52nd week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200402199 | MULTISTAGE COLLECTOR FOR OUTPUTS IN MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS - Aspects include a multistage collector to receive outputs from plural processing elements. Processing elements may comprise (each or collectively) a plurality of clusters, with one or more ALUs that may perform SIMD operations on a data vector and produce outputs according to the instruction stream being used to configure the ALU(s). The multistage collector includes substituent components each with at least one input queue, a memory, a packing unit, and an output queue; these components can be sized to process groups of input elements of a given size, and can have multiple input queues and a single output queue. Some components couple to receive outputs from the ALUs and others receive outputs from other components. Ultimately, the multistage collector can output groupings of input elements. Each grouping of elements (e.g., at input queues, or stored in the memories of component) can be formed based on matching of index elements. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402200 | APPLICATION PROCESSOR INCLUDING RECONFIGURABLE SCALER AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE PROCESSOR - An application processor includes a reconfigurable hardware scaler which includes dedicated circuits configured to perform different scaling techniques, respectively and a shared circuit configured to be shared by the dedicated circuits. One of the different scaling techniques is performed by one of the dedicated circuits and the shared circuit. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402201 | Media Content Management for A Fixed Orientation Display - A method is implemented at an electronic device for displaying output from an application. The electronic device includes a display module and an application. The application sends to the display module a request to display output on the fixed orientation display. The display module determines whether the application is able to scale the output from the application to fit the fixed orientation display. In accordance with a determination that the application is able to scale the output, the electronic device causes the application to receive information concerning the fixed orientation display from the display module and scale the output for display on the fixed orientation display according to the information. In accordance with a determination that the application is not able to scale the output, the display module scales the output received from the application, thereby enabling the output of the application to be displayed on the fixed orientation display. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402202 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT INTERPOLATION - A method for interpolating values of an attribute for an image grid may include determining a root value of the attribute for a root node located centrally in the image grid, pre-calculating metadata for multiple child nodes in one or more hierarchical levels based on one or more gradients of the attribute, and deriving values of the attribute for each of the child nodes at each of the hierarchical levels based on the corresponding root value and metadata for the hierarchical level of each child node, wherein each child node may be used as a root node in the next hierarchical level. The image grid may have multiple outer cells arranged radially around a central cell, and the root node may be located in the central cell. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402203 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT RANGE CALCULATION - An interpolation method may include scheduling spatially adjacent image blocks for interpolation, and calculating ranges of values of an attribute of the image blocks, wherein at least one value for a first one of the image blocks may be used for a second one of the image blocks. Calculating the ranges of values may include calculating a root value of the attribute at a root location of an array of the spatially adjacent image blocks, and adding incremental values of the attribute to the root value at points of the image blocks that are offset from the root location. The root location may be centrally located in an array of the spatially adjacent image blocks. The interpolation may be calculated in a diagonal hierarchical manner based on a plane equation. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402204 | MEDICAL IMAGING USING NEURAL NETWORKS - Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for medical imaging, e.g., Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging or Computed Tomography (CT) imaging, using neural networks are provided. In one aspect, an imaging method includes: determining a first neural network and a second neural network corresponding to a target imaging task, the first neural network including a first neural network parameter and a first neural network model, the second neural network including a second neural network parameter and a second neural network model, obtaining a reconstructed image by performing reconstruction for down-sampling data of a tissue under test using the first neural network, the target imaging task corresponding to the tissue under test, and obtaining an image output by a second neural network as a target image of the tissue under test by performing an image processing operation corresponding to the target imaging task for the reconstructed image using the second neural network. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402205 | REAL-TIME VIDEO ULTRA RESOLUTION - A computer-implemented method for increasing the image resolution of a digital image is provided. The method includes performing bicubic upsampling of the digital image to generate a base high-resolution (HR) image. The digital image is converted from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a Luma (Y), Chroma Blue Difference (Cb), and Chroma Red Difference (Cr) (YCbCr) color space to generate a low-resolution (LR) residual image. A plurality of convolutional layers of a neural network model is applied to the LR residual image to convert it to a plurality of HR residual sub-images corresponding to the digital image. An HR image corresponding to the digital image is generated using the base HR image and the plurality of HR residual sub-images. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402206 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - With a wide angle-of-view image acquired by an image pickup unit | 2020-12-24 |
20200402207 | SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm or from about 795 nm to about 815 nm. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402208 | SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402209 | SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED LASER MAPPING IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises a laser mapping pattern. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402210 | SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402211 | Fiber Pattern Removal and Image Reconstruction Endoscopic Devices and Related Methods - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for image reconstruction. Actions include receiving an image acquired by an endoscopic system including an optical fiber bundle with multiple optical fibers, each optical fiber being surrounded by cladding, determining in the image fiber core locations corresponding to the optical fibers, reconstructing missing information from the image using interpolation performed in accordance with the fiber core locations, the missing information corresponding to artifacts in the acquired image that result from the cladding, and providing a fiber-pattern removed image, in which the artifacts in the acquired image are removed using the missing information. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402212 | UPDATING A FIXED PATTERN NOISE MATRIX - A method for updating a fixed pattern noise matrix comprises: calculating a first difference between a target and first different images in a video stream to obtain a first differential matrix; calculating a second difference between the target and second different images in the video stream to obtain a second differential matrix; identifying a set of candidate positions for fixed pattern noise by: locating first and second sets of positions in the first differential matrix at which a difference deviates from predetermined values, finding a set of overlapping positions between the first and second sets of positions, and adjusting the set of overlapping positions. The adjusted set of overlapping positions is used for fixed pattern noise. Furthermore, each position in the set of candidate positions is updated, wherein the updated fixed pattern noise value at each position is based on a value at a corresponding non-adjusted position in the differential matrix. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402213 | Imposing a Priori Knowledge to Estimate Turbulence - Imposing a priori knowledge to estimate turbulence. The method includes receiving, at a memory, an original input image from an imaging instrument having an imaging wavelength and an optical aperture; and receiving, via a user input device and a graphical user interface, input of two or more points configured to substantially represent at least one feature. A processor estimates an atmospheric correlation length based on the received input of the two or more points, the imaging wavelength, and a size of the optical aperture. The processor mitigates turbulence in the original input image; and calculates a strength of the at least one feature based on the received input of the two or more points; until the atmospheric correlation length is optimal. If the atmospheric correlation length is not optimal, repeating the mitigation and calculation steps. The method also includes generating a turbulence-mitigated image based on the optimal atmospheric correlation length. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402214 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RENDERING BACKGROUND IN IMAGE - Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a method for rendering a background in an image by an electronic device ( | 2020-12-24 |
20200402215 | Class-Aware Adversarial Pulmonary Nodule Synthesis - Systems and methods are provided for generating a synthesized medical image patch of a nodule. An initial medical image patch and a class label associated with a nodule to be synthesized are received. The initial medical image patch has a masked portion and an unmasked portion. A synthesized medical image patch is generated using a trained generative adversarial network. The synthesized medical image patch includes the unmasked portion of the initial medical image patch and a synthesized nodule replacing the masked portion of the initial medical image patch. The synthesized nodule is synthesized according to the class label. The synthesized medical image patch is output. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402216 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus obtains first characteristic information, which is provided according to a plurality of sections of content and corresponds to an image characteristic of a section to be displayed among the plurality of seconds, from a signal received in the signal receiver, obtains first image-quality setting information for setting image quality of the section based on the obtained first characteristic information, obtains second characteristic information corresponding to an image characteristic of a frame included in the section from the frame, obtains second image-quality setting information for setting image quality of the frame based on the obtained first image-quality setting information and the obtained second characteristic information, and controls the display to display an image of the frame, the image quality of the frame being set based on the obtained second image-quality setting information. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402217 | COARSE DEPTH CULLING DURING BINNING - Inventive aspects include a binning unit for coarse depth culling during binning of pixel geometries. The binning unit includes a rasterizer to receive primitives, and generates pixel coverage information and depth information. The binning unit includes one or more local culling stages to perform local culling within a window of primitives. The local culling unit outputs a set of surviving coverage and surviving depth information. The binning unit includes one or more global culling stages to use the set of the surviving coverage and the surviving depth information to further cull based on an entirety of previously received coverage information and depth information. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of further enhancing an effect of reducing blurring or noise in an image at the time of MFNR. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402219 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY VEHICLE CONDITION INSPECTION - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for augmented reality vehicle condition inspection. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a location analyzer to determine whether a camera is at an inspection location and directed towards a first vehicle in an inspection profile, the inspection location corresponding to a location of the camera relative to the first vehicle, an interface generator to generate an indication on a display that the camera is at the inspection location, the indication associated with an inspection image being captured, and an image analyzer to compare the inspection image captured at the inspection location with a reference image taken of a reference vehicle of a same type as the first vehicle, and determine a vehicle part condition or a vehicle condition based on the comparison of the inspection image and the reference image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402220 | ON-LINE REAL-TIME DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE (WTB) DAMAGE - The present invention provides an on-line real-time diagnosis system and method for wind turbine blade (WTB) damage. The system includes a four-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a cloud database, and a computer system. The four-rotor UAV captures images of WTBs in real time, and transmits the images to the computer system. The cloud database stores an image library used for a Visual Geometry Group (VGG)-19 net image classification method, where an image in the image library stored in the cloud database is dynamically captured from a network. The computer system is used to perform training by using the image library to obtain an improved VGG-19 net image classification method, and classify, by using the improved VGG-19 net image classification method, the images of the WTBs received from the four-rotor UAV, to obtain a WTB damage diagnosis and classification result and a damage grading result. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402221 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM, DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM, DISCRIMINATOR GENERATION SYSTEM, AND LEARNING DATA GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a technique capable of generating a discriminator having high inference precision at low cost. An inspection system according to one aspect of the present invention generates, from first image data, plural pieces of second image data of a product; determines, by a first discriminator, whether to adopt each piece of the second image data as learning data; generates a learning data set by the second image data that is determined to be adopted as learning data; constructs, by applying machine learning using the generated learning data set, a second discriminator that determines the acceptability of a product; and uses the constructed second discriminator to determine the acceptability of a product in target image data. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402222 | DEFECT DETECTION OF MOLDS FOR ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS - Implementations describe systems and methods for machine based defect detection of molds for orthodontic aligners. A method of one embodiment of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processor, a digital representation of the fabricated mold for the orthodontic aligner, the digital representation having been generated based on imaging of the fabricated mold. The method further includes analyzing, by the processor, the digital representation of the fabricated mold to identify a quality-related property of the fabricated mold. The method further includes determining, based on the quality-related property, that the fabricated mold comprises a defect. The method further includes classifying, by the processor, the fabricated mold as defective based on determining that the fabricated mold comprises the defect. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402223 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Improved Localization of Image Forgery - A system for improved localization of image forgery. The system generates a variational information bottleneck objective function and works with input image patches to implement an encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder-decoder architecture controls an information flow between the input image patches and a representation layer. The system utilizes information bottleneck to learn useful residual noise patterns and ignore semantic content present in each input image patch. The system trains a neural network to learn a representation indicative of a statistical fingerprint of a source camera model from each input image patch while excluding semantic content thereof. The system can determine a splicing manipulation localization by the trained neural network. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402224 | Method for Analyzing Polymer Membrane - A method for analyzing a polymer membrane, which can improve accuracy of structural analysis of the polymer membrane and shorten the analysis time by effectively removing noise is provided. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402225 | SUBSTRATE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus for classifying a defect generated in a substrate, includes: a first storage part for storing a first image data for defect classification determination, which includes a defect region in which the defect is generated and a surrounding region of the defect region; a first estimation part for estimating a first type of defect by using a deep learning system, based on the first image data; a second storage part for storing a second image data for defect classification estimation; which is obtained by expressing the defect region and the surrounding region by a binarized data; a second estimation part for estimating a second type of defect by using a rule-based system, based on an attribute of the defect region extracted from the second image data; and a comprehensive determination part for comprehensively determining a type of defect based on the first and second types of defects. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402226 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented image analysis method and system. The method comprises: quantifying one or more features segmented and identified from a medical image of a subject; extracting clinically relevant features from non-image data pertaining to the subject; assessing the features segmented from the medical image and the features extracted from the non-image data with a trained machine learning model; and outputting one or more results of the assessing of the features. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402227 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus having a simple configuration and enabled to evaluate a state of a subject in view of an adverse effect of an ambient light source, and an image processing method, and a program. A difference square root sum between a subject spectral characteristic corresponding to a spectral characteristic of a skin of a user used as a subject in a captured image and a spectral characteristic of a preferred state is determined, and on the basis of comparison of the difference square root sum with a predetermined threshold, the state of the skin, used as a subject, is evaluated, and a recommended product corresponding to the evaluation result is presented. The present disclosure can be applied to a recommended product presenting apparatus. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402228 | IMAGE ROTATION IN AN ENDOSCOPIC HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - Image rotation in an endoscopic hyperspectral imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a rotation sensor for detecting an angle of rotation of a lumen relative to a handpiece of an endoscope. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, or from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402229 | X-RAY IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM - An X-ray image quality control system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image and determine the type of imaged body part and the type of projection mode. A quality detection unit is configured to detect an image defect in the X-ray image with regard to the type of the imaged body part and/or the type of the projection mode. The quality control system can effectively identify image defects including inaccurate positioning, patient movement, external object artifacts, and poor exposure. The system can also provide feedback to the technician at the image capture point, which helps to adjust the image capture solution in a timely manner. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402230 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AGGREGATE ALGORITHM FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL DATA AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL DATA - A method is for providing an aggregate algorithm for processing medical data. In an embodiment, a multitude of local algorithms are trained by machine learning. The training of each respective local algorithm is performed on a respective local system using respective local training data. A respective algorithm dataset concerning the respective local algorithm is transferred to an aggregating system that generates the aggregate algorithm based on the algorithm datasets. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE VOLUMETRIC ASSESSMENT AND MODELING OF TUMOR LESIONS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for tumor lesion identification, segmentation, tracking and analysis, wherein a 3D spatial distribution of the tumor lesions in a target organ forms a unique 3D point structure for a patient. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402232 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROMES IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided for automated identification of acute aortic syndromes in computed tomography images. A region of interest in a chest of a patient is imaged via a computed tomography (CT) scanner to provide images at a plurality of locations. The region of interest includes one of an ascending aorta, an aortic arch, and a descending aorta of the patient. For each of the plurality of locations within the region of interest, a value representing a variation in radiodensity values within the location is determined from the image to provide a set of variation values. A parameter representing a likelihood that the patient is experiencing an acute aortic syndrome is determined via a derived model from the set of variation values. The parameter representing the likelihood that the patient is experiencing the acute aortic syndrome is provided to a user at an associated output device. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402233 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINGERNAIL DETECTION AND TRACKING - A user may be directed to the nail application (e.g., a mobile application that provides the various augmented reality and booking features discussed herein) via interactions with a social media site. For example, a user may browse Facebook and see a friend's post or advertisement regarding a nail design, or more generally, some artwork that the user feels would look nice as a nail design. The user may select the artwork and be redirected to the nail application to begin an augmented reality testing of one or more nail artwork designs and/or schedule treatments. In some embodiments, the social media website utilizes an API provided by the data center (e.g. the entity that coordinates the treatment booking process and provides augmented reality software to the users) so that the user can “Touch to try-on” a particular design team in social media by clicking on the design. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402234 | Cancer Detection Systems and Methods - A piece of medical information, e.g., a medical image of tissue, may be received for processing and analysis on a computing device or system. A region of the medical image may be analyzed to determine a presence of one or more contours in the region. One or more properties of the one or more contours may be extracted, where the one or more properties are inputted into a first algorithm to determine an indication of cancer for the region. The indication of cancer may be inputted into a second algorithm to generate a cancer score for the region. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402235 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An oxygen saturation calculating unit calculates, based on an observation image, an oxygen saturation included in the observation target. A reliability calculating unit calculates, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information. A reference value processing unit sets, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability. A difference image generating unit calculates a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generates, based on the difference value, a difference image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402236 | MULTI-MODAL COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROSTATE CANCER - Methods and apparatus for computer-aided prostate condition diagnosis are disclosed. An example computer-aided prostate condition diagnosis apparatus includes memory to store instructions and a processor. The example processor can detect a lesion from an image of a prostate gland and generate a mapping of the lesion from the image to a sector map, the generating the mapping of the lesion comprising identifying a depth region of the lesion, wherein the depth region indicates a location of the lesion along a depth axis. The processor can also provide the sector map comprising a representation of the lesion within the prostate gland mapped from the image to the sector map. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402237 | INTERACTIVE CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS REPORT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for generating a diagnosis report based on a medical image of a patient. The system includes a communication interface configured to receive the medical image acquired by an image acquisition device. The system further includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to detect a medical condition based on the medical image and automatically generate text information describing the medical condition. The at least one processor is further configured to construct the diagnosis report, where the diagnosis report includes at least one image view showing the medical condition and a report view including the text information describing the medical condition. The system also includes a display configured to display the diagnosis report. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402238 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a medical image processing apparatus that generates a color image by using one type of specific color image obtained by imaging a subject with specific monochromatic light. The medical image processing apparatus ( | 2020-12-24 |
20200402239 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD VESSEL CONDITIONS - The disclosure relates to systems and methods for evaluating a blood vessel. The method includes receiving image data of the blood vessel acquired by an image acquisition device, and predicting, by a processor, blood vessel condition parameters of the blood vessel by applying a deep learning model to the acquired image data of the blood vessel. The deep learning model maps a sequence of image patches on the blood vessel to blood vessel condition parameters on the blood vessel, where in the mapping the entire sequence of image patches contribute to the blood vessel condition parameters. The method further includes providing the blood vessel condition parameters of the blood vessel for evaluating the blood vessel. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402240 | ADAPTED SCANNING WINDOW IN IMAGE FRAME OF SENSOR FOR OBJECT DETECTION - A scanning window is used to scan an image frame of a sensor when doing object detection. In one approach, positions within the image frame are stored in memory. Each position corresponds to an object detection at that position for a prior frame of data. A first area of the image frame is determined based on the stored positions. When starting to analyze a new frame of data, the first area is scanned to detect at least one object. After scanning within the first area, at least one other area of the new image frame is scanned. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402241 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANATOMIC STRUCTURE SEGMENTATION IN IMAGE ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are disclosed for anatomic structure segmentation in image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes: receiving an annotation and a plurality of keypoints for an anatomic structure in one or more images; computing distances from the plurality of keypoints to a boundary of the anatomic structure; training a model, using data in the one or more images and the computed distances, for predicting a boundary in the anatomic structure in an image of a patient's anatomy; receiving the image of the patient's anatomy including the anatomic structure; estimating a segmentation boundary in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy; and predicting, using the trained model, a boundary location in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy by generating a regression of distances from keypoints in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy to the estimated boundary. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402242 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a method and apparatus for analyzing an image, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an image to be analyzed, the image including a target object; segmenting the image based on a pre-configured full convolution network to obtain multiple regions of the target object; obtaining a minimum circumscribed geometric frame of each region; extracting a feature of a corresponding region of each minimum circumscribed geometric frame based on a pre-configured convolution neural network and connecting the features of the corresponding regions of the minimum circumscribed geometric frames to obtain a target object feature of the target object; and comparing the target object feature against an image feature of each image in a pre-stored image library and outputting an image analysis result for the image to be analyzed according to a comparison result. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402243 | VIDEO BACKGROUND ESTIMATION USING SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS - Techniques related to video background estimation inclusive of generating a final background picture absent foreground objects based on input video are discussed. Such techniques include generating first and second estimated background pictures using temporal and spatial background picture modeling, respectively, and fusing the first and second estimated background pictures based on first and second confidence maps corresponding to the first and second estimated background pictures to generate the final estimated background picture. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUDS - A method of registering three-dimensional (3D) point clouds may include obtaining a first 3D point cloud acquired at a first location; obtaining a second 3D point cloud acquired at a second location; calculating a first normal vector for each point of the first 3D point cloud to create a plurality of normal vectors; calculating, for each point of the first 3D point cloud, a normal deviation amount of the corresponding normal vector to other normal vectors in a predetermined neighborhood of the point; selecting, from the first 3D point cloud, a first registration region based on whether the normal deviation amount of each point meets a deviation threshold; and registering the first 3D point cloud and the second 3D point cloud to create the composite 3D point cloud, the registration utilizing the first registration region in place of the first 3D point cloud. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402245 | PATIENT MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATIC ROI GENERATION - The present disclosure relates to a patient motion tracking system for automatic generation of a region of interest on a 3D surface of a patient positioned in a radiotherapy treatment room. More particularly, the disclosure relates to an assistive approach of a motion tracking system, by which a region of interest (ROI) is automatically generated on a generated 3D surface of the patient. Furthermore, a method for automatically generating a ROI on the 3D surface of the patient is described. In particular, all the embodiments refer to systems integrating methods for automatic ROI generation in a radiotherapy treatment setup. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DEPTH COMPLETION ERROR-MAP FOR HIGH-CONFIDENCE DENSE POINT-CLOUD - Methods and systems may be used for obtaining a high-confidence point-cloud. The method includes obtaining three-dimensional sensor data. The three-dimensional sensor data may be raw data. The method includes projecting the raw three-dimensional sensor data to a two-dimensional image space. The method includes obtaining sparse depth data of the two-dimensional image. The method includes obtaining a predicted depth map. The predicted depth map may be based on the sparse depth data. The method includes obtaining a predicted error-map. The predicted error map may be based on the sparse depth data. The method includes outputting a high-confidence point-cloud. The high-confidence point-cloud may be based on the predicted depth map and the predicted error-map. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402247 | METHOD FOR AUGMENTING A SCENE IN REAL SPACE WITH PROJECTED VISUAL CONTENT - One variation of method includes: serving setup frames to a projector facing a scene; at a peripheral control module comprising a camera facing the scene, recording a set of images during projection of corresponding setup frames onto the scene by the projector and a baseline image depicting the scene in the field of view of the camera; calculating a pixel correspondence map based on the set of images and the setup frames; transforming the baseline image into a corrected color image—depicting the scene in the field of view of the camera—based on the pixel correspondence map; linking visual assets to discrete regions in the corrected color image; generating augmented reality frames depicting the visual assets aligned with these discrete regions; and serving the augmented reality frames to the projector to cast depictions of the visual assets onto surfaces, in the scene, corresponding to these discrete regions. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402248 | Volumetric depth video recording and playback - Embodiments generally relate to a machine-implemented method of automatically adjusting the range of a depth data recording executed by at least one processing device. The method comprises determining, by the at least one processing device, at least one position of a subject to be recorded; determining, by the at least one processing device, at least one spatial range based on the position of the subject; receiving depth information; and constructing, by the at least one processing device, a depth data recording based on the received depth information limited by the at least one spatial range. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402249 | OBJECT DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An object distance measurement apparatus may include: a camera to capture an image of an area around a vehicle; a distance sensor to detect a distance from an object by scanning around the vehicle; and a distance measurement unit that detects a vehicle moving distance using vehicle information generated by operation of the vehicle, and measures the distance from the object in response to each of frames between scan periods of the distance sensor, among frames of the image, based on the vehicle moving distance and the location pixel coordinates of the object within the images before and after the vehicle moves. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402250 | UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF IMAGE DEPTH AND EGO-MOTION PREDICTION NEURAL NETWORKS - A system includes a neural network implemented by one or more computers, in which the neural network includes an image depth prediction neural network and a camera motion estimation neural network. The neural network is configured to receive a sequence of images. The neural network is configured to process each image in the sequence of images using the image depth prediction neural network to generate, for each image, a respective depth output that characterizes a depth of the image, and to process a subset of images in the sequence of images using the camera motion estimation neural network to generate a camera motion output that characterizes the motion of a camera between the images in the subset. The image depth prediction neural network and the camera motion estimation neural network have been jointly trained using an unsupervised learning technique. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402251 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Disclosed is an electronic device including a learning model having been learned according to an artificial intelligence algorithm. An electronic device according to the present disclosure may comprise: an input unit; and a processor which, when a two-dimensional image including at least one object is received through the input unit, acquires first depth information relating to at least one object by applying the two-dimensional image to a first learning model, acquires second depth information relating to the at least one object by applying the first depth information and actually measured depth data of the at least one object to a second learning model, and acquires three-dimensional information relating to the two-dimensional image on the basis of the second depth information, wherein the first depth information is implemented to include depth data according to a type of the at least one object. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402252 | METRICS FOR ASYMMETRIC WAFER SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION - Using data about the geometry of the wafer, the geometry of the wafer is measured along at least three diameters originating at different points along a circumference of the wafer. A characterization of the geometry of the wafer is determined using the three diameters. A probability of wafer clamping failure for the wafer can be determined based on the characterization. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402253 | HEAD POSE ESTIMATION - A method and apparatus for estimating a user's head pose relative to a sensing device. The sensing device detects a face of the user in an image. The sensing device further identifies a plurality of points in the image corresponding to respective features of the detected face. The plurality of points includes at least a first point corresponding to a location of a first facial feature. The sensing device determines a position of the face relative to the sensing device based at least in part on a distance between the first point in the image and one or more of the remaining points. For example, the sensing device may determine a pitch, yaw, distance, or location of the user's face relative to the sensing device. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402254 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DEFORMATIONS AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING DEFORMATIONS - A system is for measuring the deformations of at least one element of at least one examined construction, with at least one marker ( | 2020-12-24 |
20200402255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING FOR REPRESENTING A 3D VOLUME CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE INTRODUCED FOREIGN OBJECT - Medical imaging systems and methods for representing a 3D volume containing at least one foreign object introduced into a tissue. Imaging methods may include provision of a 3D volume containing voxels of at least one foreign object and voxels of tissue surrounding the at least one foreign object, identification of the voxels of the at least one foreign object by application of a processing rule, segmentation of the voxels of the at least one foreign object from the voxels of the tissue surrounding the at least one foreign object while maintaining the 3D volume, generation of a synthetic volume from a residual volume and the volume of the at least one foreign object, and representation of the synthetic volume on a display device using a windowing system. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402256 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOBILE OBJECT - The present disclosure relates to a control device and a control method, a program, and a mobile object that enable distinction among positions and accurate estimation of a self-position even in an environment where different positions include many similar feature amounts in surroundings and are thus likely to be erroneously detected as being the same position. In accordance with a place corresponding to the self-position, an image feature amount is extracted from an image of surroundings to which a mask has been added on the basis of a place-related non-feature portion representing an area, in the image of the surroundings, that is not useful for identifying the self-position, and the image feature amount and positional information regarding the self-position are associated with each other and registered in a position/image feature amount database (DB). The present disclosure can be applied to a multi-legged robot, a flying object, and an in-vehicle system that autonomously travel in accordance with a mounted calculator. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402257 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A VEHICLE TRAILER POSE USING A CAMERA - The present invention relates to a device for calculating a vehicle trailer pose using a camera, the device comprising: a camera which is arranged offset from a tow bar position of the vehicle and which is configured to capture an image of the trailer; a memory which is configured to provide data i) at least one intrinsic parameter of the camera; ii) at least one extrinsic parameter of the camera; iii) at least one predefined tow bar position; iv) an first image taken from the camera showing the vehicle trailer at a first pose wherein the camera is configured to capture a second image showing the trailer at a pose to be determined; a processor which is configured to provide image analysis and determine at least one feature correspondence between the first image and the second image and calculate a change in the trailer pose between a first pose of the first image and a second pose of the second image based on the determined correspondence. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402258 | CAMERA AUTO-CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A seed camera disposed a first location is manually calibrated. A second camera, disposed at a second location, detects a physical marker based on predefined characteristics of the physical marker. The physical marker is located within an overlapping field of view between the seed camera and the second camera. The second camera is calibrated based on a combination of the physical location of the physical marker, the first location of the seed camera, the second location of the second camera, a first image of the physical marker generated with the seed camera, and a second image of the physical marker generated with the second camera. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402259 | IMAGE CALIBRATING METHOD AND RELATED MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM - An image calibrating method is applied to a first monitoring image and a second monitoring image partly overlapped with each other. The image calibrating method includes detecting a plurality of first marking points and second marking points about a target object on the first monitoring image and the second monitoring image, computing a first trace and a second trace formed by the first marking points and the second marking points, setting a plurality of first estimating points and second estimating points on stretching sections on the first trace and the second respectively within the second monitoring image and the first monitoring image, and utilizing the first marking points and the second estimating points and/or the first estimating points and the second marking points to compute a shift between the first monitoring image and the second monitoring image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402260 | Camera Calibration and/or Use of a Calibrated Camera - An apparatus that calibrates a parametric mapping that maps between object points and image points. The apparatus captures an image of a calibration pattern including features defining object points. The apparatus determines, from the image, measured image points that correspond to the object points. The apparatus determines, from the mapping, putative image points that correspond to the object points. The apparatus minimizes a cumulative cost function dependent upon differences between the measured image points and putative image points to determine parameters of the parametric mapping. The mapping uses a parametric function to specify points where light rays travelling from object points to image points cross the optical axis. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402261 | DUAL SERVING SCHEME FOR LOD SEQUENCES - Techniques of compressing level of detail (LOD) data involve generating a codec that can perform progressive refinement on a single rate decoded LOD. Nevertheless, by generating a small amount of extra information in a single rate decoded LOD, a progressive refiner can use the information provided in the single rate decoded LOD to refine the LOD. For example, in some implementations, the extra information is a corner of a face of a mesh; the progressive decoder may then begin traversal of the mesh from that corner for refinement. It is noted that the single rate decoded LODs are able to be refined by the same refinement information as the progressively decoded LODs. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402262 | Compression of Ultrasound Data in Fluid Conduits - A device and method used to image cylindrical fluid conduits, such as pipes, wellbores and tubulars, with ultrasound transducers then compress that data for storage or visualization. The compressed images may be stored on the tool and/or transmitted over telemetry, enabling the device to inspect and record long pipes or wells in high resolution on a single trip. This allow the ultrasound imaging tool to record much longer wells in higher resolution than would otherwise be possible. An outward-facing radial array of ultrasound transducers captures cross-sectional slices of the conduit to create frames from scan lines. The frames are compressed by applying a demodulation process and spatial conversion process to the scan lines. Video compression is applied to the to the demodulated, spatially converted ultrasound images to return compressed images. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402263 | PROCESSING IMAGES - An example image device includes a compressor to compress image data from a row-and-column format into non-overlapping tiles including blocks of pixels, a processor to write the blocks of pixels one tile at a time in a column-wise manner across an image strip to create image data, and an on-chip memory to store the image data. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402264 | Media Content Validation Using Geometrically Encoded Metadata - According to one implementation, a system for validating media content includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a media content validation software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the media content validation software code to search the media content for a geometrically encoded metadata structure. When the geometrically encoded metadata structure is detected, the hardware processor is further configured to execute the media content validation software code to identify an original three-dimensional (3D) geometry of the detected geometrically encoded metadata structure, to extract metadata from the detected geometrically encoded metadata structure, decode the metadata extracted from the detected geometrically encoded metadata structure based on the identified original 3D geometry, and obtain a validation status of the media content based on the decoded metadata. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402265 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including a hand recognizing section configured to recognize a state of a hand of a user, an item image superimposing section configured to superimpose images of items as selection targets attached to the fingers of the hand that are assigned to the items on either an image of the hand being displayed or an image representing the hand being displayed, and a selecting operation detecting section configured to detect that one of the items is selected on the basis of a hand motion performed on the images of the items before performing processing corresponding to the detected selection. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402266 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a terminal device and an information processing device. The terminal device captures an image of at least a portion of a printed board and transmits the captured image of the at least a portion of the printed board to the information processing device. Based on the captured image and design information items about a plurality of elements included in the printed board, the information processing device extracts design information items about one or more elements constituting the at least a portion of the printed board, and generates an image in which images based on the design information items about the one or more elements are superimposed on the captured image. The information processing device transmits the generated image to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the generated image, received from the information processing device, on a display of the terminal device. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402267 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM - A driving support device includes processing circuitry to judge a target object that is a real object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle and should be paid attention to by the driver; to generate a visual attraction stimulation image that appears to move from a position farther than the target object towards a position where the target object exists; to cause a display device to display the visual attraction stimulation image; and to receive body information from a body information detector acquiring the body information on the driver, to calculate a value indicating body reaction to visual stimulation sensed by the driver, and to correct a display parameter that determines display condition of the visual attraction stimulation image based on the value indicating the body reaction so as to change a degree of the visual stimulation given to the driver by the visual attraction stimulation image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402268 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM - A driving support device for supporting driving performed by a driver of a vehicle, includes processing circuitry to judge a target object that is a real object existing in a vicinity of the vehicle and should be paid attention to by the driver, based on vicinity information acquired by a vicinity detector that captures an image of or detects a real object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; to generate a visual attraction stimulation image that appears to move from a position farther than the target object towards a position where the target object exists; and to cause a display device that displays an image in superimposition on the real object to display the visual attraction stimulation image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402269 | INFINITELY LAYERED CAMOUFLAGE - A camouflage pattern is provided that appears to have infinite focus and depth of field even at 100 percent size for the elements in the camouflage pattern. Generally, three-dimensional (3D) models of elements to be used in the camouflage pattern are captured or generated. The models are then arranged in a scene with a background (e.g., an infinite background) via 3D graphics editing programs such as is used to render computer generated graphics in video games and movies. A two-dimensional (2D) capture of the scene thus shows all visible surfaces of the elements in the scene in focus at all depths of field. The elements may or may not be shaded by one another from the perspective of the image capture location in the 3D environment. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402270 | CONTROLLING COARSE PIXEL SIZE FROM A STENCIL BUFFER - Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that determines a stencil value and uses the stencil value to control, via a stencil buffer, a coarse pixel size of a graphics pipeline. Additionally, the stencil value may include a first range of bits defining a first dimension of the coarse pixel size and a second range of bits defining a second dimension of the coarse pixel size. In one example, the coarse pixel size is controlled for a plurality of pixels on a per pixel basis. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402271 | Determination of Dynamic DRRS - A computer implemented method for determining a two dimensional DRR referred to as dynamic DRR based on a 4D-CT, the 4D-CT describing a sequence of three dimensional medical computer tomographic images of an anatomical body part of a patient, the images being referred to as sequence CTs, the 4D-CT representing the anatomical body part at different points in time, the anatomical body part comprising at least one primary anatomical element and secondary anatomical elements, the computer implemented method comprising the following steps: acquiring the 4D-CT; acquiring a planning CT, the planning CT being a three dimensional image used for planning of a treatment of the patient, the planning CT being acquired based on at least one of the sequence CTs or independently from the 4D-CT, acquiring a three dimensional image, referred to as undynamic CT, from the 4D-CT, the undynamic CT comprising at least one first image element representing the at least one primary anatomical element and second image elements representing the secondary anatomical elements; acquiring at least one trajectory, referred to as primary trajectory, based on the 4D-CT, the at least one primary trajectory describing a path of the at least one first image element as a function of time; acquiring trajectories of the second image elements, referred to as secondary trajectories, based on the 4D-CT; for the image elements of the undynamic CT, determining trajectory similarity values based on the at least one primary trajectory and the secondary trajectories, the trajectory similarity values respectively describing a measure of similarity between a respective one of the secondary trajectories and the at least one primary trajectory; determining the dynamic DRR by using the determined trajectory similarity values, and, in case the planning CT is acquired independently from the 4D-CT, further using a transformation referred to as planning transformation from the undynamic CT to the planning CT, at least a part of image values of image elements of the dynamic DRR being determined by using the trajectory similarity values. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING SCAN RANGE - The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically setting a scan range. The method comprises: receiving an RGB image and a depth image of an object positioned on a scan table, respectively, by an RGB image prediction model and a depth image prediction model; generating an RGB prediction result based on the RGB image and a depth prediction result based on the depth image with respect to predetermined key points of the object, respectively, by the RGB image prediction model and the depth image prediction model; selecting a prediction result for setting the scan range from the RGB prediction result and the depth prediction result; and automatically setting the scan range based on the selected prediction result. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402273 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - A method for observing a sample, the sample lying in a sample plane defining radial positions, parameters of the sample being defined at each radial position, the method comprising:
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20200402274 | A LIMITED-ANGLE CT RECONSTRUCTION METHOD BASED ON ANISOTROPIC TOTAL VARIATION - The invention discloses a limited-angle CT reconstruction method based on Anisotropic Total Variation. According to the method, through an image reconstruction model using low dose and sparse-view-angle CT images, a fast iterative reconstruction algorithm is combined with an Anisotropic Total Variation method. The problems that in an existing limited-angle CT reconstruction method are effectively solved, such as partial boundary ambiguity, slow convergence speed and unable to accurately solve. In the process of solving the model, the slope filter is introduced in the Filtered Back-Projection to preprocess the iterative equation, and the Alternating Projection Proximal is used to solve the iterative equation, and the iteration is repeated until the termination condition is satisfied; the experimental comparison with the existing reconstruction methods shows that the invention can achieve better reconstruction effect. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402275 | METHOD FOR ARTIFACT REDUCTION USING MONOENERGETIC DATA IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A method for artifact correction in computed tomography, the method comprising: (1) acquiring a plurality of data sets associated with different X-ray energies (i.e., D | 2020-12-24 |
20200402276 | EVENT PROCESS DATA INTEGRATION AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND EVENT PROCESS DATA INTEGRATION AND ANALYSIS METHOD - An event process data integration and analysis apparatus of the present disclosure includes an integrated display output interface. The integrated display output interface generates, based on unit operation data, a unit operation band for each device among a plurality of devices, the unit operation band representing an operation intention of an operator and being arranged in a time series. The integrated display output interface generates, based on process data, a process trend chart for each device, the process trend chart representing a change over time in a process value. The integrated display output interface generates an integrated display that displays the unit operation band and the process trend chart associated by time. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402277 | TIME SERIES DATA DISPLAY DEVICE - A time series data display device includes a display unit that outputs display data regarding the time series data. The display unit includes a general display generation unit that generates general display data for general display of a general tendency of the time series data and a detailed display generation unit that generates detailed display data for detailed display of detailed individual values of the time series data. The general display displays frequency or density of individual data configuring the time series data at each position of the time series data on a rendering plane, with a visual effect in accordance with the frequency or the density. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402278 | FLOW LINE DISPLAY SYSTEM, FLOW LINE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - The purpose of the present invention is to correct more accurate marketing information. A flow line display system of the present invention includes image-capturing unit, information operation device and display unit. The image-capturing unit captures an image. The information operation device detects an object from the image and identifies a flow line of the object, an orientation of the object, and a time related to the orientation. The display unit displays the orientation of the object and the time related to the orientation together with the flow line of the object. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402279 | MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE DATA - Embodiments may be used to evaluate completed inspection jobs using updated pipe segment data obtained by inspecting a rehabilitated pipe after completion of a project. One embodiment provides a method of generating an infrastructure project summary, including: collecting, using one or more sensors of an inspection robot, pipe segment data relating to the one or more pipe segments; the second pipe segment data comprising one or more of laser condition assessment data and sonar condition assessment data; generating infrastructure summary data for at least a part of the network using the pipe segment data, comparing, using a processor, first and second infrastructure summary data; generating, using the processor, a parameter of the infrastructure project summary based on the comparing; and including the parameter of the infrastructure project summary in a project summary report. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402280 | PHOTO REDACTION SECURITY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - Methods, systems, and media are provided for redacting images using augmented reality. An image, such as a photograph or video, may be captured by a camera. A redaction marker, such as a QR code, may be included in the field of view of the camera. Redaction instructions may be interpreted from the redaction marker. The redaction instructions indicate a portion of a real-world environment that is to be redacted, such as an area that is not allowed to be imaged. Based on the redaction instructions, image data corresponding to the image may be redacted by deleting or encrypting a portion of the data associated with the portion of the real-world environment to be redacted. An image may be rendered using the redacted image data. The redacted image may be displayed or stored. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402281 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first identifying unit configured to identify image-capturing conditions concerning a position and an orientation of an image-capturing apparatus which obtains a captured image of an image-capturing target region; a second identifying unit configured to identify viewpoint conditions concerning a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint for a virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of images of the image-capturing target region obtained by a plurality of the image-capturing apparatuses at different positions; and a display control unit configured to allow a display apparatus to display information indicating a degree of match between the identified image-capturing conditions and the identified viewpoint conditions before an image presented to a viewer is switched between the captured image and the virtual viewpoint image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402282 | Processing User Selectable Product Images And Facilitating Visualization-Assisted Virtual Dressing - A technique for combining first and second images respectively depicting first and second subject matter to facilitate virtual presentation. The first image is processed to identify portions or regions of the first subject matter and determine an estimated depth location of each portion or region. A composite image is generated that depicts the second subject matter overlayed, inserted or otherwise combined with the first subject matter. One or more of the portions or regions of the first subject matter are added, removed, enhanced or modified in the composite image in order to generate a realistic appearance of the first subject matter combined with the second subject matter. The composite image is caused to be displayed as a virtual presentation. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402283 | COLOR ACCENT GENERATION FOR IMAGES IN AN INTERFACE - In some embodiments, a method receives a plurality of swatch configurations that each define combinations for lightness values, saturation values, and hue values and receives information associated with a characteristic of an image. A swatch configuration is selected based on the information where the swatch configuration defines a plurality of combinations for lightness values, saturation values, and hue values. The method generates a plurality of colors using the plurality of combinations for lightness values, saturation values, and hue values by varying at least one of the saturation value, the lightness value, and the hue value for the plurality of colors. The plurality of colors are applied to an interface that is displaying the image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402284 | ANIMATING AVATARS FROM HEADSET CAMERAS - In one embodiment, a computing system may access a plurality of first captured images that are captured in a first spectral domain, generate, using a first machine-learning model, a plurality of first domain-transferred images based on the first captured images, wherein the first domain-transferred images are in a second spectral domain, render, based on a first avatar, a plurality of first rendered images comprising views of the first avatar, and update the first machine-learning model based on comparisons between the first domain-transferred images and the first rendered images, wherein the first machine-learning model is configured to translate images in the first spectral domain to the second spectral domain. The system may also generate, using a second machine-learning model, the first avatar based on the first captured images. The first avatar may be rendered using a parametric face model based on a plurality of avatar parameters. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402285 | DIGITAL MEDIA EDITING - Implementations are directed to providing an edit profile including one or more suggested edits to a digital video, actions including receiving metadata associated with the digital video, the metadata including data representative of one or more of movement and an environment associated with recording of the digital video, processing the metadata to provide a suggested edit profile including at least one set of effects, the at least one set of effects including one or more effects configured to be applied to at least a portion of the digital video, providing a respective graphical representation of individual effect of the one or more effects within an effect interface, and receiving, through the effect interface, a user selection of a set of effects of the suggested edit profile, and in response, storing, in computer-readable memory, an edit profile comprising the set of effects for application to the digital video. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402286 | ANIMATED POSITION DISPLAY OF AN OSS INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE - An OSS animated display system for an interventional device ( | 2020-12-24 |
20200402287 | HEAVY-WEIGHT/LIGHT-WEIGHT GPU SHADER CORE PARE ARCHITECTURE - A shader core includes a first processing element (PE), a second processing element, a register file and a warp sequencing unit. The first PE includes a first predetermined number of execution units, and the second PE includes a second predetermined number of execution units in which the second predetermined number of execution units is less than the first predetermined number of execution units. The register file shared by the first PE and the second PE. The warp sequencer unit (WSQ) is coupled to the first PE and to the second PE and schedules an instruction trace to execute on the first PE or the second PE based on information contained in a trace header of the instruction trace. The information contained in the trace header indicates whether the instruction trace is executable on the second PE. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402288 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRACKED DATA COMMUNICATIONS ON A CHIP - An electronic chip, chip assembly, device, system, and method enabling tracked data communications. The electronic chip comprises a plurality of processing cores and at least one hardware interface coupled to at least one of the one or more processing cores. At least one processing core implements a game and/or simulation engine, at least one processing core implements a position engine, and at least one processing core implements a gyroscope and, optionally, an IMU. The at least one position engine obtains pose data from an external positioning system comprising GNSS augmented by millimeter-wave cellular networks and/or Wi-Fi; and internal pose data from the gyroscope, optional IMU, and game and/or simulation engine, the data comprising inertial, 3D structure, and simulation data, thereby computing a 6 DOF pose of the client device, driving processing of 3D applications by the one or more game and/or simulation engine. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402289 | Systems and Methods for Providing Non-Parametric Texture Synthesis of Arbitrary Shape and/or Material Data in a Unified Framework - Systems and methods for performing non-parametric texture synthesis of arbitrary shape and/or material data taken from an exemplar object in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. Exemplar data is first analyzed. Based upon the analysis, new unique but similar data is synthesized in a myriad of ways. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402290 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY (BVH) OPERATIONS ON TESSELATION HARDWARE - An apparatus and method are described for using tessellation hardware to generate bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) and perform other ray tracing operations. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a shader to output a plurality of tessellation factors and one or more input surfaces; and a tessellation circuit comprising first circuitry and/or logic to tesselate each input surface to generate a new set of primitives and second circuitry and/or logic to concurrently generate a bounding volume hierarchy (BVH) | 2020-12-24 |
20200402291 | EARLY TERMINATION IN BOTTOM-UP ACCELERATION DATA STRUCTURE REFIT - Apparatus and method for bottom-up BVH refit. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a hierarchical acceleration data structure generator to construct an acceleration data structure comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes; traversal hardware logic to traverse one or more rays through the acceleration data structure; intersection hardware logic to determine intersections between the one or more rays and one or more primitives within the hierarchical acceleration data structure; a node unit comprising circuitry and/or logic to perform refit operations on nodes of the hierarchical acceleration data structure, the refit operations to adjust spatial dimensions of one or more of the nodes; and an early termination evaluator to determine whether to proceed with refit operations or to terminate refit operations for a current node based on refit data associated with one or more child nodes of the current node. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402292 | Coarse Depth Test in Graphics Processing Systems - Methods and coarse depth test logic perform coarse depth testing in a graphics processing system in which a rendering space is divided into a plurality of tiles. A depth range for a tile is obtained, which identifies a depth range based on primitives previously processed for the tile. A determination is made based on the depth range for the tile as to whether all or a portion of a primitive is hidden in the tile. If at least a portion of the primitive is not hidden in the tile, a determination is as to whether the primitive, or one or more primitive fragments thereof has better depth than the primitives previously processed for the tile according to a depth compare mode. If so, the primitive or the primitive fragment is identified as not requiring a read of a depth buffer to perform full resolution depth testing, such that a determination that at least a portion of the primitive is hidden in the tile causes full resolution depth testing not to be performed on at least that portion of the primitive. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402293 | MERGED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A merged reality system comprises servers in a cloud to edge infrastructure configured to store and process data and models of virtual replicas of real world elements that provide self-computing capabilities and autonomous behavior to the virtual replicas. The data and models are input through a plurality of software platforms, software engines, and sensors connected to things and user devices. The server is further configured to merge the real and virtual data and models in order to augment the real data with the virtual data. A method thereof comprises mapping the real world into a virtual world, generating virtual replicas of the real world; adding models and data of the virtual replicas; connecting the virtual replicas to corresponding real elements in order to enrich and synchronize the virtual replicas with the real-world elements; merging the real and virtual data; and augmenting the real data with the virtual data. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402294 | 3D STRUCTURE ENGINE-BASED COMPUTATION PLATFORM - A system and method enabling per-user-optimized computing, rendering, and provisioning within virtual worlds. The system comprises a server including memory and at least one processor, the memory storing a persistent virtual world system comprising a data structure in which at least one virtual replica of at least one corresponding real object is represented, and a computing optimization platform configured to store and provide rules for optimizing the computing, rendering and data provisioning to users via user devices. A plurality of connected devices connected to the server via a network provide multi-source data, user input, or combinations thereof, to the persistent virtual world system, updating the virtual replicas. The server retrieves user location, viewing position and orientation from the one or more user devices to determine a user interaction radius, thereby optimizing via the computing optimization platform the relevant computing, rendering and provisioning for the one or more user devices. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402295 | OPTIMIZED PIXEL SHADER ATTRIBUTE MANAGEMENT - According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a graphical processing engine comprising a pipeline having a plurality of substantially sequential circuit stages, the pipeline comprising a front-end output logic circuit configured to substantially separate position information into a position information pipeline portion, and non-position information in a non-position information pipeline portion. Wherein the pipeline is configured to perform a multi-stage culling of data. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402296 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE - The disclosed technology presents a device and a method, respectively, for generating an augmented reality (AR) image (or AR video). The device configures to obtain a first image of a scene, obtain a second image of an object, obtain a depth range, and capture a third image of only the parts of the scene inside the depth range. Further, the device configures to generate occlusion information based on the third image, and overlay the first image and the second image based on the occlusion information to generate the AR image. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402297 | PRIMITIVE FRAGMENT PROCESSING IN THE RASTERIZATION PHASE OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for processing primitive fragments in a rasterization phase of a graphics processing system wherein a rendering space is subdivided into a plurality of tiles. The method includes receiving a plurality of primitive fragments, each primitive fragment corresponding to a pixel sample in a tile; determining whether a depth buffer read is to be performed for hidden surface removal processing of one or more of the primitive fragments; sorting the primitive fragments into a priority queue and a non-priority queue based on the depth buffer read determinations; and performing hidden surface removal processing on the primitive fragments in the priority and non-priority queues wherein priority is given to the primitive fragments in the priority queue. | 2020-12-24 |
20200402298 | TILE-BASED IMMEDIATE MODE RENDERING WITH EARLY HIERARCHICAL-Z - An embodiment of a graphics pipeline apparatus may include a vertex shader, a visibility shader communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader to construct a hierarchical visibility structure, a tile renderer communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader and to the visibility shader to perform a tile-based immediate mode render on the output of the vertex shader based on the hierarchical visibility structure, and a rasterizer communicatively coupled to an output of the tile renderer to rasterize the output of the tile renderer based on the hierarchical visibility structure. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2020-12-24 |