Abstract: A system, method, server processing system, and computer program product for operating a registry. In one aspect, the server processing system is configured to: receive, from a user processing system in data communication with the server processing system, document data relating to an entity; receive, from the user processing system, access data indicative of an accessing party to be provided access to the document data if a defined trigger event occurs; store, in a data store associated with the server processing system, a registry for the entity indicative of the document data and the access data; determine that a defined trigger event has occurred; and in response to determining that that a defined trigger event has occurred, provide the accessing party read-only access to the document data via an access processing system in data communication with the server processing system.

Abstract: There are provided methods, devices, and systems for managing and using learning outcomes. The method comprises identifying a high-level learning outcome, and identifying a first and second low-level learning outcomes associated with the high-level learning outcome. A first grade associated with the first low-level learning outcome is obtained, and a second grade associated with the second low-level learning outcome is obtained. An outcome grade is calculated based on the first grade and the second grade, which pertains to the high-level outcome.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system are provided. The systems, methods and computer-readable media of embodiments described herein utilize a number of information sources prior to initiation of configuration, implementation and/or maintenance to tailor or flex the process in a manner that is facility- and/or personnel-specific, thus alleviating solicitation of unnecessary information. Such information sources may include, by way of example only, one or more of facility- and/or personnel-specific content, facility and personnel profiles, site profiles, help and knowledge assistance information, and pre-configured content options.

Abstract: A self-customizing, multi-tenanted mobile system includes digitally gathering and disseminating real-time visual intelligence on utility asset damage enabling automated priority analysis and enhanced utility outage response. A preferred embodiment may be made up of, for example, communication module (102) to transfer geo-coded damage imaging and associated metadata simultaneously from multiple outage-causing damage locations to dispatchers and operations personnel in the utility control room and in the field. A mobile application (101) is installed onto the first responder's Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled mobile device (104) to send metadata to a multi-tenanted intelligent platform (MTIP) (106). MTIP (106) determines which utility tenant receives the damage report and customizes all aspects of the technical solution: the first responder mobile application (101), the central web portal (103) and the damage viewing application for utility field personnel (110).

Abstract: A method and system for the collection of supplier performance data and the identification of out-of-control conditions, shifts, and trends. Supplier performance data is collected by a plurality of businesses (customer businesses) on an electronic business network using a centralized web application and server. Once the web application saves the supplier performance data, computer code on the server statistically analyzes the data to identify statistically significant out-of-control conditions, shifts, and trends. If the computer code identifies an out-of-control condition, shift, or trend in a supplier's performance, the computer code notifies all of said supplier's customers within the electronic business network. The present invention increases supply chain visibility beyond a single customer business thereby improving supply chain performance and reducing supply chain risk.

Abstract: Provided is a warehouse management system, comprising a processor and a storage device connected to the processor. The storage device retains work order information which indicates destinations of articles which are received into the warehouse and quantities of the articles to be shipped to each of the destinations, article attribute information including the weights of the articles, and layout information of the warehouse. On the basis of the work order information, the article attribute information, and the layout information, the processor calculates the energy consumption of a worker for carrying out, using each of a plurality of sorting methods, a operation of sorting the articles received into the warehouse for each of the destinations, and outputs the sorting method with the low calculated energy consumption.

Abstract: A consumer-operated device dynamically and interactively communicates with a digital sign of a venue. Navigation/route data to specific points of interest within the venue, as identified by the consumer, are provided on the consumer-operated device for dynamically routing the consumer-operated device to the points of interest within the venue.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for publishing locational copyrighted watermarking video. According to some embodiments, a method for embedding location information into a video comprises: separating the video into at least one key frame and at least one in-between frame set corresponding to the at least one key frame; receiving location data for the at least one key frame; encrypting the location data for the at least one key frame based on a location private key; and embedding the encrypted location data into the at least one key frame.

Abstract: This disclosure describes examples of using two vertex shaders each one during different graphics processing passes in a binning architecture for graphics processing. A first vertex shader processes subset of attributes of a vertex in a binning pass, where the subset of attributes include those that contribute to visibility determination and attributes that may benefit from being processed with a vertex shader that provides functional flexibility. A second, different vertex shader processes another subset of attributes of the vertex in the rendering pass.

Abstract: An existing metadata set that is specific to a color volume transformation model is transformed to a metadata set that is specific to a distinctly different color volume transformation model. For example, source content metadata for a first color volume transformation model is received. This source metadata determines a specific color volume transformation, such as a sigmoidal tone map curve. The specific color volume transformation is mapped to a color volume transformation of a second color volume transformation model, e.g., a Bézier tone map curve. Mapping can be a best fit curve, or a reasonable approximation. Mapping results in metadata values used for the second color volume transformation model (e.g., one or more Bézier curve knee points and anchors). Thus, devices configured for the second color volume transformation model can reasonably render source content according to received source content metadata of the first color volume transformation model.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for implementing GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated address translation for graphics virtualization. In one embodiment, such a system includes a main memory having a plurality of machine physical addresses; a graphics processor unit having graphics memory therein; an address translation service integrated with the graphics processor unit; a hypervisor to manage one or more guest machines; wherein the hypervisor is to configure a lookup table within the graphics memory of the graphics processor unit; and further wherein the address translation service of the graphics processor unit is to translate a guest physical address for one of the one or more guest machines to a corresponding machine physical address within the main memory. Such a graphics processor unit may be implemented separate from a system, for example, embodied within a silicon integrated circuit.

Abstract: The invention provides for a mri system (100) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (158, 168) from a subject.

Abstract: A system receives an encoded image representative of the 2D projection of a cubic image, the encoded image generated from two overlapping hemispherical images separated along a longitudinal plane of a sphere. The system decodes the encoded image to produce a decoded 2D projection of the cubic image, and perform a stitching operation to portions of the decoded 2D projection representative of overlapping portions of the hemispherical images to produce stitched overlapping portions. The system combine the stitched overlapping portions with portions of the decoded 2D projection representative of the non-overlapping portions of the hemispherical images to produce a stitched 2D projection of the cubic image, and encode the stitched 2D projection of the cubic image to produce an encoded cubic projection of the stitched hemispherical images.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) electrically coupled with the display, a memory that stores an image, and a processor. The processor is configured to analyze at least one feature of the image and to determine at least one of a movement range, a movement interval, and a movement period of the image based on the at least one feature. The DDI is configured to display the image in the display when at least part of the processor is deactivated, and to change a display location of the image within the movement range depending on the movement interval and the movement period.

Abstract: A method and a mobile device to display a specific image at the highest layer of a screen are provided. The mobile device displays moving images at a first region of a screen and, if an event to perform a function in a second region of the screen is received, determines a second region for displaying a specific image associated with the event. The mobile device determines whether the second region is overlapped with the first region. If the second region is overlapped with the first region, the mobile device determines a third region not overlapped with the second region. Thereafter, the mobile device displays the specific image at the second region and displays the moving images at the third region.

Abstract: A system for editing preview images. The system includes at least one source end, a control terminal and at least one display end. The control terminal is coupled between the source end and the display end. The source end provides at least one image. The control terminal provides a user interface. The control terminal includes an image capture module, a previewing module and a media parameter module.

Abstract: A graphic character object temporary storage stores parameters of a character and associated default values in a hierarchical data structure and one or more animation object data represented in a hierarchical data structure, the one or more animation object data having an associated animation, the graphic character object temporary storage and the animation object data being part of a local memory of a computer system. A method includes receiving a vector graphic object having character part objects which are represented as geometric shapes, displaying a two dimensional character, changing the scale of a part of the displayed two dimensional character, and storing an adjusted parameter in the graphic character object temporary storage as a percentage change from the default value, displaying a customized two dimensional character, applying keyframe data in an associated animation object data to the character parts objects, and displaying an animation according to the keyframe data.

Abstract: A pair of cameras having an overlapping field of view is aligned based on images captured by image sensors of the pair of cameras. A pixel shift is identified between the images. Based on the identified pixel shift, a calibration is applied to one or both of the pair of cameras. To determine the pixel shift, the camera applies correlation methods including edge matching. Calibrating the pair of cameras may include adjusting a read window on an image sensor. The pixel shift can also be used to determine a time lag, which can be used to synchronize subsequent image captures.

Abstract: Disclosed in this specification are methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on non-transitory computer storage media for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight operation and privacy controls. Based on geofence types, and UAV distance from a geofence, sensors and other devices connected to a UAV are conditionally operational. Image data collected during a UAV flight may be obfuscated by the UAV while in flight, or via a post-flight process using log data generated by the UAV.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a video processing method and a video processing apparatus. The video processing method may include estimating noise of an input video to obtain noise level information of the input video; and selecting, according to the noise level information, a denoising scheme to process the input video. The denoising scheme may merge a plurality of denoising algorithms.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus is provided with: first and second light sources that illuminate a material; an image sensor on which the material is disposed; a mask which includes a light-transmitting part that transmits light and a light-blocking part that blocks light, and which is positioned between the image sensor and the first and second light sources; and a light and dark image processing unit. The image sensor acquires first and second images of the material when illuminated by the first and second light sources, respectively. The light and dark image processing unit derives a difference between a luminance value of a pixel included in the first image and a luminance value of a pixel included in the second image at the same position as the pixel included in the first image, and thereby generates a third image of the material.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a range-information acquisition unit configured to acquire range information on an input image, a gradation assigning unit configured to assign a gradation to each area of the input image using the range information and to convert luminance data on the input image according to the assigned gradation, a representative-color setting unit configured to set a representative color, and a toning unit configured to convert color data on the input image according to the representative color.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for generating local metadata including position information of a similar color mapping region and a color mapping function of the similar color mapping region and a method and apparatus for correcting color components of a pixel in a similar color mapping region based on local metadata.

Abstract: An electronic device for processing one or more images is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit that receives images including at least a part of original images obtained by a plurality of cameras of an external device, a memory that stores the images, and at least one processor that is electrically connected with the communication circuit and the memory. The at least one processor is configured to obtain information associated with at least part of the external device, the electronic device, or the plurality of images, and to perform at least one of a plurality of processes on part of each of the images, or a part of the plurality of processes on the images, based on the information associated with the at least part of the external device, the electronic device, or the images.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating a manufactured part to determine whether the shape of the manufactured part corresponds to an expected shape are described. A method to evaluate the manufactured part includes generating a point cloud of the manufactured part from measurement data relating to the manufactured part, generating a mesh including a plurality of nodes from the point cloud, and determining a normal vector slope, a local second order derivative, and a local third order derivative for each node. The normal vector slope, the local second order derivative, and the local third order derivative at each node provides an angle of curvature at a location on the manufactured part. The method further includes comparing the angle of curvature at the location on the manufactured part with reference data for a nominal part that is representative of one or more expected dimensions of the manufactured part.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus for analysis of growing items having a camera configured to capture multiple sequential images of growing items, a memory comprising an image buffer for storing the images, a processor, software, which when executed on the processor is configured to repeatedly call an image from the image buffer, process the image to identify individual growing items to create item data relating to individual growing items, and update a growing item database by adding the item data wherein the software is configured to run whilst the camera captures further images, and the images are discarded once processed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed, which uses OCT to process a plurality of cross-sectional images obtained by moving an imaging core inside a catheter in an axial direction while rotating the imaging core. Cross-sectional image data is acquired in association with position information in the axial direction when each of the cross-sectional images. A first cross-sectional image in which a disappearance section enabling determination having a disappeared portion of an external elastic membrane included in a vascular tomographic image starts, and a second cross-sectional image in which the disappearance section ends are extracted from the plurality of cross-sectional images. The position information in the axial direction is acquired for the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image, and an ablation range influenced by ablation at a position associated with the disappearance section is calculated based on a difference in the acquired position information in the axial direction.

Abstract: A method for measuring overlay at a semiconductor device on which circuit patterns are formed by a plurality of exposure processes is characterized in including an image capturing step for capturing images of a plurality of areas of the semiconductor device, a reference image setting step for setting a reference image based on a plurality of the images captured in the image capturing step, a difference quantifying step for quantifying a difference between the reference image set in the reference image setting step and the plurality of images captured in the image capturing step, and an overlay calculating step for calculating the overlay based on the difference quantified in the difference quantifying step.

Abstract: Systems for and methods of detecting faults in semiconductor wafers are provided. One method includes, for instance: monitoring, with at least one sensor, a recipe for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer; tracking, with a fault detection system, a set of steps for the recipe; determining a start of a step; sensing a set of data related to at least one parameter of the step; generating, by an imaging system, an image of the set of data; displaying, on a display, the image of the set of data; calculating, by the fault detection system, a pixel area ratio from the image of the set of data; determining if a fault exists in the wafer based upon the pixel area ratio; and displaying, on the display, an indication of the fault during real-time and at an end of the step.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a combined visualizable representation for evaluating dimensions of a target object are disclosed. A method includes generating a mesh having a plurality of nodes and corresponding to one or more measurements for a target object, overlaying the mesh on a nominal object created from reference data representative of one or more expected dimensions of the target object, and evaluating each node for a plurality of criteria to obtain a plurality of criteria values. Each criterion is an expression of an amount of error between each node and a corresponding point on the nominal object. The method further includes assigning a weighted value to each criteria value to obtain weighted criteria values, generating a visualizable representation of each weighted criteria value to obtain visualizable representations, and combining each visualizable representation into a combined visualizable representation that indicates each one of the weighted criteria values.

Abstract: A method for facilitating detection of at least one anomaly in a representation of a product having a pattern is provided. The method involves causing at least one processor to receive image data representing the product during processing, identify from the image data generally similar images representing respective instances of a repeated aspect of the pattern, each of the images including image element values, generate a set of corresponding image element values including an image element value from each image, identify at least one image element value from the set of corresponding image element values to be excluded from a subset of the set of corresponding image element values, generate at least one criterion based on the subset, and cause the at least one criterion to be used to facilitate identification of the at least one anomaly. Other methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a defect detection device capable of measuring the volume of surface defects. The defect detection device includes: an imaging device configured to image an image of an inspection object; a binarization processing unit configured to subject the image to first and second binarization processing by use of different first and second binarization thresholds, so as to calculate first and second sizes for an identical defect in the image; a ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a first ratio of the second size to the first size; and a depth determination unit configured to determine a depth of the defect depending on the first ratio.

Abstract: The present invention provides a label inspection and rejection system and method for positioning a product package having at least two labels provided thereon relative to at least two cameras to facilitate capturing pictures and/or video of the at least two labels on the product package and for rejecting the product package if the product package is mislabeled. A frame assembly configured to support the at least two cameras thereon includes an upper portion for supporting a first of the at least two cameras and a lower portion for supporting a second of the at least two cameras. The frame assembly defines a product-transit area between the upper portion and the lower portion that extends through the frame assembly. A first conveyor mechanism includes a first carrier and a second carrier spaced apart from one another in the product-transit area.

Abstract: A fully automatic brain tumor segmentation and classification method and system improve the healthcare experience with machine intelligence. The automatic brain tumor segmentation and classification method and system utilize whole tumor segmentation and multi-class tumor segmentation to provide accurate analysis.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus quantify mass effect deformation in diagnostic images of patients demonstrating glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). One example apparatus includes an image acquisition circuit that acquires an image of a region of tissue demonstrating GBM pathology, a delineation circuit that segments a tumor region from the image, a pre-processing circuit that generates a pre-processed image by pre-processing the segmented image, a registration circuit that registers the pre-processed image with a template image of a healthy brain, a deformation quantification circuit that computes a set of differences between a position of a brain sub-structure represented in the registered image relative to the position of the brain sub-structure represented in the template image. Embodiments may include a classification circuit that classifies the region of tissue as a long or short-term survivor based, at least in part, on the set of differences.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments detect nuclei in histopathological images. One example method includes accessing a histopathology image that includes a plurality of pixels, generating a gradient field map based on the histopathology image, generating a refined gradient field map based on the gradient field map, calculating a voting map for a member of the plurality of pixels based, at least in part, on the refined gradient field map and a voting kernel, generating an aggregated voting map based on the voting map, computing a global threshold, and identifying a nuclear centroid based on the global threshold and the aggregated voting map.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus which processes a medical image including a plurality of structures, the apparatus including: a memory in which a previous shape model including a set of contours of a specific structure based on an anatomical position is stored as previous information; and a hardware processor that: locates the previous shape model in the medical image; calculates, for the medical image, image feature amounts at positions which overlap the contours in the located previous shape model; and extracts contours of the specific structure by detecting candidate points of the specific structure based on the contours in the previous shape model and the image feature amounts.

Abstract: An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a tissue characteristic parameter value with respect to each of a plurality of positions within a region of interest, by analyzing a result of a scan performed on a patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a measurement region in the region of interest by performing an analysis while using the tissue characteristic parameter values. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a statistic value of the tissue characteristic parameter values in the measurement region.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a probability distribution of luminance of a pixel in a plurality of perspective images including the luminance of the pixel which is superposition of luminance components resulting from respective objects, based on an occurrence frequency of a perspective image in which the luminance of the pixel has respective values of a plurality of values; a distribution estimation unit that estimates a mixture distribution indicating the acquired probability distribution; a component estimation unit that estimates a component corresponding to a smallest expectation value distribution of which an expectation value is the smallest among a plurality of partial distributions that form the estimated mixture distribution, and forming at least a portion of the luminance of the pixel; a removal unit that removes the estimated component from the luminance of the pixel included in the perspective image.

Abstract: A system that helps facilitate the creation of more comprehensive official radiological reports by remotely accessing a patient's prior outside imaging studies along with official radiological reports through a cloud server for comparison to current studies performed at a medical institute. The system includes universal interface software that will allow for previous patient studies to be automatically pulled for direct comparison by using advanced automatic tagging techniques. Additionally the universal interface software allows for more efficient accession number assignment when official second opinions are requested, and a means for interfacility peer review.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to automatically detect choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the outer retina using OCT angiography. Further disclosed are methods of removing projection artifacts from the outer retina and for combining brightness, orientation, and position information in a context-aware saliency model to quantify CNV area in OCT angiograms.

Abstract: Methods and systems for surface normal estimation are disclosed. In some aspects, a plurality of images or depth maps representing a three dimensional object from multiple viewpoints is received. Surface normals at surface points within a single image of the plurality of images are estimated based on surface points within the single image. An electronic representation of a three dimensional surface of the object is generated based on the surface normals and a point cloud comprised of surface points derived from the plurality of images.

Abstract: A speed detecting apparatus comprising: an image capturing apparatus, configured to capture at least one object to be detected image for an object to be detected; and a speed computing apparatus, configured to compute a moving speed for the object to be detected according to an after image length for an after image in the object to be detected image.

Abstract: A method for tracking a subject in successive image frames includes obtaining previous image frames with an imaging device, processing the previous image frames, obtaining motion information of the imaging device and a subject, determining a region of interest, obtaining a subsequent image frame, and processing the region of interest. The processing includes determining previous frame positions of the subject therein. The motion information is obtained with sensors physically associated with one o more of the imaging device and the subject. The region of interest is located in a predetermined spatial relationship relative to a predicted frame position of the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a trailer tracking apparatus (2) for monitoring movement of a trailer (3) connected to a vehicle (1). The trailer tracking apparatus (2) has a controller (5) comprising an electronic processor (6) having an electrical input for receiving image data (DAT) from an imaging sensor (10) disposed on the vehicle (1). An electronic memory device (7) having instructions stored therein is electrically coupled to the electronic processor (6). The electronic processor (6) is configured to access the memory device (7) and to execute the instructions stored therein. The electronic processor (6) is operable to select a subset of said image data (DATSUB1). One or more element (16) are detected and monitored within the selected subset (DATSUB1) of said image data (DAT). The electronic processor (6) determines movement of the trailer (3) relative to the vehicle (1) in dependence on evolution of said one or more detected element (16) with respect to time.

Abstract: A mobile object tracking system has one or more imaging devices for capturing images of a site, one or more reference wireless devices in wireless communication with one or more mobile wireless devices (MWDs) via one or more wireless signals, and one or more received signal strength models (RSSMs) of the site for the wireless signals. Each MWD is associated with a mobile object and movable therewith. The system tracks the mobile objects by combining the captured images, the received signal strength (RSS) observables of the wireless signals, and the RSSMs. The system may calibrate the RSSMs at an initial stage and during mobile object tracking.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an image obtaining unit obtaining a first image and a second image different from the first image; a deformation information obtaining unit obtaining deformation information representing deformation between the first image and the second image; a deformed image generating unit generating a first deformed image of the first image deformed in accordance with the second image and a second deformed image of the second image deformed in accordance with the first image; and a display controlling unit displaying the first image, the second image, an image based on the first deformed image, and an image based on the second deformed image is used.

Abstract: The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display, including receiving and selectively filtering a plurality of measurement vectors from a rate-gyroscope. Systems of the described technology include including a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately render graphical user interface information on a display.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing visual regression testing for a software application. In one embodiment, a regression testing tool identifies a first collection of web pages from a first version of the application, and captures an image of each identified web page. The regression testing tool identifies, for one or more of the identified web pages, a corresponding web page in a second collection of web pages from a second version of the application, and captures an image of the corresponding web pages. The regression testing tool identifies differences in pixel values for images in the first collection and images in the second collection to determine differences between the image of at least one web page in the first collection and the image of the corresponding web page. The regression testing tool generates an image providing a visualization of the one or more differences.

Abstract: A method for generating virtual reality (VR) content includes obtaining source information from original media content. retrieving characteristic information stored in a first memory based on the obtained source information wherein the retrieved characteristic information related to the original media content, generating the VR content by combining the retrieved characteristics information and the obtained source information, wherein at least one feature of the retrieved characteristic information is mapped to a corresponding at least one feature of the obtained source information, and outputting the generated VR content and the original media content to be reproduced to a viewer.