公开(公告)号：US08688368B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-01

申请号：US11784863

申请日：2007-04-09

申请人： Eyal Ofek ,  Pragyana K. Mishra

发明人： Eyal Ofek ,  Pragyana K. Mishra

IPC分类号： G01C21/26

CPC分类号： G06F17/30265 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  G06K9/00704 ,  G06T7/74 ,  H04N1/32101 ,  H04N2201/3253 ,  H04N2201/3274

摘要： The present localization system determines a precise location for an address based on images. Some implementations identify the precise location using one image. Other implementations identify the precise location using multiple images. While still other implementations identify the precise location by interpolation, which uses precise locations of addresses nearby that were previously localized using one or more images. The images used in determining the precise locations have a visual feature associated with the address appearing in the image.

摘要翻译： 本地化系统基于图像确定地址的精确位置。 一些实现使用一个图像识别精确位置。 其他实现使用多个图像识别精确的位置。 虽然其他实施方式通过插值来识别精确的位置，其使用先前使用一个或多个图像进行定位的附近地址的精确位置。 用于确定精确位置的图像具有与图像中出现的地址相关联的视觉特征。

公开(公告)号：US08549627B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US12484199

申请日：2009-06-13

申请人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

CPC分类号： G06F17/3089 ,  G06K9/3266 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/2743

摘要： A video that advertises a particular web site may be a form of video spam. For example, pornographers often advertise their web sites by displaying a link to their web sites in videos, and then placing the videos on video-sharing services. This type of video spam may be detected by analyzing the video for the presence of text and then determining whether the text is a URL. If the text is a URL, the URL may be checked to determine whether it points to an objectionable web site. The determination of whether a URL points to an objectionable web site may be made by comparing the URL with a blacklist and/or whitelist, or by retrieving the URL and analyzing the retrieved content. If a video is found to be an advertisement for an objectionable web site, action may be taken, such as removing the video from a content database.

摘要翻译： 广告特定网站的视频可能是视频垃圾邮件的一种形式。 例如，色情作家经常通过在视频中显示他们的网站的链接来宣传他们的网站，然后将视频放在视频共享服务上。 这种类型的视频垃圾邮件可以通过分析视频来检测文本的存在，然后确定文本是否是URL。 如果文本是URL，则可以检查URL以确定它是否指向令人反感的网站。 可以通过将URL与黑名单和/或白名单进行比较，或通过检索URL并分析检索的内容来确定URL是否指向令人反感的网站。 如果发现视频是令人反感的网站的广告，则可以采取行动，例如从内容数据库中删除视频。

公开(公告)号：US20130156220A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-20

申请号：US13329220

申请日：2011-12-17

申请人： Avi Bar-Zeev ,  Elad Gerson ,  Kenn Cartier ,  Eyal Ofek ,  Gur Kimchi

发明人： Avi Bar-Zeev ,  Elad Gerson ,  Kenn Cartier ,  Eyal Ofek ,  Gur Kimchi

IPC分类号： H04R3/00

CPC分类号： G10L21/0208 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L2021/02087

摘要： Audio data associated with a plurality of originating sources is obtained, the audio data directed to a participant entity. An originating entity associated with one of the originating sources is determined. A listener focus indication is obtained from the participant entity indicating a listener focus on the originating entity. A spatial positional relationship is determined between the participant and originating entities. A filtering operation is initiated to enhance a portion of the audio data associated with the originating entity, the portion enhanced relative to another portion of the audio data that is associated with the originating sources other than the first one. A spatialization of a stream of the first portion that is based on a participant positional listening perspective is initiated, based on the spatial positional relationship. Transmission of a spatial stream of audio data is initiated to the participant entity, based on the filtering operation and spatialization.

摘要翻译： 获得与多个起始源相关联的音频数据，该音频数据被定向到参与者实体。 确定与起始源之一相关联的始发实体。 从参与者实体获得听众聚焦指示，指示听众专注于始发实体。 在参与者和发起实体之间确定空间位置关系。 启动过滤操作以增强与始发实体相关联的音频数据的一部分，该部分相对于与除第一个之外的起始源相关联的音频数据的另一部分增强。 基于空间位置关系，启动基于参与者位置收听透视的第一部分的流的空间化。 基于过滤操作和空间化，音频数据的空间流的传输被发起到参与者实体。

公开(公告)号：US08453060B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-28

申请号：US11467532

申请日：2006-08-25

申请人： Eyal Ofek ,  Ricky Dean Welsh

发明人： Eyal Ofek ,  Ricky Dean Welsh

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F17/30241 ,  G06F17/3087

摘要： A computer-readable medium and user interface for displaying media objects on a geographic map to a user are described. Indications from the user are received specifying a target location and a view direction on the geographic map. A database is accessed to retrieve media objects, either individually or in a panoramic view, that were captured in a geographic location in the proximity of the target location. The retrieved media objects are displayed on the map according to their geographic location from the target location. Enlarged versions of any of the retrieved media objects captured in the view direction from the target location are then presented to the user.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于在地理地图上向用户显示媒体对象的计算机可读介质和用户界面。 接收来自用户的指示，指定地理地图上的目标位置和视图方向。 访问数据库以检索在目标位置附近的地理位置捕获的单独或全景视图中的媒体对象。 检索到的媒体对象根据其地理位置从目标位置显示在地图上。 然后将呈现在目标位置的视图方向上的任何检索到的媒体对象的扩大版本呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US20120166077A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-28

申请号：US12975586

申请日：2010-12-22

申请人： Shai Herzog ,  Eyal Ofek ,  Jeffrey Couckuyt

发明人： Shai Herzog ,  Eyal Ofek ,  Jeffrey Couckuyt

IPC分类号： G01C21/00

CPC分类号： G01C21/3652 ,  G06F3/016 ,  H04M1/72522 ,  H04M1/72572

摘要： Navigation instructions using low-bandwidth signaling are supported in an alternative user interface that may be utilized as either a full replacement or as an enhancement to conventional visual/audio navigation interfaces. In one illustrative example, the alternative interface makes use of the more constrained, but generally broadly available low-bandwidth signaling capability of mobile devices to encode navigation instructions in the form of varying patterns of tactile vibrations that may be imparted from the device to a user as haptic feedback. The user can sense the vibrations and readily translate them into the navigation instructions without needing any kind of special decoding equipment or using any special techniques. The vibrations may be encoded using easy to remember patterns so that a full and rich navigation feature set may be accessed with minimal training on the user's part.

摘要翻译： 在替代用户界面中支持使用低带宽信令的导航指令，其可以用作传统视觉/音频导航接口的完全替代或增强。 在一个说明性示例中，替代接口利用移动设备的更受约束但通常广泛可用的低带宽信令能力来编码导航指令，其形式可以是从设备向用户传递的触觉振动的变化模式 作为触觉反馈。 用户可以感觉到振动，并且很容易将它们转换成导航指令，而无需任何种类的特殊解码设备或使用任何特殊技术。 可以使用易于记忆的图案对振动进行编码，从而可以通过用户部分的最少训练来访问完整和丰富的导航特征集。

公开(公告)号：US08200037B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12020576

申请日：2008-01-28

申请人： Boris Ephstein ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Boris Ephstein ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： G06K9/36

CPC分类号： G06T3/0012 ,  G06T17/05

摘要： Importance guided image transformation. A subject image is accessed, an importance is assigned respective features of the subject image and a scaling scheme is determined for the subject image based on the importance assigned the respective features of the subject image. A transformed image is generated based on the determined scaling scheme and the transformed image is provided to an image presentation system for display.

摘要翻译： 重要指导图像转换。 访问被摄体图像，分配对象图像的各个特征的重要性，并且基于分配了被摄体图像的各个特征的重要性为被摄体图像确定缩放方案。 基于所确定的缩放方案生成变换后的图像，将变换图像提供给图像呈现系统进行显示。

公开(公告)号：US20120133665A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-31

申请号：US13367302

申请日：2012-02-06

申请人： Yonatan Wexler ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Yonatan Wexler ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/04

摘要： A texture is generated using a plurality of images and a geometry that correspond to an object. The geometry is mapped to each of the plurality of images. A graph includes a plurality of nodes corresponding to portions of the images. An edge exists between a first node and a second node if a first portion corresponding to the first node and a second portion corresponding to the second node can be neighboring portions in a resulting image. Ways of forming the resulting image are represented by paths in the graph. Edges and nodes in the graph may have associated costs. A path in the graph having a smallest total cost is determined and represents the resulting image. A texture is generated for the object using the resulting image.

摘要翻译： 使用多个图像和对应于对象的几何形状来生成纹理。 将几何图形映射到多个图像中的每一个。 图形包括对应于图像的一部分的多个节点。 如果对应于第一节点的第一部分和对应于第二节点的第二部分可以是所得图像中的相邻部分，则在第一节点和第二节点之间存在边缘。 形成所得图像的方法由图中的路径表示。 图中的边和节点可能具有相关成本。 确定具有最小总成本的图中的路径，并且表示所得到的图像。 使用生成的图像为对象生成纹理。

公开(公告)号：US20120109942A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-03

申请号：US12916554

申请日：2010-10-31

申请人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3087 ,  G06F17/30241

摘要： Businesses and other entities may be assigned geographic locations based on various types of data. In one example, entities are associated with segments in a street grid. Additionally, data points (e.g., geotagged blog entries or other online information) are associated with segments in the street grid. For a given segment, data points are compared with entities to identify possible matches between the data points and the entities. Each match is assigned a score, and each match represents a possible physical location for a given entity. The locations of entities on the street are assigned, from among the matches, based on which assignment of entities optimizes the aggregate score for the segment, while satisfying one or more physical constraints.

摘要翻译： 企业和其他实体可以根据各种类型的数据分配地理位置。 在一个示例中，实体与街道网格中的段相关联。 此外，数据点（例如，地理标记的博客条目或其他在线信息）与街道网格中的段相关联。 对于给定的段，将数据点与实体进行比较，以识别数据点和实体之间的可能匹配。 每个匹配被分配一个分数，每个匹配表示给定实体的可能的物理位置。 从匹配中分配实体在街道上的位置，基于哪个实体的分配优化该段的总分，同时满足一个或多个物理约束。

公开(公告)号：US20120084323A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-05

申请号：US12896879

申请日：2010-10-02

申请人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  H04N7/18

CPC分类号： G06F16/9537

摘要： Textual information may be harvested from photos that are associated with a geographic location, and the text may be used to respond to searches. In one example, photos are taken from a vehicle that has a camera and a GPS receiver. Each of the photos is marked with the geographic location at which it was taken, and text is extracted from the photos. Thus, each piece of text is associated with a particular geographic location, and the association between text and location is stored in a database. At some point in time, a query is received from a user, where the query specifies or implies a geographic criterion. The database is then examined to determine what items in the database meet the textual and geographic constraints of the query, and those pieces of information may be provided as search results.

摘要翻译： 可以从与地理位置相关联的照片收获文本信息，并且文本可以用于响应搜索。 在一个示例中，从具有相机和GPS接收器的车辆拍摄照片。 每张照片都标有拍摄地理位置，并从照片中提取文字。 因此，每条文本与特定地理位置相关联，并且文本和位置之间的关联被存储在数据库中。 在某个时间点，从用户接收到查询，其中查询指定或暗示地理标准。 然后检查数据库以确定数据库中的哪些项目满足查询的文本和地理约束，并且可以将这些信息作为搜索结果提供。

公开(公告)号：US20120016586A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-19

申请号：US13244541

申请日：2011-09-25

申请人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

发明人： Boris Epshtein ,  Eyal Ofek

IPC分类号： G01C21/34

CPC分类号： G01C21/3602 ,  G01C21/3644

摘要： Visual images may be used to detect, or verify the existence of, landmarks. In one example, the landmarks may be used to provide driving or walking directions. A set of records may be examined to identify the street addresses of businesses or other entities. Additionally, street-level images may be captured with a camera, and the locations at which the images were captured may be recorded. The images may be evaluated with an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process to determine what words appear in the images. The words in the image are compared with the names of entities whose addresses are near where the image was captured. If the words match the entity name, then a sign identifying the entity is presumed to be visible along a particular route, and the entity may be used as a landmark in a set of walking or driving directions.

摘要翻译： 可以使用视觉图像来检测或验证地标的存在。 在一个示例中，地标可以用于提供驾驶或步行方向。 可以检查一组记录以识别企业或其他实体的街道地址。 此外，可以用相机捕获街道级图像，并且可以记录拍摄图像的位置。 可以用光学字符识别（OCR）处理来评估图像，以确定图像中出现什么字。 将图像中的单词与地址接近图像所在实体的名称进行比较。 如果这些单词与实体名称相匹配，则认为标识该实体的符号被认为是沿特定路线可见，并且该实体可以用作一组步行或行驶方向中的地标。