Patents Issued in October 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170293958
    Abstract: In a multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for presenting image(s) and data to user, provide the means and methods for user to select image(s) and/or area(s) and combine them with other image(s), creating virtual visual results generated through a combination of a plurality of images. A method that creates natural looking virtual visual results through graphical image processing and generation. A system and method to generate virtual visual results using images displayed through web browsers. A method for creating and using re-generatable, editable and clickable imaging files, by embedding the image(s) and data in a specific file format, that can be created, edited, managed, saved, shared and transferred through web browsers, and/or other data communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Grace Tang
  • Publication number: 20170293959
    Abstract: A product recognition unit (2020) recognizes a product from a target image on which the product and an electronic shelf label are imaged. A shelf label recognition unit (2040) extracts a shelf label ID from the target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes an electronic shelf label (3000) from the target image. A determination unit (2060) determines whether or not association of product information and the shelf label ID regarding the product and the electronic shelf label a closest product within the image, and product information and the shelf label ID of the electronic shelf label (3000) matches association of product information and a shelf label ID of relation information acquired by associating product information of the product and the shelf label ID based on the product and shelf label ID recognized from the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ITOU, Kanako TAGA, Takenobu KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170293960
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide a compliance monitoring system suitable for display units in a retail store. A wearable device is configured to be worn by a user while in use. The wearable device may be coupled to a server. The wearable device is configured to capture an image of a product label on a display unit. The wearable device may process the captured image to extract product identity information from a machine-readable portion of the product label. The wearable device may retrieve stored label information from the server based on the extracted product identity information. The wearable device may display the retrieved stored label information in a field of view of the user while the user views a human readable portion of the product label, thereby allowing a compliance comparison therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Philip STOUT
  • Publication number: 20170293961
    Abstract: An exhibition information presentation method includes acquiring an exhibition information presentation activation operation inputted by a first user, the exhibition information presentation activation operation being associated with product information currently browsed or searched by a second user; and displaying exhibition information or an exhibition information link item corresponding to the product information at a preset first position, where the exhibition information link item is used for acquiring a link operation inputted by the first user to open a corresponding exhibition information presentation page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Chong Shing Cheung
  • Publication number: 20170293962
    Abstract: A gift generating system for a user. The system includes a computing system, configured to store giftee information in a customer database, wherein the giftee information is associated with a selected giftee, and wherein the computing system is configured to generate a customized gift recommendation based on the giftee information. The system further includes a mobile device, used by the user, in communication with the computing system, configured to: i) transmit the giftee information to the computing system from the user; ii) receive the customized gift recommendation associated with the giftee information from the computing system; and iii) receive purchase locations for the customized gift recommendation from the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Kanwaldeep Kaur Sekhon
  • Publication number: 20170293963
    Abstract: A method and a system of online shopping using a digital storefront.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jessie Babiarz, David Anthony Basilio, Adam Jacobson, Matthew Losch, Gregory Robinson, Li Chen, Corey Demarco, Exaud Hugho, Michael Toma
  • Publication number: 20170293964
    Abstract: A system featuring a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the processor, wherein, in response to executing the program instructions, the processor receives a first dataset including an inventory of ingredients and receives a second dataset including a plurality of recipes, each recipe including a plurality of recipe ingredients, each recipe ingredient including an importance weighting. After reception of these data sets, the system assigns a percentage matching score for each of the plurality of recipes, wherein each percentage matching score is derived from a comparison of the first dataset against the importance weighted recipe ingredients of each respective one of the plurality of recipes, and displays a listing of the plurality of recipes in which each displayed recipe includes its assigned percentage matching score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Quan Xie, Mingzi Yi
  • Publication number: 20170293965
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a shopping support device is configured to accept an input of a periodic purchase commodity to be periodically purchased by a customer. The shopping support device is configured to control a display so that the display displays the periodic purchase commodity as a candidate commodity, along with the candidate commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yasutsugu SASAKI, Kanya HIROI, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA, Yuko KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170293966
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a smart refrigerator including a user interface, a recipe management module, a storage management module and an order management module. The user interface is configured to input an ordering instruction. The recipe management module stores much recipe information recording information of ingredients required. The user can select at least one of the recipe information. The storage management module is configured to input and store the ingredient information. The order management module is configured to receive and store order information. The recipe management module transmits the selected recipe information to the storage management module, and the storage management module compares the received recipe information and the information of ingredient stored in the refrigerator, so as to generate the order information. When the ordering instruction is inputted into the user interface, the order management module transmits the order information to a cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hsin-Wei Huang, Chin-Lieh Chou
  • Publication number: 20170293967
    Abstract: Methods and systems for dispatching an order for a product. The method including the steps of: receiving, at a dispatch module, data corresponding to a completion time for provision of the product by a merchant; receiving, at the dispatch module, data corresponding to a receipt time for receipt of the product by a consumer; comparing the completion time and the receipt time based on the respective data; and dispatching the order to an execution module to initiate provision of the product on a condition that the receipt time is approximately equal to the completion time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Gilbey, Vijin Venugopalan, Eric Jian Hui Lin
  • Publication number: 20170293968
    Abstract: Aspects of tag-based product monitoring and evaluation are described. In one embodiment, a system directs a tag reader to interrogate an RFID tag provided on a product package for a product. In response, the system receives a unique identifier, product detail data, and product usage data from the RFID tag. In certain cases, the system can place an order for the product on an electronic commerce platform based on the unique identifier, the product detail data, and the product usage data. For example, the system can identify when the product package was opened with reference to the product usage data, determine that the product is expired based on when the product package was opened, and place the order for the product based on the product being expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Scott Russell, Thomas Matthew Ryle, Wesley Scott Lauka
  • Publication number: 20170293969
    Abstract: The present solution relates to an improved system and method for providing interactive content. The present solution can provide a first content object for display in a content slot of an information resource of a content provider. The first content object can include one or more tags that can each be linked to a respective second content object of a plurality of second content object. When an interaction is received with a first tag the system can identify a second content object corresponding to the first tag. The second content object can be provided for display in the same content slot of the information resource. In some implementations, the second content object can include a transaction interface to purchase an item identified in the second content object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sara Ledterman, Arif Jan Jensen
  • Publication number: 20170293970
    Abstract: An image processing method for a unmanned aerial vehicle includes: aligning a subject matter by a camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle; focusing on the subject matter at a first time, and recording images information in a focus frame as a first reference pattern; presetting a separation distance of automatic movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle, focusing on the subject matter at a second time, and recording image information in the focus frame as a second reference pattern; synthesizing a three-dimensional reference pattern of the subject matter according to the first reference pattern and the second reference pattern; automatically traversing images in whole camera aperture by the focus frame when the unmanned aerial vehicle detects interrupt of controlling signal, and comparing with the three-dimensional reference pattern, if the subject matter can't be found, location of the unmanned aerial vehicle is automatically adjusted until the subject matter reappears on the camera aperture; presetting a referen
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SHENZHEN WISDOW FORMING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DO., LTD.
    Inventors: QiuYan ZENG, TangSheng LEI
  • Publication number: 20170293971
    Abstract: A method and system displaying and managing images of consumer products with cloud computing. One or more consumer products are selected. An N-layer digital image is created that includes an M-layer hierarchy of vector images and/or visual overlays stored in one or more cloud storage objects in progressive resolution format and allows progressive resolution display without loss of image quality on the selected plural consumer products that appear in the N-layer digital image. Selected consumer products are placed in a graphical shopping cart/bag that provides progressive resolution display directly from the graphical shopping cart/bag and allows new or different consumer products to be selected directly from the graphical shopping cart/bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph R. DOLLENS
  • Publication number: 20170293972
    Abstract: A method for generating a third-party lender overdraft line of credit includes accessing, by an overdraft management computing device, real-time bank account information. An insufficient fund amount is identified based on the real-time bank account information. An overdraft score is generated based on the insufficient fund amount, the real-time bank account information, and a third-party lender rule set established by a third-party lender and stored on the overdraft management computing device. An overdraft approval is provided when the overdraft score is above a threshold provided by the third-party lender and stored on the overdraft management computing device. The overdraft approval is provided without sending confidential user information to the third-party lender and automatically generates the third-party lender overdraft line of credit for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael van Bemmelen
  • Publication number: 20170293973
    Abstract: A processing module may be centralized and coupled to multiple inputs from customers, and behave deterministically, e.g., programmed to depend on state, inputs and outputs. The rapid speed of automated trading systems implementing such a centralized, deterministic module, where all users can access a central limit order object, can quickly result in an object state that does not reflect a true consensus or desirable state. Accordingly the resulting problem is a problem arising in computer systems due in part to the high speeds of computer systems. The solutions disclosed herein are, in one embodiment, implemented as automatic responses and actions by a computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Neil A. Lustyk, John Scheerer, James Bailey, Paul Millhuff
  • Publication number: 20170293974
    Abstract: A routing system rapidly determines whether messages received by a data transaction processing system related to data objects in a computing system should be routed through or bypass integrity modules designed to detect and mitigate undesirable object conditions. The routing system may, in one embodiment, rely upon previous decisions made by the integrity modules. The routing system may also access data structures storing information about a current environment state to determine whether a message should be routed through the time consuming integrity modules. The routing system may additionally determine and specify which values associated with a message should be checked against integrity module logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Dileep Chakravarthi Konduru
  • Publication number: 20170293975
    Abstract: In an energy demand-supply plan formulation apparatus, the apparatus includes: a data coordination unit for calculating first coordination data including an electric power-generation unit-price and specific heat consumption from the electric power generation plan, for calculating second coordination data from the steam demand-supply plan, and for calculating third coordination data including an electric power generation fuel-consumption plan from the transaction plan and the electric power generation plan; a steam demand-supply planning unit for formulating a steam demand-supply plan by taking in first coordination data calculated by the data coordination unit; an electric power demand-supply planning unit for formulating a transaction plan in the electric power transaction market and an electric power generation plan therein by taking in second coordination data calculated by the data coordination unit; and a fuel demand-supply planning unit for formulating a fuel demand-supply plan by taking in third coordi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka SAITO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Shoichi KITAMURA, Hideaki HIRANO, Kotaro SANAI
  • Publication number: 20170293976
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems, apparatus, and methods to analyze incoming data messages and create market information constructs. An example method includes receiving a data message including an instruction to initiate a market event. The example method includes evaluating the instruction to determine whether it is associated with two or more causally linked market events. The example method also includes classifying the instruction based on the evaluating as part of a sequence of causally linked market events or as a single market event. The example method includes queuing the sequence of causally linked market events. The example method further includes detecting an end of the sequence of causally linked market events. The example method includes constructing a logically reduced market data message construct descriptive of the one or more market events represented by the queued sequence of causally linked events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Douglas R. DUQUETTE
  • Publication number: 20170293977
    Abstract: In an example implementation of the disclosed invention, a system is provided by which a reality program viewer can participate alongside, or in place of, a lead investor in a business venture presented as part of a broadcast reality program. In some embodiments, information associated with one or more business ventures being presented in an episode of a reality program is provided to viewers of the program, and a viewer may elect to participate in the business venture alongside a lead inventor, for example, by donating funds toward the capital needs of the business venture, by investing in the business venture, by committing to purchase a product or service of the business venture, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick M. HULL
  • Publication number: 20170293978
    Abstract: A customizable information system and a related method are disclosed. The system contains a server host and, inside the server host, a database, a development module, a design module, and an integration module. Through the design module, a user arranges a template and functional blocks, and creates a number of pages of information. The user then combes a number of pages of information into a volume of information through the integration module so as to achieve the customization of various data and functions for convenient access and clear viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: CHIEN-CHENG LEE
  • Publication number: 20170293979
    Abstract: A multi-faceted toll to support regulatory compliance and business efficiency for those involved in the underwriting of municipal bonds is described. Provided is a computer system and process providing for a configurable workflow and deal file solution that allows a user to effectively and efficiently meet their requirements under 15c2-12 and MSRB Rule G-27. The present invention aggregates required data and information, stores the same, provides for the analysis of critical filing information for municipal underwritings and provides the user electronic workflow and deal file storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Lumesis, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg L. Bienstock, Timothy J. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20170293980
    Abstract: In illustrative embodiments, systems and methods for managing processing resources of a computing grid coordinate calculation of operations supporting real-time or near real-time risk hedging decisions. A data input interface transforms a received real-time data stream including real-time financial market data and trade updates for a user into a data structure format compatible with computing resources. Computing resources of a computing grid calculate variable annuity calculation results for allocated processing tasks associated with the received data stream. A task manager server divides the transformed data stream into processing tasks, controls allocation and deallocation of the processing tasks to the computing resources, and aggregates computation results into an output array representing evaluation results for the received data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Phillips, Daniel Bogod, Aamir Mohammad
  • Publication number: 20170293981
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for harmonizing information from different taxonomies and providing career information based on the harmonized information. A method can include receiving a request for the career information, the request including one or more job titles and one or more job locations associated with the job titles, mapping the one or more job titles to one or more profession titles, mapping the one or more job locations to one or more profession locations, executing a query for statistics associated with the career information, the query including the one or more profession titles and the one or more profession locations to which the one or more job titles and the one or more job locations respectively map, and providing the career information based on the statistics returned from executing the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Stuart MacDonald Ambler, Ryan Wade Sandler
  • Publication number: 20170293982
    Abstract: Methods and devices for processing a payment transaction for a purchase carried out by a vehicle user with a merchant are provided. The method comprises a server (a) obtaining a vehicle ID, from a vehicle detection unit, upon a vehicle entering a premise of the merchant; (b) interrogating a database using the vehicle ID to obtain a device identifier associated with a communication device of the user; (c) transmitting the device identifier to a wallet server over a communication network; (d) receiving, upon authorization by the wallet server, over the communication network wallet information associated with a digital wallet of the user; (e) receiving, via the communication device, product information indicative of one or more product items ordered by the user; and (f) transmitting a transaction request to a payment network to cause a payment transaction in respect of the one or more products to be processed, said transaction request comprising the wallet information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ashutosh Kumar Gupta, Ankur Arora, Rohit Modi
  • Publication number: 20170293983
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method of an intelligent beverage kiosk system for customized beverage preparation including preparing customized beverage selections for meeting a consumer's taste, recording a member's customized beverage selection for reducing member beverage delivery wait time, creating a member smart beverage cup with layered component compartment modules for downloading and ordering a member customized beverage selection, ordering member customized beverage selections using a wireless intelligent beverage kiosk application for reducing ordering time for a customized beverage selection and adjusting intelligent beverage kiosk window height for facilitating beverage delivery for drive-thru vehicle pickup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Bruce Alexander Long, II
  • Publication number: 20170293984
    Abstract: A profile manager (PM) server receives a Food Profiling Request Message (FPREM), from a consumer's Wireless Receive/Transmit Unit (WRTU), responsive to a WRTU-initiated food-related event (FEP). The FPREM is created from information in an Input Mobile Element (IME) sent to the WRTU from a FEP provider responsive to its initiation. The IME includes code providing a link to other code directing the FPREM to the PM server. The FPREM includes an identifier for the FEP (FEID) and a consumer food profile class (CFPC). The PM server searches a lookup table for the FEID and the CFPC to determine consumer-pre-authorized attributes for sharing in association with the FEP corresponding to the FEID. The PM server sends, to a processing system associated with the FEP (FEPPS), a Food Profiling Request Response (PFRER), which includes the FEID and one of the attributes or an indication that no attributes are authorized for sharing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Kitchology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Goldberg, Alain Briancon, Ian Durham, Iris Sherman, John Ellsworth, Ryan B. Harvey, Barbara Boyce, Ian Speers, Dennis Bonilla, Christopher Peterson, Jenny Sprague, Thomas Scholl
  • Publication number: 20170293985
    Abstract: The occupancy-control device includes a locating element for determining a location of the occupancy-control device, a movement-determining element for determining whether the occupancy-control device is moving beyond a predetermined distance parameter, and a timer element. An instructing element is also provided by which a movement-instructing signal is outputable, and a logic element is included in communication with the locating element and the movement-determining element which determines whether the occupancy-control device is stationary within a predetermined activation area. A movement-instructing signal is outputable by the instructing element based on said determination and an elapsed period of the timer element. A method of encouraging motion of a plurality of people within a crowd using such devices is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammed Yusuf DERIA, Ahmed Mohamed MOHAMOUD
  • Publication number: 20170293986
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lawsuit winning possibility evaluation device and a method using the same, the lawsuit winning possibility evaluation device comprising: a first communication unit for transmitting, to a client device, a selection request for the type of lawsuit; a legally required fact list generation unit for generating a legally required fact list according to the type of lawsuit selected by the client device; a second communication unit for transmitting, to the client device, an evidence information input request for the legally required fact list; and an evaluation information generation unit for generating first evaluation information, which has been scored for a degree of proof on the basis of evidence information inputted by the client device; and a lawsuit winning possibility evaluation result processing unit for generating a lawsuit winning possibility evaluation result by using the first evaluation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jeongchul KIM
  • Publication number: 20170293987
    Abstract: A license verification method executed via a mobile device includes: encrypting a serial number of a target server with a license to generate a license activation request, and sending the license activation request to an activation server; receiving an activation result from the activation server, where the activation result is generated from the activation server in response to the license activation request; and sending the activation result to the activation server for determining whether to enter an installation process associated with the license or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Chih-Chun Chan
  • Publication number: 20170293988
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for obtaining particular medical data from a patient and organizing and presenting medical data for the objective of improving workflow and decision making during a medical emergency. More specifically, the systems and methods enable a first party to enter specific medical information about the patient wherein the system organizes the medical data in terms of relevancy for potential emergency situations and displays that relevant medical information to another party when that another party gains access to the system when a medical emergency is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Mayank GOYAL
  • Publication number: 20170293989
    Abstract: A system and method of automated supervision and monitoring of offenders who have been paroled from a correctional facility or placed on probation. The system allows offenders to remotely report to their designated parole officer, enabling a convenient and efficient method of ensuring that the offenders are following the terms of their parole through an automated procedure. The system tracks and monitors an offender's movements to ensure they stay within a certain area. The system receives the offender's location information and processes the location information to determine whether the offender stayed within a certain area. The system is also equipped with interfaces to testing systems to administer remote substance abuse monitoring. Community service is another important function that is monitored by the system. The community service requirement for an offender varies depending on the court order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Publication number: 20170293990
    Abstract: Data processing systems and methods for retrieving data regarding a plurality of data privacy campaigns and for using that data to assess a relative risk associated with the data privacy campaign. In various embodiments, the system may be adapted to: (1) display one or more visual summaries of one or more data flow diagrams that visually depicts key features of the data flow, such as whether data is confidential and/or encrypted; (2) allow for multiple users to be assigned responsibility for populating different respective questions that are required to define the data flow; (3) automatically assess and display a relative risk associated with each campaign; and (4) automatically set, monitor, and facilitate the timely completion of an audit schedule for each campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Kabir A. Barday
  • Publication number: 20170293991
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, and computer readable medium for drone dispatch and operation. Exemplary embodiments provide a group of drones, a server in communication with the drones, and a detachable basket coupled to a shopping cart including an optical machine-readable label that represents identifying data for the basket. The identifying data for the basket is received from a client device at a server. The basket is associated with a user profile corresponding to the client device. Information identifying a vehicle associated with the user profile is determined. A checkout message is received indicating that a user of the client device completed a purchase transaction and requested a drone for transporting the basket. In response to the checkout message, identifying data for the basket is transmitted to a selected drone in the group of drones, and instructions to carry the basket to the vehicle are also transmitted to the selected drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Donald High, Nathan Glenn Jones, Gregory Hicks
  • Publication number: 20170293992
    Abstract: An image code is for information storage, transfer and identification, a method of generating and analyzing the same, and an apparatus for implementing the method, the image code includes a standard image area, at least one image filled in the standard image region, at least one segment of information stream implanted in the at least one image by using digital watermarking technique and 4 location identification graphics arranged in different positions of the standard image region, the location identification graphics are arranged in the 4 vertex angles of the standard image region, including 1 feature location identification graphic and 3 basic location identification graphics; the 3 basic location identification graphics are identical and the feature location identification graphic is different from the basic location identification graphic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Zheng Liu, Shiqiao Du
  • Publication number: 20170293993
    Abstract: Contextual rendering systems, methods, and computer-readable media include circuitry configured to parse a graphics file into a plurality of graphics objects, determine whether one or more dynamic behavior attributes are present for each graphics object, extract at least one tag name for each graphics object having the one or more dynamic behavior attributes, assign an attribute weight to each dynamic behavior attribute, compute a sum of the attribute weights for each tag name-graphics object combination, rank each of the tag name-graphics object combinations according to the respective computed sum, and display a portion of a graphics view of one or more graphics objects for a first-ranked tag name-graphics object combination in context with other graphics objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srinivasu ACHALLA, Surendra RAMARAO
  • Publication number: 20170293994
    Abstract: Server resources in a data center are disaggregated into shared server resource pools, including a graphics processing unit (GPU) pool. Servers are constructed dynamically, on-demand and based on workload requirements, by allocating from these resource pools. According to this disclosure, GPU utilization in the data center is managed proactively by assigning GPUs to workloads in a fine granularity and agile way, and de-provisioning them when no longer needed. In this manner, the approach is especially advantageous to automatically provision GPUs for data analytic workloads. The approach thus provides for a “micro-service” enabling data analytic workloads to automatically and transparently use GPU resources without providing (e.g., to the data center customer) the underlying provisioning details. Preferably, the approach dynamically determines the number and the type of GPUs to use, and then during runtime auto-scales the GPUs based on workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Min Li, John Alan Bivens, Koushik K. Das, Ruchi Mahindru, Harigovind V. Ramasamy, Yaoping Ruan, Valentina Salapura, Eugen Schenfeld
  • Publication number: 20170293995
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) may rasterize a primitive into a plurality of samples, wherein vertices of the primitive are associated with VRS parameters. The GPU may determine a VRS quality group that comprises one or more sub regions of the plurality of samples based at least in part on the VRS parameters. The GPU may fragment shade a VRS tile that represents the VRS quality group, wherein the VRS tile comprises fewer samples than the VRS quality group. The GPU may amplify the stored VRS tile into shaded fragments that correspond to the VRS quality group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Skyler Jonathon Saleh, Vineet Goel, Maurice Franklin Ribble, Andrew Evan Gruber
  • Publication number: 20170293996
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Jong-ho KIM, Hyun-hee PARK, Jae-hun CHO, Ho-jin KIM, Yong-man LEE, Won-hee CHOE, Dong-kyoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20170293997
    Abstract: A canvas generation system generates a canvas view of a scene based on a set of original camera views depicting the scene, for example to recreate a scene in virtual reality. Canvas views can be generated based on a set of synthetic views generated from a set of original camera views. Synthetic views can be generated, for example, by shifting and blending relevant original camera views based on an optical flow across multiple original camera views. An optical flow can be generated using an iterative method which individually optimizes the optical flow vector for each pixel of a camera view and propagates changes in the optical flow to neighboring optical flow vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Keith Cabral, Forrest Samuel Briggs, Albert Parra Pozo, Peter Vajda
  • Publication number: 20170293998
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for generating an image for generation of a 3D panorama image. A method for generating a 3D panorama image in an image generating apparatus comprises the steps of: receiving an input of a plurality of 2D images and a plurality of depth maps corresponding to the plurality of 2D images; setting a left-eye image area and a right-eye image area for each of the plurality of 2D images on the basis of the plurality of depth maps; and synthesizing images of each of the left-eye image areas that are set in the plurality of 2D images to thereby generate a left-eye panorama image and synthesizing images of each of the right-eye image areas that are set in the plurality of 2D images to thereby generate a right-eye panorama image. Accordingly, the image generating apparatus can generate a 3D panorama image without distortion on the basis of a plurality of 2D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Do-wan KIM, Geng-yu MA, Sung-jin KIM, Jae-yun JEONG
  • Publication number: 20170293999
    Abstract: An image processing device including a blurring processing unit that performs blurring processing for input image information that is input, includes: a saturation determination unit that calculates saturation of a saturated pixel of the input image information; a first gradation conversion unit that converts gradation of the input image information on a basis of the saturation calculated by the saturation determination unit; and, in which the blurring processing unit performs blurring processing for image information that has been subjected to gradation conversion by the first gradation conversion unit, a second gradation conversion unit that converts gradation of image information that has been subjected to the blurring processing, on a basis that gradation of a saturated region of the blurring-processed image information serves as a gradation of a saturated pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kei TOKUI, Keisuke OMORI
  • Publication number: 20170294000
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sky editing system and related processes for sky editing. The sky editing system includes a composition detector to determine the composition of a target image. A sky search engine in the sky editing system is configured to find a reference image with similar composition with the target image. Subsequently, a sky editor replaces content of the sky in the target image with content of the sky in the reference image. As such, the sky editing system transforms the target image into a new image with a preferred sky background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaohui Shen, Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Kalyan K. Sunkavalli, Zhe Lin
  • Publication number: 20170294001
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for reducing ringing artifacts in an X-ray image, comprising: acquiring an X-ray image by scanning an object, wherein the X-ray image comprises grid line artifacts; applying a first bandwidth filter and a second bandwidth filter respectively to the X-ray image so as to obtain a filtered first image and a filtered second image, wherein the first bandwidth filter and the second bandwidth have different bandwidths; constructing a weighting map according to the X-ray image; and fusing the filtered first image and the filtered second image with the weighting map so as to obtain an output image. The present disclosure also discloses a system using the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Zhaoxia Zhang, Kun Tao, Xiao Xuan, Ming Yan, Han Kang
  • Publication number: 20170294002
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an image by an electronic device is described. The method includes detecting line segments in a single image. The method also includes clustering the line segments to produce a set of vanishing points. The method further includes determining a combination of a focal length and vanishing points corresponding to principal axes of a primary scene coordinate system from the set of vanishing points and a set of focal lengths based on an orthogonality constraint. The method additionally includes adjusting the single image based on the combination of the focal length and vanishing points to produce a perspective-adjusted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chao Jia, Ramin Rezaiifar
  • Publication number: 20170294003
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170294004
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170294005
    Abstract: A restoration filter generation device which generates a restoration filter for performing a restoration process on luminance system image data, the restoration process being based on a point-image distribution in an optical system, the luminance system image data being image data relevant to luminance and being generated based on image data for each color of multiple colors, the restoration filter generation device including an MTF acquisition device which acquires a modulation transfer function MTF for the optical system; and a restoration filter generation device which generates the restoration filter based on the modulation transfer function MTF, the restoration filter suppressing an MTF value of image data for each color of the multiple colors to 1.0 or less at least in a region of a particular spatial frequency or less, the image data for each color of the multiple colors corresponding to the luminance system image data after the restoration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke NARUSE, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Masahiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170294006
    Abstract: An image processing system is designed to generate a canvas view that has smooth transition between binocular views and monocular views. Initially, the image processing system receives top/bottom images and side images of a scene and calculates offsets to generate synthetic side images for left and right view of a user. To realize smooth transition between binocular views and monocular views, the image processing system first warps top/bottom images onto corresponding synthetic side images to generate warped top/bottom images, which realizes the smooth transition in terms of shape. The image processing system then morphs the warped top/bottom images onto the corresponding synthetic side images to generate blended images for left and right eye views with the blended images. The image processing system creates the canvas view which has smooth transition between binocular views and monocular views in terms of image shape and color based on the blended images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Keith Cabral, Forrest Samuel Briggs
  • Publication number: 20170294007
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control method includes combining a plurality of images by applying a first weight to the plurality of images, displaying a composite image, acquired by combining the plurality of images, newly receiving a second weight with respect to the composite image, recombining the plurality of images based on the received second weight, and displaying a recombined image, acquired by recombining the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Eui LEE, Hyun Hwa OH, Sung Su KIM, Young Hun SUNG