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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987977 | Hearing aid package A hearing aid is enclosed in a gas-impermeable or substantially gas-impermeable package to prevent inadvertent activation of the hearing aid during transport. The package may include a housing having a groove that substantially conforms to at least a portion of the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7855128 | Back-illuminated imager using ultra-thin silicon on insulator substrates A method for fabricating a back-illuminated semiconductor imaging device on an ultra-thin semiconductor-on-insulator substrate (UTSOI) is disclosed. The UTSOI substrate is formed by providing a handle wafer comprising a mechanical substrate and an insulator layer su... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853072 | System and method for detecting still objects in images The present invention provides an improved system and method for object detection with histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) based support vector machine (SVM). Specifically, the system provides a computational framework to stably detect still or not moving objects o... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852163 | Batch-fabricated, RF-interrogated, end transition, chip-scale atomic clock A chip scale atomic clock is disclosed that provides a low power atomic time/frequency reference that employs direct RF-interrogation on an end-state transition. The atomic time/frequency reference includes an alkali vapor cell containing alkali atoms, preferably ce... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844133 | Method and system for filtering, registering, and matching 2.5D normal maps An iterative approach to vector median filtering wherein the resulting median vector need not be a member of the original data set. The iterative vector median filtering allows for fast convergence for complex computations and an output which is approximate to the m... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835578 | Automated video-to-text system A method for transforming Video-To-Text is disclosed that automatically generates text descriptions of the content of a video. The present invention first segments an input video sequence according to predefined semantic classes using a Mixture-of-Experts blob segme... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7821453 | Distributed iterative multimodal sensor fusion method for improved collaborative localization and navigation A computer implemented method for fusing position and range measurements to determine the position of at least one node of a plurality of distributed nodes is disclosed. The method includes (a) measuring the position of at least one node; (b) computing an estimate o... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813525 | Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activities A method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activities is disclosed. In one embodiment at least one low-level feature set is detected in a plurality of frames of a sequence of scene imagery. The frame-to-frame associations of the detected low-level feature set a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807509 | Anodically bonded ultra-high-vacuum cell The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon suc... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804113 | Anti-blooming structures for back-illuminated imagers An anti-blooming structure for a back-illuminated imager is disclosed. In one embodiment, the anti-blooming structure is formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type having a back side and a front side, comprising a channel region of a second conductivity type... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7782378 | Scene-based non-uniformity correction method using local constant statistics A scene-based non-uniformity correction method employing local constant statistics for eliminating fixed pattern noise in a video comprising a plurality of images is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing an initial gain image, an initial offset image, a prede... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777229 | Method and apparatus for reducing smear in back-illuminated imaging sensors A method for fabricating a back-illuminated semiconductor imaging device and resulting imaging device is disclosed, which includes the steps providing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; growing an epitaxial layer substantially overlying the front... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764396 | CMOS image sensor having hybrid pixel arrays Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for high speed, high resolution imaging, which includes a micropixel array that includes, at least one macropixel, and a macropixel selector module; a micropixel array which is coupled to the macropi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760911 | Method and system for segment-based optical flow estimation The methods and systems of the present invention enable the estimation of optical flow by performing color segmentation and adaptive bilateral filtering to regularize the flow field to achieve a more accurate flow field estimation. After creating pyramid models for ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755685 | Electron multiplication CMOS imager A pixel for an imager is disclosed that includes at least one electron multiplication (EM) gain stage configured in a loop and electrically coupled to a charge collection region and a charge readout region, the charge collection region being configured to generate a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751598 | Methods and systems for biometric identification A method for identifying an iris image can include obtaining an iris image of an eye, segmenting the iris image, generating, from the segmented iris image, a normalized iris image, and generating, from the normalized iris image, an iris template. The method can also... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747106 | Method and system for filtering, registering, and matching 2.5D normal maps An iterative approach to vector median filtering wherein the resulting median vector need not be a member of the original data set. The iterative vector median filtering allows for fast convergence for complex computations and an output which is approximate to the m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7728833 | Method for generating a three-dimensional model of a roof structure A method and apparatus for automatically generating a three-dimensional computer model from a “point cloud” of a scene produced by a laser radar (LIDAR) system. Given a point cloud of an indoor or outdoor scene, the method extracts certain structures from the im... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7706571 | Flexible layer tracking with weak online appearance model Method for tracking an object recorded within a selected frame of a sequence of frames of video data, using a plurality of layers, where at least one object layer of the plurality of layers represents the object includes initializing layer ownership probabilities fo... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702178 | Method and apparatus for providing noise reduction A method and apparatus for reducing noise in at least one frame in an image sequence is disclosed. A minimum function is applied to the at least one frame to produce a plurality of minimum values. A mask is generated in accordance with the plurality of minimum value... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7697786 | Method and apparatus for detecting edges of an object The present invention provides a system and method for detecting edges of an object in a pre-crash sensing environment. The method includes extracting vertical edges from peaks in an array of column sums of absolute values of normalized horizontal derivates computed... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7672514 | Method and apparatus for differentiating pedestrians, vehicles, and other objects A method and apparatus for classifying an object in an image is disclosed. Edges of an object are detected within a region of interest. Edge analysis is performed on a plurality of sub-regions within the region of interest to generate an edge score. The object is cl... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7660438 | Method and apparatus for object tracking prior to imminent collision detection A method and apparatus for performing collision detection is described. An object is detected within a first operational range of an object tracker. A classification of the object is determined using the object tracker. The object tracker tracks the object. The obje... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660436 | Stereo-vision based imminent collision detection A stereo vision based collision avoidance systems having stereo cameras that produce imagery that is processed to produce a depth map of a scene. A potential threat is detected in the depth map. The size, position, and velocity of the detected potential threat are t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657127 | Method and apparatus for providing strobed image capture A method and apparatus for strobed image capture includes stroboscopic illumination synchronized with one or more cameras to improve a signal to noise ratio, reduce motion blur and avoid object damage in sensor systems used to analyze illumination sensitive objects.... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651553 | Ballast circuit for electrostatic particle collection systems The present invention provides a ballast circuit and method for fabricating the same for multi-electrode corona discharge arrays. The circuit includes a conductive plastic material and at least one corona electrode protruding from the conductive plastic material. Th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7650030 | Method and apparatus for unsupervised learning of discriminative edge measures for vehicle matching between non-overlapping cameras A method and apparatus for unsupervised learning of measures for matching objects between images from at least two non-overlapping cameras is disclosed The method includes collecting at least two pairs of feature maps, where the at least two pairs of feature maps ar... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639840 | Method and apparatus for improved video surveillance through classification of detected objects A method and apparatus for video surveillance is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sequence of scene imagery representing a field of view is received. One or more moving objects are identified within the sequence of scene imagery and then classified in accordance with... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7634114 | Method and apparatus for iris biometric systems for use in an entryway A method and apparatus for designing an iris biometrics system that operates in minimally constrained settings. The image acquisition system has fewer constraints on subjects than traditional methods by extending standoff distance and capture volume. The method rece... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7634089 | Cinema anti-piracy measures An anti-piracy system introduces distortion into a recorded image, while maintaining a high quality projected image. The video source material includes modulated entities for providing artifacts incompatible with the content of the video source material and selectiv... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627147 | Method and apparatus for obtaining iris biometric information from a moving subject A method and apparatus for obtaining iris biometric information that provides increased standoff distance and capture volume is provided herein. In one embodiment, a system for obtaining iris biometric information includes an array of cameras defining an image captu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623676 | Method and apparatus for tracking objects over a wide area using a network of stereo sensors A method and/or system for tracking objects, such as humans, over a wide area (that is, over an area that is delineated by a large spatial domain and/or a long-duration temporal domain) is provided. Such tracking is facilitated by processing, in real-time, near real... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622998 | Solid state intra-cavity absorption spectrometer The present invention provides a solid state intra-cavity absorption spectrometer comprising a solid-state gain device interspersed in an array of oscillators in a chamber to produce a wide area coherent high power source of Terahertz radiation. The source is then p... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622342 | Method of fabricating back-illuminated imaging sensors A method for fabricating a back-illuminated semiconductor imaging device on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, and resulting imaging device is disclosed. A substrate which includes an insulator layer and an epitaxial layer substantially overlying the insulator ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7616816 | System and method for mission-driven visual information retrieval and organization The present invention provides a virtual data collection system and method that provides an image analyst with full-control of the image, including the ability to retrieve and reorganize information from an existing video database of images. The system provides for ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613323 | Method and apparatus for determining camera pose A method and apparatus for determining camera pose characterized by six degrees of freedom (e.g., for use in computer vision systems) is disclosed. In one embodiment an image captured by the camera is received, and at least two constraints on the potential pose are ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603401 | Method and system for on-line blind source separation A method and apparatus is disclosed for performing blind source separation using convolutive signal decorrelation. For a first embodiment, the method accumulates a length of input signal (mixed signal) that comprises a plurality of independent signals from independe... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599524 | Method and apparatus for providing a robust object finder A method of quickly and robustly localizing a pair of concentric circular region boundaries in a digital image, such as the pupil and iris boundaries in an image of a human eye is disclosed. Specularities in the image are optionally filled. An object containing conc... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593061 | Method and apparatus for measuring and/or correcting audio/visual synchronization A method and apparatus for measuring and/or correcting audio/visual synchronization is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing synchronization of a video signal and a corresponding audio signal associated with the audio/visual transmission includes dete... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592276 | Woven electronic textile, yarn and article A woven article comprises a plurality of electrically insulating and/or electrically conductive yarn in the warp and a plurality of electrically insulating and/or electrically conductive yarn in the weft interwoven with the yarn in the warp. A functional yarn in the... | 09/22/2009 |
