Weighted source data secured on blockchains

    公开(公告)号:US11514191B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US16943975

    申请日:2020-07-30

    申请人: eBay Inc.

    发明人: Fausto Dassenno

    摘要: Technologies are shown for secure management of evaluation data that involves receiving an evaluation value signal from a source, the evaluation value signal relating to an evaluation entity having an evaluation score secured on an evaluation data blockchain and verifying whether the source is identified in trusted source data. If the source is trusted, then the technology involves obtaining a weight associated with the source, obtaining the evaluation score for the evaluation entity from a first evaluation data block in the evaluation data blockchain, where the first evaluation data block is a most recent evaluation data block in the evaluation data blockchain, calculating a new evaluation score based on the evaluation score obtained from the first evaluation data block and the received valuation signal weighted according to the weight associated with the source, and securely committing the new evaluation score to the evaluation data blockchain in another evaluation data block.

    Field calibration of a structured light range-sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11513231B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US16853290

    申请日:2020-04-20

    摘要: The technology described herein recalibrates a structured light sensor in the field using time-of-flight sensor data. Structured light sensors are sensitive to mechanical changes that result in decreased accuracy. A structured light system calculates the range to an object by comparing a reference image to the actual image of the scene. The reference image is what the projected light pattern would look like on a flat object at a known distance. When the projected image changes, the reference image no longer matches the projected pattern. The calibration technology described herein captures a new reference image based on the current sensor characteristics using a time-of-flight capable sensor as the structured light imaging sensor.

    Counterfeit item detection system
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    公开(公告)号:US11507962B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US17028155

    申请日:2020-09-22

    申请人: eBay Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06F40/35 G06Q30/06

    摘要: A counterfeit item detection system detects counterfeit items during an item listing processes provided by an online marketplace. The system enhances the ability of the online marketplace to identify and reject potential counterfeit items. The system collects item data in various formats. The item data is analyzed using speech-to-text software and natural language processing to determine data elements representing items, item features, and language context. Questions are generated using the items and item features, and stored for each item. Answers to the questions have associated counterfeit indication weights. The weights are modified and used to rank the questions as feedback is received about counterfeit items. The ranking determines future question selection, allowing the best questions to continually be identified and provided. The counterfeit item detection system also trains a neural network to detect counterfeit items in images, where the training images are obtained from videos related to the item.

    Activity-factored team formation in multiplayer online gaming

    公开(公告)号:US11484801B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US17210312

    申请日:2021-03-23

    申请人: Riot Games, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A63F13/795 A63F13/35

    摘要: In various examples, the present system tracks gameplay timeframes for when a user is engaged in an instance of gameplay. The system can then determine one or more typical timeframe(s) for when the user engages in gameplay. In some embodiments, the user can access a team matching UI and request to be matched with other user accounts and/or to be presented with a list of other user accounts who might be a good match for the user, such as those associated with similar typical timeframes for gameplay. Based on the request from the user, a set of user accounts available to be matched can be ranked based, at least in part, on a similarity between gameplay timeframes associated with the user and each of the user accounts in the set of user accounts. Using the ranking, the system can generate a team of users with similar typical gameplay timeframes.

    Identity obfuscation in images utilizing synthesized faces

    公开(公告)号:US11482041B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17076002

    申请日:2020-10-21

    申请人: ADOBE INC.

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for obfuscating facial identity in images by synthesizing a new facial image for an input image. A base face is detected from or selected for an input image. Facial images that are similar to the base face are selected and combined to create a new facial image. The new facial image is added to the input image such that the input image includes a combination of the base face and the new facial image. Where no base face is detected in the input image, a base face is selected from reference facial images based at least on pose keypoints identified in the input image. After a new facial image is generated based on the selected base face, a combination of the new facial image and the base facial image are added to the input image by aligning one or more pose keypoints.

    Structural facial modifications in images

    公开(公告)号:US11481940B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16376905

    申请日:2019-04-05

    申请人: ADOBE INC.

    摘要: Structural modifications to a person's face in a reference image are captured and automatically applied to the person's face in another image. The reference image is processed to compute landmark information on the person's face and apply a mesh to the reference image. When structural modifications are made to the person's face in the reference image, the mesh is modified, and the modified mesh is stored in association with the landmark information. Another image is analyzed to compute landmark information on the person's face in that image and apply a mesh to the image. A transformation matrix is computed using the landmark information from the reference image and current image, and the modified mesh from the reference image is transformed using the transformation matrix. The mesh in the current image is modified using the transformed mesh, thereby applying the structural modification to the person's face in the current image.

    Removably securing a sliceform to a foldable article

    公开(公告)号:US11443655B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16901960

    申请日:2020-06-15

    发明人: Thomas A. Wallen

    IPC分类号: G09F1/08 B42D15/04 G09F1/06

    摘要: A foldable article having a sliceform removably secured to one or more panels of the foldable article. A tab having a retaining portion may extend from at least one of the one or more panels of the foldable article. The tab may pass through an opening in the sliceform and the retaining portion may be wider than the width of the opening. The retaining member may be manipulated to pass through the opening to removably secure the sliceform to, and/or detach the sliceform from, the foldable article.

    Pair of asymmetrical footwear articles

    公开(公告)号:US11439201B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16059811

    申请日:2018-08-09

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    发明人: Tobie D. Hatfield

    摘要: A pair of shoes may be asymmetric between one another in various respects. For example, the left shoe may include a left-shoe wrapping panel non-releasably coupled to a left-shoe medial side and extending towards a left-shoe lateral side while the right shoe may include a wrapping panel non-releasably coupled to a right-shoe lateral side and extending towards a right-shoe medial side. The left-shoe wrapping panel may releasably couple to the left-shoe lateral side and the right-shoe wrapping panel may releasably couple to the right-shoe medial side. The left shoe and the right shoe may respectively include a left-shoe heel strap and a right-shoe heel strap. The left-shoe heel strap and a right-shoe heel strap each respectively wrap around, at least in part, a heel region of the left shoe and the right shoe.