50th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150356718 | ALIGNMENT OF AN ORDERED STACK OF IMAGES FROM A SPECIMEN - The present invention relates to the field of alignment of an ordered stack of images from a sliced specimen. According to the present method and apparatus, the ordered stack of images is aligned by successively determining, for at least two already aligned images of the ordered stack, the respective misalignments with an unaligned image which is to be aligned next, selecting from the at least two aligned images as a reference image that aligned image with which the unaligned image has the smallest amount of misalignment, and aligning the unaligned image with the selected reference image. This is intended to provide a robust and computationally cheap aligning method and apparatus. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356719 | METHOD OF DESIGN-BASED DEFECT CLASSIFICATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF - There is provided an inspection method capable of classifying defects detected on a production layer of a specimen. The method comprises: obtaining input data related to the detected defects; processing the input data using a decision algorithm associated with the production layer and specifying two or more classification operations and a sequence thereof; and sorting the processed defects in accordance with predefined bins, wherein each bin is associated with at least one classification operation, wherein at least one classification operation sorts at least part of the processed defects to one or more classification bins to yield finally classified defects, and wherein each classification operation, excluding the last one, sorts at least part of the processed defects to be processed by one or more of the following classification operations. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356720 | EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIANCE AND GAS SPECIES FIELD ESTIMATION - A process is provided for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) radiance field of a combustion process in an enclosure. An on-line intensity-temperature calibration is performed based on an association between an intensity of an image pixel and an actual temperature associated with a selected region in the enclosure. The intensity of the corresponding image is transformed to a radiance image based on settings of an image-capturing device and the on-line calibration. A registration and alignment estimation of the image is performed based on positional information of the enclosure. The radiance image is aligned based on the registration estimation. The 3D radiance field having voxels of the enclosure is estimated based on a two-dimensional to 3D transforming of the aligned radiance images. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING TYPE OF VEGETATION FROM REMOTELY SENSED DATA - A computer system is programmed to analyze data from aerial images and LiDAR data obtained from a region of interest in order to determine whether a group of LiDAR data points representing an individual item of vegetation (i.e. a blob) is a particular type of vegetation. Infrared data from aerial images of the region of interest is stretched and divided by red spectral data to compute an objective-stretched vegetation index value (OVI) for a pixel. The mean LiDAR intensity and the mean OVI for the LiDAR data points and the pixels in the area of a blob are used to predict what type of vegetation is represented in the area of the blob. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356722 | System And Method Of Material Handling Using One Imaging Device On The Receiving Vehicle To Control The Material Distribution Into The Storage Portion Of The Receiving Vehicle - A single imaging device collects image data of a storage portion. A container module identifies a container perimeter of the storage portion in at least one of the collected image data. A spout module is adapted to identify a spout of the transferring vehicle in the collected image data. An arbiter determines whether to use the image data based on an evaluation of the intensity of pixel data or ambient light conditions. An alignment module is adapted to determine the relative position of the spout and the container perimeter and to generate command data to the propelled portion to steer the storage portion in cooperative alignment such that the spout is aligned within a central or target zone of the container perimeter. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356723 | SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING WASTEWATER, APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING WASTEWATER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WASTEWATER DATA - A system for diagnosing wastewater including a terminal device and a cloud data processing center is provided. The terminal device acquires a microscopic image data of microbiota from a water sample, and converts the microscopic image data into a transmission message. The cloud data processing center receives the transmission message, and performs analysis and/or comparison calculation with respect to microbiota on the transmission message. After the analysis and comparison calculation, the cloud data processing center outputs a corresponding biological treatment message to the terminal device based on the result of analysis and comparison. Moreover, the practitioner can obtain the information of diagnostic conclusion and biological treatment message for treatment process immediately. Furthermore, an apparatus for diagnosing wastewater, a method of terminal data processing for diagnosing wastewater, and a method of remote data processing for diagnosing wastewater are disclosed in the present invention. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OUTPUTTING CIRCUIT IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CIRCUIT IMAGE OUTPUT PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store therein correspondence information defining an association relationship between position of the connection point of circuits and information of wiring which has one end located at the position of the connection point. The processor is configured to identify a first circuit from a group of multiple images representing an overall circuit, acquire, based on the correspondence information, information of a first position of a connection point of a second circuit at which the identified first circuit is coupled and information of a first wiring which one end is located at the first position, extract, from the second image, a partial image that includes images of the first wiring and the connection point at the first position based on the acquired information of the first position and the first wiring, and output the extracted partial image. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING ZOOPLANKTON - A method and a system for density measurement of zooplankton in situ in an aqueous solution are described. The method comprised acquiring at least one image of a volume V of the aqueous solution; processing the at least one image and identifying particles in the image; analyzing the identified particles based on a sharpness of each particle, and identifying zooplankton to be counted. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356726 | INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In order to inspect each processing condition among a plurality of processing conditions with high accuracy using a substrate having a pattern processed under the plurality of processing conditions, an inspection apparatus is provided with: a stage which is capable of holding a wafer having a pattern formed thereon under a plurality of exposure conditions; an illumination system which illuminates the surface of the wafer with polarized light; an imaging device and an image processing section which receive light emitted from the surface of the wafer, and detect a condition for prescribing the polarization state of the light; and a computing section which determines an apparatus condition for determining the exposure condition of the pattern on the basis of the condition for prescribing the polarization state of light emitted from a condition-parameterizing wafer having a pattern formed thereon under a known exposure condition. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356727 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE - In order to achieve highly precise alignment of inspection images when integrating a plurality of inspection images having different imaging conditions to improve inspection performance, and in order to achieve highly precise alignment of images acquired at different inspection angles and different polarization states, an inspection device is configured to comprise: an image acquiring unit that acquires image data, under a plurality of imaging conditions, for a sample; a feature extracting unit that extracts at least one feature point; a position correction calculating unit that calculates, on the basis of the feature point, the amount of position correction for the plurality of image data sets; a position correcting unit that corrects the position of the plurality of image data sets with the amount of position correction; and an integrating unit that detects defects by integrating a plurality of data sets for which position correction is done. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING CONE BEAM ARTIFACTS BASED UPON ADAPTIVE SCALING FACTOR IN CIRCULAR COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) - Cone beam artifacts arise in circular CT reconstruction. The cone beam artifacts are substantially removed by reconstructing a reference image from measured data at circular source trajectory, generating synthetic data by forward projection of the reference image along a pre-determined source trajectory, which supplements the circular source trajectory to a theoretically complete trajectory, reconstructing a correction image from the synthetic data and applying a scaling factor whose value is adaptively determined and optimized based upon the minimization of a predetermined cone beam artifact metric. Ultimately, the cone beam artifact is substantially reduced by generating a corrected image using the reference image and the correction image that has been optimally scaled based upon the adaptively determined scaling factor value. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356729 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A SPECIFIC PART OF A SPINE IN AN IMAGE - A method, apparatus, and system for reliably identifying a specific part of a spine in an image of a human or animal body, includes the steps of determining one or more parts of the spine in the image, determining one or more discriminative parameters for each of the one or more parts of the spine in the image, the discriminative parameters relating to at least one anatomical property of each of the one or more parts of the spine, classifying the discriminative parameters of the one or more parts of the spine in the image, and identifying a specific part of the spine based on the classification of the discriminative parameters of the one or more parts of the spine in the image. An identified vertebra, in particular the T12 vertebra and/or its associated intervertebral discs, can be used advantageously as a starting point of powerful automatic spine labeling algorithms. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356730 | QUANTITATIVE PREDICTORS OF TUMOR SEVERITY - Disclosed are methods for quantitatively predicting the severity of a tumor in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise selecting a course of therapy for the subject. In some embodiments, the tumor comprises is non-small cell lung cancer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356731 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A device comprises: a nucleus-candidate-region extracting section that extracts, from a captured image obtained by image-capturing a sample piece including a target cell having a nucleus, a nucleus candidate region corresponding to the nucleus; a basic-probability-information acquiring section that acquires, for each of a plurality of determination subject regions determined on the basis of the nucleus candidate region extracted by the nucleus-candidate-region extracting section, basic probability information indicating probability that an image in the determination subject region is an image of the target cell, on the basis of a feature amount of the image of the determination subject region; and a probability-information calculating section that calculates probability information indicating probability that an image in a display subject region corresponding to the nucleus candidate region is the image of the target cell, on the basis of the basic probability information acquired for each of the plurality of determination subject regions. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356732 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a technique which can easily identify a plurality of radiological images when the plurality of radiological images are displayed so as to be switched. A display control unit displays a plurality of radiological images, such as the latest breast image and a past breast image, on a display unit so as to be switched. An identification information display unit displays, on the display unit, identification information for identifying a radiological image which is being displayed on the display unit and radiological images other than the radiological image which is being displayed. A display position control unit controls the display position of the identification information such that the identification information is moved in the vicinity of, for example, an area of interest. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356733 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING - An apparatus for processing of medical images comprises a ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150356734 | BLOOD VESSEL ANALYSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND BLOOD VESSEL ANALYSIS METHOD - According to one embodiment, a structuring circuitry temporarily structures a dynamical model of analysis processing based on the time-series medical image. The identification circuitry identifies a latent variable of the dynamical model so that at least one of a prediction value of a blood vessel morphology and a prediction value of a bloodstream based on the temporarily structured dynamical model is in conformity with at least one of an observation value of the blood vessel morphology and an observation value of the bloodstream measured in advance. The analysis circuitry analyzes the dynamical model to which the identified latent variable is allocated. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356735 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356736 | EDIT GUIDED PROCESSING METHOD FOR TIME-LAPSE IMAGE ANALYSIS - A computerized mask edit guided processing method for time-lapse image analysis performs by a computer program an assisted mask editing on an input image sequence to generate mask edit data, and performs a mask edit guided processing using the image sequence and the mask edit data. A computerized track edit guided processing method for time-lapse image analysis performs by a computer program an assisted track editing on an input image sequence to generate track edit data, and performs a track edit guided processing using the image sequence and the track edit data. A computerized edit guided processing method for time-lapse image analysis performs by a computer program a combination of assisted mask editing and assisted track editing on an input image sequence to generate edit data, and performs a combination of mask edit guided processing and track edit guided processing using the image sequence and the edit data. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE SENSOR FIDUCIAL TRACKING - In a head mounted virtual reality or augmented reality system, a fast but lower resolution second camera is added and used to quickly find an area of a visual field returned by a slower but higher resolution first camera, where that area is likely to contain the image of a marker for a head tracking system or a hand held device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGES - A method is provided including: acquiring a plurality of images; obtaining depth information associated with at least two subjects in each of the plurality of images; and generating a final image having the subjects based on the depth information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356739 | IMAGE ASSESSMENT DEVICE, CAPTURING DEVICE, 3D MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image assessment device capable of accurately and promptly assessing an image pair used for 3D measurement from plural captured images. An image assessment device according to the invention includes first captured image selection device, first captured image information acquisition device, object distance to-be-measured acquisition device, object position to-be-measured calculation device, second captured image selection device, second captured image information acquisition device, imaging range calculation device, and assessment device that determines whether or not a calculated object position to be measured is within a calculated imaging range, and assesses that a first captured image and a second captured image are of an image pair if determining that the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356740 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TEXT AND HALFTONE SEGMENTATION - A method and system for segmenting text from non-text portions of a digital image using the size, solidity, and run length characteristics of connected components within the image data. For a connected component comprising a rectangular group of pixels enclosing a set of connected pixels having the same binary state, the size characteristic may be based on a ratio of height to width of the connected component and the total number of pixels within the connected component, the solidity characteristic may be based on a ratio of pixels within a convex hull of the set of connected pixel to a total number of pixels within the connected component, and the run length characteristic may be based on a number of transitions within the connected component. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356741 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A transmission device divides image data into a plurality of regions on the basis of a similarity of pixels and transmits the image data and region representative points of the plurality of regions. A reception device receives the image data and the region representative points transmitted from the transmission device. The reception device generates region labels used for identifying the plurality of regions using the image data and the region representative points. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356742 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CHANNELS IN A 3D VOLUME AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT IMPLEMENTING THE METHODS - The methods comprise:
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20150356743 | PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A photographic subject tracking device includes: a first degree-of-similarity calculation unit that calculates degree of similarity between a template image for tracking and an image in search area; a photographic subject position identification unit that identifies a tracked photographic subject position in the input image based on calculated degree of similarity; a second degree-of-similarity calculation unit that calculates a degree of similarity between each of multiple template images for resizing determination, which are generated based on template image for tracking, and image in search area; a matching position identification unit that identifies matching positions of the multiple template images for resizing determination, respectively, in the input image based on calculated degrees of similarity; and a size changing unit that changes an image size of template image for tracking and template images for resizing determination based on a density of the plurality of matching positions identified. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING MOVING BALL, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF BALL IMAGE FOR CALCULATION OF SPIN OF MOVING BALL - Disclosed is measurement of spin by acquiring an image of a moving ball according to hit and analyzing the image, and more particularly, disclosed are a method and apparatus for sensing a moving ball, and an image processing method of a ball image, for measuring spin of the moving ball by rapidly and accurately extracting an unspecified indication such as a logo of a ball manufacturer, a trademark of the ball, a scratch, stain, etc. pre-indicated on the ball, that is, a feature portion in a simple manner, instead of indicating a specific pattern for spin measurement only, and then accurately calculating spin axis and spin amount information of rotation of the ball based on the feature portion. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356745 | MULTI-MODE VIDEO EVENT INDEXING - Multi-mode video event indexing includes determining a quality of object distinctiveness with respect to images from a video stream input. A high-quality analytic mode is selected from multiple modes and applied to video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images if the determined level of detected quality of object distinctiveness meets a threshold level of quality, else a low-quality analytic mode is selected and applied to the video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images, wherein the low-quality analytic mode is different from the high-quality analytic mode. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356746 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING OBJECT ASSOCIATION OVER TIME - A system and method for tracking association of two or more objects over time, according to various embodiments, is configured to determine the association based at least in part on an image. The system may be configured to capture the image, identify two or more objects of interest within the image, determine whether the two or more objects are associated in the image, and store image association data for the two or more objects. In various embodiments the system is configured to create a timeline of object association over time for display to a user. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356747 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA WITH LOCATION SENSOR SYSTEM - A time-of-flight (TOF) camera system includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, a location sensor system and a processor. The radiation source is configured to generate and emit a radiation that strikes a target object. The radiation detector is configured to detect the radiation reflected from the target object and generate a sample set comprising at least two raw samples detected in succession at different times based on the reflected radiation. The location sensor system is configured to detect movements of the TOF camera during the detection and generate a movement signal having portions thereof uniquely corresponding to each of the raw samples of the sample set based on the movements of the TOF camera, wherein a portion of the movement signal is detected at a same time of generating the corresponding raw sample. The processor is configured to receive the raw samples and the corresponding movement signal portions and generate an object information based on the raw samples and the corresponding movement signal portion. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356748 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING MOVING BALL - Disclosed are an apparatus for sensing a moving golf ball and a method for sensing the moving golf ball using the apparatus. The apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring consecutive images of a ball, an image processing unit for extracting a feature portion of the ball from the acquired images, and a spin calculation unit for performing any one of forward operation analysis and inverse operation analysis to calculate spin of the ball. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356749 | METHOD OF UTILIZING IMAGE BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION OF THE IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An image utilizing method based on location information of an image is provided. The method includes displaying an image, setting a Region Of Interest (ROI) on the image, obtaining location information associated with the ROI, and storing the obtained location information together with an image of the ROI. The location information is stored together when the ROI is designated and thus, it is possible to provide various services based on the location information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356750 | Systems and Methods for Graphic Visualization of Ventricle Wall Motion - A method for graphic visualization of ventricle wall motion includes acquiring medical imaging data frames depicting at least one cardiac cycle, identifying a ventricle wall outline in at least a portion of the plurality of image frames, determining end systolic and end diastolic frames belonging to a same cardiac cycle, copying the ventricle wall outline image from the ES and the ED frames, creating a composite image frame that includes the copied ventricle wall outline images, assigning a first color to the ES and a second color to the ED outline images of the composite frame, and providing the composite frame for displaying, printing, and/or storing in memory. A system for implementing the method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356751 | DISPLAY EVALUATION DEVICE, DISPLAY EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a display evaluation device, including a specification unit that specifies a boundary gradation value as a boundary of whether or not a viewer identifies a color of an image displayed on a display device based on display characteristics of the display device, a first output unit that generates a viewing angle evaluation image using a boundary image having a gradation value close to the specified boundary gradation value and that outputs the viewing angle evaluation image to the display device, and an evaluation unit that specifies presence or absence of a difference in appearance of the viewing angle evaluation image when the viewing angle evaluation image is viewed from plural viewing angles and that evaluates the display characteristics of the display device due to a viewing angle difference. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY VISUALIZING RULES AND EXCEPTIONS - The present disclosure discloses system and method for providing perceptually efficient visualization of rules and exceptions mined from dataset. Further, parsing is performed on data-attributes associated with the rules. The data-attributes may include antecedents, consequents, ranges of the antecedents, syntax and statistics of the rules and exceptions. The visualization scheme of present disclosure present an overview first, allows semantic zooming, and then shows details on demand. Further, data attributes of the rules are mapped with visual attributes of graphical elements such as shape, color, opacity to create the perceptually efficient visualization of the rules and exceptions. Initially, the visualization shows main rule highlighting the exceptions associated and properties of the exceptions. Further, a semantic zoom slider is provided for allowing a user to navigate through different exception levels of the exception. Further, an interface is provided for obtaining additional information associated with the rules and the exceptions. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356753 | FLUID-DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A VASCULAR TREE USING ANGIOGRAPHY - A method for ascertaining a fluid-dynamic characteristic value of a resilient vascular tree, through which a fluid flows in a pulsating manner, is provided. At least one 2D projection, respectively, of the resilient vascular tree is generated by a projection device from different angles of projection, and a digital 3D reconstruction of the vascular tree is generated by an analysis device based on of the 2D projections. A geometry of at least one vessel of the resilient vascular tree is estimated based on the 3D reconstruction, and at least one fluid state in the resilient vascular tree is ascertained from the geometry and predetermined resilient properties of the resilient vascular tree. The at least one fluid-dynamic characteristic value is calculated as a function of the at least one fluid state. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A method of calibrating image data from a given medical imaging protocol, comprising: obtaining a visualization image by reconstruction of raw scan data | 2015-12-10 |
20150356755 | CT IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - CT imaging systems and methods thereof are disclosed. A common CT scanning is performed on an object to obtain a common CT imaging. An area of interest is determined from the image. A CT scanning is performed on the area of interest under a plurality of energy windows by a photon counter detector. A high resolution image of the area of interest is reconstructed. The discrimination of energy spectrum is higher and the result so obtained is more stable by using a photon counter detector to collect photon count projection data of a plurality of energy windows and thus it may be decomposed into a plurality of basis functions. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356756 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - To provide an X-ray CT apparatus and an image reconstruction method that can generate an image in which motion influence of a site to be scanned is reduced, the image processing device | 2015-12-10 |
20150356757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DATA TRANSMISSION VOLUME IN TOMOSYNTHESIS - A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data includes obtaining image data of a patient's breast tissue, processing the image data to form a first subset thereof, transmitting the first subset of the image data to a user computer, receiving a user request from the user computer based on the one or more lower resolution images, processing the image data to form a second subset thereof, and transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer. The second subset of the obtained image data is responsive to the user request. The first and second subsets of obtained image data are sufficient to generate one or more respective lower and higher resolution images of respective portions of the patient's breast tissue. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356758 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a creation unit and a presentation unit. The creation unit adds up processing loads required to draw objects at each drawing position to calculate a value of the drawing position in order to generate a processing load image. The presentation unit visualizes the processing load image for presentation to a user. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356759 | CUSTOMIZABLE ROUTE PLANNING USING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - Customizable route planning is a technique for computing point-to-point shortest paths in road networks. It includes three phases: preprocessing, metric customization, and queries. A graphics processing unit may be used, e.g., in the metric customization phase, to make customization even faster, enabling a wide range of applications including highly dynamic applications and on-line personalized cost functions. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356760 | CONTROL SYSTEM IN PROJECTION MAPPING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control system in projection mapping includes a processing unit, a touch panel, an image projection module and an image retrieving module. The processing unit is for executing an application program, the touch panel is coupled to the processing unit and for receiving a control motion and generating a control signal accordingly; the image projection module is coupled to the processing unit, the processing unit is for executing the control signal and controlling the image projection module to project a projection information through the application program; and the image retrieving module is coupled to the processing unit and for capturing the projection information as a first image information, wherein the processing unit is for selectively adding an image object to the first image information and regenerating a second image information through the application program, the image projection module reprojects a projection mapping information corresponding to the second image information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for converting image data created from an optically read manuscript to character data is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a data converting unit configured to convert the image data of a printed character printed beforehand on the manuscript and an added character added after the printed character has been printed to the character data; a character data distinguishing unit configured to distinguish, of the converted character data, between printed character data converted from the image data corresponding to the printed character and added character data converted from the image data corresponding to the added character; an edit information accepting unit configured to accept added character data edit information; and a character data edit unit configured to edit, according to the accepted added character data edit information, the distinguished added character data. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356762 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus capable of mutually communicating with an external apparatus via a network includes a first generation unit, a second generation unit, a determination unit, a setting unit, a first control unit, and a transmission unit. The first generation unit generates a first image in a predetermined image size. The second generation unit generates a second image to be superimposed on the first image. The determination unit determines a protocol type of a control command for controlling the first generation unit and the second generation unit, wherein the control command is received via the network. The setting unit sets an image size of the first image. The first control unit changes a settable range of the image size set by the setting unit according to a determination result of the determination unit. The transmission unit transmits the first image via the network. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING AND DE-OVERLAPPING ITEMS IN A USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for grouping and de-overlapping items in a user interface. A display manager determines one or more items for rendering in a user interface. The display manager then causes, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items. The display manager further causes, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations. The display manager also causes, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356764 | Character Recognition System, Character Recognition Program and Character Recognition Method - A character recognition system for recognizing character(s) displayed on display(s) of computer(s). In one embodiment, memory device(s) store recognition dictionaries, and there may be a separate recognition dictionary for each display font and character size combination. Such a recognition dictionary may contain information pertaining to arrangement of constituent dots making up each character of a corresponding display font and character size. A character recognition unit may identify target character(s) displayed on display(s) by searching such recognition dictionary or dictionaries and extracting therefrom character(s) for which information pertaining to arrangement of constituent dots making up extracted character(s) is a perfect match for target character(s) displayed on display(s). | 2015-12-10 |
20150356765 | IMAGE VISUALIZING DEVICE - Electronic paper display comprises analyzer for a plurality of picture image data and controller for automatically changing the term, during which picture is visualized. Analyzer counts number of pictures in one month or one season to have controller automatically change the term per one picture to be visualized. Number of pictures for visualization is reduced when the term per one picture is less than one day. Analyzer checks the attribute data of picture to change the term for visualization. Controller substitutes a temporal anniversary picture for the regular calendar picture for a term and gets back regular picture upon expiration of the term. Electronic paper calendar prepares calendar layouts for horizontally long picture and vertically long picture, respectively, with picture sizes different from each other. Electronic paper calendar prepares calendar layout with even month arranged on the left side and odd month on the right side beneath common picture. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356766 | FLYING EFFECTS CHOREOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A flying effects choreography system provides visualizations of flying effects within a virtual environment. The system allows choreographers to define a sequence of waypoints that identify a path of motion. A physics engine of the system may then calculate position data for a performer or other element attached to a free-swinging pendulum cable, as the performer and pendulum cable move along the path of motion. In this manner, the position data describes the motion of the performer, including the pendulum effect or swing of the performer on the pendulum cable. The position data may be used to generate one or more visualizations that show the performer's motion, including the pendulum effect. The choreographer may review the visualizations and make modifications any number of times, until a desired flying effect is produced, without having to physically implement the flying effect in the real world. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356767 | RAPID AVATAR CAPTURE AND SIMULATION USING COMMODITY DEPTH SENSORS - A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to automatically generate a 3D avatar of a living being, including automatically: causing one or more sensors to generate 3D data indicative of the three dimensional shape and appearance of at least a portion of the living being; and generating a virtual character based on the 3D data that can be animated and controlled. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356768 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING IMPROVED COPYING OF GRAPHICS DATA ON COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating improved copying of graphics data at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting a first data having a first set of primitives at a one-dimensional (“1D”) source buffer. The first data is detected to be copied to a 1D destination buffer. The method may further include re-describing the 1D source buffer and the 1D destination buffer into a two-dimensional (“2D”) source buffer and a 2D destination buffer, respectively, where re-describing may include re-describing the first data having the first set of primitives to a second data having a second set of primitives. The method may further include copying the second data having the second set of primitives from the 2D source buffer to the 2D destination buffer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356769 | Relightable texture for use in rendering an image - Relightable free-viewpoint rendering allows a novel view of a scene to be rendered and relit based on multiple views of the scene from multiple camera viewpoints. An initial texture can be segmented into materials and an initial coarse colour estimate is determined for each material. Scene geometry is estimated from the captured views of the scene and is used to scale the initial coarse colour estimates relative to each other such that the different materials appear to be lit with a similar irradiance. In this way, a global irradiance function is estimated describing the scene illumination. This provides a starting point for a colour estimate and shading estimate extraction. The shading estimate can be used to fit surface normals to the global irradiance function. The set of surface normals and the colour estimate are stored for subsequent use to allow relighting of the scene. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356770 | STREET VIEW MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for displaying a street view map are provided. The method includes: acquiring a site scene image of a street view; determining that the site scene comprises a three-dimensional model, acquiring the attribute information of the three-dimensional model and the stereoscopic information of the site scene; in the position coordinates of the real object in the site scene relative to the site scene, identifying and utilizing the position coordinates of the real object relative to the site scene identical to the position coordinates corresponding to the three-dimensional model contained in the attribute information of the three-dimensional model as position coordinates of the three-dimensional model relative to the site scene; and loading the three-dimensional model to render the site scene image. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356771 | Estimating Travel Times Through Transportation Structures Using Location Traces - A method, apparatus, computer program product, and device with various means are disclosed for determining the time it takes to a traverse a transportation structure by enclosing a representation of a transportation structure with a bounding polygon, specifying a plurality of gates which represent legitimate entry or exit points of the transportation structure as one or more edges of the bounding polygon, and computing the travel time for a probe traveling through the bounding polygon via the gates. Computing the probe's travel time comprises generating a location trace of movement of the probe, determining an entry and exit time, and calculating the difference between the exit time and the entry time. Determining the entry and exist time can be done by interpolation. An average of a set of computations can be used to get an average of the time it takes traverse the transportation structure. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356772 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL MONITORS - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for providing virtual monitors. In accordance with some embodiments, a number of virtual monitors in which to provide a virtual desktop and a characteristic of one of the virtual monitors can be identified. A virtual monitor can then be generated based on the characteristic, and a portion of the virtual desktop can be assigned to the virtual monitor based at least in part on the identified number. An image of the portion of the virtual desktop can then be captured from the virtual monitor, and provided for presentation on a monitor of a client device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356774 | LAYOUT DESIGN USING LOCALLY SATISFIABLE PROPOSALS - A “Layout Optimizer” provides various real-time iterative constraint-satisfaction methodologies that use constraint-based frameworks to generate optimized layouts that map or embed virtual objects into environments. The term environment refers to combinations of environmental characteristics, including, but not limited to, 2D or 3D scene geometry or layout, scene colors, patterns, and/or textures, scene illumination, scene heat sources, fixed or moving people, objects or fluids, etc., any of which may evolve or change over time. A set of parameters are specified or selected for each object. Further, the environmental characteristics are determined automatically or specified by users. Relationships between objects and/or the environment derived from constraints associated with objects and the environment are then used to iteratively determine optimized self-consistent and scene-consistent object layouts. This enables the Layout Optimizer to augment environments with arbitrary content in a structured constraint-based process that adapts to changing scenes or environments. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356775 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356776 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356777 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356778 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356779 | CONTENT PRESENTATION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356780 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME GUIDANCE TO A USER AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - The present subject matter relates to a method and a guidance system for providing real time guidance to a novice user by an expert. The method comprises capturing images of a plurality of actions performed by the user and the expert based on which position and motion data associated with the actions are identified. Further, the method maps the complex environment of the novice user and position & motion data into corresponding digital representations to allow real time interaction between the novice user and the expert. During interaction, the guidance system monitors the performance of the novice user and dynamically suggests a list of alternate actions when the guidance system identifies a deviation in the actions performed by the novice user compared to the actions performed by the expert. If no deviations are identified, the guidance system implements the plurality of actions of the task in the real physical world. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356781 | RENDERING AN AVATAR FOR A USER IN AN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356782 | CREATING A TOPOLOGICAL MAP FOR LOCALIZATION IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356783 | UTILIZING TOPOLOGICAL MAPS FOR AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356784 | FINDING NEW POINTS BY RENDER RATHER THAN SEARCH IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356785 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS APPARATUS - In order to easily and rapidly determine a subject region in a captured image using a single image, a synthesized image of an extraction image including a subject and an instruction image representing a first acquisition region from which color information on the subject is acquired is used. Color information on the subject is acquired from the first acquisition region represented by the instruction image in the synthesized image. Color information on a background of the subject is acquired from a region not including the first acquisition region and a color information non-acquisition region that is adjacent to the first acquisition region and is set in advance in the synthesized image. On the basis of the color information on the subject and the color information on the background, extraction information of the subject is determined and output. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356786 | System and Method for Augmented Reality Display of Electrical System Information - A method for providing electrical system status information to a mobile device user is presented. The method comprises receiving a request for target area electrical system status information from a mobile device, determining the pose of the mobile interface device relative to the target area, obtaining target area electrical system status information for a target electrical system at least partially disposed within the target area, and assembling AR electrical system status information for transmission to and display on the mobile interface device. The AR electrical system status information is assembled using the target area electrical system status information and is configured for viewing in conjunction with a real-time view of the target area captured by the mobile interface device. The AR electrical system status information is then transmitted to the mobile interface device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356787 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, the augmented reality space differing according to related information that relates to the captured image, and a control unit that causes an image of a virtual object placed for each user within the augmented reality space to be displayed on a screen. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356788 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a real space from an image capture device, a setting unit that sets, in association with the real space, an augmented reality space that virtually augments the real space depicted in the captured image, and a control unit that determines a target position for an action executed within the augmented reality space, on a basis of a positional relationship between an object within the augmented reality space and an optical axis of the image capture device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356789 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display method includes: detecting a specific object from an input image captured by a camera; generating display data for rendering a plan view, a first display component, and a second display component based on a positional relationship between the camera and the specific object, the plan view corresponding to a first plane which is different from a second plane projected on the input image, the first display component being displayed at a camera position on the first plane, and the second display component being displayed at a reference object position on the first plane; receiving a designation of a point on the plane view; converting a designated position on the first plane into another position on depth direction to the second plane; generating positional information indicating three dimensional position of an augmented reality content based on the another position. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356790 | Augmented Reality Control Systems - An augmented reality control system in which the generation and utilization of simple geometric forms of real world objects at the enterprise level are layered onto or based on real world objects. Digital data is aligned to real world objects via surrogate of simplified geometric forms. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356791 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CARD INFORMATION - A method processes card information. The method includes transmitting, to a terminal, a hot list including one or both of a black list and a white list, which include information on whether cards are available or not, to a terminal, receiving, from the terminal, information on a smart card having a list region in or from which a flag is set or removed based on the hot list, from the terminal, and deleting, from the hot list, the information on the smart card having the list region in or from which the flag is set or removed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356792 | MANAGING A VEHICLE INCIDENT - A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356793 | MANAGING A VEHICLE INCIDENT - A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356794 | CONNECTED VEHICLE PREDICTIVE QUALITY - A vehicle system includes a communication interface and a processing device. The processing device is configured to receive performance data associated with at least one of a plurality of vehicle subsystems and generate a message that includes the performance data. The communication interface is configured to transmit the message to a remote aggregation server. The remote aggregation server is configured to receive the performance data from multiple vehicles, aggregate the performance data, and identify a trend associated with various vehicle subsystems based at least in part on the performance data. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356795 | MONITORING VEHICLE USAGE - A method for monitoring vehicle usage is described. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a vehicle event and detecting a query from a mobile device. The query includes a Wi-Fi probe request or Bluetooth inquiry. The method includes identifying a mobile device identifier from the query and associating the mobile device identifier with the vehicle event. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING ROAD QUALITY - A server communicates with vehicles traveling along a route. The server obtains sensor data indicative of road quality from the vehicles. The server determines that a certain proportion of the vehicles traveling along the route experience better road quality than the remaining vehicles traveling along the route. The server than determines that a first lane in the route has significantly better road quality than a second lane in the route. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356797 | VIRTUAL KEY FOB WITH TRANSFERABLE USER DATA PROFILE - A method for controlling various aspects of a vehicle includes registering a first mobile general-purpose processing device, such as a smart phone, with a vehicle. The method further authorizes the first mobile general-purpose processing device to be used as a key fob for controlling the vehicle. The method generates a user profile associated with a user of the vehicle. The user profile is stored on one or more of the first general-purpose processing device and the vehicle and contains information related to controlling the vehicle. The method enables at least part of the user profile to be downloaded to a second mobile general-purpose processing device to enable the second mobile general-purpose processing device to be used as a key fob for controlling the vehicle. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356798 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A RESOURCE - A system is provided ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150356799 | COMMAND INPUT BASED ON DATA-CARRIER ORIENTATION - A command can be input into a system using a data carrier such as, for example, a card. The command is determined based on the orientation of the data carrier relative to a reader of the system. Different commands can be input by changing the orientation of the data carrier. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356800 | TNT-MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEM - The inventive device object of the present application is a comprehensive medical alert system that will save the lives of many people. When immediate medical attention is needed to save a life or to reduce complications, first responders need prompt access to the patient when they arrive at the patient's home. When the door is unlocked automatically using this system, medical personnel will be able to attend to the patient more quickly. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356801 | MOBILE KIOSK FOR INTELLIGENT SECURABLE DEVICES SYSTEM - A system and method of controlling a securable device in a set of securable devices may include establishing a centralized data repository with data representative of status of each securable device. Communications with a mobile kiosk application executing on a mobile device of a user may be established. Responsive to receiving a request from the mobile kiosk to identify an available securable device local and accessible to the user, the centralized data repository may be accessed, at least one securable device that is available may be identified, and data associated with the identified available securable device(s) may be communicated to the mobile kiosk to cause the mobile kiosk to communicate at least a portion of the data to one of the securable device(s). Responsive to receiving a status update of the securable device, the centralized data repository may be updated with the status update of the associated securable device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356802 | Low Power Door-Lock Apparatus Based On Battery Using Face Recognition - A door-lock apparatus based on battery is provided. The door-lock apparatus includes a CIS configured to obtain an optical signal and to convert the obtained optical signal into a digital image signal, an ISP configured to process the digital image signal to generate image data, a detector configured to be activated according to an operation of the ISP and to detect information about an object from the image data, a memory configured to store and maintain information about a reference object, a controller configured to compare the information about the object with the information about the reference object and to control a locking/unlocking state of the door-lock apparatus, and a door opening and closing unit configured to be controlled by the controller and to convert the door-lock apparatus from the locking state to the unlocking state. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356803 | ITEM AUTHENTICATION - An item authentication system for UII item data encoded on a Data Matrix tag uses the Data Matrix Extended Channel Interpretation to transit the UII tag data to an authentication data stream. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356804 | VOTE CERTIFICATION SOFTWARE AND PROCESS - A vote certification system for the collection, capture, processing, storage and tracking of data for votes, including a plurality of data origination devices for collecting vote data in electronic communication with a central data server for capturing the vote data, a vote database server for storing the vote data, and a vote document storage server for archiving the vote data. A method for the collection, capture, processing, storage, and tracking of data for votes. A method for creating a certified digital image copy of a vote document. A method for the collection, capture, certification, processing, storage, and tracking of data for votes. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A SECURITY DOCUMENT - A method is provided of identifying a security document using an identifying device. The identifying device is provided with a capacitance sensor and a second sensor. The method includes capacitively coupling a first element of the security document with the capacitance sensor and obtaining first data from the first element using the capacitance sensor. Second data is also obtained from the security document using the second sensor. Output data is then generated based upon the first and second data. A corresponding device and system are also presented. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356806 | THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR SHEET-TYPE MEDIUM - A thickness measurement device for a sheet-type medium comprises: a fixing frame ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150356807 | MEDIUM HOUSING DEVICE AND MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A medium housing device includes: a frame including an internal space; a partitioning plate that partitions the internal space so as to intersect with a specific collection direction, and that forms a collection space in which the medium is collected along the collection direction; a partitioning plate moving section that moves the partitioning plate along the collection direction; a side guide that is attached inside the frame and that determines the size of the collection space in an intersecting direction intersecting with the collection direction; a positioning portion that positions an end portion of the side guide at one attachment position selected from a plurality of attachment positions; and a retention switching portion that switches between a retained state in which the end portion of the side guide is positioned, and a retention-released state in which the end portion of the side guide is not positioned. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356808 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus causes a control section to function as an inserted medium counting unit, a normal medium counting unit and an abnormal mediums number calculation unit. The normal medium counting unit again feeds out and conveys banknotes from the banknote deposit and withdrawal section to the verification section in a quantity corresponding to the number of inserted banknotes, conveys abnormal banknotes that are verified as abnormal by the verification section to the banknote deposit and withdrawal section together with following banknotes but conveys normal banknotes that are verified as normal by the verification section to the temporary holding section and retains the normal banknotes therein, and counts a number of normal banknotes. The abnormal mediums number calculation unit subtracts the number of normal banknotes from the number of inserted banknotes to calculate an abnormal banknotes number. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356809 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING VENDING MACHINE KITS - A system and method for dispensing a kit of items from one or more vending machines includes a kit determination system with a kit analyzer to determine whether there is a specific kit or kits to recommend or assign to a user. A kit may be pre-assigned to the user by a third party. If there is no kit assigned to the user, a kit may be recommended to the user based on past history and a number of other factors. Also included is a vending machine kit dispensing system for dispensing a kit of items from one or more vending machines, the vending machines being interconnected on a network. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356810 | Wager Recognition System - A gaming table apparatus has a gaming table with a gaming table support surface. At least two token sensors are provided, which are electrically connected in series to a token sensor controller. The at least two token sensor units are physically restrained by the table support surface. The game controller is in communication with the token sensor controller, wherein the game controller is configured to associate player position data with transmitted wager data received from the token sensor controller. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY USING A PLAYER CARD - Disclosed is a method of displaying augmented reality gaming information associated with a player card using mobile device in an augmented reality gaming system. In one embodiment, the method includes: enabling a user to view a live image of a player card through a display of a mobile device; acquiring player identification information from the player card; sending the player identification information via a network to a server; retrieving player specific information from the server using the mobile device; and displaying the player specific information in conjunction with the player card when viewing the player card through the display of the mobile device using augmented reality. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356813 | METHOD AND SYSTEM INCLUDING ENHANCED SYMBOL UPGRADE FEATURE - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that include an enhanced symbol upgrade feature. In an embodiment, if a triggering event occurs in association with the play of the game, such as a slot game, where the triggering event includes a first special symbol of the plurality of special symbols stopping on a payline at a first symbol position on a first reel of the first reel set, the first special symbol is superimposed at a symbol position on a second reel of the second reel set corresponding to the first symbol position on the first reel, and the second reel continues to rotate during the superimposition of the first special symbol thereover. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356814 | Method, System, and Device for Displaying the Outcome of a Wagering Game - A method, system and device for displaying a game outcome without altering the game outcome disclosed. A gaming device conducts a wagering game. If game outcome is a Winning game outcome, the game outcome is displayed. If the game outcome fails to partially match a winning game outcome, the game outcome is likewise displayed. If the game outcome partially matches a winning game outcome, the game outcome is reordered prior to display by displaying the subset of the game outcome that matches a partial winning game outcome, then displaying the remainder of the game outcome separated from the partial winning outcome. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356815 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming apparatus comprises a movable symbol selector and a reference object. The symbol selector has a plurality of presentation portions. Each portion is associated with one or more symbols of a first set of symbols. The reference object comprises a plurality of parts over which the selector can be moved. Each part is associated with one or more symbols of a second set of symbols. When the symbol selector moves relative to the reference object at least one relationship is formed between at least one of the selector portions and at least one of the reference object parts. The at least one relationship is for use in determining a game outcome. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356816 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING FREE GAME, WHEREIN THE NUMBER OF ADDING FREE GAME IS ADDED - The present invention provides a gaming machine employing a free game system which provides an enhanced game element. The gaming machine determines the number of adding free game based on a game number lottery table under the condition that a first symbol is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game, and adds a preset number of free game under the condition that a second symbol is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356817 | VERIFYING A FIRST DEVICE IS IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH A SERVER BY STORING A VALUE FROM THE FIRST DEVICE AND ACCESSING THE VALUE FROM A SECOND DEVICE - A system includes a first server and a second server. The second server receives a value from a first device, possibly via the first server, and stores the value. In response to a request from a second device, the second server then determines the value and sends the value to the second device. In this fashion, verification can be made that the first device is in communications with the first server. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356818 | REMOTE GAME PLAY IN A WIRELESS GAMING ENVIRONMENT - A system employs a server computing system with an integrated database and wireless communications devices. The wireless communications devices permits players to take a position on a potential outcome of a game and includes remote game play and remote backline playing (taking a position on a potential outcome of a position on game outcome taken by a primary player occupying a player position at a gaming table) and other types of positions not involving money. In response to the electronic indication that the primary player is no longer occupying the player position at the gaming table the system automatically initiates a period locking out players taking positions on the potential outcome of the game such as a position on game outcome lock out period for such proposed backline positions on game outcome and modifies the user interface on a wireless device of the dealer accordingly. | 2015-12-10 |