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Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection

Targeted sound detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. A microphone array has two or more microphones M0 . . . MM. Each microphone is coupled to a plurality of filters. The filters are configured to filter input signals corresponding to sounds detected by the microphones thereby generating a filtered output. One or more sets of filter parameters for the plurality of filters are pre-calibrated to determine one or more corresponding pre-calibrated listening zones. Each set of filter parameters is selected to detect portions of the input signals corresponding to sounds originating within a given listening zone and filter out sounds originating outside the given listening zone. A particular pre-calibrated listening zone is selected at a runtime by applying to the plurality of filters a set of filter coefficients corresponding to the particular pre-calibrated listening zone. As a result, the microphone array may detect sounds originating within the particular listening sector and filter out sounds originating outside the particular listening zone.
Owner:SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC

Method and apparatus for over-the-air activation of neighborhood cordless-type services

A method for providing a local cordless-type service comprises the steps of receiving subscriber neighborhood zone selection input so that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to one another and the mobile subscriber roams from one zone to another, the subscriber may continue their free call uninterrupted and without paying air time charges. However, when the subscriber roams outside their subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless-type services to conventional personal communications services and pay air time charges. However for an active call, no air-time charges are incurred as the user transitions between the cellular / DPCS environment and the local cordless service environment. Associated apparatus comprises an IBS for automatically changing radio frequency channels as the subscriber roams within a subscribed-to neighborhood zone, roams to another subscribed-to zone or roams outside a subscribed-to zone. Subscribers may choose to use their mobile identification number, their current directory telephone number for wired public switched telephone service or obtain a new directory number. Subscribers can actuate their service over-the-air automatically without service personnel assistance from their home neighborhood zone.
Owner:AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO

System and Method for Configuring a Communications Network

A method for partitioning a communications network includes selecting, by a controller, a starting communications controller for a first region in the communications network according to an interference level. The method also includes including, by the controller, a first neighboring communications controller in the first region if an average inter-cell interference level of the starting communications controller and the first neighboring communications controller exceeds a first threshold and closing the first region if the average inter-cell interference level of the starting communications controller and the first neighboring communications controller fails to exceed the first threshold. The method further includes storing information about the first region in a memory.
Owner:HONOR DEVICE CO LTD

Apparatus for intelligent and autonomous video content generation and streaming

A system for automatically capturing an event of interest in a venue is disclosed, comprising a plurality of cameras for capturing video images of the event; and at least one processor communicatively connected to said plurality of cameras and con figured to execute a plurality of modules, said modules comprising a rectification module for combining the video images to form a wide-angle view; at least one of a motion analysis module configured for tracking salient blobs that are not part of a background of the wide-angle view, an activity analysis module configured for extracting temporal and spatial patterns from the wide-angle view, and a shape and appearance module configured for selecting one or more objects in the wide-angle view based on descriptors that are scale and rotational invariant; and a region of interest selector for selecting a viewpoint from the wide-angle view based on output from at least one of the motion analysis module, the activity analysis module, and the shape and appearance module, wherein the region of interest selector outputs the selected viewpoint for display. The system further comprises at least one audio recording device for capturing audio from the event; and means for synchronizing the video images and audio.
Owner:COMCAST CABLE COMM LLC

Method for generating a high-resolution virtual-focal-plane image

The present invention provides a method for generating a high-resolution virtual-focal-plane image which is capable of generating a virtual-focal-plane image with an arbitrary desired resolution simply and rapidly by using multi-view images.The method of the present invention comprises a disparity estimating process step for estimating disparities by performing the stereo matching for multi-view images consisting of multiple images with different capturing positions and obtaining a disparity image; a region selecting process step for selecting an image among multi-view images as a basis image, setting all remaining images as reference images, and selecting a predetermined region on the basis image as a region of interest; a virtual-focal-plane estimating process step for estimating a plane in the disparity space for the region of interest based on the disparity image, and setting the estimated plane as a virtual-focal-plane; and an image integrating process step for obtaining image deformation parameters used for deforming each reference image to the basis image for the virtual-focal-plane, and generating the virtual-focal-plane image by deforming multi-view images with obtained image deformation parameters.
Owner:TOKYO INST OF TECH

Vehicle user interface system and method having location specific feature availability

A vehicle user interface system comprises a vehicle location determining component, a jurisdiction determining component, a user input component, and a controller. The vehicle location determining component is configured to determine a current location of the vehicle. The jurisdiction determining component is configured to determine a current jurisdiction based on the current location of the vehicle, and to select a policy setting based on the current jurisdiction. The user input component is configured to receive information used by the vehicle user interface system to perform system operations. The controller is configured to control availability of the system operations for performance by the vehicle user interface system based on the selected policy setting.
Owner:NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD

System and method for creating magnified images of a microscope slide

InactiveUS20060045505A1Optimum image quality characteristicImage enhancementImage analysisMicroscope slideRegion selection
A method and system for creating a digital, virtual slide having optimum image quality characteristics. Multiple regions of a physical slide are identified as well as at least two focus z-positions z1, and z2. Each region of the physical slide is scanned (imaged) at the first z position, so as to produce a first set of digital images of each defined region. Each region of the physical slide is also scanned (imaged) at the second z position, so as to produce a second set of digital images of each defined region. Each image of each set is evaluated against a focus quality metric and, for each region, either the first or second image, corresponding to that region, is selected that exhibits a focus quality metric corresponding to a desired focus quality. These images are then merged into a digital virtual slide. Additional focus z-positions may be included, and the multiple z-positions may be scanned seriatim, sequentially, and / or in overlapping fashion.
Owner:CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH

Parameter evaluation system

A parameter evaluation system comprising a boundary input device for setting boundaries in a variation range of one or more parameters, thereby to define regions within said variation range, a label input device for associating labels with said regions, a rule input device for setting rules to associate at least one of a plurality of output recommendations with each of said regions and with combinations thereof and an output device to present a user with an output recommendation associated with a region or combination thereof corresponding to at least one measured parameter input to said system. The input device is a parameter value region selection and categorization input device for setting boundaries in the variation range of the parameter, defining regions therebetween and categorizing the regions. The device comprises a visual representation of the variation range as a linear continuum, a continuum divider for visually dividing the continuum at user selectable points therealong, the points corresponding to values of the parameter, thereby to define regions therebetween and a category definer for defining categories for association with the regions. The device has an application in a patient monitoring kit under remote supervision of a physician.
Owner:F POSZAT HU

Color Correction Device, Color Correction Method, Dynamic Camera Color Correction Device, and Video Search Device Using the Same

A color correction device (1) including: color set information storage portions (11) which store color set information inclusive of source colors and reference colors; region selection portions (6) which select specific source regions from source images picked up by two cameras 2 respectively; region color decision portions (7) which decide source region colors as colors representative of the source regions; color set update portions (10) which update source colors in color sets by using the source region colors; and color correction portions (8) which calibrate colors in ranges similar to the source colors in the two source images to reference colors by using the color sets. It is possible to eliminate the necessity of holding information of color sets unnecessary for color correction, so that it is possible to reduce the load imposed on calculation and adapt to a change of lighting environment in real time.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

System, method and graphical user interface for controlling a game

A graphical user interface on an electronic device presents one or more selectable graphical objects, enables a selection of one or more of the graphical objects, generates a menu list on the graphical user interface upon selection of one of the graphical objects. The menu list includes one or more selectable options, detects a selection of one of the selectable options from the menu list, detects a substantially continuous selection of areas along a path on the graphical user interface, and executes an action corresponding to the selected option in each area along the path on the graphical user interface.
Owner:SUPERCELL

Video auto-focusing system based on embedded media processor

InactiveCN101840055AFast Auto FocusSmooth Auto FocusMountingsFocusing aidsCamera lensRegion selection
The invention relates to a video auto-focusing system based on an embedded media processor. The system comprises a video collection module, an image acquisition and processing module, a focusing search module and a focusing execution module, wherein the acquisition and processing module is used to perform noise processing to the obtained original video image data and extract Y-component in the data, wherein the induction area selection algorithm based on region segmentation is adopted to extract focus area, the Tenengrad function based on Sobel gradient operator is adopted to calculate definition; the focusing search module is used to determine the moving direction of the camera lens and calculate the required step length (mov_step = step*level) of the lens; the position corresponding to the maximum definition value is used as focus position; and the focusing execution module is used to transmit control signals to a stepping motor used for driving the lens so as to adjust the position of the lens, according to the determined moving direction and step length of the lens in the focusing search module. By using the video auto-focusing system, the focusing accuracy and stability can be effectively increased, and the smoothness is improved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH

Method and device for regulation of limbic system of the brain by means of neuro-electrical coded signals

A method and device for limbic system control to provide medical treatment for emotions and instinct. The method comprises selecting neuro-electrical coded signals from a storage area that are representative of limbic brain structure function. The selected neuro-electrical coded signals are then transmitted to a treatment member, which is in direct contact with the body, and which then broadcasts the neuro-electrical coded signals to a specific nerve or organ to modulate the limbic system functioning. A control module is provided for transmission to the treatment member. The control module contains the neuro-electrical coded signals which are selected and transmitted to the treatment member, and computer storage can be provided for greater storage capacity and manipulation of the neuro-electrical coded signals.
Owner:NEUROSIGNAL TECH

Non-contacting monitor for bridges and civil structures

A method for monitoring the condition of a bridge includes:stably positioning a video camera at a selected location with an unobstructed view of a selected portion of the bridge structure;collecting a video file of the structure over a selected total time interval;using a data processing system to analyze the video and calculate a physical parameter related to movement of the selected portion as a function of time, wherein the data processing system is controlled through a graphical user interface (GUI) having the following features:a display of a single video frame corresponding to a selected time;a movable area selector in the video frame to indicate the selection of an area of the structure for analysis; and,a display of displacement versus time for the selected area over the total time interval.The processor may perform some tasks, e.g., area selection, autonomously or via predetermined rules.
Owner:RDI TECH INC

Method and apparatus for selecting region on screen of mobile device

Provided are a method and apparatus for selecting a region on a screen of a device. The method includes recognizing a signal due to dragging from outside of the screen of the device, and determining a selection region based on a location where the drag is released.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Method and apparatus for protecting regions of an electronic document

A method and apparatus for protecting regions of an electronic document are provided. According to the method, the entire electronic document is protected. The selection of a region within the electronic document is received along with identity of one or more users authorized to freely edit the selected region. The identified users are authorized to freely edit only the selected region of the electronic document. A request is then received to edit a region of the electronic document from a current user. In response to the request, a determination is made as to whether the current user is authorized to edit the region. If the user is not authorized to edit the region, the request is denied.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

Method and apparatus for boundary-based image compression

Compressing a data file representing an image wherein one or more regions within the image are identified. At least one of the regions is selected and the data corresponding to the selected region is compressed at a different rate that the data corresponding to non-selected regions of the image. The different compression rates are selected to maintain a desired fidelity in an image reconstructed from the compressed data file. The different compression rates can be predetermined, selected by a user, or automatically selected. Compression rates can be based upon the type of image to be compressed such as x-ray, CT scan or MRI images, the structure that is being analyzed, parameters regarding the use of the image, system parameters such as storage capacity available, or bandwidth of a communication channel used to transmit the compressed file.
Owner:COMPRESSUS

LED Light Has Built-In Camera-Assembly to Capture Colorful Digital-Data Under Dark Environment

A LED Light device for house or stores or business application having built-in camera unit is powered by AC or-and DC power source for a lamp-holder, LED bulb, security light, flashlight, car torch light, garden, entrance door light or other indoor or outdoor LED light device connected to power source by (1) prongs or (2) male-base has conductive piece can be inserted into a female receiving-piece which connect with power source or (3) wired or AC-plug wires. The device has built-in camera-system has plurality functions to make different products and functions. The LED light device has at least one of (a) camera or DV (digital video) to take minimum MP4 or 4K image or photos, (b) digital data memory kits or cloud storage station, (c) wireless connection kits, Bluetooth or USB set for download function, (d) MCU or CPU or IC with circuit with desired motion sensor / moving detector(s) / other sensor, (e) camera-assembly for connecting Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi extend, or-and 3G / 4G / 5G network or even settle-lite channel, (f) system to transmit or-and receiving wireless signal, (g) APP or other platform incorporated with pre-programed or even AI (artificial intelligence) software has optional area-selections function to make screen-comparison or image comparison to operation pre-program or related device including but not limited to detect moving object(s), face recognition or personal identification or-and habit or-and crime comparison, purchase, (h) LED light source to offer sufficient brightness under dark environment for camera-assembly take color data, (i) other electric or mechanical parts & accessories, (j) has moving detector and software built-in to make comparison to judge the movement object of the preferred screen selected-areas; to get desired function(s) for the said LED light device. The said motion sensor / moving detector or other sensor unit has desired camera and Wi-Fi system and part or all of digital data related module or circuit(s) or backup power, and (k) camera-assembly may in separated housing incorporated with all kind of existing light source so people can upgrade the non-camera device to has built-in camera and digital device for their old non-camera security light.
Owner:CHIEN AARON +2

Method and system for optimizing routing of data packets

A method and system for determining a route for a packet traveling over at least one system from a source to a destination is disclosed. A first geographic area corresponds to the source and a second geographic area corresponds to the destination. The destination further has an address which does not indicate the second geographic area. In this aspect, the method and system include associating an address for the destination with the second geographic area to allow selection of the route for the data packet based on the second geographic area and selecting the route based on a second geographic area. In a second aspect, the method and system include providing a direct link having a controllable amount of traffic and selecting the direct link as at least a portion of the route when a data packet to the destination is to be routed. The method and system also facilitate selection of a route for a data packet. In this aspect, the method and system include obtaining information relating to an autonomous system. The autonomous system has a geographic area. The information includes the geographic area. In this aspect, the method and system also include associating the autonomous system with the geographic area to allow selection of the route based on the geographic area.
Owner:LEVEL 3 COMM LLC

Simplified design for HTML

A method for generating a hypertext markup language (HTML) page in which a style template is selected for a predetermined region of a web page layout. The predetermined region of the web page layout is a horizontal region spanning an entire width of the web page layout. The selected style template can be, for example, a title template, a text template, an audio template, a picture template, a parallel column template or a navigational bar template, and is selected by selecting a graphical icon representing the style of the template. The selected style template includes at least one HTML code defining a style of the style template and can include a space for information that is related to the style of the style template. Information related to the style of the template, such as a title, text, hypertext link information, a pointer to a file containing information that is to be inserted into the selected template, image information, graphical information and / or audio information, is inserted into the space before uploading the finished web page layout to a server. Typically, a plurality of selected style templates are concatenated to generate the finished web page layout. A finished web page layout is then uploaded to the server.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

System and method for automatically identifying sub-grids in a microarray

A digital image processing-based system and method for quantitatively processing a plurality of nucleic acid species expressed in a microarray are disclosed. The microarray is a grid of a plurality of sub-grids of the nucleic acid species. The system includes a scanner that has a digital scanning sensor that scans the microarray and transmits from an output a digital image of the microarray, and a computer that receives the digital image of the microarray from the scanner and then processes the digital image, identifying each of the microarray's sub-grids. The computer identifies the position of each of the sub-grids by (a) identifying regions in the digital image that each contains one of the sub-grids, (b) identifying rows and columns in each region where nucleic acid species are expressed to form a set of candidate sub-grids in each region, (c) selecting for each region a probable sub-grid from the set of candidate sub-grids in each region, and (d) comparing the positions of the probable sub-grids from each region to finalize the sub-grid positions.
Owner:BIODISCOVERY

A video image decoding and encoding method and device based on area

The method comprises: 1) encode step, providing the image data, and selecting area for inputting the digital image; making priority classification for the inputted digital image, and making quantization operation for the transformed image data, and recording the priority data; 2) decode step, decoding the location information and priority information of different areas; calculating the quantization value of each area, and using the quantization value to make inverse quantization operation for the data in each area. The structure of the apparatus thereof is: setting a area selection, priority division and quantization unit in the decode device. The decode device comprises an area information decoding and inversely-quantizing unit.
Owner:WUHAN UNIV

Image processing model training method and device and storage medium

The invention provides an image processing model training method and device and a storage medium, an image processing model comprises a backbone network, a regional candidate network and a detection network, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the feature extraction of a sample image containing a target object through the backbone network, and obtaining a feature map of the sample image; performing region selection on the feature map through a region candidate network, and determining a candidate region; performing target object detection on the candidate area through a detectionnetwork to obtain category parameters and position parameters of a target object, the category parameters including classification results corresponding to the target object, and the position parameters including a bounding box, a segmentation mask and a key point mask corresponding to the target object; determining a value of a target loss function of the image processing model based on the category parameter and the position parameter of the target object; and updating the model parameters based on the value of the target loss function. According to the invention, the target object in the image can be accurately positioned, and the target detection precision is improved.
Owner:TENCENT TECH (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

Method and apparatus for nearby region measurement, nearby region selection in long term evolution system

The invention relates to the wireless communication field and provides a method for measuring an adjacent cell by using an LTE system, which comprises the following steps: the adjacent cell to be measured is activated and started, and UE searches for the adjacent cell and measures the searched-out adjacent cell according to the rule of adjacent cell measurement. The invention further provides a method for selecting the adjacent cell in the LTE system. By the method, the UE selects the cell adjacent to the cell where the UE is located. The method for measuring the adjacent cell in the LTE system and the method for selecting the adjacent cell solve the technical problem that no related methods for measuring and selecting the adjacent cell exist in the prior LTE system, thus reducing the waste of system resources.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Image registration method

InactiveUS20090245692A1Robustness to illumination variationRobustness to occlusionImage analysisCharacter and pattern recognitionRegion selectionReference image
The present invention provides a region-selection-based image registration method for estimating motions between an image of interest in an image sequence and a reference image in the image sequence which can be applied to the registration of the object having every geometry and by which the high-precision image registration with robustness to illumination variation and occlusion can be conducted.An image registration method for conducting a high-precision image registration between a reference image in an image sequence capturing an object and an image of interest in said image sequence, the method characterized in that a predetermined region on the reference image is set as a region of interest, when conducting the high-precision image registration, a motion parameter is estimated based on pixels of a mask image representing a region where the registration is performed precisely by a predetermined transformation within the region of interest that is set. The mask image is generated by utilizing the similarity evaluation between images.
Owner:TOKYO INST OF TECH

Video display apparatus, video composition delivery apparatus, and system

There is provided with a video display apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a composite video image generated from a plurality of video sources; a display unit configured to display the received composite video image; an area manager configured to store area information pieces; a position specification unit configured to specify a position on the composite video image; an area selection unit configured to select an area information piece from the area information pieces; an area display unit configured to provide information indicating the area represented by the selected area information piece to the display unit so as to superpose the information on the displayed composite video image; an area change unit configured to change the information; an area information update unit configured to update the selected area information piece; and a transmission unit configured to transmit an update control signal containing the area information piece after update.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA

Unmanned aerial vehicle sharing method, server, client and system

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle sharing method, server, client and system, and belongs to the technical field of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises following steps of receiving a sharing request sent by the client; sending at least one piece of aerial photographing region introduction information to the client so that a user selects an aerial photographing region; receiving the aerial photographing region selection information which is input by the user and is sent by the client; determining the aerial photographing region selected by the user according to the aerial photographing region selection information; building communication connection between the control device of at least one in all sharable unmanned aerial vehicles corresponding to the aerial photographing region selected by the user and the client; sending an obtained control instruction input by the user to the control device by the client so as to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly or aerially photograph; receiving an aerially photographed video which is photographed by the unmanned aerial vehicle and is sent by the control device, wherein the control device is used for controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly or aerially photograph according to the user control instruction sent by the client and sending the aerially photographed video which is photographed by the unmanned aerial vehicle to the client. According to the method, the server, the client and the system provided by the invention, the user can select own favorite aerial photographing region and then control the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to the selected aerial photographing region; and the user experience is improved.
Owner:袁梦杰

Image transmitting apparatus, image transmitting method, receiving apparatus, and image transmitting system

An image transmitting apparatus transmits an image based on image frame information including encoded data of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing an image frame and a header including configuration information of each area. The apparatus includes an area selecting unit selecting one area or a plurality of areas from among the plurality of areas of one image frame or a plurality different image frames, an information processing unit extracting encoded data of the area selected by the area selecting unit from encoded data of the plurality of areas included in the image frame information of the one image frame or the plurality of different image frames and creating a header including configuration information of each area selected by the area selecting unit to generate new image frame information, and an image transmitting unit transmitting the image frame information generated by the information processing unit to a receiving end.
Owner:SONY CORP
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