IP Library Granted Patent US 9,269,125
Granted Patent B2
US 9,269,125 · App. 13/815,833 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Visualizing regions characterized by labeled measurements

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Patent No.
US 9,269,125
App. No.
13/815,833
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Briefly, the disclosure describes embodiments of methods or apparatuses for visualizing regions characterized by a set of labeled measurements at a variety of scale levels.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising:

filtering, using one or more processors, labeled measurements to determine conformance of the labeled measurements from at least some non-closed, non-contiguous regions of the labeled measurements; and

generating, using the one or more processors, electrical signal sample values for display of a visualization of contiguous, closed regions of the filtered labeled measurements, the visualization depicting at least shape and size of the contiguous, closed regions, wherein the electrical signal sample values for display of the visualization are generated at a plurality of varying scale levels.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the electrical signal sample values for display of the visualization includes extracting and/or adding features depicted by the visualization as a part of panning or zooming among the plurality of varying scale levels.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the extracting and/or adding comprises forming boundaries of the contiguous, closed regions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, near the formed boundaries, an at least partial effect of at least one label comprises approaching a threshold value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the electrical signal sample values for display includes omitting the labeled measurements at least partially in response to changing to a scale level at which the contiguous, closed regions are visualized.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the changing comprises increasing scale level.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the changing comprises decreasing scale level.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein contiguous, closed regions represent regions of the Earth's surface.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of varying scale levels encompasses approximately the entire surface of the Earth.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the labeled measurements are based at least in part on photographic images.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of varying scale levels comprises a set of scale levels at approximately consistent scale intervals between a relatively low scale level and a relatively high scale level inclusive.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a single closed region from two or more regions at least partially in response to changing scale level.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming two or more regions from a single closed region at least partially in response to changing scale level.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processing units to:

filter labeled measurements to determine conformance of the labeled measurements from at least some non-closed, non-contiguous regions of the labeled measurements; and

employ one or more image processing techniques to the at least one non-closed, non-contiguous regions of the labeled measurements to depict at least shape and size of contiguous, closed regions of the labeled measurements, wherein the one or more image processing techniques is to be employed at a plurality of varying scale levels.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processing units is additionally to:

extract and/or add features to be depicted by the one or more image processing techniques as a result of a zoom or a pan among the varying scale levels.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processing units is additionally to:

form boundaries of the contiguous, closed regions, at least partially in response to the extraction and/or the addition of features.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processing units is additionally to:

omit the labeled measurements at least partially in response to a change in scale level at which the contiguous, closed regions are to be visualized.

18. An article comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to:

filter labeled measurements to determine conformance of the labeled measurements from at least some detached regions of the labeled measurements;

generate, from the at least some detached regions of the labeled measurements, a visualization of one or more contiguous, closed regions of the labeled measurements, the visualization to depict at least shape and size of the one or more contiguous, closed regions at a plurality of varying scale levels; and

omit one or more labeled measurements at least partially in response to a change in scale level at which the one or more contiguous, closed regions are to be visualized.

19. The article of claim 18 , wherein the non-transitory storage medium additionally comprises instructions stored thereon which are executable by the special purpose computing apparatus to:

access a plurality of labeled captured images to represent the labeled measurements.

20. The article of claim 19 , wherein the non-transitory storage medium additionally comprises instructions stored thereon which are executable by the special purpose computing apparatus to:

form a single closed region from two or more regions at least partially in response to a change in scale level; and

form two or more regions from a single closed region.

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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: YAHOO AD TECH LLC (FORMERLY VERIZON MEDIA INC.)
To: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2017
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2013
From: THOMEE, BART; RAE, ADAM
To: YAHOO! INC.
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