METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT PROCESSING
    13.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT PROCESSING 审中-公开
    内容处理方法与系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150358525A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-10

    申请号:US14681832

    申请日:2015-04-08

    Inventor: John D. Lord

    Abstract: Disclosed are technologies are useful in enabling a smart phone to respond to a user's environment, e.g., so it can serve as an intuitive hearing and seeing device. Some of the detailed arrangements involve using radio base station SDR equipment (e.g., at a cell tower) to perform image recognition operations for phones; forecasting service needs from remote processors delegating a remote execution task to a service provider chosen in a competitive process; using nearby processors, e.g., in an automobile, another phone, or set-top box, for remote execution tasks; phones with separable camera and/or illumination components; phone camera illumination using different colors of light; using search tree methods with image frames captured at different focuses; using a phone's microprojector to aid in object identification; correcting lens aberrations by texture mapping captured imagery onto a corrective polygon surface using a phone GPU; etc. A great variety of other features are also detailed.

    Abstract translation: 公开的技术在使智能电话能够响应用户环境中是有用的,例如,因此它可以用作直观的听觉和看见设备。 一些详细的布置涉及使用无线电基站SDR设备(例如,在小区塔)来执行电话的图像识别操作; 来自远程处理器的预测服务需求将远程执行任务委派给在竞争过程中选择的服务提供者; 使用附近的处理器,例如在汽车,另一电话或机顶盒中,用于远程执行任务; 具有可分离相机和/或照明部件的手机; 手机相机照明使用不同颜色的光; 使用搜索树方法与不同焦点捕获的图像帧; 使用手机的微型喷射器来帮助对象识别; 通过使用电话GPU将捕获的图像纹理映射到校正多边形表面上来校正透镜像差; 等等各种各样的其他功能也是详细的。

    MOBILE DEVICE INDOOR NAVIGATION
    15.
    发明申请
    MOBILE DEVICE INDOOR NAVIGATION 审中-公开
    移动设备室内导航

    公开(公告)号:US20150168538A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-18

    申请号:US14562584

    申请日:2014-12-05

    CPC classification number: G01S5/18 G01S5/0257

    Abstract: Mobile device positioning employs various forms of audio signal structures and detection methodologies. In one method, detection of an audio signal from a first source enables construction of a signal to facilitate detection of an audio signal from another source. Signals detected from these sources enable positioning of the mobile device receiving those signals. Another method forms audio signals transmitted from audio sources so that they have parts that add constructively and parts that differentiate the sources to enable positioning. Another audio signal based positioning method adaptively switches among positioning methods so that positioning remains operative as a mobile device moves toward and away from the sources. Another method tracks positioning history, evaluates it for errors and performs error mitigation to improve accuracy. Various other positioning technologies are detailed as well.

    Abstract translation: 移动设备定位采用各种形式的音频信号结构和检测方法。 在一种方法中,从第一源检测音频信号使得能够构建信号以便于检测来自另一个源的音频信号。 从这些源检测到的信号使得能够定位接收那些信号的移动设备。 另一种方法形成从音频源发送的音频信号,使得它们具有增加建设性的部分和区分源以实现定位的部分。 另一种基于音频信号的定位方法在定位方法之间自适应地切换,使得当移动设备朝向和远离源移动时,定位保持有效。 另一种方法跟踪定位历史,评估错误并执行错误减轻以提高准确性。 各种其他定位技术也是详细的。

    SHARED SECRET ARRANGEMENTS AND OPTICAL DATA TRANSFER
    16.
    发明申请
    SHARED SECRET ARRANGEMENTS AND OPTICAL DATA TRANSFER 有权
    共享秘密安排和光学数据传输

    公开(公告)号:US20140057676A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-27

    申请号:US13888939

    申请日:2013-05-07

    Abstract: Digital data is optically broadcast through an environment by controllably switching the brightness or chrominance of LED solid state lamps, or of other illumination sources (e.g., television screens and backlit computer displays). This optical data channel is useful to convey cryptographic key data by which devices within the environment can authenticate themselves to a secure network. In some embodiments, the optical modulation is sensed by the camera of a smartphone. The row data output by the smartphone's camera sensor is processed to extract the modulated data signal. In some monochrome embodiments, data communication speeds far in excess of the camera's frame rate (e.g., 30/second), or even the camera's row rate (e.g., 14,400/second) are achieved. Still greater rates can be achieved by conveying different data in different chrominance channels. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

    Abstract translation: 通过可控地切换LED固态灯或其他照明源(例如电视屏幕和背光式计算机显示器)的亮度或色度,通过环境光学广播数字数据。 该光学数据信道用于传达加密密钥数据,通过该加密密钥数据,环境中的设备可以将其自身认证到安全网络。 在一些实施例中,光学调制由智能电话的相机感测。 处理由智能电话摄像机传感器输出的行数据以提取调制数据信号。 在一些单色实施例中,实现了远远超过相机的帧速率(例如,30 /秒)甚至相机的行速率(例如,14,400 /秒)的数据通信速度。 通过在不同的色度通道中传送不同的数据可以实现更高的速率。 还详细介绍了许多其他功能和安排。

    METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR OBJECT POSE ESTIMATION
    17.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR OBJECT POSE ESTIMATION 审中-公开
    对象估计的方法和安排

    公开(公告)号:US20130314541A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-28

    申请号:US13863897

    申请日:2013-04-16

    CPC classification number: G06T7/74 G06T2207/10048

    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, the free space attenuation of illumination with distance, according to a square law relationship, is used to estimate the distance between a light source and two or more different areas on the surface of a product package. By reference to these distance estimates, the angular pose of the object surface is determined.

    Abstract translation: 在说明性实施例中,根据平方律关系,使用距离的照明的自由空间衰减用于估计光源与产品包装表面上的两个或更多个不同区域之间的距离。 参考这些距离估计,确定物体表面的角姿势。

    LIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MATERIAL SORTING

    公开(公告)号:US20220141373A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17521697

    申请日:2021-11-08

    Abstract: In one aspect, an elongated lighting module includes plural colors of LEDs that flash in a cyclical sequence to provide multi-spectral illumination. Several such modules can be arranged end-to-end to span a conveyor system that transports a stream of plastic waste items in a recycling center, enabling capture of differently-illuminated image frames depicting the items. Each module may include N LEDs of a first color (e.g., red) and M LEDs of a second color (e.g., blue), where N and M are different. Drive circuitry can be simplified by configuring the LEDs in strings of common colors, but with different counts. Electrical noise due to switching transients can be reduced by operating the LEDs at a low current when not being flashed. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

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