SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDITING VIRTUAL CONTENT OF A VIRTUAL SPACE
Granted: November 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150317040
A system for editing virtual content of a virtual space. The system may include a host server comprising one or more physical processors configured to effectuate presentation of an editing interface on a client computing platform associated with an administrator user. The files may store property values for the properties of the virtual content of the virtual space. The property value for a property of virtual content may be determined based on a selection of a file that stores the…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ARCHIVING MEDIA FILES
Granted: October 22, 2015
Application Number:
20150302039
Methods and systems of archiving media files are provided. Media files may be archived such that only the difference between a media file and a base media file is stored. The base media file is archived. The media file to be archived and the base media file may have common attributes such as video codec, resolution, frame rate, and/or color space. A media file to be archived may be compared to the base media file to determine any difference. Bit-to-bit analysis or frame-to-frame analysis…
System and Method for Identification Triggered By Beacons
Granted: October 15, 2015
Application Number:
20150294514
There is provided systems and methods of identification and automation of devices using a beacon. A system includes a beacon, an automation device, and a server. The beacon is configured to transmit a signal to the automation device in response to entering a defined geographic zone. The automation device is configured to receive the signal from the beacon, transmit, in response to receiving the signal, the signal to the server, receive an identification of a person possessing the beacon…
MULTI-LEVEL FRAMEWORK FOR OBJECT DETECTION
Granted: October 15, 2015
Application Number:
20150294192
The disclosure provides an approach for detecting objects in images. An object detection application receives a set of training images with object annotations. Given these training images, the object detection application generates semantic labeling for object detections, where the labeling includes lower-level subcategories and higher-level visual composites. In one embodiment, the object detection application identifies subcategories using an exemplar support vector machine (SVM) based…
Method and System for Tracking Objects
Granted: October 15, 2015
Application Number:
20150294158
There is provided a system for tracking objects. The system includes a processor and a memory for storing a plurality of sensory data frames. The processor determines a first hypothesized location for each of the objects in each of the plurality of sensory data frames. For each of the plurality of sensory data frames, the processor determines probabilities that the first hypothesized location of each of the objects in a sensory data frame of the plurality of sensory data frames is the…
Electronic Broadcast Log System
Granted: October 15, 2015
Application Number:
20150293635
There is provided a system and method for displaying a traffic output synchronized with an automation output, the system including a display, a memory storing a user interface, and a processor configured to receive the traffic output, receive the automation output, synchronize the traffic output with the automation output, and display the traffic output synchronized with the automation output using the user interface on the display. The processor is further configured to advance each of…
System and Method for Real-Time Age Profiling
Granted: October 15, 2015
Application Number:
20150293594
There are provided systems and methods for real-time age profiling. One system includes at least one sensor, a memory storing an algorithm, and a processor configured to execute the algorithm to receive data corresponding to a user interaction with the at least one sensor and calculate an age of a user using the data corresponding to the user interaction. The data corresponding to the user interaction may include pressure data from a pressure sensor, orientation data from an orientation…
EYE GAZE DRIVEN SPATIO-TEMPORAL ACTION LOCALIZATION
Granted: October 8, 2015
Application Number:
20150286853
The disclosure provides an approach for detecting and localizing action in video. In one embodiment, an action detection application receives training video sequences and associated eye gaze fixation data collected from a sample of human viewers. Using the training video sequences and eye gaze data, the action detection application learns a model which includes a latent regions potential term that measures the compatibility of latent spatio-temporal regions with the model, as well as a…
SHARED CONTROL OF SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INCLUDING COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN MULTI-AGENT SCENARIOS
Granted: October 8, 2015
Application Number:
20150284010
A method for providing shared control over movement of a vehicle within a space. The method includes receiving user input related to a velocity and a direction for the vehicle within the space. The method includes processing the user input to selectively adjust the velocity and the direction desired by the user based on a set of predefined constraints to generate a trajectory for the vehicle for an upcoming time period. The method includes operating drive mechanisms in the vehicle based…
Methods and Systems for Determining Consumer Entitlements for Playback Interoperability
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150262190
An example system includes a database having a plurality of data structures, each of the plurality of data structures associated with a different business rule and one or more provider identifications, and a processor configured to receive one or more consumer identifications and one of the one or more provider identifications, search the plurality of data structures for one or more data structures associated with the one of the one or more provider identifications to identify authorized…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PLAYING MULTI-LICENSE MEDIA CONTENT
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150261939
Methods and systems described herein play multi-license media contents. A multi-license media content includes digital assets, at least one of which is encrypted and requires one or more licenses to be decrypted when being played. The digital assets may include a video digital asset, an audio digital asset, or a textual digital asset. The digital assets may be played by using licenses from multiple sources such that various components (e.g., a video component, an audio component, or a…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COLLECTION USING LARGE-SCALE INTERACTIVE USER RESPONSE
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150258457
A method including receiving a broadcast of an event comprising a plurality of frames; receiving, from a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of inputs, each of the inputs relating to a characteristic of an object depicted in one of the frames of the broadcast; and analyzing the plurality of inputs to determine a best guess of the characteristic of the object in the frame.
METHOD FOR CAPTURING PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS ON A HANDHELD CLIENT DEVICE WITHOUT CONTINUALLY OBSERVING THE DEVICE'S SCREEN
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150256740
A client device for image capture in an eyes-free manner or without ongoing observance of the device's display screen to ensure proper framing and focusing. The client device may take the form of a smartphone, tablet, or the like. The client device includes an image capture application run by a processor to select a target to be included in a digital image captured by the client device's camera. The image capture application causes the processor to operate feedback mechanisms to prompt…
PASSENGER RESTRAINT PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLY WITH POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150251619
A passenger restraint system is provided for use in vehicles such as ride vehicles used in theme and amusement park rides. The restraint system includes a passenger restraint such as a lap bar, a belt, or an over-the-shoulder restraint includes a locking mechanism for selectively latching the restraint in a desired position. The locking mechanism includes a ratchet connected to the passenger restraint and mounted so as to rotate with movement of the passenger restraint. The locking…
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE WITH CANTILEVERED RIDE VEHICLES
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150251101
An amusement park ride adapted to provide passengers unobstructed lines of sight in turns and increased turn velocities. The ride includes a track and a ride vehicle. The ride vehicle includes a track connector assembly coupled to the track for movement along the ride path in a direction of travel. The vehicle also includes a vehicle base mounted to the track connector assembly to move with the track connector. The vehicle includes a bridge, or cantilever support arm or boom, extending…
SELECTING DIGITAL CONTENT IN A GROUP WITH A MARKET SYSTEM
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150238876
Techniques are disclosed which provide an approach for selecting group-based digital content using a market system. An application receives a bid that indicates a selection for a user-configurable feature of a shared online activity and specifies an amount of currency that a corresponding participant is bidding for the selection. The application identifies a selection of the user-configurable feature having a highest total bid and initiates the shared online activity configured according…
TRANSPARENT GIFT CARD FOR OVERLAYING A DIGITAL DISPLAY
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150243258
A visual display assembly is provided for allowing an operator of digital device such as a smartphone to have an interactive experience with their display. The assembly or apparatus includes a digital device with a display screen and an overlay card for positioning over the display screen. The overlay card, which may take the form of a gift card, a debit card, a credit card, an access card, an ID card, or the like, includes a light-blocking region and a viewing window that is at least…
OVERLAY-BASED WATERMARKING FOR VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CONTEXTUAL DATA
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150242983
Systems and methods for synchronizing a broadcast video with contextual data are disclosed, wherein the broadcast video is enhanced by graphical overlays. Synchronization is achieved by means of digital watermarking of the broadcast video in conjunction with the graphical-overlays. Exemplary embodiments embed a watermark bitstream into the broadcast video based on an overlay-template, characteristic of a corresponding overlay-graphic. The watermarked video is then transmitted over a…
SPINNING FAN MIRROR BEAM COMBINER FOR A BORDERLESS SELF-CONTAINED PEPPER'S GHOST
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150241712
A 3D display apparatus for providing a Pepper's Ghost effect. The apparatus includes a background set spaced apart from a viewing space such that a viewer in the viewing space has a line of sight to the background set. The apparatus also includes a mirrored surfaces fan, which includes a motor, a hub rotatable by the motor, and a plurality of fan blades attached in a spaced apart manner to the hub to rotate with the hub. In some cases, each of the fan blades has a reflective region on a…
GRAVITY-COUNTERBALANCED ROBOT ARM
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150239133
An arm assembly for use in a robot to provide gravity counterbalancing of the robot arms. The arm assembly includes an arm and a drive assembly. The arm assembly includes a differential interconnecting the drive assembly with the arm link. The differential is attached to a torso-side or upper end of the arm link, and the differential is adapted to provide gravity counterbalancing for the predefined mass of the arm link. A pair of half counterweights are provided and arranged to each move…
