INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    42.
    发明申请
    INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS 审中-公开
    直观的计算方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130294648A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-07

    申请号:US13933874

    申请日:2013-07-02

    Abstract: A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

    Abstract translation: 智能手机感测来自用户环境的音频,图像和/或其他刺激,并自动地执行以推断或预期的用户期望。 一方面,详细的技术涉及电话摄像机观看的场景的基于手机的认知。 应用于场景的图像处理任务可以通过参考资源成本,资源约束,其他刺激信息(例如,音频),任务可替换性等从各种替代方案中选择。电话可以将更多或更少的资源应用于图像处理 任务取决于任务正在进行的成功,或者基于用户对任务的明显兴趣。 在一些安排中,数据可能被称为云进行分析,或用于清除。 识别和识别适当的设备响应可以通过附带信息(如上下文)来辅助。 还详细介绍了许多其他功能和安排。

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING SHOPPING
    43.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING SHOPPING 审中-公开
    促进购物的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130290112A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-31

    申请号:US13661374

    申请日:2012-10-26

    Abstract: A shopper is presented with a customized online store whose inventory is defined by the shopper. In one embodiment, specification of the inventory is conducted in a bricks and mortar store—either during checkout, or by the shopper walking the aisles and scanning items with a barcode scanner pen or the like. The inventory may be defined—at least in part—by scanning items in the shopper's home. A variety of other novel features are also disclosed.

    Abstract translation: 向购物者呈现定制的在线商店,其存货由购物者定义。 在一个实施例中,库存的规范在砖和砂浆店中进行,或者在结帐期间,或购物者走过走道并用条形码扫描笔等扫描物品。 可以至少部分地通过在购物者的家中扫描物品来定义库存。 还公开了各种其他新颖特征。

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS USEFUL IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPATH
    44.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS USEFUL IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPATH 有权
    与多路径有关的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130265196A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-10

    申请号:US13856906

    申请日:2013-04-04

    CPC classification number: H01Q3/34 H01Q1/246 H01Q3/24

    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present technology, information about multipath in an area is gained by occasionally switching the directivity of one or more of the involved antennas (transmitting or receiving). Based on resulting changes in signal strength, information about the multipath effects can be discerned, and corresponding action may thereafter be taken. Another aspect of the technology involves localizing sources of multipath by reference to multiple receiving stations, such as cellular receivers at cell towers in adjoining cells of a wireless network.

    Abstract translation: 根据本技术的一个方面,通过偶尔切换一个或多个所涉及的天线(发送或接收)的方向性来获得关于区域中的多路径的信息。 基于信号强度的变化,可以看出关于多径效应的信息,此后可以采取相应的动作。 该技术的另一方面涉及通过参考多个接收站(例如无线网络的相邻小区中的蜂窝塔的蜂窝接收机)来定位多路径的源。

    LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    47.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210217128A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17152498

    申请日:2021-01-19

    Abstract: A sequence of images depicting an object is captured, e.g., by a camera at a point-of-sale terminal in a retail store. The object is identified, such as by a barcode or watermark that is detected from one or more of the images. Once the object's identity is known, such information is used in training a classifier (e.g., a machine learning system) to recognize the object from others of the captured images, including images that may be degraded by blur, inferior lighting, etc. In another arrangement, such degraded images are processed to identify feature points useful in fingerprint-based identification of the object. Feature points extracted from such degraded imagery aid in fingerprint-based recognition of objects under real life circumstances, as contrasted with feature points extracted from pristine imagery (e.g., digital files containing label artwork for such objects). A great variety of other features and arrangements—some involving designing classifiers so as to combat classifier copying—are also detailed.

    IMAGERY AND ANNOTATIONS
    49.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210073900A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US17000646

    申请日:2020-08-24

    Abstract: A decade from now, a visit to the supermarket will be a very different experience than the familiar experiences of decades past. Product packaging will come alive with interactivity—each object a portal into a rich tapestry of experiences, with contributions authored by the product brand, by the store selling the product, and by other shoppers. The present technology concerns arrangements for authoring and delivering such experiences. A great variety of other features and technologies are also detailed.

    DIGITAL WATERMARKING APPLICATIONS
    50.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210012451A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16920252

    申请日:2020-07-02

    Abstract: In one aspect, assembly of multi-part food packaging is checked by reference to payloads of steganographically-encoded digital watermarks printed across the packaging components. Marking all surfaces of the packaging components allows arbitrary orientation of feed stock in assembly equipment, and wide latitude in placement of inspection cameras along the packaging line. In another aspect, a scanner at a retail checkout station is alert to any gap detected in steganographic encoding on retail product packaging and, if found, alerts an operator to possible presence of an adhesive label with a misleading barcode. A great variety of others features and arrangements are also detailed.

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