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SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS. N., Pam M.S. Spatial relationships are the 3D relationships of objects in space, like relative position and distance apart. Also called spatial relations. Also have a look on depth perception; spatial ability; spatial intelligence. SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS: "Joe could detect the spatial relationships between objects in space.".
Augmented reality apparatus
Augmented reality apparatus (10) for use during intervention procedures on a trackable intervention site (32) are disclosed herein. The apparatus (10) comprises a data processor (28), a trackable projector (14) and a medium (30) including machine-readable instructions executable by the processor (28). The projector (14) is configured to project an image overlaying the intervention site (32) based on instructions from the data processor (28). The machine readable instructions are configured to cause the processor (28) to determine a spatial relationship between the projector (14) and the intervention site (32) based on a tracked position and orientation of the projector (14) and on a tracked position and orientation of the intervention site (32). The machine readable instructions are also configured to cause the processor to generate data representative of the image projected by the projector based on the determined spatial relationship between the projector and the intervention site.
Owner:UNIV HEALTH NETWORK
System and Method of Overlaying and Integrating Data with Geographic Mapping Applications
InactiveUS20080059889A1Comprehensive geographic breadthComprehensive detailDigital data processing detailsRadio transmissionRelational databaseTopic analysis
Owner:PARKER CHERYL +1
System and method for visually representing project metrics on 3-dimensional building models
Provided are a system and method for visually representing project metrics on 3-dimensional product models. The system comprises: a user interface unit for receiving an input of color information, including variations in the colors and color tones of objects to be visualized in response to the course of a project, and output conditions, including a time interval at which an output is required, from a user; a database unit for storing the objects and temporal and / or spatial relationships between the objects; and an image formation unit for determining colors and color tones of the objects according to the project course based on the output conditions input by the user, and forming and outputting 3-dimensional images of the objects by the determined colors and color tones.
Owner:KYUMAN SONG
Method and system for knowledge guided hyperintensity detection and volumetric measurement
InactiveUS6430430B1High sensitivityHigh detectionImage enhancementImage analysisAnatomical structuresTissues types
An automated method and / or system for identifying suspected lesions in a brain is provided. A processor (a) provides a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of a patient's head, including a plurality of slices of the patient's head, which MRI comprises a multispectral data set that can be displayed as an image of varying pixel intensities. The processor (b) identifies a brain area within each slice to provide a plurality of masked images of intracranial tissue. The processor (c) applies a segmentation technique to at least one of the masked images to classify the varying pixel intensities into separate groupings, which potentially correspond to different tissue types. The processor (d) refines the initial segmentation into the separate groupings of at least the first masked image obtained from step (c) using one or more knowledge rules that combine pixel intensities with spatial relationships of anatomical structures to locate one or more anatomical regions of the brain. The processor (e) identifies, if present, the one or more anatomical regions of the brain located in step (d) in other masked images obtained from step (c). The processor (f) further refines the resulting knowledge rule-refined images from steps (d) and (e) to locate suspected lesions in the brain.
Owner:UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA
System and method for whole body landmark detection, segmentation and change quantification in digital images
ActiveUS20070081712A1Quantitative precisionGood segmentation resultImage enhancementImage analysisAnatomical landmarkImage resolution
A method for segmenting digitized images includes providing a training set comprising a plurality of digitized whole-body images, providing labels on anatomical landmarks in each image of said training set, aligning each said training set image, generating positive and negative training examples for each landmark by cropping the aligned training volumes into one or more cropping windows of different spatial scales, and using said positive and negative examples to train a detector for each landmark at one or more spatial scales ranging from a coarse resolution to a fine resolution, wherein the spatial relationship between a cropping windows of a coarse resolution detector and a fine resolution detector is recorded.
Owner:SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Method and apparatus for delivery of therapeutic agents
Methods and apparatus for the reproducible, consistent and efficacious delivery of a therapeutic agent to a patient. The invention comprises means for the controlled administration of the therapeutic agent through an orifice to the patient, a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged with a predetermined spatial relationship relative to the orifice, and means for generating an electrical signal operatively connected to the electrodes.
Owner:ICHOR MEDICAL SYST
Methods and systems for image-guided placement of implants
Methods and computer systems for determining the placement of an implant in a patient in need thereof comprising the step of analyzing intensity-based medical imaging data obtained from a patient, isolating an anatomic site of interest from the imaging data, determining anatomic spatial relationships with the use of an algorithm, wherein the algorithm is optionally automated.
Owner:BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST
Stereoscopic (3D) panorama creation on handheld device
A technique of generating a stereoscopic panorama image includes panning a portable camera device, and acquiring multiple image frames. Multiple at least partially overlapping image frames are acquired of portions of the scene. The method involves registering the image frames, including determining displacements of the imaging device between acquisitions of image frames. Multiple panorama images are generated including joining image frames of the scene according to spatial relationships and determining stereoscopic counterpart relationships between the multiple panorama images. The multiple panorama images are processed based on the stereoscopic counterpart relationships to form a stereoscopic panorama image.
Owner:FOTONATION LTD
Method and apparatus for using RFID tags to determine the position of an object
InactiveUS6750769B1Easy to identifyMemory record carrier reading problemsCo-operative working arrangementsRadio frequencyComputer science
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to determine the position of an object. During operation, the system receives signals from an array of RFID tags at an RFID tag reader, wherein a mask of known size and shape is interposed between the array of RFID tags and the RFID tag reader, thereby obscuring signals from a subset of the RFID tags. Next, the system determines the position of the object by analyzing the pattern of obscured RFID tags, wherein the analysis is based on a known spatial relationship between the object, the mask and the array of RFID tags.
Owner:ORACLE INT CORP
Dual-view probe for illumination and imaging, and use thereof
ActiveUS10536617B2Maximization of detectionTelevision system detailsSurgeryEngineeringElectromagnetic radiation
One embodiment of the invention is directed to an imaging probe which comprises a first element supplying electromagnetic radiation in a forward path for illuminating a forward field of view of space in front of the probe, a second element supplying electromagnetic radiation in a sideways and / or rearward path for illuminating a sideways and / or back field of view of space alongside the probe and an image sensor. The probe further includes an imaging device in imaging paths imaging the forward and sideways and / or back fields of view onto the image sensor. Preferably the forward path, the sideways and / or rearward path and the imaging paths are unobstructed by any component of the probe. Preferably the forward and sideways and / or back fields of view are registered in a fixed spatial relationship relative to one another on the image sensor. This probe can also be used with existing endoscopes or laparoscopes so that it will be easily merged into current instruments of different manufacturers, making it easier and cheaper to use this product without the expense of a totally new endoscopy or laparoscope platform. This probe can also be used to image objects in inanimate environments as well, such as in containers, buildings, rooms, engines and pipes.
Owner:THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIV OF ARIZONA
Bone plate with complex, adjacent holes joined by a bend relief zone
A bendable bone plate (10) is disclosed which is adapted for use in situ as a conformable bone splint to fix the spatial relationship of at least two bone parts (80). The bone plate (10) has an elongated plate (11) made of a bendable material. A plurality of screw apertures (24) extending through the top (14) and bottom (16) surfaces are disposed along the length (L) of the plate. Bone screws (28) are inserted through the apertures into the underlying bone parts (80) to anchor the elongated plate (11) to the bone parts (80). At least two of the screw apertures (24) are disposed as a closely spaced pair (40) of screw apertures (24) with a “bend relief zone” (60) disposed between the closely spaced apart screw apertures (24). The bend relief zone (60) is disposed to allow the elongated plate (11) to be bent across the bend relief zone (60) up to a certain angle (A) without deforming the screw apertures (24) adjacent the bend relief zone (60)
Owner:SWISS PRO ORTHOPEDIC
Systems and methods for optically projecting three-dimensional text, images and/or symbols onto three-dimensional objects
ActiveUS20110169924A1Efficiently and rapidly and accurately assembleLow costColor television detailsSteroscopic systemsGuidance systemComputer graphics (images)
The present invention provides a method whereby the spatial relationship and orientations of one or more three-dimensional objects being illuminated by an optical projector, and the optical projector itself, can be very accurately defined both quickly and easily. The present invention also provides a novel computerized optical projection system whereby three dimensional data when viewed by the human eye projected onto three dimensional objects is not deformed as a result of the non-planar projection surface. The present invention could have many applications in many industries that include entertainment, apparel, marketing, and many others. In one embodiment, the invention provides computerized optical assembly or manufacturing guidance systems, and related methods, that provide step-by-step assembly or manufacturing instructions for instructing technicians how to assemble or manufacture three-dimensional objects or systems, or parts thereof, which may be extremely complex, such as an aircraft, or a part thereof (a vertical stabilizer, or the like), in a very efficient, rapid and accurate manner. The assembly instructions are in the form of calibrated three-dimensional text, images and / or symbols, and are projected by one or a plurality of optical projectors that are in operable communication with one or a plurality of computers onto the three-dimensional objects or systems, or component parts or skins thereof.
Owner:DELTA SIGMA
Display method and apparatus for facilitating interaction with Web sites
The invention is a computer-implemented method and apparatus for organizing Web pages and other computer files relative to each other in a manner analogous to a three or four dimensional spatial relationship and displaying multiple Web pages simultaneously in multiple panels of a computer monitor in accordance with said spatial organization, whereby despite the organization, at least one of the Web pages or files can be made to stay in the same panel of the display while the user navigates through the virtual multidimensional space.
Owner:NOLEN JAMES A III
Systems and methods for determining the mechanical axis of a femur
A method positions a profile of a prosthetic component on the three-dimensional model of a limb. Patient-specific anatomical data of the limb is gathered. First and second anatomical landmarks are identified to determine a first spatial relationship. A third anatomical landmark is identified to determine a second spatial relationship with respect to the first spatial relationship. The profile of the prosthetic component is positioned in all but one degree of freedom. A fourth anatomical landmark is identified to position the profile of the prosthetic component in the one remaining degree of freedom.
Owner:SMITH & NEPHEW INC
Arbitrary object tracking augmented reality applications
ActiveUS7050078B2Accurate trackingInput/output for user-computer interactionCathode-ray tube indicatorsGraphicsVideo image
Video images of objects in a real-world environment are taken from the perspective of a viewer. The user's field of view may be captured in the video images that are processed to select a segment of the video image or an object depicted in the video image. An image such as a computer-generated annotation or graphic overlay way be registered to the segment, and therefore track the segment from the user's field of view of the segment, without prior knowledge of the spatial relationship of the segment to the real-world environment according to a centroid for an interframe difference of the video image associated with the selected object. The image may be displayed in the user's field of view or in the video image. The computer-generated image tracks the movement of the segment with respect to the video image.
Owner:ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LTD
Method and apparatus for customizing a display screen of a user interface
ActiveUS9304668B2Easy to controlEasy to identifyCathode-ray tube indicatorsInput/output processes for data processingHuman–computer interactionUser interface
A method is provided for controlling and customizing a display screen of a user interface which includes at least two sections of display elements with the display elements of one section being displayed in a different manner, such as being sized greater, than the display elements of another section. The method also defines a spatial relationship of the at least two sections. The method also includes receiving an input indicating a selection of a display element and causing the performance of an operation associated with the display element. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
Owner:NOKIA TECHNOLOGLES OY
Method for displaying a data set
InactiveUS20120102392A1Efficient processingDigital data information retrievalSpecial data processing applicationsData setDisplay device
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with displaying a data set within a display area of a display device, where the data set includes a plurality of groups of elements, each of the groups including a higher-level element and one or more lower-level elements. Each element may for example form part of a Document Object Model for an HTML document.Elements are processed to identify and render one or more elements in the display area. An element is identified if the region it occupies corresponds with a selected portion of a layout area of the data set. Groups of elements are processed differently in dependence on whether a higher-level element of a group has a pre-defined spatial relationship with respect to one or more lower-level elements in the group, allowing the invention to efficiently process elements which are members of groups for which the pre-defined spatial relationship has been identified.
Owner:GOOD TECH HLDG LTD
Pedestrian navigation and spatial relation device
InactiveUS20050060088A1Avoid obstaclesDevices with sensorRespiratory organ evaluationUser deviceSpatial relation
A pedestrian navigation and spatial relation device including a position finder, a spatial relationship sensor, an input mechanism, and an output mechanism. The position finder can be configured to determine a geographic position of the device based upon received wireless signals. The spatial relationship sensor can provide data used to detect a position of at least one obstacle relative to the device. The input mechanism can specify a destination location. The output mechanism can present device output to a user. The device output can include sensory indicators for at least one of guiding a pedestrian to the destination location and warning a pedestrian about the detected obstacles.
Owner:UNIV OF FLORIDA RES FOUNDATION INC
Electronically keyed dispensing systems and related methods utilizing near field frequency response
ActiveUS20060124662A1Optimize quantityAcutation objectsIndication apparatusEngineeringMechanical engineering
A dispensing system is disclosed which utilizes an electronically powered key device and / or identification code associated with a refill container to preclude the need for mechanical keys. The system utilizes a near field frequency response to determine whether a refill container is compatible with a dispensing system. In particular, the refill container is provided with a coil terminated by one of a number of capacitors. The container is received in a housing that provides a pair of coils that are in a spatial relationship with the installed refill container's coil. By energizing one of the housing's coils, the other coil detects a unique electronic signature generated by the container's coil. If the signature is acceptable, the dispensing system is allowed to dispense a quantity of material. The system also provides a unique latching mechanism to retain the container and ensure positioning of all the coils.
Owner:KANFER JOSEPH
Techniques For Compensating Movement of a Treatment Target in a Patient
ActiveUS20080212737A1Reduce deliveryConvenient treatmentDiagnostic recording/measuringSensorsTreatment deliveryMedicine
Techniques for improving treatment delivered to a target site in a patient include delivering a treatment from a treatment delivery device to a target site in a patient supported by a patient support structure. During the delivery of treatment, a state of the patient is measured to produce real-time measurement data. Measuring the state is non-invasive; and the measured state is a correlated surrogate for position of the target site. Compensating movement data is determined based on the real-time measurement data to cause the target site to maintain a particular spatial relationship with the treatment delivery device. Either the treatment delivery device, or the support structure, or both, are moved based on the compensating movement data. When the delivery device alone is moved, the correlation between measured state and target site is based on partial least squares applied to pre-treatment measurements of both.
Owner:UNIV OF MARYLAND +1
Electronically keyed dispensing systems and related methods utilizing near field frequency response
Owner:KANFER JOSEPH
Perception-based image retrieval
InactiveUS6865302B2Data processing applicationsDigital data information retrievalAverage filterPattern perception
A content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system has a front-end that includes a pipeline of one or more dynamically-constructed filters for measuring perceptual similarities between a query image and one or more candidate images retrieved from a back-end comprised of a knowledge base accessed by an inference engine. The images include at least one color set having a set of properties including a number of pixels each having at least one color, a culture color associated with the color set, a mean and variance of the color set, a moment invariant, and a centroid. The filters analyze and compare the set of properties of the query image to the set of properties of the candidate images. Various filters are used, including: a Color Mask filter that identifies identical culture colors in the images, a Color Histogram filter that identifies a distribution of colors in the images, a Color Average filter that performs a similarity comparison on the average of the color sets of the images, a Color Variance filter that performs a similarity comparison on the variances of the color sets of the images, a Spread filter that identifies a spatial concentration of a color in the images, an Elongation filter that identifies a shape of a color in the images, and a Spatial Relationship filter that identifies a spatial relationship between the color sets in the images.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA
Analysis and manipulation of images and video for generation of surround views
Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view. In particular embodiments, the surround view reduces redundancy in the image and location data, and presents a user with an interactive and immersive viewing experience.
Owner:FUSION
Method and apparatus for tracking points in an ultrasound image
ActiveUS20080221446A1Ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosticsDiagnostic recording/measuringSonificationDisplay device
An ultrasound system comprises a position sensing module, an imaging tracking module, a display and a user interface. The position sensing module detects spatial information associated with a volume of data. The display displays first and second images based on the volume of data. The first and second images comprise first and second portions of the volume of data, and the first and second portions are at least partially different with respect to each other. The user interface selects a first image tracking point on the first image. The first image tracking point is indicated on the first image with a first indicator. The image tracking module tracks the first image tracking point within the volume of data. The image tracking module indicates on the display a spatial relationship of the first image tracking point to the second image.
Owner:GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Method and apparatus for microwave and millimeter-wave imaging
InactiveUS20080100510A1Differential interacting antenna combinationsRadio wave reradiation/reflectionEngineeringMillimetre wave
An antennae system for a detector. The antennae system includes a two-dimensional electro-magnetic transmitter array that has an x number of transmitter elements, and a two-dimensional electro-magnetic receiver array that has a y number of receiver elements. The two-dimensional electro-magnetic transmitter and receiver arrays have a spatial relationship such that at least one subset of the two-dimensional electro-magnetic transmitter and receiver arrays forms a regular array of spatial displacements of z pairwise combinations of transmitter and receiver elements, where z is greater than the sum of x and y.
Owner:BONTHRON ANDREW J +1
Method and apparatus for synchronizing data between a watch and external digital device
InactiveUS6977868B2Save battery powerSynchronous motors for clocksElectric windingData synchronizationDevices fixation
The present invention is an apparatus and method for synchronizing and updating the memory of an external digital device, such as a personal digital assistant, and the memory of a watch via a two way communication link providing for the synchronous transfer of data between the devices. The data transfer is accomplished by placing the external digital device and watch into an alignment device which secures and positions each device in an appropriate spatial relationship allowing data to be transferred between devices. A separate integrated display controller provides for operation of the watch display thereby conserving power required to operate the device.
Owner:FOSSIL GRP INC
Method and System for Creation and Control of Virtual Rendering Devices
ActiveUS20100144283A1Static indicating devicesDigital data processing detailsComputer networkGroup topology
Methods and systems for coordinating user terminals are disclosed. A user terminal may receive a user terminal identifier and a sensor identifier from a user terminal, determine a group topology based on the user terminal identifier and the sensor identifier to identify a spatial relationship relative to the user terminal, receive a media signal, and identify a subsection of the media signal. The user terminal also may generate subsection information to assign a subsection of the media signal to the user terminal corresponding to the spatial relationship, and may communicate the subsection information to the user terminal.
Owner:WSOU INVESTMENTS LLC
Method and system for dynamic adjustment of computer security based on personal proximity
InactiveUS20070083915A1Digital data processing detailsUser identity/authority verificationData processing systemHandling system
A method, system, apparatus, or computer program product is presented for performing authorization operations with respect to a set of computational resources in a data processing system. Each person that accesses resources in a data processing system is associated with a personal proximity device, such as an electronic badge, the presence of which can be detected by appropriate detecting devices near the computational resources of the data processing system. A first person is permitted to access an authorized subset of computational resources, and the location of the first person can be determined by the detecting devices. At some point in time, the presence of a second person is detected and the corresponding location is determined. A spatial relationship between the locations of the first person and the second person is computed, e.g., a distance, the authorized privileges of the first person are modified based on the computed spatial relationship.
Owner:IBM CORP
Systems and methods for optically projecting three-dimensional text, images and/or symbols onto three-dimensional objects
ActiveUS8610761B2Efficiently and rapidly and accurately assembleLow costProjectorsColor television detailsGuidance systemProjection system
Owner:DELTA SIGMA
Troffer-style lighting fixture with specular reflector
An indirect troffer-style lighting fixture that is particularly well-suited for use with solid state light sources. An elongated heat sink with a mount surface for light sources runs longitudinally along the fixture. To facilitate heat dissipation, a portion of the heat sink is exposed to the ambient room environment. An elongated specular reflector also runs along the device proximate to the heat sink. The heat sink and the specular reflector are mounted such that a spatial relationship is maintained. Some of the light from the sources impinges directly on the specular reflector and is redirected towards a back surface. The back surface defines a luminous surface that receives light directly from the sources and redirected light from the specular reflector. The back surface and the heat sink mechanically obscure any images of the light sources in the specular reflector such that they are not visible in a viewing area.
Owner:IDEAL IND LIGHTING LLC
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