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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085043 | Method for image data acquisition with a magnetic resonance device In a method for image data acquisition of a region of interest in a subject with a magnetic resonance device, wherein, to establish the field of view, a minimal geometric shape encompassing the subject to be acquired and/or the surface of the subject is determined a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7672987 | System and method for integration of medical information A computer system for integrating medical information using the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) as a taxonomy of medical terms includes a learner module for learning from training data concept classifiers for a source ontology and a target ontology, a mapper ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7620208 | System and method for detecting features from images of vehicles A method of detecting a feature of a vehicle in an image of a vehicle includes providing a digitized image of a vehicle, providing a first filter mask over a first subdomain of the image, where the filter mask is placed to detect a feature in the image, calculating ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616807 | System and method for using texture landmarks for improved markerless tracking in augmented reality applications A method of tracking a pose of a moving camera includes receiving a first image from a camera, receiving a sequence of digitized images from said camera, recording, for each of said sequence of digitized images, the pose and 2D correspondences of landmarks, reconstr... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613638 | Automated systems and methods to support electronic business transactions for spare parts Systems and methods are provided for implementing electronic business applications for managing and selling spare parts, wherein electronic catalogs of spare parts are used to present static and/or real-time spare parts data from disparate backend data sources in a ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7605826 | Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with depth determining graphics There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. At least one graphics proximity marker is determined for indicating a proximity of a predetermined portion of an instrument to a target. The at least one graphics proximity marker is ren... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602941 | Component fusion for face detection A system and method for object detection are provided where the system includes a component detection unit for detecting components in an image, a component fusion unit in signal communication with the component detection unit for fusing the components into an objec... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7593547 | Video-based encroachment detection A method and system for video-based encroachment detection are provided, the method including receiving first and second images, modeling a background from the first image, subtracting the background from the second image to provide a detection map, calibrating the ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590273 | Estimation of solitary pulmonary nodule diameters with a hybrid segmentation approach A method for estimating a diameter of an object of interest, includes extracting a sub-volume of voxels around a marker identifying a location of the object of interest, and determining a segmentation result identifying an edge of the object of interest by a reactiv... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574019 | Method for scene modeling and change detection A method for dynamic scene modeling and change detection applicable to motion analysis utilizes optical flow for capturing and modeling the dynamics of the scene. Uncertainties in the measurements are evaluated and utilized in order to develop a robust representatio... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567878 | Evaluating anomaly for one class classifiers in machine condition monitoring A method for monitoring machine conditions provides additional information using a one-class classifier in which an evaluation function is learned. In the method, a distance is determined from an anomaly measurement x to a boundary of a region R1 containi... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565262 | Bayesian sensor estimation for machine condition monitoring A method for monitoring a system includes receiving a set of training data. A Gaussian mixture model is defined to model a probability distribution for a particular sensor of the system from among a plurality of sensors of the system based on the received training d... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555046 | Method and system for searching and verifying magnitude change events in video surveillance A method for detecting events in a video sequence includes providing a video sequence, sampling the video sequence at regular intervals to form a series of snapshots of the sequence, measuring a similarity of each snapshot, measuring a similarity change between succ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7552035 | Method to use a receiver operator characteristics curve for model comparison in machine condition monitoring A method to use a receiver operator characteristics curve for model comparison in machine condition monitoring. The method and systems of using this method may be used to evaluate different monitoring models. These models may be used to monitor a variety of differen... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536050 | Using graph cuts for editing photographs An image editing system comprises an input device for inputting an image, a graphical user interface for selecting background and object seeds for the image, and an image processor for editing the image. The image processor has various editing routines, including a ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526414 | Density morphing and mode propagation for Bayesian filtering A system and method for modeling a dynamic system using Bayesian filtering, includes a prediction module to predict a state model of the dynamic system, the prediction module generates a prediction density having at least one mode, the state model includes a conditi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526140 | Model-based localization and measurement of miniature surface mount components A system and method for object inspection includes an object modeler; an iterative object segmentor in signal communication with the object modeler for receiving an input image and model parameters and producing a segmented image; a moment transformer in signal comm... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524061 | System and method for robust optic disk detection in retinal images using vessel structure and radon transform A method for optic disk detection in retinal images, includes: extracting a vessel tree from a retinal image; locating an optic disk in the retinal image using the vessel tree; enhancing a contrast of the optic disk; removing vessels from the contrast enhanced optic... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7512250 | System and method for fast illumination-invariant background subtraction using two views A method for eliminating errors in foreground object detection in digitized images comprises providing a reference camera and a secondary camera, vertically aligning each said camera with a baseline that is approximately perpendicular to a ground plane, wherein said... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508979 | System and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors A system and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors is disclosed. In the training stage, pairs of images taken simultaneously from a pair of stereo cameras are received and components in each pair of images are identified. Features are... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7499570 | Illumination invariant change detection A system and method for illumination invariant change detection are provided, the system including a processor, an energy ranking unit in signal communication with the processor for extracting block coefficients for the first and second images and computing an energ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7484128 | Inducing diversity in replicated systems with software rejuvenation A computer-implemented method for triggering a software rejuvenation system or method in a computer-system including a plurality of replicates includes receiving a request for resources at a first replicate, determining an estimated response time to the request for ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481368 | Systems, devices, and methods for managing RFID data Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a database table comprising a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records comprising an identification of an object, and an identification of a particular location of the object, each particular location of the objec... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480893 | Rule-based system and method for checking compliance of architectural analysis and design models A method for extracting requirements of an architectural software model comprises providing a use case model as a directed graph of the architectural software model comprising nodes corresponding to use cases and relations between nodes, and creating, automatically,... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7480079 | System and method for sequential kernel density approximation through mode propagation A system and method for sequential kernel density approximation uses mode propagation to determine mode locations by the mean-shift method and reduce the generated modes. Hessians are calculated corresponding to the mode locations to determine the covariance. Densit... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7475292 | System and method for triggering software rejuvenation using a customer affecting performance metric A computer-implemented method for triggering a software rejuvenation system and/or method includes receiving a plurality of requests for resources, determining to take a sample of the requests with a probability, determining an estimated average response time to the... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474756 | System and method for non-square blind source separation under coherent noise by beamforming and time-frequency masking A system and method for non-square blind source separation (BSS) under coherent noise. The system and method for non-square BSS estimates the mixing parameters of a mixed source signal and filters the estimated mixing parameters so that output noise is reduced and t... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7466841 | Method for traffic sign detection A method for detecting and recognizing at least one traffic sign is disclosed. A video sequence having a plurality of image frames is received. One or more filters are used to measure features in at least one image frame indicative of an object of interest. The meas... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7457674 | System, device, and methods for updating system-monitoring models A system for updating a plurality of monitoring models is provided. The system includes a model association module that, for each of a plurality of monitored systems determines, an association between a particular monitored system and at least one of a plurality of ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457436 | Real-time crowd density estimation from video A system and method for automated and/or semi-automated analysis of video for discerning patterns of interest in video streams. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is directed to identifying patterns of interest in indoor settings. In one aspect, the pr... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454386 | Learning management server using Bayesian methods for adaptive hypermedia A learning management system includes a content storage unit for storing learning content, a user modeling unit in signal communication with the content storage unit and having a user model, a personalization unit in signal communication with the content storage uni... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447333 | Video and audio monitoring for syndromic surveillance for infectious diseases We present, in exemplary embodiments of the present invention, novel systems and methods for syndromic surveillance that can automatically monitor symptoms that may be associated with the early presentation of a syndrome (e.g., fever, coughing, sneezing, runny nose,... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446798 | Real-time obstacle detection with a calibrated camera and known ego-motion A method and system of real-time obstacle detection from a moving vehicle is provided. The method and system use a calibrated image capturing device. The method and system use a motion estimation technique to pick points with reliable image motion flows, and perform... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436980 | Graphical object models for detection and tracking A computer implemented method for object detection includes providing a spatio-temporal model for an object to be detected, providing a video including a plurality of images including the object, and measuring the object as a collection of components in each image. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437006 | Error propogation and variable-bandwidth mean shift for feature space analysis The present invention comprises using error propagation for building feature spaces with variable uncertainty and using variable-bandwidth mean shift for the analysis of such spaces, to provide peak detection and space partitioning. The invention applies these techn... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428337 | Automatic design of morphological algorithms for machine vision The present invention provides a technique for automated selection of a parameterized operator sequence to achieve a pattern classification task. A collection of labeled data patterns is input and statistical descriptions of the inputted labeled data patterns are th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424153 | Shape priors for level set representations This invention relates to shape priors for level set representations. An embodiment of the invention comprises a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a shape model can be built directly on level set space using a collection of samples. The shape model... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421415 | Methods and systems for 3D object detection using learning In a method of 3D object detection, a learning procedure is used for feature selection from a feature set based on an annotated image-volume database, generating a set of selected features. A classifier is built using a classification scheme to distinguish between a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418305 | Method of generating a component of a component-based automation system A computer-implemented method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprises describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs, generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the compon... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392181 | System and method for nonlinear signal enhancement that bypasses a noisy phase of a signal A system and method for nonlinear signal enhancement is provided. The method comprises: performing a linear transformation on a measured signal comprising a source component and a noise component; determining a modulus of the linear transformed signal; estimating a ... | 06/24/2008 |
