Acquired Portfolios

This lot is generally related to a digital image processing system for identification of multi-class objects using boosted classifiers. Disclosed is a training system for identification of multi-class objects in an image or a video sequence by determining an ensemble of weak binary classifiers which are common to a set of object classes so that each object class shares a common set of features with the other object classes. Each feature of the common set features is associated with a weak binary classifier. Also disclosed are techniques to form individual strong classifiers by adapting a separate set of weights for the ensemble of weak classifiers. The technology may be implemented in video processing systems, real-time vehicle detection and tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to tracking an image of an object in multiple video frames by using discrete texture traces. Disclosed is a technique for tracking an image of an object consisting of a processor for determining a first video frame in multiple video frames having a set of discrete texture traces to a target location in a patch to establish a reference model. The patch is generated by the set of discrete texture traces which connects to the target location from locations in a finite support region defined by a discrete trace length of a pre-determined length. Each discrete texture trace is a finite sequence of quantized descriptions, and each quantized description has a quantized description of a first location in the finite support region. The processor detects the target location in a second video frame by maximizing a score based on the reference model. The technology may be implemented in face recognition systems, automatic traffic signal systems, real-time image tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to playing of media content over multiple devices. Techniques are disclosed to play media content among multiple devices by receiving by a second device an instruction to play a second copy of the media content, the second device obtains a progress information such as a current progress in a playing of a first copy of the media content from the first device and creates a second copy of the media content along with the progress information. Also disclosed are techniques to fetch a second copy of the media content by the second device based on the second progress information to play the content on both devices. Further disclosed are techniques to update the first progress information by the first device based on the playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device and updating the second progress information by the second device based on the playing of the second copy of the media content by the second device. The technology may be implemented in online video, online media content, mobile apps, networked television sets, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of monitoring performance of applications for an entity. Techniques are disclosed to retrieve performance information of an application from various sources and analyze the performance using the retrieved information. The system identifies multiple entity variables affecting the performance of the application and determines trends, deviations, performance data related to the performance and prediction data for evaluation of the performance. The technology may be implemented in software performance analysis systems, software performance predictive analysis, etc.

This lot is generally related to tagging of images. Techniques are disclosed to tag images with group level tags so that group members can easily search for shared image content. The system provides a virtual group with each member having separate media collection and sharing with selected media files with the group. Also disclosed are techniques to define the group tags and enable members to tag their media files with few tags from the group tags. The technology may be implemented in online image sharing services, social networks, cloud media storage services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart interactive search system. Disclosed is a search engine which displays relevant results and generates an audio output with an animated sequence. Disclosed is a technique to receive a user search query and displays relevant results to the user. The system extracts textual content, such as words of an article from a first web page or data, transmits to a text-to-speech synthesizer to generate a speech output to improve the user experience. Also disclosed are techniques to animate the audio output using an animation synchronization unit and determine an optimal animation sequence for the searched text. The technology may be implemented in new language training, mobile applications for people with difficulty in reading or writing, web applications, text-to-speech conversion software, etc.

This lot is generally related to retail management. Disclosed are efficient and economical systems to manage retail stores using an interface to order, collect or pick up or deliver products to the customer on-site. Also disclosed are displays of 3D models of products, browse products, make suggestions, check price and receive additional information from customers. Further disclosed is collection of payments using a secured online facility. The technology may be implemented in department stores, retail stores, mobile retail stores, etc.

This lot is generally related to inventory management. Techniques are disclosed to improve efficiency and accuracy in inventory identification and quantification by capturing a video of an inventory, identifying inventory items in each video frame, assigning coordinates to each item, statistically comparing coordinates to select coordinates that are significantly different from previous coordinates and generating an inventory dataset for reordering of items. Also disclosed are techniques to identify an optical flow of items in a warehouse. The technology may be implemented in inventory management software, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, brick and mortar stores, shopping malls, retail shops, airports, etc.

This lot is generally related to route planning and navigation systems. Techniques are disclosed to efficiently determine a route from a starting point to a destination and help in re-routing the navigation in case of route deviation. Disclosed is a route planning system for navigation from a starting point to a destination by acquiring the current position of the electronic device and obtaining a decision point corresponding to the current position in a planned route. The decision point has a dedicated moving direction which is planned by the planned route and a plurality of possible moving directions. The system generates multiple candidate routes for the destination and navigates the electronic device to the destination by utilizing the planned route or the candidate route. Also disclosed is that all possible moving directions of the candidate route are planned in advance so that one of the pre-planned candidate routes is used as a replacement route without any calculations for route re-planning. The technology may be implemented in navigation systems, mobile apps, map software, etc.

This lot is generally related to a navigation system. Disclosed is an efficient navigation system to perform complex computations such as maps matching, route following and storing large amounts of map data. The disclosed navigation system receives commands from a user device by displaying a user interface (UI) on the user device and transmits navigation information to the user device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive information such as updated map information, traffic information, news information, weather information, event-related information, business-related information from the user device and transmit the information to the navigation device. The technology may be implemented in mobile apps, maps, vehicle navigation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to the control of a mobile device based on a context and environmental paraments such as location-based information using various sensors. Disclosed is a mobile device consisting of multiple sensors such as accelerometers, temperature sensors, location sensors, heart rate sensors or photometers and changes context based on context recognition algorithm. The mobile device collects usage data to control and perform an action given by a user. The system determines a vector to classify various feature values to an alternative context class. Also disclosed are techniques to check availability of data transfer connections between a service device and transmit the vector of feature values to a server. The system receives a classification result from the server and determines a change of context. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, mobile apps, smart watches, PDAs, etc.

This lot is generally related to a semantic image segmentation system to combine local information and global context in a balanced manner to accurately identify an object in an image. Disclosed is an image segmentation device consisting of an encoding module for obtaining multiple feature maps having different resolutions of an input image. The system uses an artificial neural network with residual blocks and a decoding module for generating a prediction map using pairs of adjacent feature maps. Also disclosed is a decoding module for performing decoding rounds using attention-embedded threefold fusion (ATF) modules to generate a combined feature map using a high-resolution feature map. The technology may be implemented in autonomous driving systems, augmented reality, 3D image segmentation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to image tagging based on suggested keywords. Techniques are disclosed to automatically suggest keywords to tag images by receiving a request and a location for a digital media. The system generates a list of keywords based on the location information and the keywords of previous images related to the location. Also disclosed are techniques to capture data from the location keyword registry service. The generated keywords will be provided to a user as suggestions for tagging images. The technology may be implemented in image tagging services, online image management services, image storage services, location-based services, social networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to an intruder alarm system. Disclosed is an intruder alarm using infrared radiation for detection of an intruder and generates an alarm signal. The disclosed alarm system uses an infrared camera for monitoring a pre-determined area and transmits video signals to a remote-monitoring device. The system has a video analysis module which is in communication with the camera and provides video analysis of multiple video frames. Also disclosed is an alarm signal module for generating an alarm signal when an activity of the intruder is detected in a restricted area. The technology may be implemented in smart security systems, IOT based security devices, intruder-monitoring systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to Internet of Things (IoT). Disclosed is a system to provide dynamic logical grouping of IoT devices using device identifiers independent of subscription topic. The system uses a manager to receive a connection request from a device and assigns it to a particular message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) broker to the device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive an identifier at an MQTT broker and a load processor to store the identifier and the topic. The technology may be implemented in IoT applications, smart homes, smart offices, intelligent buildings and environments, etc.

This lot is generally related to an image processing system to generate good quality images from complex images which are used in medical applications. Disclosed is a technique to process a set of images consisting of first nodes. The system measures affinity between neighboring nodes in the first nodes using a weighting function. Also disclosed are techniques to downsize the first set of images to generate a second set of nodes so that the second set of nodes is less than the first nodes. The system measures the affinity between neighboring nodes in the second set of nodes based on the affinity between the neighboring nodes in the first nodes. The technology may be implemented in image segmentation systems, digital image processing systems, medical imaging systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to automatically segment digital image data which is useful in medical imaging. Disclosed is a technique to segment target structures in three-dimensional (3D) image data by pre-segmenting training images of structures representing the target structures and generating a model having inter-structure ordered spatial dependency for each of the target structures by placing all pre-segmented training images using neighboring structures as reference anchor structures. Also disclosed are techniques to integrate the ordered spatial dependency with a segmentation algorithm and sequentially segmenting each of the target structures based on the optimal sequence. The technology may be implemented in automatic medical image segmentation systems, smart image segmentation systems, interactive 3D image segmentation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to multilevel image segmentation to identify an object of interest from the background of the image. Techniques are disclosed to segment an object of interest from a background of an image by receiving a high-resolution original digital image. A set of partial labels with some pixels are labelled as object and other pixels are marked as background and few pixels as unlabeled. Also disclosed are techniques to reduce resolution of the partially labelled high-resolution image and both the image intensities. The system segments the reduced resolution image to convert the partial labelling on the reduced resolution image into a full labelling and generates a new high-resolution image with all pixels. The technology may be implemented in digital image processing, medical image processing, multilevel image segmentation, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of real-time face recognition. Disclosed is a real-time face detection device consisting of a down-scaling unit and a face region comparison unit. The down-scale unit down-scales an input image by one ratio and the face region comparison unit creates multiple windows for the down-scaled image. The system determines a face region confidence of each of the window images by comparing the window image with a classifier and identify whether the window image corresponds to a face region. The technology may be implemented in face detection systems, real-time face tracking, object detection in an image, etc.

This lot is generally related to a data migration system for migrating legacy systems to a target system. Disclosed is a data migration system for migrating legacy system to a target system by staging the data associated with the legacy system by defining the data relationship between tables on primary keys and other arbitrary relationship required for a business data object. The staging data extracts the data from the legacy system and incrementally loads the data into a staging area. The system enables history tracking of cleaned and edited data and maps the data between the legacy system and the target system at an object level to minimize data migration errors. Also disclosed is a tool which facilitates migration of the data. Further disclosed are techniques for viewing and correcting records associated with the data by automatically generating graphical user interface (GUI) screens. The technology may be implemented in data migration systems, cloud-based data migration software, etc.

This lot is generally related to custom content suggestions. Disclosed are techniques to generate and transmit content based on real time and historical data. The technique extracts multiple information items from real-time data, determines attribute associations, aggregate scores, attributes, content and its target location. The technique sends the content to the identified location. The technology may be implemented in eCommerce services, social networks, multimedia services, streaming services, advertisements, custom content provision services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a content-centric network for retrieving relevant content based on a content name. Disclosed is a content centric network for transmitting a content to a mobile device using multiple routers. The system allows a mobile router to send an access registration message to the content-centric network and allows the transmission management agent to determine whether the mobile node has moved from an access router based on the mobile node identifier. Also disclosed are techniques to allow the transmission management agent to transmit information related to a content transmission path between the mobile node and a source router to provide the content. The technology may be implemented in content distribution systems, content-centric wireless networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to data storage in a virtual data sharing environment. Techniques are disclosed to provide a virtual data storage medium using data storage federation consisting of a heterogeneous data storage medium with multiple data storage media, each using different interfaces, protocols, and commands for using stored data. The system has a federation unit for generating a virtual data storage medium by federating the heterogeneous data storage medium for directing a user input to a first virtual data storage or the second external storage device. When the user input is compatible to the second external storage device, the system is connected via network and when the user input is only compatible to the first storage device, then it is connected to the system via dedicated cable. The technology may be implemented in virtual storage systems, network attached storage devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to policy-based storage services to provide high speed data access and efficient data management. Disclosed is a technique of performing policy-based storage service federation consisting of a request interceptor for receiving a request from a client and identifying whether or not a policy is applicable for the client request. The system obtains a policy by evaluating request information related to the request and a policy status and performs policy-based storage service federation to provide efficient data access for big datasets. The technology may be implemented in cloud data storage, policy based storage services, shared community storage networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to energy efficient cloud computing. Disclosed is a profiling based energy aware cloud system consisting of a cloud mediator interface which collects usage data of a cloud node over pre-determined intervals of time. The system generates an energy usage profile for each node and stores the collected usage data. Also disclosed are techniques to acquire real-time usage data from the cloud node and compare the real-time usage data with the generated energy usage profile and calculate a recommendation value. The technology may be implemented in cloud systems, dynamic load adjustment in cloud systems, virtualized data centers, etc.

This lot is generally related to a software application for grid computing on a network. Disclosed is a technique of grid computing a network of computing nodes consisting of a configurable service container executable at the nodes for dispatching message, communication, network membership, and persistence modules. The service container has multiple pluggable modules such as a membership service module for maintaining network connectivity between the nodes and a scheduler service module for receiving multiple tasks from a client based on an index node and schedules tasks on the nodes. Also disclosed is an executor service module for receiving more tasks from the scheduler service module and executes the tasks and returns a response to the scheduler service module. Further disclosed is that the system creates multiple parallel programming models based on the response for execution by a computer program running on the network. The technology may be implemented in distributed computing systems, resource management systems, grid processing systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to deploy applications onto multiple heterogeneous cloud environments. Disclosed is a technique to deploy a software from a source platform to a target platform by obtaining configuration data on interdependency between the target platform and the software application. The system checks the source and the target platform for readiness for initiating deployment once the readiness is verified. Also disclosed are techniques to perform a post-deployment assessment of the software application after the deployment. The technology may be implemented in cloud-based software deployment systems, intelligent software deployment systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a vehicle-sharing application. Disclosed are techniques to provide ride-sharing vehicles having a driver mobile device for receiving a request for ride sharing and a server communicated with the mobile device. The server receives a group purchase of rides, establishes a customer-defined group identity, and provides ride-sharing vehicles based on the group identity. Also disclosed is a ride service network for storing calendars for riders, aggregating vehicle’s capacity and determining the vehicle schedule. Further disclosed are techniques to determine availability of the vehicle if a selected driver has an open time slot for the user and to schedule an appointment time. The technology may be implemented in cab services, taxi aggregators, ride-sharing services, etc.

This lot is generally related to selection of advertisements based on video on demand. Disclosed is a technique to select an advertisement based on video on demand by receiving a request from a video player connected to a video content provider by determining a popularity count for the video content and a geographical area of the video player, selects and sends the video content combined with the advertisement to the video player. Also disclosed are techniques to select the advertisement with an advertising condition, which specifies a required popularity count and geographical area. If the condition is satisfied, then the advertisement is selected which increases the effectiveness of the advertisement. The technology may be implemented in VOD services, media content providers, online ad services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart remote to control advertisements. Disclosed are remote control devices by storing advertising content, receiving a fast forward selection from the user to initiate a fast forwarding, beginning outputting of the stored content and receiving a play selected content by terminating a fast-forwarding action. The technology may be implemented in remote control devices for managing advertisements, etc.

This lot is generally related to online content selling. Techniques are disclosed to provide an online platform to publish news, blogs or other content along with readers’ thoughts and generate revenue from readers in terms of subscription of paid comments. Disclosed is an online system to receive content such as a news story or blog entry, etc., from various content providers and allow readers to share comments by paying a fee to the providers. Also disclosed are techniques to provide various templates by using pre-selected color, font or an a la carte selection of various colors, borders, fonts, and the like so that the reader can choose their own attributes of distinctiveness for comments. Further disclosed are techniques to place readers’ comments section or a distinctive appearance and/or position on a web page and auction prominent comment locations on a webpage for a certain time period. The technology may be implemented in online news content providers’ websites, blog websites, websites for stories, social networks, political analysis systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) system. Disclosed is a wearable ECG device for frequently and constantly monitoring the heart condition of a user. The wearable ECG device has multiple electrodes, a multiplexer with an input terminal, two output terminals and a control terminal. Also disclosed is a detection module connected with one output end of the multiplexer, and a digital detection module is connected with the other end of the multiplexer. The processor is connected with the multiplexer and the digital detection module. The system has a motion-sensing module connected with the processor for sensing the acceleration of the wearable ECG system and outputs an electrical signal based on the acceleration. The wearable ECG has a digital signal processing circuit consisting of three filters. The second and third filters are connected with the first filter and a waveform buffer is connected with the first, second and third filters. The technology may be implemented in wearable ECG systems, wearable heart monitors, etc.

This lot is generally related to distribution of media content. Disclosed is a technique to record and distribute notable live events to users across a network. The system receives multiple time stamped media data such as audio, video of live events from various user devices into a server. The server read captured media and triggered data having time stamps indicating real time trigger event to generate media segments corresponding to a trigger datum from the media capture devices. The server has a display unit for displaying multiple media segments consisting of time datum corresponding to the media segment from each of the multiple cross-registered devices without disclosing a reference of received trigger from a particular cross-registered device. Also disclosed are techniques of cross-registration of devices by enrolling devices in a group created on a communication network. Further disclosed are techniques to transfer the stored media data from a temporary memory to a permanent storage as a media segment when the trigger datum is received. The technology may be implemented in media streaming services, mobile phones, media distribution systems, social networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to delivery of content based on a user’s mobile device location. Disclosed is a technique to help small business owners to deliver marketing and advertising information on a user device based on the presence location of the user device. Disclosed system delivers content to a mobile device having a network device with an uplink port, a downlink port, a memory, and a processor. The device establishes a connection with the downlink port and establishes first connection between the mobile device and a webserver through the downlink port. Also disclosed are techniques to determine a media access control (MAC) address of the mobile device, receive user history information associated with the MAC address, and provide targeted information to the mobile device. Further disclosed are techniques to update user history using the MAC address. The technology may be implemented in location-based services systems, content delivery systems, online shopping, etc.