING STRUCTURE THEREOF - An oil-retaining bearing and a fixing structure thereof. The fixing structure includes: a base seat having a bearing cup formed with a bearing hole; a bearing main body disposed in the bearing hole, the bearing main body having an outer circumference and a shaft hole formed between a top section and a bottom section, the bearing main body being further formed with a stepped rest section between the outer circumference and the top section; and a fixing member formed with a fixing section and a restriction section. The fixing section is disposed in the bearing cup in abutment with the rest section. The restriction section is positioned at the top end of the bearing cup. The fixing section is positioned between the bearing main body and the bearing cup to fix the bearing main body, whereby the support of the bearing main body is enhanced to reduce the friction. | 2014-11-20 |