Systems and methods are described for processing voice input to detect and remove voice recognition errors in the context of a product attribute query. Spoken-word input may be processed to tentatively identify a query regarding a product and an attribute. A hierarchical product catalog is then used to identify categories that include the identified product, and an affinity score is determined for each category to indicate the relative strength of the relationship between the category and the attribute. The affinity score for each category is determined based on historical questions submitted to a question and answer service with regard to other products in the category. An affinity score for the product-attribute pairing is then determined based on a weighted average of the affinity scores for the product categories, and the affinity score is used to determine whether the question is valid and the voice input has been correctly processed.

Methods and apparatus for visualizing a surface covering on at least a portion of a surface in an image of a scene. The method comprises identifying, using at least one computer processor, a surface plane from the image of the scene, determining, for each pixel of a plurality of pixels corresponding to the surface plane, whether the pixel corresponds to at least a portion of the surface in the scene, and generating an updated image of the scene by overlaying on the surface plane, a visualization of a plurality of surface covering tiles on pixels along the surface plane determined to correspond to at least a portion of the surface in the scene.

The described systems and methods provide a user's mobile device with a graphical user interface that can provide information about the lowest price offered for one or more products. For instance, when a person at a physical retail store places one or more products in a physical shopping cart, a scanning device may scan the one or more products to obtain information about the one or more products, the scanned information is sent to a server that provides pricing and store location information to a mobile device based on the scanned information, the pricing and store location information can be analyzed by the mobile device to display the lowest price and store location for each product.

A vehicle configured to communicate with a server of a cloud system to enable access to use the vehicle via one or more electronic keys is provided. The vehicle includes electronics and a subsystem of the vehicle for enabling unlocking of the vehicle. The subsystem is interfaced with the electronics and a subsystem of the vehicle for enabling starting of the vehicle for use of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes communications circuitry that is interfaced with electronics of the vehicle. The communications circuitry is programmable to communicate with the server of the cloud system and communicate with a mobile device. The communications circuitry of the vehicle is configured to receive a request from the mobile device for unlocking of the vehicle. The request from the mobile device includes coded data obtained by the mobile device from the server to enable sending the request to the vehicle. The coded data is associated with privileges for use of the vehicle. The privileges are defined for the coded data, and the vehicle is configured to receive information from the server to authenticate the request by the mobile device. And, if the request is authentic, the mobile device is provided with data to enable an electronic key to use the vehicle, and the electronics of the vehicle instructs the subsystem of the vehicle to enable unlocking of the vehicle and enable starting of the vehicle for use of the vehicle via the electronic key consistent with the privileges of the coded data.

A computer terminal arranged to allow a user to produce a fragrance or flavour composition, the terminal comprising a processor, a database connection to a database storing ingredients, an output connection to an output device configured to produce a sample of the composition, a display and a user input means; wherein the processor is configured to: accept selection via the user input means of ingredients from the database; add pictograms representing the selected ingredients to an olfactive design space on the display, wherein the size of the pictogram for each selected ingredient represents that selected ingredient's olfactive contribution to the composition; convert for each selected ingredient, its olfactive contribution to a corresponding quantity of the ingredient; and, when the user requests a sample of the composition via the input means, to instruct the output device to dispense the corresponding quantity of the selected ingredients.

A mobile power source is provided. The mobile power source includes a housing configured to retain at least one battery. The housing includes first and second guiding channels configured to engage with a track associated with a retail shelving unit. The mobile power source further includes a first electrical connector configured to electrically connect the mobile power source to a control unit for an image capture device; a second electrical connector configured to electrically connect the mobile power source to an additional mobile power source or a power grid; and circuitry configured to convey power from the additional mobile power source to the image capture device when the mobile power source is connected to the additional mobile power source, and to convey power from the power grid to the image capture device when the mobile power source is connected to the power grid.

An object feature visualization system is disclosed. The system may include a computing device that generates video-mapped images to project onto physical objects. The video-mapped images may include features to be projected onto the objects. The projection of a video-mapped image onto the physical object allows for the visualization of the feature on the object. In some examples, the computing device receives a feature selection for a particular object, and generates a video-mapped image with the selected feature to provide to a projector to project the video-mapped image onto the physical object. In some examples, a user is able to select one or more features for one or more objects of a room display via a user interface. The system then projects video-mapped images with the selected features onto the physical objects. The system may allow a user to save feature selections, and to purchase or request additional information about objects with selected features.

The automatic packaging acquisition system includes at least one processor executing the instructions for performing operations. The operations may include receiving forecast data indicating a first expected number of packages over a first period of time required to ship an expected number of orders handled by a first fulfillment center, determining the historical scan events from a plurality of mobile devices associated with the first fulfillment center over a second period of time, determining a second number of packages based on the determined historical scan events, calculating a target quantity of packages based on the first expected number of packages and a value indicating cover days, instantiating a first electronic order for packages, based on the calculated target quantity, a current quantity of packages, an ordered number of packages, and the second number of packages; and send the first order to a remote computer system.

A computer-implemented method for providing a vehicle recommendation to a user may include: obtaining one or more vehicle images via a device associated with the user; identifying one or more user-selected images of the one or more vehicle images based on user interaction with the one or more vehicle images performed by the user via a user interface; identifying one or more first-level attributes from the one or more user-selected images; obtaining one or more vehicle identifications from the one or more user-selected images; determining one or more second-level attributes based on the one or more vehicle identifications; determining a value of each of the one or more first-level attributes and the one or more second-level attributes; determining the vehicle recommendation based on the value; and transmitting, to the device associated with the user, a notification indicating the vehicle recommendation.

A system and method is provided for visual traceability of requirements for products. The system may include a processor configured to generate a user interface through a display device that outputs a listing of at least a portion of a plurality of requirements for a product based on data stored in a data store that specifies associations between requirements and one or more of a plurality of components included in the product. The processor may receive a first input through at least one input device that is representative of a first selection of at least one of the plurality of requirements. Responsive to the first selection, the processor may determine at least one component that is associated in the data store with the at least one requirement for the product that was selected via the first input and cause the user interface to visually indicate in a three dimensional (3D) visualization of a 3D model of the product, which of the plurality of components shown in the 3D visualization of the 3D model of the product are associated with the at least one requirement that was selected via the first input.