Patents Issued in April 20, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170109578
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for hand-drawing diagrams including text and non-text elements on a computing device are provided. The computing device has a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium for detecting and recognizing hand-drawing diagram element input under control of the processor. Display of input diagram elements in interactive digital ink is performed on a display device associated with the computing device. One or more of the diagram elements are associated with one or more other of the diagram elements in accordance with a class and type of each diagram element. The diagram elements are re-displayed based on one or more interactions with the digital ink received and in accordance with the one or more associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Romain BEDNAROWICZ, Robin MéLINAND, Claire SIDOLI, Fabien RIC, Khaoula ELAGOUNI, David HEBERT, Fabio VALENTE, Gregory COUSIN, Maël NAGOT, Cyril CEROVIC
  • Publication number: 20170109579
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for hand-drawing diagrams including text and non-text elements on a computing device are provided. The computing device has a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium for detecting and recognizing hand-drawing diagram element input under control of the processor. Display of a plurality of input diagram elements in interactive ink is performed on a display device associated with the computing device. At least one diagram element is identified as a connector which connects a plurality of diagram elements. Geometrical characteristics of the at least identified connector are determined and the diagram elements are re-displayed based on one or more interactions received with the interactive ink of the at least identified connector or one or more of the plurality of diagram elements connected thereby and in accordance with the determined geometrical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robin MéLINAND, Romain BEDNAROWICZ, Claire SIDOLI, Fabien RIC
  • Publication number: 20170109580
    Abstract: Systems and methods for eye pose identification using features of an eye are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods can include segmenting an iris of an eye in the eye image to obtain pupillary and limbic boundaries of the eye, determining two angular coordinates (e.g., pitch and yaw) of an eye pose using the pupillary and limbic boundaries of the eye, identifying an eye feature of the eye (e.g., an iris feature or a scleral feature), determining a third angular coordinate (e.g., roll) of the eye pose using the identified eye feature, and utilizing the eye pose measurement for display of an image or a biometric application. In some implementations, iris segmentation may not be performed, and the two angular coordinates are determined from eye features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Adrian Kaehler, Michael Anthony Klug, Gholamreza Amayeh
  • Publication number: 20170109581
    Abstract: A method of determining emissions captured can include receiving information indicative of transmission of light through a region nearby an air handling apparatus. The information can include information indicative of a first condition wherein emissions to be captured by the air handling apparatus are suppressed and information indicative of a second condition wherein the emissions to be captured by the air handling apparatus are present. A processor circuit can be used to determine a difference between the information about the transmission of light during the first condition and information about the transmission of light during the second condition. The processor circuit can be used to determine a portion of the emissions captured by the air handling apparatus using information about the determined difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Richard R. Sinur, Eric Williams, Joseph Brandon Adamo
  • Publication number: 20170109582
    Abstract: Techniques disclose an incrementally expanding object detection model. An object detection tool identifies, based on an object detection model, one or more objects in a sequence of video frames. The object detection model provides an object space including a plurality of object classes. Each object class includes one or more prototypes. Each object is classified as being an instance of one of the object classes. Each identified object is tracked across at least one of the frames. The object detection tool generates a measure of confidence for that object based on the tracking. Upon determining that the measure of confidence exceeds a threshold, the object detection tool adds a prototype of the instance to the object detection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alina Kuznetsova, Sung Ju Hwang, Leonid Sigal
  • Publication number: 20170109583
    Abstract: Models are generated from objects identified in video. Each model is evaluated based on knowledge of the objects determined from video analysis, and preferred models are identified based on the evaluations. In some examples, each model could be evaluated by tracking a movement of each object in the video by using each model to track the object from which it was generated, evaluating an ability of each model to identify the objects in the video that are similar to the object from which it was generated, and determining an amount of false identifications made by each model of different objects in different video that does not include the object from which it was generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Gadi Zimerman, Itshak Horovitz, Shmuel Akerman, Amir Sole
  • Publication number: 20170109584
    Abstract: Video highlight detection using pairwise deep ranking neural network training is described. In some examples, highlights in a video are discovered, then used for generating summarization of videos, such as first-person videos. A pairwise deep ranking model is employed to learn the relationship between previously identified highlight and non-highlight video segments. This relationship is encapsulated in a neural network. An example two stream process generates highlight scores for each segment of a user's video. The obtained highlight scores are used to summarize highlights of the user's video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ting Yao, Tao Mei, Yong Rui
  • Publication number: 20170109585
    Abstract: Users desiring to generate videos from video clips may want to locate moments of interest within the video clips. A system and method described herein may be configured to provide recommendations of moments of interest within video clips post capture of the video clips. User accounts associated with users of the system may include preference information that defines user preferences with respect to values of attributes of video clips. Moments of interest may be identified within individual video clips when the individual video clips have at least one value of at least one attribute specified by the user preferences. Recommendations of identified moments of interest may be provide to users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: GOPRO, INC.
    Inventors: Joven Matias, Ha Phan
  • Publication number: 20170109586
    Abstract: A computer-based method includes classifying motion in a video file using a classifier to produce a confidence score for the video file that indicates how confident the classifier is that motion in the video file is a particular type of motion (e.g., motion by a living being). The method further includes enabling a first human user to specify (e.g., with a slider-style graphical control element), from a first user computing device, a first threshold confidence score for receiving notifications about videos. The method further includes sending a first notification of the uploaded video file if the confidence score for the video file meets or exceeds the user-specified first threshold confidence score for receiving notifications about videos. The first notification, if sent, is accessible at least from the first user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mayank Rana, Timothy Robert Hoover, Marc P. Scoffler, JonPaul Vega
  • Publication number: 20170109587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating trajectory data for video data. According to the method, an eye movement of an eye (11) of a viewer (10) viewing moving visual images is captured with a capturing device (14). The trajectory data (32) is automatically determined based on the eye movement with a processing device (15) and the trajectory data (32) is automatically assigned to the video data comprising the moving visual images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ola Thörn, Pär-Anders Aronsson
  • Publication number: 20170109588
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic in and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor to: initiate a capture operation using an image capture component of the mobile device, the capture operation comprising; capturing video data; and estimating a plurality of motion vectors corresponding to motion of the image capture component during the capture operation; detect a document depicted in the video data; track a position of the detected document throughout the video data; select a plurality of images using the image capture component of the mobile device, wherein the selection is based at least in part on: the tracked position of the detected document; and the estimated motion vectors; and generate a composite image based on at least some of the selected plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jiyong Ma, Anthony Macciola, Jan W. Amtrup
  • Publication number: 20170109589
    Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a visual monitoring system for a load panel comprising a first camera having a field of view and configured to be mounted on a surface of the load panel at a first camera position such that a first electrical component of the load panel is in the field of view of the first camera and to generate image based information corresponding to the first electrical component, and a server in communication with the first camera and configured to receive the image based information corresponding to the first electrical component from the first camera and to provide the image based information from the first camera to a user via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: John C. Van Gorp, Matthew Stanlake, Mark A. Chidichimo
  • Publication number: 20170109590
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for operating a vehicle camera system to detect, identify, and mitigate camera lens contamination. An image is received from a camera mounted on the vehicle and one or more metrics is calculated based on the received image. The system determines whether a lens of the camera is contaminated based on the one or more calculated metrics and, if so, determines a type of contamination. A specific mitigation routine is selected form a plurality of mitigation routines based on the determined type of contamination and is applied to the received image to create an enhanced image. The enhanced image is analyzed to determine whether the contamination is acceptably mitigated after application of the selected mitigation routine and a fault condition signal is output when the contamination is not acceptably mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Mark GEHRKE
  • Publication number: 20170109591
    Abstract: An on-vehicle video system includes a camera configured to capture images of surroundings of a vehicle, an information processing unit configured to identify a person and a communication terminal in a captured image, and a communication unit configured to send the captured image to the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Tomoki SAKURAGI
  • Publication number: 20170109592
    Abstract: A method of detecting a biometric region, the method including receiving an input image; setting a plurality of regions of interest (ROI) corresponding to a plurality classifiers, respectively, the plurality of classifiers corresponding to a plurality of multi-stages, respectively, the plurality of ROIs having different sizes with respect to each other, each ROI of the plurality of ROIs including a biometric region of the input image; calculating a plurality of similarity values for the plurality of classifiers, respectively, based on the ROIs corresponding to the plurality of classifiers from among the plurality of ROIs; and detecting a first biometric region for a user authentication based on at least one of the plurality of similarity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Wonjun HWANG, Changkyo LEE, Jaejoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20170109593
    Abstract: A biometric biochemical analysis system includes a user interface module to provide instructions for collecting and handling biochemical sampling and processing related to biometric data gathering as well as capturing biometric data using digital data capturing devices. The user interface module and display are integrated with analysis and communications portions of the biometric biochemical analysis system to provide a portable system for multi-portion data collecting, storage, verification, and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert A. SCHUEREN, David King, Chungsoo Charles Park, Stevan B. JOVANOVICH
  • Publication number: 20170109594
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and devices that enable the revising of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) data by indexing and displaying potential error locations within the OCR data. The primary method for revising the OCR data includes a terminal device indexing, displaying, receiving editing operations for, and editing the OCR data. The terminal device is configured to revise OCR data and includes an OCR review element, which, in some embodiments, is a software stored on a non-transitory, computer-readable medium, that is executed by a processing unit to cause the terminal device to index, display, receive editing operations for, and edit the OCR data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Allan Sahagun, Jacek Joseph Matysiak
  • Publication number: 20170109595
    Abstract: A method for reading a graphical indicator is provided. The method includes the following steps. An indicator image including a plurality of graphical micro-units is obtained. According to a portion of the graphical micro-units, a first header part and a first content data part belonging to a first image indicator are obtained. According to another portion of the graphical micro-units, a second header part and a second content data part belonging to a second image indicator are obtained. The graphical micro-units of the first content data part are further used to obtain the indicator data. When a portion of the graphical micro-units in the first content data part is lost, the complete graphical micro-units can be obtained by recovering the lost graphical micro-units of the first content data part according to the graphical micro-units belonging to the first and the second content data parts captured in the indicator image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Cheng-Ta Lee
  • Publication number: 20170109596
    Abstract: A method for processing media assets includes, given a first media asset, deriving characteristics from the first media asset, searching for other media assets having characteristics that correlate to the characteristics of the first media asset, when a match is found, deriving content corrections for the first media asset or a matching media asset from the other of the first media asset or the matching media asset, and correcting content of the first media asset or the matching media asset based on the content corrections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Shujie Liu, Jiefu Zhai, Chris Y. Chung, Hsi-Jung Wu, Yunfei Zheng, Albert E. Keinath, Xiaosong Zhou, Ke Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170109597
    Abstract: Provided is a color scheme evaluation apparatus including a color range storage unit and a color scheme evaluation unit. The color range storage unit configured to store information about a color range of a color scheme for an evaluation target object constituting an evaluation target screen. The color scheme evaluation unit configured to create an evaluation criterion usable for evaluating a color scheme for the evaluation target object, by interpreting a relationship of a group into which the evaluation target object is classified, on the basis of evaluation target object information including information about the color scheme for the evaluation target object and information about the group, and group relationship information including the relationship about the group, and to evaluate the color scheme for the evaluation target object on the basis of the evaluation criterion by referring to the information about the color range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naomi YANO
  • Publication number: 20170109598
    Abstract: A user authentication apparatus using a Raman spectrum is provided. The user authentication apparatus includes a Raman spectrum analyzer configured to analyze user characteristic information from a Raman spectrum of a user, and an authenticator configured to authenticate the user, based on the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Young LEE, Seong Ho CHO
  • Publication number: 20170109599
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for automatically identifying a food item. A color image and a thermal image are received by an electronic processor with a first food item in the field of view of both the color image and the thermal image. The electronic processor identifies a region of pixels in the color image that corresponds to the first food item based at least in part on a temperature intensity of the pixels in the identified region of pixels relative to other pixels in the thermal image. At least one feature is extracted from the identified region of pixels in the color image corresponding to the first food item and the electronic processor automatically identifies a type of food corresponding to the first food item based at least in part on the at least extracted feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Sandeep Gupta, Ayan Banerjee
  • Publication number: 20170109600
    Abstract: A method for recognition and/or verification of authenticity of digital, and/or physical objects, comprising the steps of codebook training, object enrollment, and object verification, the latter consisting in object recognition and/or object authentication. The method uses two types of features, of codebooks, and of databases, which are specifically designed for identification, respectively authentication, the identification database and authentication database having different organizations. The invention is also directed to corresponding computer program means adapted to implement the proposed method, devices adapted for implementation of a method, as well as to applications which are particularly adapted for use of the proposed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Svyatoslav VOLOSHYNOVSKIY, Maurits DIEPHUIS
  • Publication number: 20170109601
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an object of interest. A system and method may generate a first signature for an object of interest based on an image of the object of interest. A system and method may generate a second signature for a candidate object based on an image of the candidate object. A system and method may calculate a similarity score by relating the first signature to the second signature and may determine the image of the candidate object is an image of the object of interest based on the similarity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yaniv GURWICZ, Raanan Yonatan YEHEZKEL, Vladimir GOLDNER, Guy BOUDOUKH, Guy BLUMSTEIN-KOREN, Doron GIRMONSKY
  • Publication number: 20170109602
    Abstract: Disclosed are OCR-based system and method for recognizing a map image. The system for map recognition comprise a recognition unit for recognizing text on an inputted image by means of a text recognition technology; a search unit for searching, in a database comprising toponym data, for a toponym corresponding to the text; and a provision unit for providing map information comprising the toponym as a result of the recognition of the inputted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Sang Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20170109603
    Abstract: Shape features in natural images influence emotions aroused in human beings. An in-depth statistical analysis helps to understand the relationship between shapes and emotions. Through experimental results on the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) dataset, evidence is presented as to the significance of roundness-angularity and simplicity-complexity on predicting emotional content in images. Shape features are combined with other state-of-the-art features to show a gain in prediction and classification accuracy. Emotions are modeled from a dimensional perspective in order to predict valence and arousal ratings, which have advantages over modeling the traditional discrete emotional categories. Images are distinguished vis-a-vis strong emotional content from emotionally neutral images with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: James Z. Wang, Xin Lu, Poonam Suryanarayan, Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Jia Li, Michelle Newman
  • Publication number: 20170109604
    Abstract: A system and method that allows the capture of a series of images to create a single linear panoramic image is disclosed. The method includes capturing an image, dynamically comparing a previously captured image with a preview image on a display of a capture device until a predetermined overlap threshold is satisfied, generating a user interface to provide feedback on the display of the capture device to guide a movement of the capture device, and capturing the preview image with enough overlap with the previously captured image with little to no tilt for creating a linear panorama.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Daniel G. Van Olst
  • Publication number: 20170109605
    Abstract: Disclosed are a quantum system-based image pattern recognition computation apparatus and method for machine vision and a quantum system-based machine vision apparatus. The computation apparatus recognizes patterns between images in machine vision by using a quantum system. The computation apparatus includes a modeling unit and an interpretation unit. The modeling unit sets up an objective function based on the similarity between a first pattern derived from the relationships between points of interests of a first image and a second pattern derived from the relationships between points of interests of a second image. The interpretation unit finds an optimum first pattern and an optimum second pattern, in which the similarity between the first pattern and the second pattern is optimized, by interpreting a final quantum state obtained through an adiabatic evolution process of the quantum system in which the objective function is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Do Yeol Ahn
  • Publication number: 20170109606
    Abstract: In one approach, a method includes: capturing an image of a document using a camera of a mobile device; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the image of the document; extracting data of interest from the image based at least in part on the OCR; and validating the extracted data of interest against reference information stored on the mobile device. In another embodiment, a method includes: capturing an image of a document using a camera of a mobile device; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the image of the document; extracting data of interest from the image based at least in part on the OCR; and validating authenticity of the document based on comparing some or all of the extracted data of interest to reference information stored on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony Macciola, Jan W. Amtrup
  • Publication number: 20170109607
    Abstract: To provide means according to which template matching is performed successfully in an apparatus that performs inspection or measurement of a semiconductor pattern, which is formed on a wafer, even in a case in which a pattern for alignment, which is in design data, has been eliminated from an image in which an image of a practical pattern was captured using the apparatus, in which the brightness value contrast of a pattern is lower (more indistinct) than that of other locations, or in which a pattern is deformed and there is a discrepancy with the shape of a template (a pattern for alignment in the design data).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Wataru NAGATOMO, Yuichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170109608
    Abstract: In response to an identification of an input slide, aspects generate text content confidence scores that represent amounts of similarity of slide text content of the input slide to compared text content of a slides that are included within slide presentation files of a repository. Graphic element content confidence scores are generated that represent amounts of similarity of graphic content of the input slide to compared graphic element content of the respective ones of the repository slides. Similarity confidence scores are generated for respective ones of the repository slides as functions of weighted averages of the generated text content confidence scores and graphic element content confidence scores, wherein the graphic element content confidence scores are weighted differently from the text content confidence scores. The repository slides may be ranked for similarity to the input slide as a function of the generated similarity confidence scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: JAMES L. CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES H. CLINTON, BLAIN A. DILLARD, DAVID A. HOFFMAN, TERRENCE E. WHITE
  • Publication number: 20170109609
    Abstract: An image recognition (IR) computing device is provided herein, the IR computing device configured to receive a search request from a user computing device instructing the IR computing device to conduct a search for a subject clothing item pictured in a subject image, the search request including the subject image. The IR computing device is further configured to analyze the subject image and compare a plurality of vendor images to the subject image. The IR computing device may employ an object recognition component to analyze and compare the images. The IR computing device is further configured to generate a list of potential matches to the subject image, transmit the list of potential matches to the user computing device for display to a user within a clothing match app, and receive an indication from the user computing device of whether the search was successful or unsuccessful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Elizabeth Hill, Douglas Peterson
  • Publication number: 20170109610
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is configured for building a classification and/or data extraction knowledge base using an electronic form. The method includes: receiving an electronic form having associated therewith a plurality of metadata labels, each metadata label corresponding to at least one element of interest represented within the electronic form; parsing the plurality of metadata labels to determine characteristic features of the element(s) of interest; building a representation of the electronic form based on the plurality of metadata labels; generating a plurality of permutations of the representation of the electronic form by applying a predetermined set of variations to the representation; and training either a classification model, an extraction model, or both using: the representation of the electronic form, and the plurality of permutations of the representation of the electronic form. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony Macciola, Jan W. Amtrup, Stephen Michael Thompson
  • Publication number: 20170109611
    Abstract: A method for generating labels for an image of low quality is described. The method includes mapping image data and depth information of said image to a 3D point cloud; segmenting the 3-D point cloud and the image into super voxels and image patches, fusing features obtained from the super voxels and image patches, by using a fusion model, applying classifiers to fused features, wherein the fusion model and the classifiers are generated from a dataset including image data of selected quality and quantity, corresponding point cloud and image labels, and generating scene labels based on applied classifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Tao LUO
  • Publication number: 20170109612
    Abstract: An approach is provided for automated classification of an image based on the fogging attributes associated with the image. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of image data associated with at least one image to cause, at least in part, an extraction of one or more fogging attributes from the image data. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a mapping of the one or more fogging attributes to one or more features of at least one classifier, wherein the at least one classifier is trained based, at least in part, on a co-registration of the one or more features to one or more records of previously made image judgements. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a classification of the at least one image as either in a fogging-afflicted state or a non-fogging-afflicted state based, at least in part, on the at least one classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Anish MITTAL, William MARKS
  • Publication number: 20170109613
    Abstract: A surveillance system includes an image sensing device for capturing images of a plurality of moving objects at a plurality of different locations in a field of view of the image sensing device. The system also includes a user interactive processor for performing a human-distance calibration for a given location and position of the image sensing device. The system further includes a processor for detecting a human presence among the plurality of moving objects based on the human-distance calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Soumitri N. Kolavennu, Sharath Venkatesha
  • Publication number: 20170109614
    Abstract: An automatic classifying system in a dining environment includes a picture uploading module implemented in an electronic device for transmitting a set of pictures via the Internet, and a server for directly or indirectly receiving the set of pictures. The server has a picture analysis module for classifying one of the pictures according to at least two classifications and generating an analysis result to a web-platform system so as to display the picture and the analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Chien-Wei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170109615
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for automatically classifying businesses from imagery can include providing one or more images of a location entity as input to a statistical model that can be applied to each image. A plurality of classification labels for the location entity in the one or more images can be generated and provided as an output of the statistical model. The plurality of classification labels can be generated by selecting from an ontology that identifies predetermined relationships between location entities and categories associated with corresponding classification labels at multiple levels of granularity. Confidence scores for the plurality of classification labels can be generated to indicate a likelihood level that each generated classification label is accurate for its corresponding location entity. Associations based on the classification labels generated for each image can be stored in a database and used to help retrieve relevant business information requested by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Liron Yatziv, Yair Movshovitz-Attias, Qian Yu, Martin Christian Stumpe, Vinay Damodar Shet, Sacha Christophe Arnoud
  • Publication number: 20170109616
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recording a program for causing an information processing apparatus to function as: a control circuit that determines whether a rendering command of a document created using presentation software is a first-page rendering command, when determined as the first-page rendering command, caches it, generates first-page printable data based on the first-page rendering command and caches it, and when determined as a rendering command of one of second and subsequent pages, determines whether at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, and generates, when determined that at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, printable data of the one of second and subsequent pages using the first-page printable data; and a communication interface that transmits the printable data to an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: YOSHINORI MINAKATA
  • Publication number: 20170109617
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that prints an image on a transfer medium based on image data; a conveyance unit that conveys the transfer medium; a duplex printing mechanism that inverts and conveys the transfer medium on one surface of which an image is formed, and conveys the transfer medium to a conveyance direction upstream side of the image forming unit; and a control unit that controls the image forming unit and the conveyance unit, the control unit has a function of printing a first additional image outside an image forming area of the transfer medium by the image forming unit, and when printing the first additional image, the control unit is capable of control of inhibiting printing of the first additional image on one or both of a leading transfer medium and a final transfer medium in a bundle of piled up transfer media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Eiichi NARIMATU
  • Publication number: 20170109618
    Abstract: A content distribution system which utilizes a generated code to distribute related content to a user device. The content distribution system generally includes a user device and a central server which are communicatively interconnected via a communication network. The central server generates a code comprising at least one element in a particular visual arrangement. The generated code is related to content which may be stored on the central server, or may be stored on a content server to which the user device may connect. The user device will transmit a code to the central server. The central server identifies the code as relating to the content and either transmits the content directly to the user device, directs the user device to connect to the content server to retrieve the content, or directs the content server to transmit the content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Dale Russell Knoop
  • Publication number: 20170109619
    Abstract: Techniques for making electronic cards that can be displayed on a mobile phone. The techniques permit making an electronic card based on an arbitrary SMS message and making an electronic card (eCard) that corresponds to a pre-existing non-electronic privilege card such as a loyalty card. In the latter case, the system on which the card is being made obtains information about the user and the issuer and uses the information to determine whether to issue the eCard and also to make use validity information which is associated with the card and is used to determine the validity of the card as it is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Slavin, Pero Smrzlic
  • Publication number: 20170109620
    Abstract: A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer protective layer, a core layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV™ chip, an energy storage component, one or more antennas (e.g., Bluetooth™ antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer, which may include a back protective layer. The antennas may be mounted on the protective layers, which may be laminated to the core layer, and connected to the core layer onto a printed circuit board (PCB) using conductive epoxies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: David WURMFELD, Tyler LOCKE, Theodore MARKSON, Adam KOEPPEL
  • Publication number: 20170109621
    Abstract: A protective casing for a machine readable tag configured to be mounted to a tombstone. The present invention includes a protective housing having one or more sidewalls, a top wall, and a back wall that define an interior volume. An image of a machine readable tag is displayed on an interior surface of the back wall. In some embodiments, a cover is pivotally affixed to the top wall via a hinge while in alternate embodiments the cover is non-pivotally affixed to the housing. In further embodiments, the protective casing is a block of transparent material having a machine readable tag embedded therein. The protective casing is designed to protect the machine readable tag from external elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Phoebe L. Brown, Ronald E. Brown
  • Publication number: 20170109622
    Abstract: A transaction card is disclosed. The transaction card may include a first card component of non-plastic card material having a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm, a second card component of composite fiber material having a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm, and an adhesive for affixing the first layer and second layer together. The non-plastic card material may be selected from a group including wood, bamboo, steel, copper, aluminum, silver, gold, platinum, granite, marble, and slate and the composite fiber material may include at least one of a glass fiber composite, a carbon fiber composite, or a natural fiber composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Carl Alexander CEPRESS, Elwin Ching Yee ONG
  • Publication number: 20170109623
    Abstract: An RFID tag includes a substrate; a chip that is joined to the substrate; antenna wiring that is formed above the substrate and is electrically coupled with the chip; and a protector that is provided to the substrate and protects the chip by covering the chip, wherein a length l of the protector satisfies l?lmax, the lmax being expressed by the following expression: lmax=?{square root over (4?by/3ph)} where ?by represents a bending strength of a material of the protector, h represents a thickness of the protector, and p represents a uniformly distributed load that is received by the protector under a usage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayoshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20170109624
    Abstract: A synapse and a neuromorphic device including the same are provided. The synapse includes: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; an oxygen-containing layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a reactive metal layer disposed between the oxygen-containing layer and the second electrode and capable of reacting with oxygen ions from the oxygen-containing layer; and an oxygen diffusion-retarding layer provided between the oxygen-containing layer and the reactive metal layer, the oxygen diffusion-retarding layer hindering movement of oxygen ions from the oxygen-containing layer to the reactive metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Sang-Su PARK, Hyung-Dong LEE
  • Publication number: 20170109625
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are technologies directed to training a neural network to perform semantic segmentation. A system receives a training image, and using the training image, candidate masks are generated. The candidate masks are ranked and a set of the ranked candidate masks are selected for further processing. One of the set of the ranked candidate masks is selected to train the neural network. The one of the set of the set of the ranked candidate masks is also used as an input to train the neural network in a further training evolution. In some examples, the one of the set of the ranked candidate masks is selected randomly to reduce the likelihood of ending up in poor local optima that result in poor training inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jifeng Dai, Kaiming He, Jian Sun
  • Publication number: 20170109626
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a two-terminal resistive processing unit (RPU) having a first terminal, a second terminal and an active region. The active region effects a non-linear change in a conduction state of the active region based on at least one first encoded signal applied to the first terminal and at least one second encoded signal applied to the second terminal. The active region is configured to locally perform a data storage operation of a training methodology based at least in part on the non-linear change in the conduction state. The active region is further configured to locally perform a data processing operation of the training methodology based at least in part on the non-linear change in the conduction state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tayfun Gokmen, Seyoung Kim, Yurii A. Vlasov
  • Publication number: 20170109627
    Abstract: Systems and methods to analyze decision-making. A processor accesses at least one storage medium storing a high-fidelity recording, the high-fidelity recording includes a stimulus event and one or more rules associated with the stimulus event. The processor presents the high-fidelity recording through a presentation device. The processor receives neural metrics from a neural sensor while the high-fidelity recording is being presented. The processor applies rules to generate reference metrics associated with the stimulus event. The processor modifies elements of the high-fidelity recording based on the reference metrics to distinguish the stimulus event within the high fidelity recording. The processor presents the modified recording by the presentation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Sherwin, Jordan Muraskin