36th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130230156 | Customized Caller ID Based Upon Called Party Number - A “customized” caller ID service platform is utilized within a telecommunications network (which may be the PSTN, an IP network, or any other network for supporting voice communication) to allow for the caller ID information transmitted to a called party to be tailored to the specific called party. A database within the platform is configured to store a listing of registered subscribers and a set of “pre-defined called numbers” associated with each subscriber. For each listed number, the subscriber provides the specific customized information (for example, an account number) that is to be transmitted to that specific called number as the caller ID information. A registered subscriber is able to gain access to the platform and modify the entries as need be. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230157 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least two user devices in a data communications network. A client-server connection request is received from at least one of the at least two user devices. Call party details of a telephone call are received. The telephone call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. At least one of the first and second identities comprises a telephone dialling number. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230158 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for data with respect to at least two user devices in a packet switched communications network in parallel to a voice session via a circuit switched network. Call party details of a telephony call are received. The telephony call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details and depending on the capabilities of the user devices. The communications session is separate from the telephone call, for the communication of data to and/or from at least two user devices. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230159 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least two user devices in a data communications network. Call party details of a telephone call are received. The telephone call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. At least one of the first and second identities comprises a telephone dialling number. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details. The communications session is separate from the telephone call, for the communication of data to and/or from the at least two user devices. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230160 | CALL AND DATA CORRESPONDENCE IN A CALL-IN CENTER EMPLOYING VIRTUAL RESTRUCTURING FOR COMPUTER TELEPHONY INTEGRATED FUNCTIONALITY - A call center having agent stations comprising telephones connected to computer stations by a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI)-compliant bridge has data pertaining to callers stored in a database on a local area network (LAN) to which the computer stations are also connected. Origination data for incoming calls, both conventional calls to the telephones and computer-simulated calls to the computer platforms, is used as a key to extract data pertaining to calls from the database for display on video display units (VDUs) of the computer workstations where the calls are terminated. In some cases, data is only extracted and displayed for calls from previously listed origination points. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230161 | System and Method of Delivering Ringback Audio Content - A system and method of delivering ringback audio content are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a connection request at an originating serving call session control function (S-CSCF) network element. The connection request indicates that a caller device has placed a call to a destination device associated with a ringback audio content service subscriber. The method also includes receiving a plurality of naming authority pointer (NAPTR) records at the originating S-CSCF network element from a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server. The NAPTR records include a plurality of ringback audio uniform resource indicators (URIs) associated with the destination device. The method also includes modifying the connection request to include the plurality of ringback audio URIs. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230162 | System and Method of Automated Order Status Retrieval - A computer-readable storage device stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including prompting a caller during a call for an order identifier. The order identifier identifies a pending order. The operations also include prompting the caller to provide a reason for the call. The operations further include transferring the call to an automated check order status system in response to receiving an indication that the reason for the call is to obtain an order status associated with the pending order. The operations also include, in response to receiving an indication that the order status is not locatable, automatically transferring the call to a customer service agent. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230163 | SERVICING CALLS IN CALL CENTERS BASED ON ESTIMATED CALL VALU - Methods for enabling call center agents to adapt their servicing of incoming calls based on the estimated value of the calls are disclosed. In accordance with the first illustrative embodiment, when there is a “high-value” call waiting in the queue while one or more agents are currently servicing lower-value calls, an agent who is servicing a lower-value call is informed that there is a higher-value call waiting in the queue, and is prompted to provide an estimate of how much longer he or she will be servicing his or her current call. The call center system selects which agent the high-value call will be routed to based on: (i) the agents' responses to the prompts, and (ii) for each of the responding agents, a measure of how closely prior responses from the agent compared to the actual amount of time taken by the agent to complete servicing the call. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SECURELY PROCESSING DATA FOR FILE BACKUP, DE-DUPLICATION, AND RESTORATION - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of de-duplicating at least one data file. One example method may include requesting a list of data rows stored in a database to be de-duplicated, receiving the list of the data rows based on a single filekey associated with the at least one data file, copying the at least one data file to a data storage memory, and deleting the data rows entries from a file registry of the database. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230165 | Scalable and Secure Key Management for Cryptographic Data Processing - A method and system for secure and scalable key management for cryptographic processing of data is described herein. In the method, a General Purpose Cryptographic Engine (GPE) receives key material via a secure channel from a key server and stores the received Key encryption keys (KEKs) and/or plain text keys in a secure key cache. When a request is received from a host to cryptographically process a block of data, the requesting entity is authenticated using an authentication tag included in the request. The GPE retrieves a plaintext key or generate a plaintext using a KEK if the authentication is successful, cryptographically processes the data using the plaintext key and transmits the processed data. The system includes a key server that securely provides encrypted keys and/or key handles to a host and key encryption keys and/or plaintext keys to the GPE. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230166 | USING IDENTIFIER TAGS AND AUTHENTICITY CERTIFICATES FOR DETECTING COUNTERFEITED OR STOLEN BRAND OBJECTS - A method and system for generating data for use in generating an authenticity certificate. A request is received for a step certificate that authenticates an involvement of the requester entity about an object. The request includes a media identifier, a media key block, an object identifier, a requester entity type of the requester entity, and a requester identity certificate of the requester entity. The object identifier is hashed. A signature is created. A hashing result is generated by hashing a concatenation of the object identifier, the requester entity type, the certifier entity certificate, the requester identity certificate, and the signature. The step certificate is generated and includes the hashing result. The step certificate is encrypted using a random key. The encrypted step certificate and an encrypted random key are sent to the requester entity for subsequent writing the step certificate and the encrypted random key on a media. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230167 | USING IDENTIFIER TAGS AND AUTHENTICITY CERTIFICATES FOR DETECTING COUNTERFEITED OR STOLEN BRAND OBJECTS - A method and system for ascertaining an object status of an object associated to an authenticity certificate. A first hashing result of an object identifier encoded within a decrypted first encrypted step certificate is extracted. A second hashing result is obtained from hashing the object to be authenticated. A third hashing result of an object identifier encoded within a decrypted second encrypted step certificate is extracted. A fourth hashing result is obtained from hashing the object to be authenticated. It is determining that the first hashing result is equal to the second hashing result and that the third hashing result is equal to the fourth hashing result, from which it is ascertained the object status of the object is that the object is an authentic object, a counterfeited object, or a stolen object. The ascertained object status is displayed on a screen of an authenticity verification equipment. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230168 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - To anonymize information from a service-providing apparatus and an information processing apparatus (device), this information processing apparatus is provided with: the an information receiver for receiving anonymized (concealed) information that has been anonymized with anonymizing information; the an anonymized random-number generator for generating random numbers or anonymized random numbers obtained by anonymizing the random numbers with anonymizing information; and a random-number-added information generator for generating random-number-added information on the basis of the anonymized information and the random numbers or anonymized random numbers. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230169 | CIRCUMVENTION OF DYNAMIC, ROBUST, EMBEDDED-SIGNAL DETECTION - Described herein is a technology facilitating circumvention of dynamic and robust detection of one or more embedded-signals (e.g., watermark, copyright notice, encoded data, etc.) in one or more input carrier signals (e.g., multimedia stream, video stream, audio stream, data, radio, etc.). | 2013-09-05 |
20130230170 | PROTECTION AGAINST PASSIVE SNIFFING - The invention relates in particular to a method for securing the execution of a cryptographic algorithm (ALG) against passive sniffing, the method implementing masking (MSK) of data processed by the cryptographic algorithm. The masking (MSK) of said data includes a linear encoding step such as x′=x.L+c, in which x is the data to be masked, x′ is the corresponding masked data, c is a code word included in a linear code C, and L is a matrix made up of linearly independent vectors not included in the linear code C. The invention also relates to a device (SC) implementing such a method. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230171 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE SECURE TRANSMISSION AND RESTRICTED USE OF MEDIA CONTENT - The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein permit encrypted media content to be displayed by an apparatus for a restricted time period. The apparatus may comprise a communication interface configured to couple to a controlling device to transmit a first nonce and to receive the encrypted media content and an association encryption envelope. The association encryption envelope may comprise at least a second nonce and a first time restriction expressed as a first time interval. The apparatus may further comprise a counter, a storage configured to store a value of the counter representing a time of when the first nonce is transmitted, and an engine configured to perform operations according to the first time restriction. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230172 | Novel binary and n-state Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs) - N-state with n equal or greater than 2 modified Linear Feedback Shift Registers (mLFSRs) having a non-reversible n-state switching function have been disclosed. An mLFSR can also contain a device that implements an n-state logic function of which one input is provided with a signal external to the mLFSR. The mLFSR can be in Fibonacci or in Galois configurations. N-state scramblers and corresponding descramblers applying an mLFSR are provided. N-state coding boxes apply non-reversible switching functions connected to n-state scrambling or descrambling functions. Sequence generators and detectors are also disclosed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230173 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A SIGNAL INCLUDING PREDETERMIND INFORMATION - A storage stores a common key table containing a plurality of kinds of common keys usable for the communications with other communication apparatuses within the same system, its own identification information, and an update key associated with the identification information. The transmitter transmits the identification information to a system management apparatus for managing the common key table used in the system, the identification information on the communication apparatuses within the system, and the update key associated with the identification information. An acquiring unit acquires, from the system management apparatus that has received the identification information, a common key table for use in update (updating common key table) encrypted using the update key associated with the identification information. A decryption unit decrypts the encrypted updating common key table by use of the update key stored in the storage. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230174 | ELECTRONIC-ACOUSTIC DEVICE FEATURING A PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS BEING APPLIED IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS TO A LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY - According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic-acoustic device which is responsive to at least one input signal comprises: a spatial orientation sensor for detecting the vertical direction; a sound channel distributor/director for providing a plurality of output signals, and which is jointly responsive to such at least one input signal and to the spatial orientation sensor; a multi-channel amplifier which is responsive to a the plurality of output signals of the sound channel distributor/director; and a loudspeaker array which is responsive to the multi-channel amplifier for producing different sets of output sounds in the various spatial orientations of the device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230175 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE PERCEIVED SOUND QUALITY IN VIRTUAL SOUND ZONES - The invention discloses a system applied to optimize the perceived sound quality in virtual sound zones. The system includes a method to establish a threshold of acceptability for an interfering audio programme on a target audio programme. The method includes physical parameters like target programme and interferer programme which combined with the scenarios: information gathering, entertainment and reading and/or working, constitutes modes of operations that may be processed and controlled by a system controller. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230176 | Method and an Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding a Multichannel Audio Signal - A method and apparatus for decoding a multichannel audio signal comprising the steps of receiving a downmix audio signal and an interchannel cross correlation parameter; deriving an interchannel phase difference parameter from the received interchannel cross correlation parameter; and calculating a decoded multichannel audio signal for the received downmix audio signal depending on the derived interchannel phase difference parameter. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230177 | Downmix Limiting - The invention relates to downmixing techniques by which output audio signals are obtained from input audio signals partitioned into subgroups. A variable common gain limiting factor is applied to all downmix coefficients that govern the contributions from the input signals in a subgroup. While preserving the proportions between signal values within a subgroup, the invention makes it possible to limit the gain of different input signal subgroups to different extents, so that relatively more perceptible signals can be limited relatively less. It then becomes possible to achieve a consistent dialogue level while transitioning in a less perceptible fashion between signal portions with and without gain limiting. Embodiments of the invention include a method, a mixing system and a computer-program product. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A USER ENVIRONMENT AND EVALUATING DATA OF INTEREST - According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230179 | System and method for mapping and displaying audio source locations - The present invention relates generally to a method and system for defining a reference sound position and producing an indicia proximate thereto in relation to one or more sound characteristics. The present invention, in one or more embodiments, provides for displaying a holographic image at a reference sound location which is determined in relation to the identification of one or more target sounds being associated with one or more identified sound characteristics. In other embodiments, the present invention provides for an indicia to appear to be interactive with a reference sound location and may be used in a variety of environments including but not limited to rock theatrics, homeland security and residential security. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230180 | INTEGRATED MOTION DETECTION USING CHANGES IN ACOUSTIC ECHO PATH - A system for detecting motion comprising a first speaker, a first microphone separated from the first speaker by a distance D | 2013-09-05 |
20130230181 | MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR MODELLING MICROPHONE CHARACTERISTICS - A method of modelling microphone characteristics of a target microphone is provided. An impulse response of target microphones is measured over different angles. A signal conditioning on the measurement data is performed. The spatial response based on a spatial response matching algorithm is matched and filter parameters and/or model parameters are determined. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230182 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING A HEARING APPARATUS WITH THE AID OF THE SENSORY MEMORY - Individual adjustment of a hearing apparatus, and in particular a hearing aid, is improved by testing the auditory sensory memory of a user of the hearing apparatus. At least one test result is obtained and the hearing apparatus is adjusted in dependence on the at least one test result. The test person must detect, perceive and be able to reproduce changes in a signal. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230183 | ECHO CANCELLATION - The invention is directed to echo cancellation for a microphone system. An exemplary microphone system comprises a first transistor, wherein a gate terminal of the first transistor is connected to a ground terminal via a microphone electret element, the microphone electret element being associated with a capacitance and a voltage, the microphone electret element reverse biasing the first transistor; and a second transistor in parallel with the first transistor, wherein a gate terminal of the second transistor is connected to the ground terminal via a capacitor, the capacitance of the capacitor being selected to suppress at least a portion of a common mode signal, and wherein the gate terminal of the second transistor is not connected to the microphone electret element. The common mode signal comprises the echo, which may be the output of a speaker system that is received as input to the microphone system. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230184 | ECHO SUPPRESSION COMPRISING MODELING OF LATE REVERBERATION COMPONENTS - An apparatus for computing filter coefficients for an adaptive filter is disclosed. The adaptive filter is used for filtering a microphone signal so as to suppress an echo due to a loudspeaker signal. The apparatus has: an echo decay modeling means for modeling a decay behavior of an acoustic environment and for providing a corresponding echo decay parameter; and computing means for computing the filter coefficients of the adaptive filter on the basis of the echo decay parameter. A corresponding method has: providing echo decay parameters determined by means of an echo decay modeling means; and computing the filter coefficients of the adaptive filter on the basis of the echo decay parameters. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230185 | SOUND GENERATING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND SOUND GENERATING METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a sound generating device ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130230186 | Electronic Device And Direction Switching Method Of The Electronic Device - An electronic device and a direction switching method are described. The electronic device includes a housing having a first end and a second end, an audio input unit and an audio output unit. The electronic device has at least a first working direction and a second working direction, the direction from said first end to said second end is a reference direction when the electronic device is in the first working direction; and the direction from the second end to the first end is the reference direction when the electronic device is in the second working direction, wherein the audio input unit in a working state is located at the second end when the electronic device is in the first working direction; and the audio input unit in the working state is located at the first end when the electronic device is in the second working direction. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230187 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DERIVING A DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An apparatus for deriving a directional information from a plurality of microphone signals or from a plurality of components of a microphone signal, wherein different effective microphone look directions are associated with the microphone signals or components, has a combiner configured to obtain a magnitude value from a microphone signal or a component of the microphone signal. The combiner is further configured to combine direction information items describing the effective microphone look directions, such that a direction information item describing a given effective microphone look direction is weighted in dependence on the magnitude value of the microphone signal, or of the component of the microphone signal, associated with the given effective microphone look direction, to derive the directional information. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230188 | SOUND SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND CONTROLLED GENERATION OF SAME AT A DISTANCE - A system to suppress sound emerging from speakers and the generation of same at a distance is presented. This system includes devices to handle audio which when manipulated, in their different applications, are capable of reducing or of eliminating the acoustic impact or sound unwanted by people or by the environment. The present system includes a combination of known devices to handle audible signals or sound that allow for the analysis of the characteristics or specifications of sound or for the generation of an identical signal which can be inverted and mixed with the output signal to cancel sound and at the same time to suppress the inverted signal at a distance and in this way to once again generate sound at a distance. Considering the above, the scope of the present invention falls within the scope of the universe to transmit, mix, and suppress sound. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230189 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS - An audio processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an audio signal, and an audio processing unit configured to reduce noise contained in the audio signal, wherein the audio processing unit complements an audio signal in a section containing noise of the audio signal with a signal generated based on an audio signal in a predetermined section before the section containing noise and an audio signal in a predetermined section after the section containing noise, and wherein, in a case where noise is contained in one of the audio signal in the predetermined section before the section containing noise and the audio signal in the predetermined section after the section containing noise, the audio processing unit complements the audio signal in the section containing noise with a signal generated based on the audio signal in a noise-free section. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230190 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MUSIC - In a method for optimizing music using an electronic device, music genres and optimization parameters of each of the music genres are preset. The method classifies songs stored in a storage device of the electronic device according to the music genres. When a song is playing using a music player of the electronic device, a music genre of the song is determined. The method further optimizes the song using an equalizer of the music player according to the optimization parameters corresponding to the determined music genre. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230191 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING LOW FREQUENCES IN A DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL - The method comprises the steps of: a) converting the digital audio signal (PCM) into a voltage signal (V | 2013-09-05 |
20130230192 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL VOLUME SYSTEM AND METHOD - In the specification and drawing a control volume system is described and shown for synchronizing a sound volume of an electronic device and another sound volume of the peripheral device according to a volume specification of the electronic device and another volume specification of the peripheral device. Moreover, a control volume method and the electronic device are also disclosed in the specification and drawing. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME USING DISTANCE SENSORS - An electronic device includes a volume adjustment activating module, a distance detection module, and an adjusting module. The volume adjustment activating module is configured for activating the distance detection module to measure distances between a volume adjusting member and the distance detection module. The distance detection module includes at least one distance sensor, the at least one distance sensor is configured for detecting distances between the volume adjusting member and the distance detection module to obtain a plurality of distance measure values. The adjusting module is configured to adjust a volume of the electronic device according to the distance measure values. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230194 | AUDIO MIXING SYSTEM - An audio mixing system comprises a plurality of input ports and output ports, and a plurality of input channels and output channels for controlling characteristic of input sound signals. Two or more input ports included in the plurality of input ports or two or more output ports included in the plurality of output ports are registered as a plurality of patch ports. By an instruction to collectively patch a port group, the input ports or the output ports registered as the plurality of patch ports are patched to input channels or output channels respectively by an input or an output patch. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230195 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone which prevents a directional axis from varying depending on a sound source frequency is provided. The condenser microphone includes a first reflector member | 2013-09-05 |
20130230196 | OSCILLATORY WAVE MOTOR AND SOUND GENERATION DEVICE USING OSCILLATORY WAVE MOTOR AS DRIVE SOURCE - The present invention addresses the problem of increasing the lifetimes of an oscillatory wave motor and a sound generation device using the oscillatory wave motor as a drive source, and proposed the structure and mechanism for integrally increasing the lifetimes of the oscillatory wave motor and the sound generation device using the oscillatory wave motor as the drive source. To maintain the drive performance of a drive unit, the drive unit is provided with a core sheathing structure, with the result that the drive unit is prevented from breaking and being damaged, and even if the entire drive unit is worn down, an intrinsic drive unit member serving as a core portion keeps the same drive area, so an initial drive feature is maintained. The descending order of a wear resistance of the members is the drive unit core material, a moving unit, and a drive unit sheathing material. In the oscillatory wave motor including a second drive mechanism, when performing an original operation of the oscillatory wave motor, a driven area on the moving unit is relatively drifted at the same time. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230197 | SYSTEM FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE INCLUDING RECEIVER IN THE CANAL - The present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device connection system for a user having an ear canal comprising a housing, electronics disposed in the housing, a cable electrically connected to the receiver and at least one conductive silicone component to electrically connect the electronics to the receiver. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230198 | AMPLIFICATION OF A SPEECH SIGNAL IN DEPENDENCE ON THE INPUT LEVEL - Hearing apparatuses, in particular hearing aids, have improved intelligibility. This is accomplished by a method for amplifying a speech signal for a hearing apparatus by detection of an input sound, determining an input level of the input sound and amplification of the input sound. A mean input level of the input sound is determined and it is established whether the input sound has a speech component. If not, the input signal is amplified in dependence on the input level in accordance with a predefined first amplification characteristic. However, if a speech component is found, the input signal is amplified in dependence on the input level in accordance with a predefined second amplification characteristic. The second amplification characteristic is formed in dependence on the mean input level such that amplification is increased with respect to first amplification characteristic in a predefined level interval below the mean input level. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230199 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A MICROPHONE - The present invention relates to a hearing device comprising a microphone ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130230200 | Flat panel speaker mounting system with remote operation - An apparatus apparatus for mounting two speakers to a flat panel display device is disclosed which engages standardized mounting plates formed in such displays. The apparatus may be utilized with flat panel mounting devices, such as pedestal, wall or ceiling mounts. The apparatus provides adjustments of the position of each speaker mounted in regard to height, fore/aft and depth position, as well as rotation about an X, Y and Z axis. The apparatus enables changes relative to one or more of the aforementioned adjustments without altering other aspects of speaker position. A second alternate preferred embodiment of the disclosed mounting device provides remote actuation and locking of a pivot joint and, a sliding joint. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230201 | SOUND REPRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING TRANSDUCERS THEREIN - Loudspeaker system including a housing and at least four transducers arranged therein. Each transducer includes a substantially circular diaphragm and the diaphragms are constructed with specific sizes such that the ratio of a diameter of each diaphragm to the diameter of an immediately larger diaphragm is between 1:1 and 1:Phi | 2013-09-05 |
20130230202 | TRIANGLE SPEAKER FOR TABLET COMPUTER - A speaker bar for a tablet computer is presented. The speaker bar is sized to fit inside a cover of the tablet computer by folding or rolling the speaker bar inside the cover. The speaker bar has retractable speaker members that extend outward beyond the edges of the speaker bar housing along a longitudinal axis of the speaker bar. Power is provided to the speaker bar when the retractable members are extended, and the power is turned off when the retractable members are retracted. The speaker bar connects to a tablet computer via Bluetooth wireless connection. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230203 | SPEAKERS WITH A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A speaker with a digital signal processor is disclosed. In one aspect, a speaker comprises at least one electromechanical transducer configured to convert an electrical audio signal into sound and a digital signal processor configured to process an audio signal and send the processed audio signal to the electromechanical transducer directly or indirectly. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230204 | EARPIECE PASSIVE NOISE ATTENUATING - An earpiece with structure for positioning and retaining the earpiece and with structure for sealing against the entrance to the ear canal to provide passive noise attenuation. The positioning and retaining structure engages features of the lateral surface of the ear. The structure for sealing against the entrance to the ear canal includes a conical structure. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230205 | EXPENSE REPORT SYSTEM WITH RECEIPT IMAGE PROCESSING - A system and method for processing receipt image data is disclosed. The system includes an image capture device and an image splitting module. In one embodiment, the image capture device is augmented to capture in a single scan four images arranged in a 2×2 grid pattern, nine images arranged in a 3×3 grid pattern, twelve images arranged in a 3×4 grid pattern or sixteen images arranged in a 4×4 grid pattern. The image splitting module recognizes scans of the image capture device that include multiple images and splits the images for the proper processing by the rest of the system. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230206 | FOLIAGE PENETRATION BASED ON 4D LIDAR DATASETS - A method for detecting terrain, through foliage, includes the steps of: receiving point cloud data in a three-dimensional (3D) space from an airborne platform, in which the point cloud data includes foliage that obscures the object; reformatting the point cloud data from the 3D space into a one-dimensional (1D) space to form a 1D signal; and decomposing the 1D signal using a wavelet transform (WT) to form a decomposed WT signal. The decomposed WT signal is reconstructed to form a low-pass filtered profile. The method classifies the low-pass filtered profile as terrain. The terrain includes a natural terrain, or a ground profile. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230207 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE NUMBER OF FREE FIBERS EMANATING FROM A SURFACE - The present disclosure provides a method for counting the number of fibers emanating from the surface of a web substrate. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230208 | VISUAL OCR FOR POSITIONING - A mobile device can receive OCR library information associated with a coarse position. The coarse position can be determined by the mobile device, or by a network server configured to communicate with the mobile device. A camera on the mobile device can obtain images of human-readable information in an area near the coarse position. The view finder image can be processed with an OCR engine that is utilizing the OCR library information to determine one or more location string values. A location database can be searched based on the location string values. The position of the mobile device can be estimated and displayed. The position estimated can be adjusted based on the proximity of the mobile device to other features in the image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230209 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention improves the recognition rate of an augmented reality marker and the processing speed thereof, simultaneously. In the present invention, a CPU binarizes actual image captured in an image sensor in accordance with an adaptive thresholding, and detects an augmented reality marker from within the binarized image. Then, the CPU determines a binarization threshold based on the augmented reality marker, and after binarizing the actual image captured in the image sensor in accordance with a fixed threshold binarization method using the binarization threshold, recognizes the augmented reality marker based on the binarized image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230210 | Object Information Derived From Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230211 | POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - The present invention is a posture estimation device for estimating a wide variety of 3-dimensional postures by using a skeletal model. The posture estimation device ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130230212 | AUTOMATED TRACK SURVEYING AND DITCHING - A method of surveying a section of a railway to determine amounts of soil to be excavated or added at selected position coordinates of track locations includes moving a survey vehicle along the railway, optically scanning the track structure at selected intervals to obtain optical data points with position coordinates, recording images at the intervals with position coordinates, recording position coordinates of drainage points, processing the optical data points to derive ditch overlays formed by ditch profiles associated with locations along the track and ditch templates, detecting anomalous soil unit weights associated with track locations, reviewing images associated with the locations of the anomalous units, adjusting the ditch overlays as necessary, and loading the adjusted data into a computer of an excavator device for display to guide an excavator operator in reshaping the ditches along the track according to the detected position of the excavator device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230213 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTIVE HEIGHT OF FIBERS EMANATING FROM A SURFACE - The present disclosure provides a method for counting the number of fibers emanating from the surface of a web substrate. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230214 | SCENE STRUCTURE-BASED SELF-POSE ESTIMATION - Pose estimation is performed using a scene structure captured in a query image and reference images from a database. Each of the reference images has an associated position estimate. Direction vectors are generated that describe directions between an unknown position of a camera center for the query image and a reference camera center for each reference image based on the query image and the plurality of reference images. The direction vectors may be generated using, e.g., homographies, essential matrices, or fundamental matrices. A pose estimation with six degrees of freedom is determined using the direction vectors and the associated position estimate for each reference image. The pose estimation, for example, may be determined by solving a three-point pose problem using the direction vectors and the associated position estimate for each reference image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230215 | IDENTIFYING COMPONENTS OF A HUMANOID FORM IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a humanoid form. The depth map is processed so as to identify three-dimensional (3D) connected components in the scene, each connected component including a set of the pixels that are mutually adjacent and have mutually-adjacent depth values. Separate, first and second connected components are identified as both belonging to the humanoid form, and a representation of the humanoid form is generated including both of the first and second connected components. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230216 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION DATA PROTECTION - Embodiments of the present invention can combine biometric identification data with additional information, or knowledge, to form a new type of security measure. One embodiment of the present invention obtains biometric identification data for accessing a particular context, identifies context identification data related to the particular context, and combines the biometric identification data and the context identification data into an identification template. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230217 | ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING METHOD, ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING SYSTEM - The present invention is to provide an attribute determining method, an attribute determining apparatus, a program, a recording medium, and an attribute determining system of high detection accuracy of a person with which an attribute of a person can be determined, for example, even in the case where characteristic parts of the face are hidden. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230218 | System And Method For Identifying An Individual - The present invention provides a system for identifying an individual provided with a portable communication device. In a system for identifying an individual using a portable communication device with a display, the display is a sensor-incorporated display, the sensor-incorporated display reads the biological information of a user, and, based on the read information, identifies an individual. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230219 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT COMPARATIVE NON-SPATIAL IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS | 2013-09-05 |
20130230220 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE ALIGNMENT - A method for automatically aligning images includes (a) determining initial correspondent point features between a first image and a second image, (b) creating a triangular meshes for the images from the initial correspondent point features within the images, and (c) refining point correspondence between the first and second images based on affine transformation estimation using the triangular meshes. The method may also include (d) creating refined triangular meshes for the images from the point correspondence refined in (c), and (e) determining coordinate alignment within the areas of pairs of correspondent triangles in the refined triangular meshes through interpolation of affine transformation on the pairs of correspondent triangles. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230221 | Analysis of Data Obtained from Microarrays - Disclosed are methods and software for biological data analysis. Specifically, provided are methods, computer programs and systems for analyzing data in the form of various intensity measurements obtained from an oligonucleotides microarray experiment. Such data may be microarray data obtained from an experiment conducted to determine copy number of a human genetic sample. The data are corrected by application of one or more covariate adjusters which may be applied simultaneously and which may be selected by a user. Further, the present application provides methods of filtering image data and signal restoration of image data using log | 2013-09-05 |
20130230222 | METHOD FOR SEGMENTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES - A method for identifying an attribute of an object represented in an image comprising data defining a predetermined spatial granulation for resolving the object, where the object is in contact with another object. In an embodiment, the method comprises identifying data whose values indicate they correspond to locations completely within the object, determining a contribution to the attribute provided by the data, and identifying additional data whose values indicate they are not completely within the object. The method next interpolates second contributions to the attribute from the values of the additional data and finds the attribute of the object from the first contribution and second contributions. The attribute may be, for example, a volume, and the values may correspond, for example, to intensity. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230223 | METHOD TO GENERATE MAGNETIC RESONANCE SLICE EXPOSURES - In a method processor and magnetic resonance (MR) system to generate MR slice exposures of an examination subject, measurement data for a stack of measurement slices through the examination subject are initially acquired using a series of slice measurement sequences. The series of slice measurement sequences is designed to allow a separation of a first material from a second material that has a defined chemical shift relative to said first material, and the position of a measurement slice with measurement data for the first material is spatially shifted relative to the position of a measurement slice with measurement data for the second material. Combination slice exposures are then formed by combining measurement data of the first material from at least a first slice measurement sequence with measurement data of the second material from at least one second slice measurement sequence, such that the image data of the first and second materials are spatially arranged with precise positioning relative to one another, at least within a predetermined degree of tolerance in the combination slice exposures. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VOXELATION OF REGIONS OF INTEREST FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY - A system and method for automating an appropriate voxel prescription in a uniquely definable region of interest (ROI) in a tissue of a patient is provided, such as for purpose of conducting magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the ROI. The dimensions and coordinates of a single three dimensional rectilinear volume (voxel) within a single region of interest (ROI) are automatically identified. This is done, in some embodiments by: (1) applying statistically identified ROI search areas within a field of view (FOV); (2) image processing an MRI image to smooth the background and enhance a particular structure useful to define the ROI; (3) identifying a population of pixels that define the particular structure; (4) performing a statistical analysis of the pixel population to fit a 2D model such as an ellipsoid to the population and subsequently fit a rectilinear shape within the model; (5) repetiting elements (1) through (4) using multiple images that encompass the 3D ROI to create a 3D rectilinear shape; (6) a repetition of elements (1) through (5) for multiple ROIs with a common FOV. A manual interface may also be provided, allowing for override to replace by manual prescription, assistance to identify structures (e.g. clicking on disc levels), or modifying the automated voxel (e.g. modify location, shape, or one or more dimensions). | 2013-09-05 |
20130230225 | IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL SUB-REGIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM FOR CALCIUM SCORING - A method includes identifying a plurality of different anatomical sub-regions of the cardiovascular system of a subject in image data of the subject based on a subject specific cardiovascular anatomical model, wherein the plurality of different regions corresponds to regions where calcifications occur, searching for and identifying calcifications in the sub-regions based on voxel grey value intensity values of the image data, and generating a signal indicative of one or more regions of voxels of the image data respectively corresponding to sub-regions including identified calcifications. A computing system ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130230226 | APPARATUS FOR BEING USED FOR DETECTING A PROPERTY OF AN OBJECT - The invention relates to an apparatus for being used for detecting a property of an object. An ultrasound signal providing unit ( | 2013-09-05 |
20130230227 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY PLATE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - Systems, devices, and methods for facilitating the automatic identification, sorting, and positioning of radiographic images. According to one embodiment of the subject invention, phosphorous plates for intra-oral imaging are encoded for automated image set identification, location, and orientation. In certain embodiments, a processing system is able to process encoded identifiers on the phosphorous plates with digitized images depicted on the phosphorous plates to automatically identify, sort, and rotate the digitized images into proper orientations for user viewing. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230228 | Integrated Image Registration and Motion Estimation for Medical Imaging Applications - Technologies are described herein for generating a diagnostic three dimensional image for a patient. Some example technologies may obtain a sequence of multiple images of the patient using an imaging modality device. The technologies may estimate a registration vector for each image based on a motion function and an image transformation function. Each image may be defined by a measurement noise added to the image transformation function operating on the registration vector with respect to a reference image. The registration vector may be a function of a breathing motion of a prior registration vector added to a transition noise value. The technologies may estimate motion parameters based on the registration vector. The technologies may iteratively refine the registration vector and the motion parameters. The technologies may generate the diagnostic three dimensional image of the patient using the registration vector for each image and the motion parameters. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230229 | METHOD FOR BRIGHTNESS LEVEL CALCULATION OF THE DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to methods for evaluation a brightness level of the digital x-ray image for medical applications by means of the image histogram using a neural network. The calculations comprise of: image acquisition, image histogram calculation, transformation the frequencies of the histogram into input arguments of the neural network and calculation the brightness level as linear transform of the output value of the neural network. Training of the neural network is performed over a learning set calculated over the given image database. The transformed frequencies of histograms of these images are used as a set of input arguments of the neural network. The brightness levels calculated for each image over the region of interest and scaled to the range of output values of the neuron network are used as a set of target values. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTATION AND PROCESSING OF TISSUE IMAGES AND FEATURE EXTRACTION FROM SAME FOR TREATING, DIAGNOSING, OR PREDICTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS - Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for segmentation, processing (e.g., preprocessing and/or postprocessing), and/or feature extraction from tissue images such as, for example, images of nuclei and/or cytoplasm. Tissue images processed by various embodiments described herein may be generated by Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining, immunofluorescence (IF) detection, immunohistochemistry (IHC), similar and/or related staining processes, and/or other processes. Predictive features described herein may be provided for use in, for example, one or more predictive models for treating, diagnosing, and/or predicting the occurrence (e.g., recurrence) of one or more medical conditions such as, for example, cancer or other types of disease. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230231 | Method for Inspecting Surface Defect of Metal Balls by Image Recognition - A method for inspecting surface defect of metal balls by image recognition includes the steps of feeding metal ball, capturing image for a first time, making metal ball rotate, capturing image for a second time, comparing images, and discharging metal balls. With the above steps, not only can the metal balls be sorted into the acceptable and the unacceptable metal balls, but the unacceptable metal balls can be sorted into different kinds according to the defects such as scratch, strain, and so on. Hence, effective data can be offered to improve the metal ball manufacturing process accurately. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230232 | Three-Dimensional Image Processing Device, And Three-Dimensional Image Processing Method - A three-dimensional image processing device for visually applying a special effect by subjecting raw data that has been acquired by imaging to image processing, and creating image data capable of being viewed stereoscopically. The device comprises a tone conversion section for tone converting the raw data in accordance with the special effect, a three-dimensional image data processing section for carrying out at least one of clipping image data that has been tone converted by the tone conversion section as image data to be viewed stereoscopically, or carrying out geometric processing, to create three-dimensional image data, and a special effect image processing section for subjecting the three-dimensional image data to special image processing to apply a special effect that is analogous to an image that has been formed optically or formed by photographic film or by development and printing processing, and creating a three-dimensional special-effect image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230233 | Method for Reconstruction of Multi-Parameter Images of Oscillatory Processes in Mechanical Systems - A method for investing vibration processes in elastic mechanical systems. The technical result of the proposed invention is the creation of a spectral set of multidimensional images, mapping time-related three-dimensional vector parameters of metrological, and/or design-analytical, and/or design vibration parameters of mechanical systems. Reconstructed images with various dimensionality that are integrated in various combinations depending on the target function can be used as a homeostatic portrait or a cybernetic image of vibration processes in mechanical systems for objective evaluation of current operating conditions in real time. The invention can be widely used for improving the effectiveness of monitoring and investigating vibration processes in mechanical systems (objects) in the fields of mechanical engineering, construction, acoustics, etc. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230234 | ANALYSIS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES WITH A SURFACE MODEL - A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a humanoid form. The depth map is processed so as to identify three-dimensional (3D) connected components in the scene, each connected component including a set of the pixels that are mutually adjacent and have mutually-adjacent depth values. Separate, first and second connected components are identified as both belonging to the humanoid form, and a representation of the humanoid form is generated including both of the first and second connected components. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a three-dimensional model storage unit configured to store data of a three-dimensional model that describes a geometric feature of an object, a two-dimensional image input unit configured to input a two-dimensional image in which the object is imaged, a range image input unit configured to input a range image in which the object is imaged, an image feature detection unit configured to detect an image feature from the two-dimensional image input from the two-dimensional image input unit, an image feature three-dimensional information calculation unit configured to calculate three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the image feature from the range image input from the range image input unit, and a model fitting unit configured to fit the three-dimensional model into the three-dimensional coordinates of the image feature. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230236 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS - Embodiments describe an image retrieval apparatus. The image retrieval apparatus includes an unlabelled image selector for selecting one or more unlabelled image(s) from an image database; and a main learner for training in each feedback round of the image retrieval, estimating relevance of images in the image database and a user's intention, and determining retrieval results, wherein the main learner makes use of the unlabelled image(s) selected by the unlabelled image selector in the estimation. In addition, the image retrieval apparatus may also include an active selector for selecting, in each feedback round and according to estimation results of the main learner, one or more unlabelled image(s) from the image database for the user to label. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BI-LAYER SEGMENTATION - A method and an apparatus for bi-layer segmentation of an image or a sequence of images are described. A classifier is derived based on depth data of the image and another classifier is derived based on color data of the image. The image is then segmented by maximizing a weighted sum of matching scores derived from the classifiers based on depth data and color data of the image. The classifier based on color data of the image is derived using color sampling subsequent to generating an initial segmentation of the image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230238 | REGISTRATION OF SEPARATIONS - Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically determining a transformation to reduce a film distortion; (3) applying multiple criteria of merit to a set of features to determine a set of features to use in determining a transformation; (4) determining transformations for areas in an image or a separation in a radial order; (5) comparing areas in images or separations by weighting feature pixels differently than non-feature pixels; (6) determining distortion values for transformations by applying a partial distortion measure and/or using a spiral search configuration; (7) determining transformations by using different sets of features to determine corresponding transformation parameters in an iterative manner; and (8) applying a feathering technique to neighboring areas within an image or separation. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230239 | Object Segmentation at a Self-Checkout - Techniques for segmenting an object at a self-checkout are provided. The techniques include capturing an image of an object at a self-checkout, dividing the image into one or more blocks, computing a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks, and eliminating one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks, wherein the one or more blocks remaining map to a region of the image containing the object. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230240 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRACKING FACE PORTION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. The method includes detecting a face portion in a frame of a plurality of frames of a multi-media content. The method further includes tracking the face portion in at least one subsequent frame of the frame. A color-tracking of the face portion is performed on losing a track of the face portion in the at least one subsequent frame. The color-tracking is performed for re-tracking the face portion in the at least one subsequent frame. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230241 | Animated Image Code, Apparatus for Generating/Decoding Animated Image Code, and Method Thereof - An apparatus for generating/decoding an animated image code, and a method thereof. The animated image code frame includes an image code frame which is divided into code cells expressing minimum unit data, and in which the minimum unit data is expressed in an area located inside the code cells and is formed by combining one or more color, gradation, and patterns; and a design layer which is formed by combining color or gradation used in the image code frame and color or gradation distinguishable on the basis of a threshold value, and which is displayed by overlapping the frame image. By utilizing changes in respective animated frames, an animated image code can be generated and decoded in which motion can be expressed by using a display medium. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230242 | PRESENTATION AND MANIPULATION OF HIGH DEPTH IMAGES IN LOW DEPTH IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - High depth grayscale images, (e.g. <8 bits per pixel) are losslessly cross channel encoded to multi-channel image formats for transformation and display by display devices not capable of displaying high depth grayscale. DICOM and other images may be encoded and provided to web browser based client image viewers that leverage native code for handling multi-channel images. Transformations are applied to reconstitute the high depth grayscale images. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230243 | Methods and Apparatus for Applying a Bokeh Effect to Images - Methods and apparatus for creating bokeh effects in digital images. A bokeh technique is described that may provide double threshold image bokeh boosting. The bokeh effect may be controlled by a boost amount, an upper threshold value, and a lower threshold value. Colorfulness may be added to the bokeh effect applied to specular highlights according to a variable colorfulness value. A soft threshold may be implemented that results in most but not all energy of the boosting of the intensity falling between the upper and lower threshold values. The bokeh technique may achieve creative bokeh effects in digital images by simulating bokeh in the resultant blurred image. The bokeh technique may, for example, be used in combination with any of various blur patterns, and also may be used with combinations of two or more blur patterns. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230244 | Continuously Adjustable Bleed for Selected Region Blurring - Methods and apparatus for controlling bleeding at the edges of a blur region or selection. A technique for aesthetically controlling the bleeding of blur introduced by blurring selections, referred to herein as a selection bleed technique, may enable continuous adjustment of the amount of bleeding of image blurs between a selected image region and its complement (the unselected region, e.g. the background). The selection bleed technique may allow selections to go from no-bleed to full-bleed and in between via a percentage indicated by one or more user interface elements, for example a slider. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230245 | PEOPLE COUNTING DEVICE, PEOPLE COUNTING METHOD AND PEOPLE COUNTING PROGRAM - A people counting device includes: a person presence region extraction unit which extracts a region in which a person is present by performing person detection in relation to an input image; a person presence state estimation unit which estimates a person presence state from an extraction result; a portion detector selection unit which selects a type of portion detector to be used for people count measurement based on the estimation result, and outputs portion detector information. The people counting device further includes: a portion detection process unit which performs a portion detection process for detecting a portion of a person based on the portion detector information; and a people counting unit which obtains a number of people within the input image from a portion detection process result. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230246 | Expense Report System With Receipt Image Processing - A system and method for capturing image data is disclosed. A receipt image processing service selects from a repository a template that guides data capture of receipt data from a receipt image and presents the template to a user on an image capture device. A user previews the receipt image and the selected template. If the user decides that the template does not correctly indicate locations of data areas for data items in the receipt image, then the user either updates an existing template or creates a new template that correctly indicates the location of selected data areas in the receipt image. The selected template, the updated template, or the new template is then used to extract receipt data from the receipt image. The receipt data and receipt image data are then provided to the expense report system. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LABEL SEGMENTATION - A method and an apparatus for multi-label segmentation of an image are described. First an energy function is determined for the image. Then for a homogeneous region of the image variables of the energy function are grouped to a single variable. Subsequently the energy function is minimized and labels are assigned to regions of the image based on the minimized energy function. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230248 | ENSURING VALIDITY OF THE BOOKMARK REFERENCE IN A COLLABORATIVE BOOKMARKING SYSTEM - A method, system and computer program product for ensuring that the tags accurately describe a resource referenced by a bookmark in a collaborative bookmarking system. A user bookmarking an Internet resource that is referenced by a bookmark is detected. The user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags, to be associated with the bookmark. The Internet resource is analyzed to determine its meaning. A second user bookmarking the same Internet resource that is referenced by the bookmark is detected. The second user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags. The Internet resource is analyzed a second time to determine its meaning If the relatedness of these meanings is beyond a threshold limit, then the original bookmark metadata is invalidated and the invalidated tags are replaced with the tags provided by the second user. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230249 | Method and system for analyzing lip conditions using digital images - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing lip conditions using digital images. The method comprises acquiring a white-light image and an ultraviolet (“UV”) image of the lips of a subject, each of the white-light and UV images including a plurality of pixels and each pixel in the UV image corresponding to a respective pixel in the white-light image. The method further comprises identifying lip-pixels in the white-light and UV images, and obtaining results associated with at least one lip condition using information in the lip pixels in the first white light and UV images. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT FEATURE BASED IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS | 2013-09-05 |
20130230251 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image generation apparatus stores a plurality of selection condition rows including a plurality of selection conditions used for selecting an image from a plurality of material images, selects at least one material image from the plurality of material images as a first material image, obtains a feature quantity of the first material image, selects a selection condition row which is stored in the storage unit and includes a selection condition including the obtained feature quantity, selects a second material image from the plurality of material images based on a selection condition row which has been selected, and generates an image based on the first and the second material images which have been selected and the selection condition row which has been selected. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230252 | METHOD OF FACIAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION AND RELATED DEVICE - To modify a facial feature region in a video bitstream, the video bitstream is received and a feature region is extracted from the video bitstream. An audio characteristic, such as frequency, rhythm, or tempo is retrieved from an audio bitstream, and the feature region is modified according to the audio characteristic to generate a modified image. The modified image is outputted. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS OF SALIENCY PREDICTIONS OF REGIONS IN A SCENE - Systems and methods for evaluating the robustness of objects within a scene or a scene itself. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230254 | MODEL-BASED DEWARPING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture documents is described. In another embodiment, a method for processing a captured image that includes a document comprises the steps of distinguishing an imaged document from its background, adjusting the captured image to reduce distortions created from use of a camera and properly orienting the document is described. | 2013-09-05 |
20130230255 | Image Searching By Approximate k-NN Graph - This disclosure describes techniques for searching for similar images to an image query by using an approximate k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) graph. The approximate k-NN graph is constructed from data points partitioned into subsets to further identify nearest-neighboring data points for each data point. The data points may connect with the nearest-neighboring data points in a subset to form an approximate neighborhood subgraph. These subgraphs from all the subsets are combined together to form a base approximate k-NN graph. Then by performing more random hierarchical partition, more base approximate k-NN graphs are formed, and further combined together to create an approximate k-NN graph. The approximate k-NN graph expands into other neighborhoods and identifies the best k-NN data points. The approximate k-NN graph retrieves the best NN data points, based at least in part on the retrieved best k-NN data points representing images being similar in appearance to the image query. | 2013-09-05 |