Patents Issued in December 24, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200402187
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing digital reality experiences and decentralized transactions of real estate projects, comprising a server with a memory storing data models and data of virtual replicas of real estate properties stored in a project database and instructions for processing the virtual replicas, and a processor configured to process the data to provide digital reality experiences for users; and user devices connected to the server via a network, configured to detect and track virtual objects of the real estate projects and to output media content to users, enabling digital reality experiences. The server and the user devices are further configured to connect to a distributed ledger platform enabling decentralized record of user interactions comprising transactions with the real estate property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TMRW Foundation IP & Holding S. À R.L.
    Inventor: Cevat Yerli
  • Publication number: 20200402188
    Abstract: A system for performing community compliance includes a system administration for generating and supporting a website and mobile application for facilitating communication between a property management interface device, a driver interface device and a community interface device. A data capture platform having a vehicle mounted camera and a location module are communicatively linked to the driver interface device. A method for performing community compliance includes capturing audiovisual information and address information from a vehicle driving through a community; performing a virtual drive through of the community using the captured community data; identifying violations of the community rules, and generating a violation report to be sent to the subject property. The method also includes generating a community report listing all violation notices sent and a log outlining the time and date the data platform visited the community.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Wesley Hunt, Kraig Carmickle
  • Publication number: 20200402189
    Abstract: The invention relates to field of filing legal documents via the cloud (100, 130). The best mode of this invention is considered to be cloud based internet filing and storage system of legal documents that allows the user to compose and file documents, based on computer generated attorney instructions, forms and letter templates, without actually hiring an attorney. The invention has the advantage of providing legally correct advice at an affordable price to the end customer in multiple jurisdictions and substantive fields at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Mikko VAANANEN
  • Publication number: 20200402190
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electronic arbitration of a smart contract in response to environmental sensor data are provided. An environmental sensor signal may include an electronic sensor identifier. A signal context matcher may process the sensor signal at the IOT edge and route sensor signal data to a remote electronic arbitrator. The arbitrator may identify a smart contract on a distributed ledger based on the sensor signal data. The arbitrator may identify a smart contract modification based on the sensor signal data. The arbitrator may instruct a smart contract reviser to validate and execute modified smart contract code corresponding to the smart contract modification using DLT protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Govinda Rajulu Nelluri
  • Publication number: 20200402191
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to send a signal representing a first question and a set of pictogram answers associated with the first question and a second question, different from the first question, and a set of pictogram answers associated with the second question. The first question and the second question can define a health-related survey such as a health-risk assessment. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the first question and receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the second question. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to define a health-related user profile based on the user selection to the first question and the second question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Audax Health Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Grant VERSTANDIG, Alexander SIEDLECKI
  • Publication number: 20200402192
    Abstract: Methods and systems for creating web-based interactive maps for emergency responders are provided. The method may commence with receiving floor plan data and generating a floor plan of a facility. The method may continue with creating an interactive web-based map of the facility by superimposing the floor plan onto a map of an area associated with the facility. The method may further include receiving locations of assets associated with the facility. Based on the floor plan data and the locations of assets, a plurality of layers of the interactive web-based map may be created. Each layer may be labeled with icons identifying a selection of the assets. The method may further include receiving incident data associated with the facility and making one or more of the plurality of layers of the interactive web-based map available to the emergency responder based on a role of the emergency responder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Vincent Dahm, Kevin Wayne Dahm, II, Kevin Wayne Dahm, Jeanmarie Dahm
  • Publication number: 20200402193
    Abstract: A computer apparatus, such as a validator node, for validating incident-related data records in a distributed electronic ledger is configured to receive a request from an agent to add a proposed incident-related data record associated with an incident to the distributed electronic ledger. In response to the proposed incident-related data record, the computer apparatus determines, from the distributed electronic ledger, one or more attributes of the agent or incident. The computer apparatus determines whether the proposed incident-related data record satisfies validation criteria based at least partially on the one or more attributes of the agent or incident. Once validated, the computer apparatus may then append the proposed incident-related data record to the distributed electronic ledger. Alternatively, the proposed incident-related data record may be appended regardless of validity, but an indication of validity may be appended if the proposed incident-related data record is validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: FRANCESCA SCHULER, THOMAS S MESSERGES, BRADLEY M. HIBEN, DANIEL A LAW, ERIC JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20200402194
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing information for an on-demand service. The method may include: receiving service request information from a service requester. The service request information may include information relating to a location of the service requester; determining a candidate meetup location set based at least in part on the service request information. The candidate meetup location set may include at least one candidate meetup location; sending the candidate meetup location to the service requester; receiving processed data related to the candidate meetup location set by the service requester; and generating a processing result based at least in part on the processed data related to the candidate meetup location set by the service requester. Also disclosed is a system for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoxue WU, Zexiang HUANG, Shengwei LI, Fan DING, Kaijie QIN, Yigang WEN, Chuang LIU, Yanjun LU
  • Publication number: 20200402195
    Abstract: An online computer database system that enables users to create, match up and settle bets about how experts will characterize or describe specified information. The system displays these bets and bet data, and associates the bet data and statistics with the specified information, thus providing a new way to evaluate, describe and label that information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Michael T. Rossides
  • Publication number: 20200402196
    Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate asynchronous execution at a processing unit. The apparatus includes one or more processors to detect independent task passes that may be executed out of order in a pipeline of the processing unit, schedule a first set of processing tasks to be executed at a first set of processing elements at the processing unit and schedule a second set of tasks to be executed at a second set of processing elements, wherein execution of the first set of tasks at the first set of processing elements is to be performed simultaneous and in parallel to execution of the second set of tasks at the second set of processing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Sharma, Michael Apodaca, Aditya Navale, Travis Schluessler, Vamsee Vardhan Chivukula, Abhishek Venkatesh, Subramaniam Maiyuran
  • Publication number: 20200402197
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for executing partial processes on each of plural image-section data items, corresponding to plural image sections obtained by dividing an input image into partial regions, in each object of an object group in which plural objects for executing image processing is connected in a directed acyclic graph form, the image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: assign dependency relationships to the partial processes between the objects; assign a priority to a partial process of an object arranged in a terminal stage of the object group; assign, as a priority of a partial process of an object arranged at a pre-stage side which has at least one partial process that is connected at a post-stage side and that has the dependency relationship assigned, a largest value of the priority; and execute a partial process having become executable according to the dependency relationship, according to the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi NAGAO, Kazuyuki ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20200402198
    Abstract: A general-purpose graphics processor comprising a first set of compute units, a second set of compute units, and a memory coupled with the first set of compute units and the second set of compute units is described. The memory is configured to merge a first read request to an address block of the memory with a second read request to the address block of the memory to reduce a number of memory accesses to a memory bank associated with the address block. The graphics processor can also include a memory arbiter that can multicast merged reads to the compute units associated with the merged reads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Subramaniam Maiyuran, Varghese George, Vivek Kumar Ilanchelian
  • Publication number: 20200402199
    Abstract: Aspects include a multistage collector to receive outputs from plural processing elements. Processing elements may comprise (each or collectively) a plurality of clusters, with one or more ALUs that may perform SIMD operations on a data vector and produce outputs according to the instruction stream being used to configure the ALU(s). The multistage collector includes substituent components each with at least one input queue, a memory, a packing unit, and an output queue; these components can be sized to process groups of input elements of a given size, and can have multiple input queues and a single output queue. Some components couple to receive outputs from the ALUs and others receive outputs from other components. Ultimately, the multistage collector can output groupings of input elements. Each grouping of elements (e.g., at input queues, or stored in the memories of component) can be formed based on matching of index elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: James Alexander McCombe, Steven John Clohset, Jason Rupert Redgrave, Luke Tilman Peterson
  • Publication number: 20200402200
    Abstract: An application processor includes a reconfigurable hardware scaler which includes dedicated circuits configured to perform different scaling techniques, respectively and a shared circuit configured to be shared by the dedicated circuits. One of the different scaling techniques is performed by one of the dedicated circuits and the shared circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Chul YOON, Ha Na YANG
  • Publication number: 20200402201
    Abstract: A method is implemented at an electronic device for displaying output from an application. The electronic device includes a display module and an application. The application sends to the display module a request to display output on the fixed orientation display. The display module determines whether the application is able to scale the output from the application to fit the fixed orientation display. In accordance with a determination that the application is able to scale the output, the electronic device causes the application to receive information concerning the fixed orientation display from the display module and scale the output for display on the fixed orientation display according to the information. In accordance with a determination that the application is not able to scale the output, the display module scales the output received from the application, thereby enabling the output of the application to be displayed on the fixed orientation display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Brady, Dianne Hackborn, Jason Bayer
  • Publication number: 20200402202
    Abstract: A method for interpolating values of an attribute for an image grid may include determining a root value of the attribute for a root node located centrally in the image grid, pre-calculating metadata for multiple child nodes in one or more hierarchical levels based on one or more gradients of the attribute, and deriving values of the attribute for each of the child nodes at each of the hierarchical levels based on the corresponding root value and metadata for the hierarchical level of each child node, wherein each child node may be used as a root node in the next hierarchical level. The image grid may have multiple outer cells arranged radially around a central cell, and the root node may be located in the central cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Rahul KUMAR, FNU GURUPAD, David TANNENBAUM
  • Publication number: 20200402203
    Abstract: An interpolation method may include scheduling spatially adjacent image blocks for interpolation, and calculating ranges of values of an attribute of the image blocks, wherein at least one value for a first one of the image blocks may be used for a second one of the image blocks. Calculating the ranges of values may include calculating a root value of the attribute at a root location of an array of the spatially adjacent image blocks, and adding incremental values of the attribute to the root value at points of the image blocks that are offset from the root location. The root location may be centrally located in an array of the spatially adjacent image blocks. The interpolation may be calculated in a diagonal hierarchical manner based on a plane equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Rahul KUMAR, FNU GURUPAD, David TANNENBAUM
  • Publication number: 20200402204
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for medical imaging, e.g., Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging or Computed Tomography (CT) imaging, using neural networks are provided. In one aspect, an imaging method includes: determining a first neural network and a second neural network corresponding to a target imaging task, the first neural network including a first neural network parameter and a first neural network model, the second neural network including a second neural network parameter and a second neural network model, obtaining a reconstructed image by performing reconstruction for down-sampling data of a tissue under test using the first neural network, the target imaging task corresponding to the tissue under test, and obtaining an image output by a second neural network as a target image of the tissue under test by performing an image processing operation corresponding to the target imaging task for the reconstructed image using the second neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Feng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200402205
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for increasing the image resolution of a digital image is provided. The method includes performing bicubic upsampling of the digital image to generate a base high-resolution (HR) image. The digital image is converted from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a Luma (Y), Chroma Blue Difference (Cb), and Chroma Red Difference (Cr) (YCbCr) color space to generate a low-resolution (LR) residual image. A plurality of convolutional layers of a neural network model is applied to the LR residual image to convert it to a plurality of HR residual sub-images corresponding to the digital image. An HR image corresponding to the digital image is generated using the base HR image and the plurality of HR residual sub-images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Su, Xin Liu, Hongyu Sun, Xiaoxing Zhu, Fan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200402206
    Abstract: With a wide angle-of-view image acquired by an image pickup unit 21-1 as a reference, a signal processing unit 30 performs super-resolution processing by using a plurality of narrow angle-of-view images acquired by an image pickup unit 21-2 that uses a lens having a higher MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) than the image pickup unit 21-1. A control unit 60 controls the signal processing unit 30 so as to select an image having a range of angle of view according to a zoom magnification indicated by user's operation from the image subjected to the super-resolution processing. In the super-resolution processing, according to a detection result of parallax from a narrow angle-of-view image and the wide angle-of-view image acquired at the same time and a motion detection result for each of the plurality of narrow angle-of-view images, parallax compensation and motion compensation are performed on the plurality of narrow angle-of-view images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: HIDEYUKI ICHIHASHI, TOMOHIRO NISHI, YIWEN ZHU, MASATOSHI YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200402207
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm or from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20200402208
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20200402209
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises a laser mapping pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20200402210
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames of the plurality of exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20200402211
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for image reconstruction. Actions include receiving an image acquired by an endoscopic system including an optical fiber bundle with multiple optical fibers, each optical fiber being surrounded by cladding, determining in the image fiber core locations corresponding to the optical fibers, reconstructing missing information from the image using interpolation performed in accordance with the fiber core locations, the missing information corresponding to artifacts in the acquired image that result from the cladding, and providing a fiber-pattern removed image, in which the artifacts in the acquired image are removed using the missing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Pu Wang, Francesco Cutrale, Scott E. Fraser
  • Publication number: 20200402212
    Abstract: A method for updating a fixed pattern noise matrix comprises: calculating a first difference between a target and first different images in a video stream to obtain a first differential matrix; calculating a second difference between the target and second different images in the video stream to obtain a second differential matrix; identifying a set of candidate positions for fixed pattern noise by: locating first and second sets of positions in the first differential matrix at which a difference deviates from predetermined values, finding a set of overlapping positions between the first and second sets of positions, and adjusting the set of overlapping positions. The adjusted set of overlapping positions is used for fixed pattern noise. Furthermore, each position in the set of candidate positions is updated, wherein the updated fixed pattern noise value at each position is based on a value at a corresponding non-adjusted position in the differential matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Thomas Winzell, Jesper Bengtsson
  • Publication number: 20200402213
    Abstract: Imposing a priori knowledge to estimate turbulence. The method includes receiving, at a memory, an original input image from an imaging instrument having an imaging wavelength and an optical aperture; and receiving, via a user input device and a graphical user interface, input of two or more points configured to substantially represent at least one feature. A processor estimates an atmospheric correlation length based on the received input of the two or more points, the imaging wavelength, and a size of the optical aperture. The processor mitigates turbulence in the original input image; and calculates a strength of the at least one feature based on the received input of the two or more points; until the atmospheric correlation length is optimal. If the atmospheric correlation length is not optimal, repeating the mitigation and calculation steps. The method also includes generating a turbulence-mitigated image based on the optimal atmospheric correlation length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gregory K. Fleizach, Kevin D. Casey
  • Publication number: 20200402214
    Abstract: Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a method for rendering a background in an image by an electronic device (100). The method includes recognizing, by the electronic device (100), foreground objects and background objects of the image. Further, the method includes determining, by the electronic device (100), a context of the foreground objects and a context of the background objects in the image. Further, the method includes determining, by the electronic device (100), a background pattern based on the context of the foreground objects and the context of the background objects. Further, the method includes modifying, by the electronic device (100), the background of the image based on the background pattern. Further, the method includes displaying, by the electronic device (100), the image with the modified background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Debayan MUKHERJEE, Amit Kumar SONI, Ritesh Ranjan SINGH, Vishal Bhushan JHA, Vishnupriya Surendranath KAULGUD, Ashika SINGH, Alok Shankarlal SHUKLA, Girish KULKARNI, Kiran Nanjunda IYER, Madhupa CHOWDHURY, Saketh SHARMA, Balvinder SINGH, Dipesh Amritlal SHAH, Narasimha Gopalakrishna PAI, Prasanna Kumar AVANIGADDA, Raushan KUMAR, Roopa Sheshadri KOTIGANAHALLY, Saumitri CHOUDHURY, Viswanath GOPALAKRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20200402215
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a synthesized medical image patch of a nodule. An initial medical image patch and a class label associated with a nodule to be synthesized are received. The initial medical image patch has a masked portion and an unmasked portion. A synthesized medical image patch is generated using a trained generative adversarial network. The synthesized medical image patch includes the unmasked portion of the initial medical image patch and a synthesized nodule replacing the masked portion of the initial medical image patch. The synthesized nodule is synthesized according to the class label. The synthesized medical image patch is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Siqi Liu, Sasa Grbic, Arnaud Arindra Adiyoso, Zhoubing Xu, Eli Gibson, Guillaume Chabin, Bogdan Georgescu, Dorin Comaniciu
  • Publication number: 20200402216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus obtains first characteristic information, which is provided according to a plurality of sections of content and corresponds to an image characteristic of a section to be displayed among the plurality of seconds, from a signal received in the signal receiver, obtains first image-quality setting information for setting image quality of the section based on the obtained first characteristic information, obtains second characteristic information corresponding to an image characteristic of a frame included in the section from the frame, obtains second image-quality setting information for setting image quality of the frame based on the obtained first image-quality setting information and the obtained second characteristic information, and controls the display to display an image of the frame, the image quality of the frame being set based on the obtained second image-quality setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beomjoon KIM, Seungho PARK, Minjae LEE, Youngseok HAN
  • Publication number: 20200402217
    Abstract: Inventive aspects include a binning unit for coarse depth culling during binning of pixel geometries. The binning unit includes a rasterizer to receive primitives, and generates pixel coverage information and depth information. The binning unit includes one or more local culling stages to perform local culling within a window of primitives. The local culling unit outputs a set of surviving coverage and surviving depth information. The binning unit includes one or more global culling stages to use the set of the surviving coverage and the surviving depth information to further cull based on an entirety of previously received coverage information and depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Abhinav GOLAS, Nicholas SOHRE, Santosh George ABRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20200402218
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of further enhancing an effect of reducing blurring or noise in an image at the time of MFNR. An information processing apparatus including a control unit that selects a reference image from a plurality of images continuously captured by an image capturing apparatus, on the basis of information of the image capturing apparatus acquired by an inertial sensor when each of the images is captured, and superimposes remaining images on the reference image while performing alignment with the reference image, to combine the images into one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuta OKANO
  • Publication number: 20200402219
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for augmented reality vehicle condition inspection. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a location analyzer to determine whether a camera is at an inspection location and directed towards a first vehicle in an inspection profile, the inspection location corresponding to a location of the camera relative to the first vehicle, an interface generator to generate an indication on a display that the camera is at the inspection location, the indication associated with an inspection image being captured, and an image analyzer to compare the inspection image captured at the inspection location with a reference image taken of a reference vehicle of a same type as the first vehicle, and determine a vehicle part condition or a vehicle condition based on the comparison of the inspection image and the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Gilbert, Eliot Winer, Jack Miller, Alex Renner, Nathan Sepich, Vinodh Sankaranthi, Chris Gallant, David Wehr, Rafael Radkowski, Cheng Song
  • Publication number: 20200402220
    Abstract: The present invention provides an on-line real-time diagnosis system and method for wind turbine blade (WTB) damage. The system includes a four-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a cloud database, and a computer system. The four-rotor UAV captures images of WTBs in real time, and transmits the images to the computer system. The cloud database stores an image library used for a Visual Geometry Group (VGG)-19 net image classification method, where an image in the image library stored in the cloud database is dynamically captured from a network. The computer system is used to perform training by using the image library to obtain an improved VGG-19 net image classification method, and classify, by using the improved VGG-19 net image classification method, the images of the WTBs received from the four-rotor UAV, to obtain a WTB damage diagnosis and classification result and a damage grading result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chaoyi Dong, Xiaoyi Zhao, Xiaoyan Chen
  • Publication number: 20200402221
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of generating a discriminator having high inference precision at low cost. An inspection system according to one aspect of the present invention generates, from first image data, plural pieces of second image data of a product; determines, by a first discriminator, whether to adopt each piece of the second image data as learning data; generates a learning data set by the second image data that is determined to be adopted as learning data; constructs, by applying machine learning using the generated learning data set, a second discriminator that determines the acceptability of a product; and uses the constructed second discriminator to determine the acceptability of a product in target image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihisa IJIRI
  • Publication number: 20200402222
    Abstract: Implementations describe systems and methods for machine based defect detection of molds for orthodontic aligners. A method of one embodiment of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processor, a digital representation of the fabricated mold for the orthodontic aligner, the digital representation having been generated based on imaging of the fabricated mold. The method further includes analyzing, by the processor, the digital representation of the fabricated mold to identify a quality-related property of the fabricated mold. The method further includes determining, based on the quality-related property, that the fabricated mold comprises a defect. The method further includes classifying, by the processor, the fabricated mold as defective based on determining that the fabricated mold comprises the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Paren Indravadan Shah, Anatoliy Parpara, Andrey Cherkas, Alexey Kalinichenko
  • Publication number: 20200402223
    Abstract: A system for improved localization of image forgery. The system generates a variational information bottleneck objective function and works with input image patches to implement an encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder-decoder architecture controls an information flow between the input image patches and a representation layer. The system utilizes information bottleneck to learn useful residual noise patterns and ignore semantic content present in each input image patch. The system trains a neural network to learn a representation indicative of a statistical fingerprint of a source camera model from each input image patch while excluding semantic content thereof. The system can determine a splicing manipulation localization by the trained neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Insurance Services Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Aurobrata Ghosh, Steve Cruz, Terrance E. Boult, Maneesh Kumar Singh, Venkata Subbarao Veeravarasapu, Zheng Zhong
  • Publication number: 20200402224
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a polymer membrane, which can improve accuracy of structural analysis of the polymer membrane and shorten the analysis time by effectively removing noise is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Ju Ryu, Se Jin Ku, Mi Sook Lee, Sung Soo Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200402225
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a defect generated in a substrate, includes: a first storage part for storing a first image data for defect classification determination, which includes a defect region in which the defect is generated and a surrounding region of the defect region; a first estimation part for estimating a first type of defect by using a deep learning system, based on the first image data; a second storage part for storing a second image data for defect classification estimation; which is obtained by expressing the defect region and the surrounding region by a binarized data; a second estimation part for estimating a second type of defect by using a rule-based system, based on an attribute of the defect region extracted from the second image data; and a comprehensive determination part for comprehensively determining a type of defect based on the first and second types of defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Shuji IWANAGA
  • Publication number: 20200402226
    Abstract: A computer-implemented image analysis method and system. The method comprises: quantifying one or more features segmented and identified from a medical image of a subject; extracting clinically relevant features from non-image data pertaining to the subject; assessing the features segmented from the medical image and the features extracted from the non-image data with a trained machine learning model; and outputting one or more results of the assessing of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Yu PENG
  • Publication number: 20200402227
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus having a simple configuration and enabled to evaluate a state of a subject in view of an adverse effect of an ambient light source, and an image processing method, and a program. A difference square root sum between a subject spectral characteristic corresponding to a spectral characteristic of a skin of a user used as a subject in a captured image and a spectral characteristic of a preferred state is determined, and on the basis of comparison of the difference square root sum with a predetermined threshold, the state of the skin, used as a subject, is evaluated, and a recommended product corresponding to the evaluation result is presented. The present disclosure can be applied to a recommended product presenting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: SHINICHIRO GOMI, ATSUSHI ITO, TAKESHI UEMORI
  • Publication number: 20200402228
    Abstract: Image rotation in an endoscopic hyperspectral imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a rotation sensor for detecting an angle of rotation of a lumen relative to a handpiece of an endoscope. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, or from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20200402229
    Abstract: An X-ray image quality control system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image and determine the type of imaged body part and the type of projection mode. A quality detection unit is configured to detect an image defect in the X-ray image with regard to the type of the imaged body part and/or the type of the projection mode. The quality control system can effectively identify image defects including inaccurate positioning, patient movement, external object artifacts, and poor exposure. The system can also provide feedback to the technician at the image capture point, which helps to adjust the image capture solution in a timely manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mingzhi CHEN, Xinyu ZHANG, Minggang SHE, Dongdong LI
  • Publication number: 20200402230
    Abstract: A method is for providing an aggregate algorithm for processing medical data. In an embodiment, a multitude of local algorithms are trained by machine learning. The training of each respective local algorithm is performed on a respective local system using respective local training data. A respective algorithm dataset concerning the respective local algorithm is transferred to an aggregating system that generates the aggregate algorithm based on the algorithm datasets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Max SCHOEBINGER, Michael WELS
  • Publication number: 20200402231
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for tumor lesion identification, segmentation, tracking and analysis, wherein a 3D spatial distribution of the tumor lesions in a target organ forms a unique 3D point structure for a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sissy M. Jhiang, Chia-Hsiang Menq, Peng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200402232
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automated identification of acute aortic syndromes in computed tomography images. A region of interest in a chest of a patient is imaged via a computed tomography (CT) scanner to provide images at a plurality of locations. The region of interest includes one of an ascending aorta, an aortic arch, and a descending aorta of the patient. For each of the plurality of locations within the region of interest, a value representing a variation in radiodensity values within the location is determined from the image to provide a set of variation values. A parameter representing a likelihood that the patient is experiencing an acute aortic syndrome is determined via a derived model from the set of variation values. The parameter representing the likelihood that the patient is experiencing the acute aortic syndrome is provided to a user at an associated output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Schoenhagen, Po-Hao Chen, David Piraino, Nancy Obuchowski
  • Publication number: 20200402233
    Abstract: A user may be directed to the nail application (e.g., a mobile application that provides the various augmented reality and booking features discussed herein) via interactions with a social media site. For example, a user may browse Facebook and see a friend's post or advertisement regarding a nail design, or more generally, some artwork that the user feels would look nice as a nail design. The user may select the artwork and be redirected to the nail application to begin an augmented reality testing of one or more nail artwork designs and/or schedule treatments. In some embodiments, the social media website utilizes an API provided by the data center (e.g. the entity that coordinates the treatment booking process and provides augmented reality software to the users) so that the user can “Touch to try-on” a particular design team in social media by clicking on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis W. Dawson, Jr., Filippo Rossi, Taha Fayez Taha, Mohamad Fayez Taha
  • Publication number: 20200402234
    Abstract: A piece of medical information, e.g., a medical image of tissue, may be received for processing and analysis on a computing device or system. A region of the medical image may be analyzed to determine a presence of one or more contours in the region. One or more properties of the one or more contours may be extracted, where the one or more properties are inputted into a first algorithm to determine an indication of cancer for the region. The indication of cancer may be inputted into a second algorithm to generate a cancer score for the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: CureMetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: William Scott Daughton, Hoanh X. Vu, Homayoun Karimabadi
  • Publication number: 20200402235
    Abstract: An oxygen saturation calculating unit calculates, based on an observation image, an oxygen saturation included in the observation target. A reliability calculating unit calculates, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information. A reference value processing unit sets, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability. A difference image generating unit calculates a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generates, based on the difference value, a difference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norimasa SHIGETA, Takaaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200402236
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for computer-aided prostate condition diagnosis are disclosed. An example computer-aided prostate condition diagnosis apparatus includes memory to store instructions and a processor. The example processor can detect a lesion from an image of a prostate gland and generate a mapping of the lesion from the image to a sector map, the generating the mapping of the lesion comprising identifying a depth region of the lesion, wherein the depth region indicates a location of the lesion along a depth axis. The processor can also provide the sector map comprising a representation of the lesion within the prostate gland mapped from the image to the sector map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Adele Courot, Nicolas Gogin, Baptiste Perrin, Lorraine Jammes, Lucile Nosjean, Melodie Sperandio