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20080291279 | Method and System for Performing Video Flashlight - In an immersive surveillance system, videos or other data from a large number of cameras and other sensors is managed and displayed by a video processing system overlaying the data within a rendered 2D or 3D model of a scene. The system has a viewpoint selector configured to allow a user to selectively identify a viewpoint from which to view the site. A video control system receives data identifying the viewpoint and based on the viewpoint automatically selects a subset of the plurality of cameras that is generating video relevant to the view from the viewpoint, and causes video from the subset of cameras to be transmitted to the video processing system. As the viewpoint changes, the cameras communicating with the video processor are changed to hand off to cameras generating relevant video to the new position. Playback in the immersive environment is provided by synchronization of time stamped recordings of video. Navigation of the viewpoint on constrained paths in the model or map-based navigation is also provided. | 11-27-2008 |
20090153661 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AND EXTRACTING ENTITY NETWORKS FROM VIDEO - A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of: extracting at least two entities from the video data; tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks; deriving at least one association between at least two entities by detecting at least one event involving the at least two entities, said detecting of at least one event being based on detecting at least one spatio-temporal motion correlation between the at least two entities; and constructing the AEN by creating a graph wherein the at least two objects form at least two nodes and the at least one association forms a link between the at least two nodes. | 06-18-2009 |
20100073482 | Method and apparatus for providing a scalable multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization surveillance system - A scalable architecture for providing real-time multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization. An exemplary system comprises at least one video capture and storage system for capturing and storing a plurality of input videos, at least one vision based alarm system for detecting and reporting alarm situations or events, and at least one video rendering system (e.g., a video flashlight system) for displaying an alarm situation in a context that speeds up comprehension and response. One advantage of the present architecture is that these systems are all scalable, such that additional sensors (e.g., cameras, motion sensors, infrared sensors, chemical sensors, biological sensors, temperature sensors and like) can be added in large numbers without overwhelming the ability of security forces to comprehend the alarm situation. | 03-25-2010 |
20120321137 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AND EXTRACTING ENTITY NETWORKS FROM VIDEO - A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of: extracting at least two entities from the video data; tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks; deriving at least one association between at least two entities by detecting at least one event involving the at least two entities, said detecting of at least one event being based on detecting at least one spatio-temporal motion correlation between the at least two entities; and constructing the AEN by creating a graph wherein the at least two objects form at least two nodes and the at least one association forms a link between the at least two nodes. | 12-20-2012 |
20130259361 | CONTENT-BASED MATCHING OF VIDEOS USING LOCAL SPATIO-TEMPORAL FINGERPRINTS - A computer implemented method for matching video data to a database containing a plurality of video fingerprints of the type described above, comprising the steps of calculating at least one fingerprint representing at least one query frame from the video data; indexing into the database using the at least one calculated fingerprint to find a set of candidate fingerprints; applying a score to each of the candidate fingerprints; selecting a subset of candidate fingerprints as proposed frames by rank ordering the candidate fingerprints; and attempting to match at least one fingerprint of at least one proposed frame. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260345 | FOOD RECOGNITION USING VISUAL ANALYSIS AND SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method and system for analyzing at least one food item on a food plate is disclosed. A plurality of images of the food plate is received by an image capturing device. A description of the at least one food item on the food plate is received by a recognition device. The description is at least one of a voice description and a text description. At least one processor extracts a list of food items from the description; classifies and segments the at least one food item from the list using color and texture features derived from the plurality of images; and estimates the volume of the classified and segmented at least one food item. The processor is also configured to estimate the caloric content of the at least one food item. | 10-03-2013 |
20150254231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING AND VIEWING DISPARATE DATA - A computer-implemented method comprising collecting data from a plurality of information sources, identifying a geographic location associated with the data and forming a corresponding event according to the geographic location, correlating the data and the event with one or more topics based at least partly on the identified geographic location and storing the correlated data and event and inferring the associated geographic location if the data does not comprise explicit location information, including matching the data against a database of geo-referenced data. | 09-10-2015 |
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20140212853 | MULTI-MODAL MODELING OF TEMPORAL INTERACTION SEQUENCES - A multi-modal interaction modeling system can model a number of different aspects of a human interaction across one or more temporal interaction sequences. Some versions of the system can generate assessments of the nature or quality of the interaction or portions thereof, which can be used to, among other things, provide assistance to one or more of the participants in the interaction. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212854 | MULTI-MODAL MODELING OF TEMPORAL INTERACTION SEQUENCES - A multi-modal interaction modeling system can model a number of different aspects of a human interaction across one or more temporal interaction sequences. Some versions of the system can generate assessments of the nature or quality of the interaction or portions thereof, which can be used to, among other things, provide assistance to one or more of the participants in the interaction. | 07-31-2014 |
20150268058 | REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL 3D GEOSPATIAL MAPPING, OBJECT RECOGNITION, SCENE ANNOTATION AND ANALYTICS - A multi-sensor, multi-modal data collection, analysis, recognition, and visualization platform can be embodied in a navigation capable vehicle. The platform provides an automated tool that can integrate multi-modal sensor data including two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional image data, and motion, location, or orientation data, and create a visual representation of the integrated sensor data, in a live operational environment. An illustrative platform architecture incorporates modular domain-specific business analytics “plug ins” to provide real-time annotation of the visual representation with domain-specific markups. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269438 | REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL 3D GEOSPATIAL MAPPING, OBJECT RECOGNITION, SCENE ANNOTATION AND ANALYTICS - A multi-sensor, multi-modal data collection, analysis, recognition, and visualization platform can be embodied in a navigation capable vehicle. The platform provides an automated tool that can integrate multi-modal sensor data including two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional image data, and motion, location, or orientation data, and create a visual representation of the integrated sensor data, in a live operational environment. An illustrative platform architecture incorporates modular domain-specific business analytics “plug ins” to provide real-time annotation of the visual representation with domain-specific markups. | 09-24-2015 |
20160063692 | Automated Food Recognition and Nutritional Estimation With a Personal Mobile Electronic Device - A food recognition assistant system includes technologies to recognize foods and combinations of foods depicted in a digital picture of food. Some embodiments include technologies to estimate portion size and calories, and to estimate nutritional value of the foods. In some embodiments, data identifying recognized foods and related information are generated in an automated fashion without relying on human assistance to identify the foods. In some embodiments, the system includes technologies for achieving automatic food detection and recognition in a real-life setting with a cluttered background, without the images being taken in a controlled lab setting, and without requiring additional user input (such as user-defined bounding boxes). Some embodiments of the system include technologies for personalizing the food classification based on user-specific habits, location and/or other criteria. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063734 | Automated Food Recognition and Nutritional Estimation With a Personal Mobile Electronic Device - A food recognition assistant system includes technologies to recognize foods and combinations of foods depicted in a digital picture of food. Some embodiments include technologies to estimate portion size and calories, and to estimate nutritional value of the foods. In some embodiments, data identifying recognized foods and related information are generated in an automated fashion without relying on human assistance to identify the foods. In some embodiments, the system includes technologies for achieving automatic food detection and recognition in a real-life setting with a cluttered background, without the images being taken in a controlled lab setting, and without requiring additional user input (such as user-defined bounding boxes). Some embodiments of the system include technologies for personalizing the food classification based on user-specific habits, location and/or other criteria. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071024 | DYNAMIC HYBRID MODELS FOR MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS - Technologies for analyzing temporal components of multimodal data to detect short-term multimodal events, determine relationships between short-term multimodal events, and recognize long-term multimodal events, using a deep learning architecture, are disclosed. | 03-10-2016 |
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20130282747 | CLASSIFICATION, SEARCH, AND RETRIEVAL OF COMPLEX VIDEO EVENTS - A complex video event classification, search and retrieval system can generate a semantic representation of a video or of segments within the video, based on one or more complex events that are depicted in the video, without the need for manual tagging. The system can use the semantic representations to, among other things, provide enhanced video search and retrieval capabilities. | 10-24-2013 |
20140270494 | COMPUTER VISION AS A SERVICE - A computer vision service includes technologies to, among other things, analyze computer vision or learning tasks requested by computer applications, select computer vision or learning algorithms to execute the requested tasks based on one or more performance capabilities of the computer vision or learning algorithms, perform the computer vision or learning tasks for the computer applications using the selected algorithms, and expose the results of performing the computer vision or learning tasks for use by the computer applications. | 09-18-2014 |
20140328570 | IDENTIFYING, DESCRIBING, AND SHARING SALIENT EVENTS IN IMAGES AND VIDEOS - A computing system for identifying, describing, and sharing salient events depicted in images and videos executes feature detection algorithms on multimedia input (e.g., video and/or images). The computing system applies semantic reasoning techniques to the output of the feature detection algorithms. The computing system identifies salient event segments of the multimedia input as a result of the semantic reasoning. The computing system can incorporate the salient event segments into a visual presentation, such as a video clip. Alternatively or in addition, the computing system can generate a natural language description of the content of the multimedia input. | 11-06-2014 |
20140347475 | REAL-TIME OBJECT DETECTION, TRACKING AND OCCLUSION REASONING - A system for object detection and tracking includes technologies to, among other things, detect and track moving objects, such as pedestrians and/or vehicles, in a real-world environment, handle static and dynamic occlusions, and continue tracking moving objects across the fields of view of multiple different cameras. | 11-27-2014 |
20160042252 | Multi-Dimensional Realization of Visual Content of an Image Collection - A computing system for realizing visual content of an image collection executes feature detection algorithms and semantic reasoning techniques on the images in the collection to elicit a number of different types of visual features of the images. The computing system indexes the visual features and provides technologies for multi-dimensional content-based clustering, searching, and iterative exploration of the image collection using the visual features and/or the visual feature indices. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042253 | Multi-Dimensional Realization of Visual Content of an Image Collection - A computing system for realizing visual content of an image collection executes feature detection algorithms and semantic reasoning techniques on the images in the collection to elicit a number of different types of visual features of the images. The computing system indexes the visual features and provides technologies for multi-dimensional content-based clustering, searching, and iterative exploration of the image collection using the visual features and/or the visual feature indices. | 02-11-2016 |
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20130040615 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PERSONAL ASSISTANT - An apparatus and method for providing a mobile personal assistant are provided. The method includes receiving a telephone call at a mobile terminal, determining whether a user of the mobile terminal is available to take the call based on a current context of the mobile terminal; and when the user of the mobile terminal is not available to take the call, handling the call by a mobile personal assistant on behalf of the user. | 02-14-2013 |
20130084920 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE SCREEN NAVIGATION - An apparatus and method for displaying screens on a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit for displaying one of a plurality of screens, the screens arranged as a grid having at least two columns and at least two rows, an input unit for receiving a movement command from a user, and a controller for controlling the display unit to display a next screen based on a currently displayed screen and the movement command. | 04-04-2013 |
20130179376 | NO ENROLLMENT PROXIMITY TARGET DETECTION ON MOBILE DEVICES - An apparatus and method for no enrollment proximity target detection of mobile devices are provided. The method includes identifying at least one target user, detecting at least one target device, and for each target user and for each target device, determining a probability of the target user being associated with the target device. | 07-11-2013 |
20140022182 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROGRAMMABLE BUTTON ON BEZEL OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A terminal and a method for a programmable button on a bezel of the terminal are provided. For a mobile terminal comprising a touch sensor, a first display and at least one second display disposed at the bezel, the bezel at least partially surrounding the first display, the method includes mapping an object displayed on the first display to a button on the at least one second display, displaying the button on the at least one second display, and when the displayed button is actuated, performing an action corresponding to the object. | 01-23-2014 |
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20090188372 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND - A musical instrument stand is disclosed that includes at least, a pair of legs pivotally secured to a support portion and disposed within a leg retention channel of the support portion when the support portion is in a closed position, and extracted from the leg retention channel when the support portion is in an open position. Preferably, the support portion includes at least a position stop that limits the extent that each the open and closed positions of the support portion may attain. The musical instrument stand further preferably includes an over center latch assembly interposed between and communicating with the pair of legs, the over center latch maintains a predetermined separation between said first and second legs when the over center latch assembly is in a locked position, and nests within the pair of legs when the pair of legs are disposed within a leg retention channel. | 07-30-2009 |
20090195136 | UPRIGHT REAR WALL EXTENSION FOR REFRIGERATOR SHELVES - An extending vertical wall is provided that secures to the rear edge of a shelf assembly inside a refrigerator compartment. The vertical wall comprises a vertical panel with two downwardly protruding legs. The legs removably reside within sockets included in the rear edge of the refrigerator shelf assembly. When the vertical wall is attached to the refrigerator shelf assembly, the vertical wall prevents items placed on the shelf from toppling off the back edge of the shelf assembly. At the user's discretion, the vertical wall may be quickly and easily removed from the shelf assembly. In an alternative embodiment, the wall is a formed retainer having an inserted U-shape such that the legs are received in the shelf sockets. | 08-06-2009 |
20110107897 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND - A musical instrument stand is disclosed that includes at least, a pair of legs pivotally secured to a support portion and disposed within a leg retention channel of the support portion when the support portion is in a closed position, and extracted from the leg retention channel when the support portion is in an open position. Preferably, the support portion includes at least a position stop that limits the extent that each the open and closed positions of the support portion may attain. The musical instrument stand further preferably includes an over center latch assembly interposed between and communicating with the pair of legs, the over center latch maintains a predetermined separation between said first and second legs when the over center latch assembly is in a locked position, and nests within the pair of legs when the pair of legs are disposed within a leg retention channel. | 05-12-2011 |
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20100197304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESS STRATUM MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICES - An apparatus and method for access stratum management comprising reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following: comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE; or determining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type. | 08-05-2010 |
20120264416 | SELECTIVE STATE TRANSITIONS OF A USER EQUIPMENT WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) determines that a client application has entered a period of transmission inactivity whereby the UE will not be required to transmit data on behalf of the client application. The UE selectively transmits a transmission inactivity notification to an access network (AN) to notify the AN of the transmission inactivity period. The AN receives the transmission inactivity notification and determines to transition the UE from a first state to a second state based at least in part on the received transmission inactivity notification, the second state associated with lower-power consumption of the UE than the first state. The AN sends instructions to the UE to facilitate the transition of the UE from the first state to the second state. In another embodiment, the AN can send instructions to the UE to prohibit the UE from sending transmission inactivity notifications. | 10-18-2012 |
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20140198736 | MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING INFORMATION RELATING TO SCHEDULING REQUEST PERFORMANCE - Methods, systems, and devices for managing wireless communications are described. In one embodiment, information relating to a scheduling request performance of a first set of one or more user equipments (UEs) may be compiled, and at least a subset of the information may be transmitted to trigger an identification of an adjustment of an uplink power control setting of a second set of one or more UEs. In another embodiment, information to trigger an identification of an adjustment of an uplink power control setting for transmitting scheduling requests may be received from each of a first plurality of UEs. The information may be analyzed, and a power adjustment may be identified for the uplink power control setting for at least one of a second plurality of UEs. The identified power adjustment may then be transmitted to the at least one of the second plurality of UEs. | 07-17-2014 |
20140219109 | DETERMINATION OF NCS PARAMETER AND LOGICAL ROOT SEQUENCE ASSIGNMENTS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamically adjusting a ZeroCorrelationZoneConfig (Ncs) parameter of a base station. An initial Ncs parameter is set for the base station. A determination is made as to whether a count of timing synchronization failures between a mobile device and the base station exceeds a threshold. A determination is also made as to whether the timing synchronization failures correspond to a predetermined range of timing advanced (TA) estimated values. Upon determining that the count of timing synchronization failures exceeds the threshold and that the failures correspond to the predetermined range of TA estimated values, the initial Ncs parameter is dynamically adjusted. | 08-07-2014 |
20150237591 | DETERMINATION OF NCS PARAMETER AND LOGICAL ROOT SEQUENCE ASSIGNMENTS - A method for configuring a ZeroCorrelationZoneConfig (Ncs) parameter of a base station is provided. The method comprises determining a count of timing synchronization failures between a mobile device and the base station. The method comprises upon determining that the count of timing synchronization failures satisfies a threshold, dynamically configuring an Ncs parameter. The method further comprises detecting an occurrence of a timing synchronization failure. The detecting the occurrence of the timing synchronization failure comprises receiving a first message comprising a preamble, generating a preamble identification (ID) for the received preamble, transmitting a second message comprising the preamble ID, and upon transmission of the second message, detecting a non-receipt of a third message. | 08-20-2015 |
20150282207 | DELAYING A TRIGGER OF A SCHEDULING REQUEST AFTER HANDOVER - Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmitting scheduling requests for uplink transmission resources following a handover. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a handover from a first base station to a second base station has occurred, and may implement one or more processes to enhance efficiency in communications following the handover. A UE, for example, may wait for successful acquisition and/or derivation of timing information from a base station before attempting to schedule uplink resources with the base station. | 10-01-2015 |
20160066223 | LTE HANDOVER PARAMETER CONFIGURATION FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF TRAFFIC - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a base station. A base station may identify a service type of a mobile device (e.g., voice, web-browsing, or video download). The base station may then determine handover or measurement parameters for the mobile device based on the service type. The base station may also determine a performance metric of the service type. The base station may then adjust the set of parameters based at least in part on the performance metric. In some cases, the base station may select a measurement configuration based on the adjusted parameters. | 03-03-2016 |
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20090119752 | Method and system for transparent encryption and authentication of file data protocols over internet protocol - A method processing one or more files using a security application. The method includes a method processing one or more files using a security application. The method includes connecting the client to a proxy server, which is coupled to one or more NAS servers. The method includes requesting for a file from a client to the proxy server and authenticating a requesting user of the client. The method also includes authorizing the requesting user for the file requested; requesting for the file from the one or more NAS servers after authenticating and authorizing; and requesting for the file from the one or more storage elements. The file is transferred from the one or more storage elements through the NAS server to the proxy server. The method determines header information on the file at the proxy server and identifies a policy based upon the header information at the proxy server. The method also includes processing (e.g., decompressing the file, decrypting the file, and verifying the file) the file according to the policy. The method includes transferring the processed file to the user of the client. | 05-07-2009 |
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20140283035 | TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING AND PROTECTING SPEARPHISHING TARGETS - Techniques for predicting and protecting spearphishing targets are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for predicting and protecting spearphishing targets. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network. The one or more processors may be configured to identify one or more potential spearphishing targets based on information from an organization, receive additional information associated with the one or more potential spearphishing targets and the organization from publicly available sources, determine a threat level of a spearphishing attack on the one or more potential spearphishing targets based on the information from the organization and the additional information, and generate a report of the one or more potential spearphishing targets and the threat level associated with the one or more potential spearphishing targets. | 09-18-2014 |
20150074806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING EVENT-CORRELATION GRAPHS TO DETECT ATTACKS ON COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for using event-correlation graphs to detect attacks on computing systems may include (1) detecting a suspicious event involving a first actor within a computing system, (2) constructing an event-correlation graph that includes a first node that represents the first actor, a second node that represents a second actor, and an edge that interconnects the first node and the second node and represents a suspicious event involving the first actor and the second actor, (3) calculating, based at least in part on the additional suspicious event, an attack score for the event-correlation graph, (4) determining that the attack score is greater than a predetermined threshold, and (5) determining, based at least in part on the attack score being greater than the predetermined threshold, that the suspicious event may be part of an attack on the computing system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 03-12-2015 |