51st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150363869 | METHOD OF ACTIVATING OTHER FUNCTION OF APPLICATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVER APPLY TO THE METHOD - A method of activating an order function of an application is provided. The application is installed in a mobile communication device and includes a display function and an inactivated order function. The method includes following steps of: receiving an input by the mobile communication device to send a request data of activating the order function; sending a validation data by the mobile communication device; receiving an authorization data by the communication device; and activating the order function of the application by the mobile communication device according to the authorization data. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363870 | System and Method for SMS Ordering Via an Order Management System - Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a system and a method that enables and encourages users to respond to a query with an SMS message containing a variety of potential words, phrases and other messages that affirmatively indicate that the user wishes to place an order based upon the suggestion previously delivered by the system to the user. The user may also place an order for an item other than the suggested item by delivering a different message. The user may also deliver a message indicating that the user declines to place an order. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363871 | ONLINE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online shopping system and method is provided. The present invention includes a software that produces a request box for a consumer. The consumer types a request for a good and/or service within the request box. A third party receives the request and coordinates the retrieval of the goods and services. For example, the third party may contact a second party to perform the goods and services for the consumer. The goods and services are then made available for the consumer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363872 | VIRTUAL BUNDLES - A system, Internet website interface, and computer-implemented method of presenting products to a consumer for purchase via a graphical user interface on a display of a user device are disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from the user device to configure a virtual bundle and displaying a product listing on the display of the user device. The product listing includes an anchor product listing and at least one accessory product listing. The method includes displaying a promotional offering associated with the virtual bundle on the display of the user device, the promotional offering based on one of the anchor product listing and the at least one accessory product listing. The method further includes receiving a product selection from the plurality of product images and adding the received product selection to the virtual bundle. The method further includes updating a floating shopping cart based on the product selection. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND RECOMMENDING RELEVANT PRODUCTS - Techniques for a product search grid are disclosed herein. The method for presenting a grid includes receiving data in association with a plurality of products from one or more merchant websites; presenting a data grid including cells based on the data, wherein each cell of the cells represents a product of the products or a replacement of a product of the products; displaying information regarding the products or the replacements of the products in the cells; and updating the contents of cells of the data grid automatically in real time in response to new data received from the merchant websites. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363874 | SYSTEMS, MEDIA, AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY PROJECT FINANCING - Computer-based systems, media, and methods for sourcing, analyzing and calculating and underwriting the financing of distributed energy systems affixed to real property with the financing payments secured by a lien placed by a governmental authority. A web-based calculator tool is enabled to facilitate web searches used to collect required necessary information to create a project finance profile and to calculate and display results to property owners and to contractors or other channel partners. In some cases, the tool is further used to underwrite the project financing and displaying whether a project is preliminarily credit-approved. In further cases, the tool further enables pre-setting project finance assumptions for offering standard fixed-pricing to project applicants arranged by utility tariff, city or county or zip code subject to particular program parameters. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363875 | System and Method for Filtering and Analyzing Transaction Information - A system uses both structured and unstructured data to identify an existing product for a customer held at a competing institution. The data is received from a computer system of clients currently using various products. Data is also received from external systems and may be in the form of documents or other text-based sources of information. The structured and unstructured data is filtered and analyzed to identify transactions with common characteristics. The system identifies the customer, product, and amount for each transaction. The data is analyzed to identify common characteristics such as terms or patterns. The transactions are clustered and a product associated with the transactions is identified. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363876 | Cryptocurrency Transformation System - A system comprises a memory operable to store a customer account, a first float account, and a second float account. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor may receive an electronic request for a currency exchange and determine exchange rates for exchanging a first currency for a second currency. The processor may also determine an optimal exchange rate. In response to determining the optimal exchange rate, the processor may determine a first amount of the first currency and associate the first amount with the customer account. The processor may also transfer the first amount of the first currency into the first float account and determine a second amount of the second currency. The processor is further able to associate the second amount with the second float account and transfer the second amount of the second currency to the customer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363877 | TECHNIQUES FOR ON-LINE TRADING OF FINANCIAL SECURITIES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth approaches for trading financial securities over a computer network. An execution management system launches a plurality of brokerage applications, where each brokerage application included in the plurality of brokerage applications is configured to communicate with a different brokerage account system. The execution management system receives, from a client device, a selection of a brokerage account through which to execute a trade involving a financial security. The execution management system selects a first brokerage application included in the plurality of brokerage applications that is configured to communicate with a brokerage account system associated with the brokerage account. The execution management system causes the brokerage application to log into the brokerage account. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363878 | EXCHANGE TRADED COLLATERAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF PERFORMING THE SAME - An exchange traded collateral system including a memory and a processor, a program executing in the processer that performs the steps of creating an investment package, populating the investment package with investment units, determining the valuation of the investment package based on the investment units in the investment package, creating a collateral package, populating the collateral package with collateral units until the total value of the collateral units in the collateral package equals the value of the investment package, relating the investment package to the collateral package such that the collateral units in the collateral package are adjusted based on the value of the investment package. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363879 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR TRADE SURVEILLANCE - An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium can be provided, which can include, for example, receiving digital data related to a suspicious trade(s), determining a first entity(s) associated with the suspicious trade(s) based on the digital data, and determining a relationship between the first entity(s) and a second entity based(s) on a proximity between the first entity(s) and the second entity(s). The proximity used to determine the relationship can be a logical proximity. The logical proximity can be determined based on a communication(s) between the first entity(s) and the second entity(s). | 2015-12-17 |
20150363880 | Systems and Methods for Allocating Quantities in a Marketplace - A participant in a marketplace may direct an order to buy or sell an item to a targeted participant with whom the former has a pre-existing relationship to enable access to additional quantities, capacity, or liquidity. The targeted participant may similarly offer to buy or sell such items in various pre-designated quantities at set prices to participants with whom it has a pre-existing relationship. These functions may be achieved while maintaining order and price transparency in the marketplace. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363881 | Program and Method for Investing Cooperatively in the Property of Wholesale Goods - This invention is for a cooperative investment program. For this cooperative investment program, the credit union and bank's administrators operate the software program that houses the method of investing in the property of wholesale consumer goods. The administrators organize the program of investing in the goods by dividing the goods into four departments, which are groceries, clothing, computer electronics and automobiles. The credit union and bank manages the investors' monthly investments and the compensation for investing in the property of wholesale consumer goods. The credit union uses the money as the financial engine that opens the cooperatively owned stores and buys the goods that go in these stores. The credit unions and banks are also the campaign hubs that organize the marketing and recruitment for the investment program and its method which is the Force Matrix used to invest in these four areas of the property of wholesale consumer goods. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363882 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE GUARANTEED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN - Technologies are described herein for providing a funding-adjusted guaranteed benefit in a retirement plan. In some aspects, the employer may make a commitment to contribute a fixed percentage of payroll each payroll cycle. An actuarial basis may be used to determine liabilities in the plan. An actuary, or other suitable technology, may determine the benefit which is the funded portion using the fixed percentage. The funded portion may be reduced by a margin. In some examples, a retirement plan executed according to various technologies described herein can guarantee a benefit of half of the funded portion as reduced by a margin. In the event the plan is overfunded by 100% or more, in some examples, the plan may pay double the guaranteed benefit. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363883 | RESTRUCTURED CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS - A computer-implemented technique restructures a capital appreciation bond (CAB) by using market data among other data to offer an incentive to a current owner of the CAB to sell voluntarily his or her bond back to the school district that issued the bond. This resold CAB is, in turn, replaced with a restructured lower cost bond, i.e., a CAB restructured bond (CRB), through a particular refinancing, computer-implemented, process referred to as bond refunding. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PREVENTING WASTE OF U.S. FEDERAL LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR A MIXED-INCOME REAL ESTATE PROJECTS HAVING LOW-INCOME UNITS AND MARKET-INCOME UNITS - Mixed-income housing projects generate federal low-income housing tax credits. Previously, due to numerous impediments, it has been impossible to efficiently syndicate these credits, resulting in many going to waste every year. The present invention relates a method that allows for more efficient syndication of the available tax credits, as well as provides more efficient means for analyzing the potential syndicatability of the tax credits generated by a given building project. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363885 | TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE POLICIES - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for managing investment and insurance policies. In one aspect, a method for managing a life insurance policy includes receiving information associated with a permanent life insurance policy and its policy holder, analyzing the information to generate a rating value of the permanent life insurance policy, and determining if the rating value is above a minimum threshold value to admit the permanent life insurance policy into a policy optimization portfolio. The method can also include creating financial value of the policy optimization portfolio by obtaining investment funding from a financial institution based on a cash value of the admitted permanent life insurance policies, investing at least some of the investment funding in one or more financial markets to receive a financial return, and determining a distribution of the financial return to provide to the policy holder and the financial institution. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE VEHICLE TELEMATICS BASED DATA ON A MAP DISPLAY - A system and method are disclosed herein to determine an insurance premium discount based on telematics data. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores data indicative telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to identify safety events and associated safety event locations based on the telematics data. The processor is further configured to display to the driver indications of the safety events on a map display along with indications of safety events associated with other drivers. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363887 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND ATTRIBUTING CREDIT ACCRUED THROUGH GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED REPRESENTATION - A computer based networked system and corresponding method for associating attributes of a specification with participants in the performance of the specification requirements and tracking, crediting and reporting geographically dispersed contributions. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363888 | FINANCIAL STATEMENT FORECASTER - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for use in financial forecast systems, where historical financial data is analyzed for purposes of providing projected financial statements. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive financial data, from a predetermined period of time in the past that is associated with a business entity requesting to receive projected financial statements, analyze the financial data from the predetermined period of time in the past, and determine based on the analysis a financial forecast for the entity for a predetermined period of time in the future, and provide one or more projected financial statements for the predetermined time period in the future based at least partially on the financial forecast of the entity. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363889 | Methods and Systems for Electronic Receipt Tracking, Storage, and Provision - Methods and systems for electronic receipt tracking, storage and provision may be provided. Embodiments of the methods may include receiving transactional data, generating a descriptor to be associated with the transactional data, and associating the descriptor with the transactional data. In some embodiments of the methods, associating the descriptor with the transactional data may further comprise transmitting transactional data to a transaction processor, receiving confirmation that a transaction associated with the data has been processed, and storing the descriptor with the confirmation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363890 | ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND METHODS - Accounting systems computer readable media and methods may generate and/or update a general ledger as source data is received. In some circumstances, source data may be received by a computer system. The source data may include information regarding a financial transaction and may be associated with one or more characteristics. A sub-ledger may be selected from a plurality of sub-ledgers, into which the source data is added responsively to one or more characteristics of the source data. Each of the sub-ledgers may include a different subset of information included in a general ledger. The general ledger may then be updated with the sub-ledger information and the updated general ledger may be provided to a user of the computer system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363891 | RECIPROCAL DISTRIBUTION CALCULATING METHOD AND RECIPROCAL DISTRIBUTION CALCULATING SYSTEM FOR COST ACCOUNTING - Provided are a reciprocal distribution calculating method and a reciprocal distribution calculating system for cost accounting, in which, when performing cost accounting using a computer, a reciprocal distribution method is used to effectively perform cost accounting of each department. In the reciprocal distribution calculating method and the reciprocal distribution calculating system for cost accounting, reciprocal distribution costs are calculated using the limit and convergence of a transition probability matrix. And, a reciprocal distribution calculation is performed in a completely different way from the method of calculating reciprocal distribution known for the last several tens of years and in an effective manner, thereby calculation of reciprocal distribution costs at a high speed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363892 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TAX RETURN DATA - Tax data, e.g., Form W2 data, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain tax data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE, and a tax form generated by an employer or payroll processing service and provided to an employee or user includes the QR CODE representing certain W-2 or other tax data. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. When using a Smartphone, a tax preparation application executing on the Smartphone decodes the QR CODE image to determine the tax data, and populates fields of an electronic tax return with decoded data, thus allowing a consumer to prepare an electronic tax return using a mobile communication device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363893 | WEB-BASED SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR VALUE-ADDED TAX RECLAIM PROCESSING - A computerized method and server for authenticating and determining eligibility of a potential value-added tax (VAT) refund. The method comprises receiving a potential VAT receipt; recognizing by a server appropriate receipt parameters respective of the potential VAT receipt; determining based on the appropriate receipt parameters whether the potential VAT receipt is authentic; and determining based on the appropriate receipt parameters whether a payer is eligible for the potential VAT refund. The server comprises a processor communicatively coupled to a network; and, a memory coupled to the processor, containing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the server to: receive a potential VAT receipt; recognize appropriate receipt parameters respective of the potential VAT receipt; determine based on the appropriate receipt parameters whether the potential VAT receipt is authentic; and determine based on the appropriate receipt parameters whether a payer is eligible for the potential VAT refund. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363894 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR CONSUMER PURCHASE IDENTIFICATION FOR VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT) RECLAIM - A computer implemented method and system for value added tax (VAT) reclaim processing. The method comprising receiving at least one VAT receipt from a user node; determining whether the VAT receipt is an authentic VAT receipt; determining whether the VAT receipt is eligible for a refund; and submitting the VAT receipt to a refund agency node (RAN). The system comprises a processing unit; and a memory coupled to the processing unit, the memory contains instructions that when executed by the processing unit configures the system to: receive at least one VAT receipt from a user node; determine whether the VAT receipt is an authentic VAT receipt; determine whether the VAT receipt is eligible for a refund; and submit the VAT receipt to a refund agency node (RAN). | 2015-12-17 |
20150363895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ONLINE INFORMATION BY A COMMUNITY MANAGER - The present invention defines, integrates, and simplifies the work processes for online moderating. The present invention simplifies the work processes for online community management, including website forwarding, and social middleware—specifically, the insertion of user generated content into business applications. The system enables the user to capture website information efficiently, add value by classifying and commenting on that information and forward the information using pre-formed message template to individuals, groups and other applications. The system may have varying degrees of automation depending on the implementation requirement, leaving the human community manager to efficiently focus only on what requires human judgment. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363896 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OPENING AND CLOSING GAS STOPCOCK - A communication terminal receives acceptance data for gas cock opening created by a server, performs selection based on the received acceptance data, reads a two-dimensional barcode, and compares two-dimensional barcode data and target data stored in a storage device of the communication terminal; the sever sends the communication terminal a gas inspection item in which the target data is reflected; the communication terminal receives the inspection item in which the target data is reflected, checks an inspection result item created for the inspection item, and sends the checked inspection result item to the server; and the server gives permission for the gas cock opening based on the sent inspection result item, and sends a result of the permission to the communication terminal. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363897 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PROPOSAL OF DECORATION FOR RESIDENCE OR EXHIBIT AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosure herein is related to a system for providing proposal of decoration for residence or exhibit and a method for the same. According to one of the embodiments of the method, the alleged system firstly receives request message from a terminal device at a residence or exhibit place. From the request message, the system analyzes the message and retrieves the information concerning at least one designer and the residence or exhibit place. Next, the designer's style, layout of the residence or exhibit place, and the corresponding furnishings can be obtained as in comparison with a database. One or more arrangement proposals can be provided as it is generated in the system. The one or more proposals are then delivered to the terminals device. The any proposal, including a synthetic image, notified to a user renders a convenient way to dispose the furnishings at the exhibit place. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363898 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PROCESSING AND OUTPUTTING A DIAGRAM FOR FACTORY LOCATION EVALUATION - There is provided a computer software product for processing and outputting a diagram of factory location evaluation, which is executed by a server to implement the following steps: receiving at least a GPS location information and a site investigation information from a mobile device; relating the site investigation information to an area based on the GPS location information and a coverage region information, wherein the coverage region information records a coverage of specific region on a map; and processing the site investigation information and a regional distribution, then generating and outputting a factory location evaluation information to a terminal computer based on the results of the process. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING CREATIVE WORKS - A method and apparatus for promoting the creation and distribution of creative works. The invention provides a novel cooperative auction means collecting funds for payment for inducing a rightholder to donate rights in a piece of intellectual property to the public domain. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363900 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING LICENSE MANAGEMENT, METHOD FOR ASSISTING LICENSE MANAGEMENT, AND DEVICE FOR SAME - A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for assisting license management, the process includes acquiring, from each of a plurality of computers, setting information for a software product which is installed in one of the plurality of computers; grouping the acquired setting information for each of the plurality of the software products based on contents of the each of the plurality of the software products; and urging to input a license type for each of at least some of a plurality of groups generated by the grouping for the each of the plurality of the software product. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING A LICENSABLE ITEM - An apparatus and method of managing a licensable item includes accessing a licensing policy related to managing a licensable item, and a license agent making a determination to act to enforce the licensing policy or to first communicate with a server before acting to enforce the licensing policy. Further, the apparatus and method include enforcing the licensing policy in accordance with the determination to act to enforce the licensing policy or to first communicate with a server before acting. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363902 | AUTOMATIC SUCCESS/FAILURE DETERMINATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFETY SURVEY RESULTS - A safety management server receives code data from a mobile terminal, and on the basis of the code data, extracts safety inspection data including a safety inspection item, and determination data for making a pass/fail determination on the safety inspection item, and transmits the safety inspection data and the determination data to the mobile terminal. Subsequently, the mobile terminal receives the safety inspection data and the determination data, and on the basis of the determination data, makes a pass/fail determination of an inspection result input as data into the safety inspection item among the safety inspection data. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363903 | Wavefront Resource Virtualization - A processor comprising hardware logic configured to execute of a first wavefront in a hardware resource and stop execution of the first wavefront before the first wavefront completes. The processor schedules a second wavefront for execution in the hardware resource. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363904 | DIGITAL FILTER FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING MEDIUM, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an aspect of the present invention, processed image data in which distortion due to breast cancer is enhanced is generated by performing, on mammographic image data, image processing using a filter that relatively amplifies medium band components between high and low frequency bands and/or a filter that increases or reduces components having predetermined orientations. According to an aspect of the invention, a processed image for supporting breast cancer diagnosis is printed or recorded on a printing medium or a computer-readable recording medium and, in the processed image, band components between high and low frequency bands in a mammographic original image are relatively amplified and/or components having predetermined orientations in the mammographic original image are increased or reduced. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363905 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO IMAGE MAKING - A method of making an image of a scene (including a scene made by the method) generally corresponding to that perceived by the human brain via the human eyes, the method including the steps, in any suitable order, of: capturing, recording, generating, or otherwise representing a scene consisting of the entire field of view, or part thereof, visible to a human observer from a given ‘Viewing Point’ (VP) when fixating on a given region within the scene, progressively enlarging the image towards the area of the scene, and progressively compressing the area of the scene corresponding to the peripheral field of vision to thereby produce a modified image of the scene generally corresponding to how the scene would appear to the human perceiver. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363906 | IMAGE REPAIRING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are an image restoration method and device. The method comprises: processing image blocks, which are initially registered, to acquire connection curves among the image blocks; constructing an ambient field of images to be restored by means of the connection curve; by minimizing energy of the connection curve in the ambient field, registering the image blocks; and performing image filling on the registered image blocks to acquire a restored image. The device comprises: a processing unit used for processing the image blocks, which are initially registered, to acquire the connection curve among the image blocks; an ambient field construction unit used for constructing the ambient field of the image to be restored by means of the connection curve; a registering unit used for registering the image blocks by minimizing the energy of the connection curve in the ambient field; and a filling unit used for performing image filling on the registered image blocks to acquire the restored image. The present invention can be applied to restore any damaged image and improve the accuracy. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a first estimation unit configured to estimate a deformation between a first image and a second image under a first condition and obtain first deformation information; a second estimation unit configured to estimate a deformation between the first image and the second image under a second condition different from the first condition and obtain second deformation information; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain one of an estimation error and reliability of the deformation at a point on an image based on a difference between the first deformation information and the second deformation information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363908 | Scaling Content on Touch-Based System - Methods and systems may provide for detecting a manual addition of first content to an interactive display and defining a content boundary around the first content. Additionally, a first automatic rescaling of the first content within the content boundary may be conducted in response to one or more of a manual modification of the first content or a trigger related to a characteristic of the first content. In one example, a manual reposition request is detected with respect to the first content, the first content is moved to a new position on the interactive display based on the reposition request, and a second automatic rescaling of the first content is conducted based on a state of second content that is adjacent to the new position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363909 | Scaling Content on Touch-Based Systems - Methods and systems may provide for detecting a manual addition of first content to an interactive display and defining a content boundary around the first content. Additionally, a first automatic rescaling of the first content within the content boundary may be conducted in response to one or more of a manual modification of the first content or a trigger related to a characteristic of the first content. In one example, a manual reposition request is detected with respect to the first content, the first content is moved to a new position on the interactive display based on the reposition request, and a second automatic rescaling of the first content is conducted based on a state of second content that is adjacent to the new position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363910 | METHOD FOR EDGE-DIRECTED ADAPTIVE IMAGE INTERPOLATION AND VLSI IMPLEMENTATION DEVICE FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for edge-directed adaptive image interpolation and a VLSI implementation device thereof. The method comprises: computing gradient magnitude and gradient direction of source image, obtaining edge information by comparing gradient magnitude and local adaptive threshold value, edge direction is vertical direction of the gradient direction; classifying edge direction, and filtering using edge information, so that an image is divided into regular edge region and non-edge region. Regular edge region interpolation is conducted along edge direction, methods of improved bicubic interpolation, parallelogram bicubic interpolation and parallelogram bilinear interpolation based on local gradient information are adopted according to classification of edge information; non-edge region image interpolation is conducted by adopting improved bicubic interpolation method based on local gradient information. The device of the present invention comprises edge information extracting module, adaptive interpolation module, input line field synchronous control module and scaling line field synchronous control module. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363911 | IMAGE RESAMPLING WITH GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed at image resampling with geometric transformation. In embodiments the method may begin by determining a two-dimensional filter for application to an original image to produce a resampled image. This determining may be based on a specified geometric transformation. The method can proceed by computing identifiers for pixel locations in the resampled image that indicate a position of the two-dimensional filter with respect to the original image. Additionally, the method can include applying the two-dimensional filter to the original image in accordance with the computed identifiers to produce the resampled image. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363912 | RGBW DEMOSAIC METHOD BY COMBINING RGB CHROMINANCE WITH W LUMINANCE - An apparatus and method for demosaicing sampled color values are provided. The method includes capturing color information using an RGBW image detector, demosaicing red color values, green color values, and blue color values at subpixels respectively corresponding to red photosites of the image detector, green photosites of the image detector, blue photosites of the image detector, and white photosites of the image detector, and changing one or more of the demosaiced red color value, the demosaiced blue color value, and the demosaiced green color value at a particular subpixel based at least in part on color information sampled at one or more white subpixels corresponding to the white photosites. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363913 | ADAPTIVE FILTER DEMOSAICIZING FOR SUPER RESOLUTION - An apparatus and method for demosaicing sampled color values are provided. The method includes storing image information for a plurality of images, selecting an intended viewpoint that is within a composite of image information across the plurality of images, reconstructing color information for at least one color using image information from the composite of image information across the plurality of images that corresponds to the intended viewpoint. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363914 | PROCESSING SURVEY DATA OF AN UNDERWATER SCENE - The present invention relates to method of processing survey data of an underwater scene comprising acquiring an augmented image of each of a plurality of fields of view within the scene, wherein each augmented image comprises at least a scene image of the scene, a location tag associated with that scene image, metadata associated with that scene image. This is useful is reviewing large. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363915 | Method and Apparatus for Presenting Panoramic Photo in Mobile Terminal, and Mobile Terminal - A method and an apparatus for presenting a panoramic photo in a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. A trigger instruction that is used to instruct the mobile terminal to enter an immersive browsing mode is detected, where the immersive browsing mode is a browsing mode in which a panoramic photo moves as the mobile terminal rotates; and if the trigger instruction is detected, a rotation angle of the mobile terminal is detected and determined, and a panoramic photo that is presented in a normal mode in the mobile terminal is moved and presented according to the determined rotation angle. By using the present invention, complexity of panoramic photo browsing can be reduced, which makes it convenient for a user to browse a panoramic photo. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363916 | LOW POWER DEMOSAIC WITH INTERGRATED CHROMATIC ALIASING REPAIR - An apparatus and method for demosaicing sampled color values are provided. The method includes sampling color information respectively at a plurality of subpixels using a plurality of photo detectors, sampling color information respectively at a plurality of subpixels using a plurality of photo detectors, generating a high frequency color reconstruction solution for the first subset of the plurality of subpixels corresponding to subpixels for which the first color is sampled, determining color values for the first subset of the plurality of pixels using a combination of the low frequency color reconstruction solution and the high frequency color reconstruction solution, and determining, using the first color values for the first subset of the plurality of pixels, color values for a second subset of the plurality of subpixels corresponding to subpixels for which the first color is not sampled. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363917 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processor includes: a detector; a calculator; and a corrector. The detector calculates a state signal indicating whether or not an operation is being performed on a projection surface where an image is projected. The calculating is based on information relating to the projection surface. The calculator calculates a correction parameter based on the state signal and the information relating to the projection surface. The corrector generates a corrected image based on the correction parameter and an image to be processed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363918 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Information indicating at least one defective pixel in an imaging device for obtaining a radiographic image, based on characteristic information indicating an output fluctuation of each pixel caused by an accumulation state of an electric charge by a dark current in the imaging device. The radiographic image is corrected based on the information indicating the defective pixel. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363919 | AUTOMATIC VIDEO QUALITY ENHANCEMENT WITH TEMPORAL SMOOTHING AND USER OVERRIDE - Technologies for a single-pass process for enhancing video quality with temporal smoothing. The process may include providing for user overrides of automatically enhanced video/frame characteristics and providing substantially immediate previews of enhanced video frames to a user. The process may also include detecting a degree of shakiness in a portion of the video, and performing or recommending stabilization based on the detected shakiness. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363920 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING REFLECTION IN IMAGE - A method, an electronic apparatus, and a computer readable medium for processing reflection in an image are proposed. In the method, a first image and a second image are obtained. A plurality of objects in the first image and the second image are recognized and a plurality of lighting regions having a brightness higher than a first threshold in the first image and the second image are detected. Then, a plurality of displacements between corresponding objects and corresponding lighting regions in the first image and the second image are calculated. It is determined whether a ratio of the displacement of the object nearby one of the lighting regions to the displacement of the lighting region is over a second threshold. Finally, the lighting region is determined as a reflection if the ratio is over the second threshold. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363921 | LENS DISTORTION CORRECTION DEVICE AND APPLICATION PROCESSOR HAVING THE SAME - A lens distortion correction device and an application processor having the same include a distortion correction unit configured to correct a distorted image into an undistorted image and an image enhancement unit configured to improve the undistorted image using a high-frequency component of the distorted image. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363922 | SUPER-RESOLUTION FROM HANDHELD CAMERA - An apparatus and method for increasing the resolution of an image are provided. The method includes capturing a plurality of frames of an image, determining a reference frame from among the plurality of frames, iteratively determining an offset of each of the plurality of frames to the reference frame until unity scaling is reached, and determining a pixel value for insertion between pixels of the reference frame. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363923 | METHOD OF REDUCTION OF SEPTAL SHADOWS FOR THICK SEPTA COLLIMATORS - Disclosed herein is a method for removing septal shadows from thick septa collimator images, comprising disposing a line radiation source in a first orientation with respect to an imaging detector; disposing a thick septa collimator between the line radiation source and the imaging detector; where the collimator and the detector move in unison with one another; obtaining a plurality of a line images, where each line image is taken at a different location of the line radiation source with respect to the thick septa collimator; wherein each different location of the line radiation source is along a first linear direction; and relocating the plurality of the line images so obtained to a common location; and summing the images to reduce the septal shadow effects. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363924 | METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - Exemplary methods for inspecting electrical equipment in a power distribution network can include the steps of recording, by a mobile device, a photograph with a view of the object, transmitting recording information of the mobile device and the photograph to a computer server hosting a power network description database; generating, from a model stored in the power network description database of a candidate object and based on the recording information of the mobile device, a representation of the candidate object, and comparing the transmitted photograph and the generated representation to identify and characterize the object in the photograph as the candidate object. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363925 | Anomaly Diagnosis Method and Apparatus - To sensing an anomaly on the basis of a multi-dimensional time series sensor signal, in order to determine the next action for a countermeasure, survey, or the like, the present invention is configured such that a multi-dimensional feature vector for each time is extracted on the basis of a sensor signal, a reference feature vector for each time is extracted on the basis of a set of characteristic vectors for a predetermined learning period and the characteristic vector of each time, an anomaly measure is calculated on the basis of the difference between the feature vectors for the times and the reference feature vectors, an anomaly is detected by comparing the anomaly measure and a predetermined threshold value, and the anomaly-related sensor for the time the anomaly is detected is identified on the basis of a 2-dimensional distribution density of feature values. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363926 | RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A console structure in an X-ray imaging system performs image processing of plural radiation images formed by an X-ray imaging apparatus having an active pixel area with pixels for detecting a radiation image of a body. The plural radiation images are formed by imaging one object in the body with a time interval. The console structure acquires the radiation images. An information controller obtains field information of a position of an exposure field which is associated with each one of the radiation images and automatically set in the active pixel area according to a position of the body being positioned for automatic exposure control in the X-ray imaging apparatus before imaging. A matching unit performs position matching according to the field information to match the position of the body in the plural radiation images between plural display images corresponding to respectively the plural radiation images. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363927 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACQUISITION OF AN ANGULAR-DEPENDENT MATERIAL FEATURE - Systems, devices, and methods for detecting light obtain a first light-measurement objective, wherein a light-measurement objective defines one or more of an intensity of emitted light, a spectrum of emitted light, a spectrum of detected light, and a reflectance angle of detected light; obtain a second light-measurement objective; obtain an angular-dependence objective, wherein the angular-dependence objective defines a difference between a first light-reflection angle and a second light-reflection angle; select first settings values for one or more first illumination-emission devices and one or more first illumination-detection devices based on the first light-measurement objective; select second settings values for one or more second illumination-emission devices and one or more second illumination-detection devices based on the second light-measurement objective; and select a speed of an object conveyor based on the angular-dependence objective. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363928 | DETECTING FEBRILE SEIZURE WITH A THERMAL VIDEO CAMERA - What is disclosed is a system and method for detecting febrile seizure using a thermal video camera. In one embodiment, a video is received comprising time-sequential thermal images of a subject. The video is acquired of the subject in real-time using a thermal video system. Each thermal image comprises a plurality of pixels with an intensity value of each pixel corresponding to a temperature. The thermal images are processed to determine an occurrence of a febrile seizure. The processing involves identifying a region of interest in the thermal image and determining a temperature for the region of interest based on values of the pixels isolated in that region of interest. Thereafter, a rate of change of temperatures is obtained for the subject in real-time on a per-frame basis. If the rate of change is determined to have exceeded a pre-defined threshold level, then the subject is having a febrile seizure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363929 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - The image processing device includes an image acquisition section, a distance information acquisition section, a known characteristic information acquisition section that acquires known characteristic information that is information that represents known characteristics relating to an object, and an enhancement processing section that performs an enhancement process that corresponds to distance information. The enhancement processing section performs a first enhancement process as the enhancement process on a concave-convex part of the object that agrees with the characteristics represented by the known characteristic information when the enhancement processing section has determined that an observation state is a screening observation state, and performs a second enhancement process as the enhancement process on the concave-convex part of the object that agrees with the characteristics represented by the known characteristic information when the enhancement processing section has determined that the observation state is a zoom observation state. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363930 | COST-SENSITIVE LINEAR RECONSTRUCTION BASED OPTIC CUP LOCALIZATION - A method is presented to obtain, from a retinal image, data characterizing the optic cup, such as data indicating the location and/or size of the optic cup in relation to the optic disc. A disc region of the retinal image of an eye, is expressed as a weighted sum of a plurality of pre-existing “reference” retinal images in a library, with the weights being chosen to minimize a cost function. The data characterizing the cup of the eye is obtained from cup data associated with the pre-existing disc images and the corresponding weights. The cost function includes (i) a construction error term indicating a difference between the disc region of the retinal image and a weighted sum of the reference retinal images, and (ii) a cost term, which may be generated using a weighted sum over the reference retinal images of a difference between the reference retinal images and the disc region of the retinal image. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363931 | PHOTOMETRIC AND RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION USING OPTICAL FEEDBACK - Certain examples provide photometric or radiometric calibration using optical feedback. A disclosed example includes dithering between a first display pixel value and a second display pixel value to create a light source from a display. The disclosed example includes capturing the light source using a camera via a plurality of photographs taken by the camera. Each photograph includes a plurality of camera pixels. The disclosed example includes determining a camera response by measuring plurality of camera quantization levels associated with the plurality of camera pixels based on the first display pixel value and the second display pixel value. The disclosed example also includes determining a display response based on the plurality of camera quantization levels. The display response includes a plurality of luminance output values of the display. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363932 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for processing an image acquired by imaging a living body includes: a narrow-band image acquisition unit configured to acquire at least three narrow-band images with different center wavelengths from one another; a depth feature data calculation unit configured to calculate depth feature data which is feature data correlated to a depth of a blood vessel in the living body based on a difference, between the narrow-band images different from one another, in variation of signal intensity due to an absorption variation of light with which the living body is irradiated; and an enhanced image creation unit configured to create, based on the depth feature data, an image in which the blood vessel is highlighted according to the depth of the blood vessel. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF PART OF OBJECT - An apparatus configured to estimate a position of a part of an object in an image includes: an image receiver configured to receive the image; a reference point setter configured to set a reference point in the image; a controller configured to generate information about the reference point by repeating a process a predetermined number of times, the process comprising obtaining one piece of direction information about a probability and a direction that the reference point is to be moved to the part of the object by a classifier, and resetting the reference point by moving the reference point a predetermined distance based on the one piece of direction information; and a location estimator configured to estimate a position of the part of the object in the image by using the information about the reference point as the reference point is reset the predetermined number of times. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363934 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided herein is control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising: identifying a line region from a driving-related image data of a vehicle; generating a line information corresponding to a lane where the vehicle is located from an image data of the identified line region portion; generating a position information of a lane where the vehicle is located, using at least one of the generated line information and the lane information of a road where the vehicle is located; and performing a driving-related guide of the vehicle using the generated lane position information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363935 | ROBOT, ROBOTIC SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A robot includes an arm adapted to move an object, an input reception section adapted to receive input of information (information of a control point in an object coordinate system in a restricted sense) defined by a coordinate system set to the object, and a control section adapted to make the arm operate based on a taken image obtained by imaging the object and the information input. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363936 | Method and System to Identify a Position of a Measurement Pole - A method and a system in which an image of an object having a tip end and a plurality of markings disposed on an outer surface is acquired, a distance between the measurement system and each of the plurality of markings and a plurality of angles at which the object is positioned in the three-dimensional space are determined, a three-dimensional vector of the object is determined based on the distance between the measurement system and each of the plurality of markings and based on the plurality of angles at which the object is positioned in the three-dimensional space, and a position of the tip end in the three-dimensional space is determined based on the distance to each of the plurality of markings and based on the three-dimensional vector of the object. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION - A method for atlas-based segmentation is provided where a patient image is rigidly registered with each of a plurality of atlas images. Based on the rigid registration results, which indicate a degree of similarity for each atlas, an atlas image is selected for deformable registration where the rigid registration result is used as initialization. Regions of interest are segmented in the patient image using the results of the deformable registration. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363938 | Method for Stereo Visual Odometry using Points, Lines and Planes - A method determines a motion between a first and second coordinate system, by first extracting a first set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the first coordinate system from an environment, and extracting a second set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the second coordinate system from the environment. Motion hypotheses are generated for different combinations of the first and second sets of primitives using a RANdom SAmple Consensus procedure. Each motion hypothesis is scored using a scoring function learned using parameter learning techniques. Then, a best motion hypothesis is selected as the motion between the first and second coordinate system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363939 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an image separator configured to extract a first tissue image having a small amount of motion of a tissue, the small amount of motion being smaller than a threshold amount of motion, and to extract a second tissue image with a large amount of motion of a tissue, the large amount of motion being larger than the small amount of motion, from a plurality of image frames, and an image processor configured to correct the second tissue image according to the large amount of motion of the tissue. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363940 | Robust Anytime Tracking Combining 3D Shape, Color, and Motion with Annealed Dynamic Histograms - Velocity controllers in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable velocity estimation for tracked objects. One embodiment includes a tracker controller, including: a processor, and a memory containing: a velocity tracker application; a state space describing relationships between measured locations, calculated locations, and changes in locations, where the calculated locations in the state space correspond to unoccluded points on the surface of the tracked object; wherein the processor is configured by the velocity tracker application to: pre-process the state space to identify a tracked object; estimate a velocity of the tracked object using a location history calculated from the measured locations of the tracked object within the state space and a motion model calculated from the state space; and return the velocity of the tracked object. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363942 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - An image processing device, an endoscope apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing program, and the like make it possible to perform an appropriate enhancement process corresponding to the observation state. The image processing device includes an image acquisition section that acquires a captured image that includes an image of an object, a motion amount acquisition section that acquires a motion amount of the object, a known characteristic information acquisition section that acquires known characteristic information that is information that represents known characteristics relating to the object, and an enhancement processing section that performs an enhancement process that corresponds to the motion amount based on the known characteristic information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363943 | RECOMMENDATIONS UTILIZING VISUAL IMAGE ANALYSIS - Disclosed are various embodiments for generating recommendations utilizing visual image analysis. A digital image provided by a client device is analyzed to identify an empty region in a setting embodied in the digital image. A recommended item, available for consumption via an electronic commerce system, may be identified based on characteristics of the setting embodied in the digital image and historical data associated with a user. A modified form of the digital image is generated comprising the recommended item in the empty region. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363944 | LOW POWER SUPBIXEL RENDERING ON RGBW DISPLAY - An apparatus and method for providing low power subpixel rendering are provided. The method includes receiving image data for a first pixel of a captured image, receiving image data for a second pixel of the capture image, determining a first saturation value of the first pixel and a second saturation value of the second pixel, determining a maximum saturation value based on the first saturation value and the second saturation value, and rendering a subpixel value using a one dimensional filter or a unity filter based on the determined maximum saturation value. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363945 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FINDING OBJECTS OF A SPECIFIC COLOR - A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying the Main Colors and the matching colors of a visual object, and then viewing on a mobile device select items comprising the matching colors, such as from a merchant's catalogue. A visual object is analyzed for color content, and the results are stored on a system database located on the device or on a remote server. The color analysis of the objects comprise advanced image processing techniques, such as Main Color extraction using color space transformation comprising HSV, RGB and CYMK to map between pixels in the image. The user can subsequently view a display on their mobile identifying the visual object's Main Colors and at least one Harmonic Color; and then select and view all items (i.e. products in a database) comprising one Harmonic Color, and/or all items of a specific type and Harmonic Color. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA AND MODEL-DRIVEN IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND ENHANCEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for image reconstruction and enhancement, using a computer system. One method includes acquiring a plurality of images associated with a target anatomy; determining, using a processor, one or more associations between subdivisions of localized anatomy of the target anatomy identified from the plurality of images, and local image regions identified from the plurality of images; performing an initial image reconstruction based on image acquisition information of the target anatomy; and updating the initial image reconstruction or generating a new image reconstruction based on the image acquisition information and the one or more determined associations. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363947 | SPECTRAL X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION USING A VECTORIAL TOTAL VARIATION - An apparatus and method of reconstructing a computed tomography (CT) image using multiple datasets of projective measurements, wherein the method of image reconstruction favors spatial correlations among the images respectively reconstructed from each of the corresponding multiple datasets. The multiple data sets each contain projective measurements of the same object taken in close temporal proximity, but taken with different detector type or configurations (e.g., different spectral components in spectral CT or different detector types in hybrid 3 | 2015-12-17 |
20150363948 | Direct Patlak Estimation from List-Mode PET Data - A medical imaging system for reconstructing quantitative dynamic nuclear medicine images of a subject may include a three dimensional positron emission tomography (3D PET) scanner and a data processing system. The three dimensional positron emission tomography (3D PET) scanner may: perform scans of the subject at each of multiple bed positions, each scan being of only a sub-portion of the subject that is within an axial length covered by the scanner; and generate dynamic list-mode PET data that: represents a total number of photon pairs arriving at each of multiple detector pairs in the 3D PET scanner; and is organized in a list of elements, each element in the list including a detector pair index and an arrival time for each detected photon pair; and acquires PET data using a dynamic PET protocol with at least two scans at each of the multiple bed positions. The data processing system may: reconstruct Patlak slope and intercept images of the subject over an axial length of the subject that exceeds the axial length of each scan of the subject by optimizing a likelihood or penalized likelihood function using the list-mode PET data from at least two scans of the subject at each of the multiple bed positions; and store the reconstructed image in a storage device or displays the reconstructed image on a display system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363949 | STADIUM VIEW VISUALIZATION - A computer system and computer implemented method provide a stadium view visualization of large sets of data elements, such as network configurations. Each element has a type and is represented in the visualization by an object. The stadium view includes a plurality of frames, with each frame containing objects representing elements of a corresponding type. On receiving selection of an object, relationship data for the corresponding element is retrieved, and a visual attribute of objects that represent elements related to the corresponding element is modified. The modification of the visual attribute visually distinguishes those objects representing elements related to the corresponding element from objects representing elements that are not related to the corresponding element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363950 | FENCE ESTIMATOR WITH INTELLIGENT FENCE DRAWING MODULE - A computing system for estimating a fence project includes technologies to interactively draw a fence with a computing device and automatically calculate a fence estimate based on the fence drawing. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363951 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE TRACTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING USING FEATURES OF GRID STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN - A system and method includes acquiring image data of the subject that includes information about the white matter tissue in the brain of the subject having diffusion information. An image of the subject is reconstructed from the image data that depicts the white matter tissue. A coordinate system information is produced by correlating the white matter tissue in the reconstructed image with a coordinate system in which the white matter tissue is arranged in an orthogonal grid. A deviation of the white matter tissue from the orthogonal grid is determined. Fiber paths of the white matter tissue are built by applying a bias against information determined to be associated with a deviation of the white matter tissue from the orthogonal grid. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363952 | Image Obtaining Method, Photographing Apparatus And Storage Medium - The present disclosure provides an image obtaining method, a photographing apparatus and a storage medium. The image obtaining method includes the following operations: obtaining a plurality of images of a target scene at more than one focal lengths; processing a first image to obtain a reference image, wherein in the plurality of images, an image with a predetermined viewing angle is a standard image, and remaining images are first images, and image of the target scene in the reference image has same size as image of the target scene in the standard image; and substituting a clear area in the reference image for a corresponding area in the standard image. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363953 | IMAGE SWITCHING METHOD AND DEVICE - An image switching method and the device thereof may include: overlapping a first resolution version of an ith image on a second resolution version of the ith image currently displayed, the resolution of the first resolution version being below that of the second resolution version, i≧1; and replacing the second resolution version of the ith image with the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image; hiding the first resolution version of the ith image according to predetermined animation effects and displaying the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image. Smooth switching of the second resolution versions of two adjacent images is realized by way of the animation effect generated by the first resolution version of the previous image, thus improving the switching and displaying effect. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363954 | OPTIMIZED SERIAL TEXT DISPLAY FOR CHINESE AND RELATED LANGUAGES - Various embodiments are disclosed for optimizing serial display of text comprising Chinese characters (which appear in Chinese and in other languages). Some embodiments comprise parsing a Chinese text into display elements for serial display, each display element comprising a short phrase (generally one or two words) that is five or fewer characters in length. In some embodiments, this includes parsing the text into sentences and words and then analyzing sequences of words as part of parsing the text into short phrases (generally one or two words in length) for creating display elements that are five or fewer Chinese characters in length. In some embodiments, various aspects of the text are analyzed to determine whether and how to vary display time of a display element from a default display time. In some embodiments, phrases are displayed such that an optimal recognition positing of the displayed phrase is located at a fixed display location. These and other embodiments are more fully described herein. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363955 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system capable of readily grasping whether or not there are images which are not displayed on a display unit with no need of moving a screen is provided. The system includes a list preparation unit for preparing a list that simple images which are based on medical data are arranged in a matrix, and a display screen on which the aforementioned list is partially displayed, the display screen on which an indicator indicating presence and/or absence of the simple images which are not displayed on the display screen, and indicating presence and/or absence of the aforementioned simple images on at least any one of the upper side, the lower side, the right side and the left side of a displayed part of the aforementioned list is displayed. The indicator includes a number of simple images which are not displayed on the aforementioned display screen. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363956 | RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE DISTRIBUTION MAP PRODUCING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE DISTRIBUTION MAP - A radioactive substance distribution map producing system includes a radiation detector, a position measuring unit and a radioactive substance distribution map producing apparatus. The radiation detector is loaded on a moving vehicle and measures radiations from radioactive substances. The position measuring unit measures a position of the moving vehicle. The radioactive substance distribution map producing apparatus receives measurement data which contains a measurement result by the radiation detector and position data of the moving vehicle measured by the position measuring unit. The radioactive substance distribution map producing apparatus produces a distribution map of the radioactive substances by using the measurement data obtained at the plurality of positions while the moving vehicle moves. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363957 | SUPPORT PIN ARRANGEMENT DETERMINATION ASSISTING APPARATUS AND SUPPORT PIN ARRANGEMENT DETERMINATION ASSISTING METHOD - A support pin arrangement determination assisting apparatus includes: a display unit which displays a first board image indicating an already mounted component on the already mounted surface and a second board image indicating a component to be mounted on a mounting subject surface; a position input unit through which an arrangement position of a support pin is input to the displayed images; and a pin image display processing unit which causes the display unit to display a composite image in which a pin arrangement image indicating the input arrangement positions is superimposed on the first board image or the second board image. The pin image display processing unit can cause display of a composite image based on the first board image and a composite image based on the second board image in a switched manner. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363958 | MAKING A COMPUTER DISPLAY MORE EXPRESSIVE - According to aspects of the present disclosure, certain areas of the display screen are logically considered to be “privileged.” For example, a user may run a utility program and selected areas of the wallpaper to be privileged. In another example, a utility scans the wallpaper looking for, say, a face or text and marks the location around the face or text as privileged. In any case, when an icon (or other visual information) needs to be placed on the display screen, the icon is preferentially placed at a location that does not overlap with the privileged areas. If no non-privileged area is available, then an alert can be sent to the user. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363959 | SEAMLESS REPRESENTATION OF VIDEO AND GEOMETRY - Processes for reviewing and editing a computer-generated animation are provided. In one example process, multiple images representing segments of a computer-generated animation may be displayed. In response to a selection of one or more of the images, geometry data associated with the corresponding segment(s) of computer-generated animation may be accessed. An editable geometric representation of the selected segment(s) of computer-generated animation may be displayed based on the accessed geometry data. In some examples, previously rendered representations and/or geometric representations of the same or other segments of the computer-generated animation may be concurrently displayed adjacent to, overlaid with, or in any other desired manner with the displayed geometric representation of the selected segment(s) of computer-generated animation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363960 | TIMELINE TOOL FOR PRODUCING COMPUTER-GENERATED ANIMATIONS - A method of creating a computer-generated animation uses a graphical user interface including a two-dimensional array of cells. The array has a plurality of rows associated with visual characteristics of a computer-generated character and a plurality of columns associated with frames of the animation. The array includes a first cell associated with a first visual characteristic and a first frame. A first view of the array is displayed in which the first cell has a first width and includes a key frame indicator that indicates that a designated value is associated with the first visual characteristic for the first frame. A second view is displayed in which the first cell has a second width and includes an element value indicator. The second width is greater than the first width, and the element value indicator represents the value associated with the first visual characteristic. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA DIVISION METHOD, AND DATA DIVISION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit, and a control unit that displays, on a display unit, a data image representing the contents of temporally continuous data along a time axis. Here, when a gesture operation for cutting the data image perpendicularly to the time axis is performed through the operation unit, the control unit divides the data at a position on the time axis in accordance with the position cut by the gesture operation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363962 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME RENDERING USING AN IN-MEMORY DATABASE - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for three-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a rendering request for a volume rendering of data of a volume dataset, calling one or more database-layer rendering procedures to perform the rendering request, for each rendering procedure: retrieving data volume metadata consistent with the rendering request and retrieving data volume data consistent with rendering request, generating, by a computer and using the data volume metadata and data volume data, an image intensity buffer containing intensity and illumination data for image generation, and generating an image from the data contained in the image intensity buffer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363963 | Visualization With Anatomical Intelligence - Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating visualization. In accordance with one aspect, the framework localizes at least one anatomical structure of interest in image data. The structure of interest is then highlighted by reformatting the image data. The resulting reformatted image data is rendered for display to a user. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363964 | 3D DESIGN AND COLLABORATION OVER A NETWORK - In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include accessing three-dimensional (3D) imaging software on a remote server. The method may include accessing over a network a 3D imaging software package on a remote server using a first system. The method may include assessing, using the remote server, a capability of the first system to execute the 3D imaging software package. The method may include displaying an output of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a first portion of the 3D imaging software using the remote server based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a second portion of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363965 | Virtual Model Navigation Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model navigation methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a virtual model navigation method includes using a display screen of a user device, displaying a plurality of views of a virtual model in a plurality of frames, wherein the displaying comprises displaying one of the views in one of the frames with the virtual camera positioned at a first view point within a virtual scene of the virtual model, after the displaying the one of the views, detecting movement of the user device from a first location in the physical world at the first moment in time to a second location in the physical world at a second moment in time, and wherein the displaying comprises displaying another of the views in another of the frames with the virtual camera positioned at a second view point within the virtual scene as a result of the detection of the movement of the user device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363966 | Virtual Model Viewing Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model viewing methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a virtual model viewing method includes using a user device, accessing model data which may be used to generate a plurality of views of a virtual model, using a camera of the user device, generating image data of content of the physical world, and using the model data and the image data, creating one of the views of the virtual model which comprises at least some of the content of the physical world, and displaying the one view of the virtual model using a display screen of the user device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363967 | Virtual Model Navigation Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model navigation methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a user device includes a display screen configured to depict visual images for observation by a user, and processing circuitry configured to control the display device to generate a plurality of views of a virtual scene of the virtual model at a plurality of different moments in time, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control generation of a first of the views as viewed using the virtual camera at a first orientation within the virtual scene at a first moment in time, to detect a change in orientation of the user device in the physical world, to control generation of a second of the views as viewed using the virtual camera at a second orientation within the virtual scene at a second moment in time as a result of the detected change in orientation of the user device in the physical world, and to control generation of a third of the views as viewed using the virtual camera positioned at a first view point at a third moment in time which is different than a second view point where the virtual camera was positioned during at least one of the first and second moments in time. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363968 | ASSIGNING PRIMITIVES TO TILES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM - A tiling unit assigning primitives to tiles in a graphics processing system which has a rendering space subdivided into a plurality of tiles. Each tile can comprise one or more polygonal region. Mesh logic of the tiling unit can determine that a plurality of primitives form a mesh and can determine whether the mesh entirely covers a region. If the mesh entirely covers the region then a depth threshold for the region can be updated so that subsequent primitives which lie behind the depth threshold are culled (i.e. not included in the display list for a tile). This helps to reduce the number of primitive IDs included in a display list for a tile which reduces the amount of memory used by the display list and reduces the number of primitives which a hidden surface removal (HSR) module needs to fetch to perform HSR on the tile. | 2015-12-17 |