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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127171 | TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID STEREO RECONSTRUCTION FROM IMAGES Stereo image reconstruction techniques are described. An image from a root viewpoint is translated to an image from another viewpoint. Homography fitting is used to translate the image between viewpoints. Inverse compositional image alignment is used to determine a homo... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127275 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEPTH INFORMATION FROM AT LEAST TWO INPUT IMAGES RECORDED WITH THE AID OF A STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM An image processing method is described for determining depth information from at least two input images recorded by a stereo camera system, the depth information being determined from a disparity map taking into account geometric properties of the stereo camera system,... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREO MISALIGNMENT ESTIMATION USING MODIFIED AFFINE OR PERSPECTIVE MODEL A method and apparatus for estimating stereo misalignment using modified affine or perspective model. The method includes dividing a left frame and a right frame into blocks, comparing horizontal and vertical boundary signals in the left frame and the right frame, estim... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127276 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PRODUCT THEREOF An image retrieval system and method thereof is provided. The method of the image retrieval system has the following steps: capturing an input image of an object simultaneously and separately by dual cameras in a mobile device, obtaining a depth image by the mobile devi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128234 | System for Generating Images of Multi-Views The present invention provides a system for generating images of multi-views. The system includes a processing unit; an image range calculating module coupled to the processing unit to calculate the ranges of a background image and a main body image of a 2D original ima... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128235 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE USING COLOR CHANNEL OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT Provided is an apparatus and method for reconstructing a computed tomography (CT) image using a color channel of a graphic processing unit (GPU) that reconstructs a three-dimensional (3D) image using a projection image obtained from a CT device. According to an embodime... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION A method and apparatus for CT image reconstruction may include selecting, by a unit, projection data of the same height on a curve having a curvature approximate to that of the scanning circular orbit, implementing, by a unit, a weighting processing on the selected proj... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106831 | STEREO VISION BASED DICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND STEREO VISION BASED DICE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS A dice recognition system and a dice recognition method for uncontrolled environments are provided. In the present invention, the number of dot on a dice is automatically recognized in an uncontrolled environment by using multiple cameras. The present dice recognition s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105599 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND IMAGE-SHOOTING METHOD WITH GUIDE FOR TAKING STEREO IMAGES AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING STEREO IMAGES An image-shooting method with guide for taking stereo images is used in a camera system. The camera system utilizes a same lens to take images. The method includes the following steps. A shooting mode is selected. A guiding information is provided by a display unit. A s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105597 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS An image processor capable of obtaining viewpoint images which are allowed to achieve natural stereoscopic image display is provided. The image processor includes a parallax correction section correcting magnitude of parallax, depending on position on an image plane, fo... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106833 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A POSITION MATCH OF 3D DATA SETS IN A DENTAL CAD/CAM SYSTEM A method for designing tooth surfaces of a digital dental prosthetic item using a first 3D model of a preparation site and/or of a dental prosthetic item and a second 3D model. The second model comprises regions matching some regions on the first 3D model and regions di... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRE-PROCESSING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FILES TO BE CONVERTED TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FILES Disclosed herein are methods and systems of efficiently, effectively, and accurately preparing images for a 2D to 3D conversion process by pre-treating occlusions and transparencies in original 2D images. A single 2D image, or a sequence of images, is ingested, segmente... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106830 | Texture Identification Technologies are generally described for determining a texture of an object. In some examples, a method for determining a texture of an object includes receiving a two-dimensional image representative of a surface of the object, estimating a three-dimensional (3D) proje... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082368 | DEPTH CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD According to one embodiment, a depth correction apparatus includes a clusterer, a calculator and a corrector. The clusterer is configured to apply clustering to at least one of pixel values and depth values of a plurality of pixels in a calculation range corresponding t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082370 | MATCHING DEVICE, MATCHING METHOD AND MATCHING PROGRAM Provided is a matching device capable of improving the accuracy of the degree of similarly in the calculation of the degree of similarly between data sets. Element selection means 41 selects elements corresponding to each other between a first vector including a ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082369 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM There is provided an image composition apparatus including a parallax deriving unit configured to derive a parallax of one area in a background image, the one area corresponding to one object in the background image, an image selection unit configured to select an image... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070072 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE PRODUCT According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a readiness determining unit configured to determine whether or not a state of a face image included in an image at one time out of images obtained at a plurality of different times is a ready state that s... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070070 | LEARNING-BASED POSE ESTIMATION FROM DEPTH MAPS A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a humanoid form. Respective descriptors are extracted from the depth map based on the depth values in a plurality of patches distributed in respective positions over the humanoid form. The... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED WATER DETECTION USING VISIBLE SENSORS Systems and methods are disclosed that include automated machine vision that can utilize images of scenes captured by a 3D imaging system configured to image light within the visible light spectrum to detect water. One embodiment includes autonomously detecting water bo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070068 | FOUR DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus for performing a four-dimensional image reconstruction. The apparatus can be configured to receive a first input to slice a stack of two-dimensional images that depicts an object of interest into one or more planes to form one or more virtual imag... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a difference calculation unit, an intensity calculation unit, and an enhancing unit. The difference calculation unit calculates, for each partial area of an input image, a difference between a depth val... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051627 | METHOD FOR VIRTUALLY EXPANDING AND ENRICHING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A SCENE The invention relates to a method for virtually expanding and enriching the field of view of the current image of a scene described by a video including several images. This method includes the following steps of: 03/01/2012 | |
| 20120051624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DISPARITY An apparatus for detecting disparity is described. This apparatus detects the disparity between corresponding pixel positions in a first and second image capturing the same scene, the first and second image being viewable as a stereoscopic image captured using a paralle... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051626 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORWARD AND BACK PROJECTION METHODS Methods provided for forward and back-projection, which are referred to as separable footprint (SF) projectors: exemplified by the SF-TR and SF-TT projectors. These methods approximate the voxel footprint functions as 2D separable functions. Because of the separability ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051625 | Method and Apparatus for 2D to 3D Conversion Using Scene Classification and Face Detection A method and apparatus for converting a two dimensional image or video to three dimensional image or video. The method includes segmenting objects in at least one of a two dimensional image and video, performing, in the digital processor, a depth map generation based on... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050525 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN OVERVIEW IMAGE OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGES USING A REFERENCE PLANE An apparatus for generating an overview image of a plurality of images comprises a storage unit and an image processor. The storage unit stores a plurality of processed images of the overview image and is able to provide the overview image containing the plurality of pr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050496 | Moving Obstacle Detection Using Images Systems and methods for identifying moving objects from received images are disclosed. Images are received from a stereo image capture device and from a moving image capture device. Distances from the stereo image capture device to points in a captured image are stored ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045116 | METHOD FOR 3D DIGITALIZATION OF AN OBJECT WITH VARIABLE SURFACE In a method for the 3D digitalization of an object with variable surface a plurality of camera pictures of partial surfaces of the object (4) are taken and put together for determining the 3D coordinates of the partial surface of the object (4). Camera pic... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045117 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAINING, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING POSTURE VISUAL ANGLE OF OBJECT IN IMAGE Method and device for estimating the posture orientation of the object in image are described. An image feature of the image is obtained. For each orientation class, 3-D object posture information corresponding to the image feature is obtained based on a mapping model c... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039525 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA CONTENT A system that incorporates teachings of the exemplary embodiments may include, for example, means for generating a disparity map based on a depth map, means for determining accuracy of pixels in the depth map where the determining means identifies the pixels as either a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039526 | Volume-Based Coverage Analysis for Sensor Placement in 3D Environments Coverage of sensors in a CTV system in a three-dimensional environment are analyzed by partitioning a 3D model of the environment into a set of voxels. A ray is cast from each pixel in each sensor through the 3D model to determine coverage data for each voxel. The cover... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033038 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTRAPOLATED VIEW A view extrapolation apparatus and a view extrapolation method to generate images at a plurality of virtual points uses a relatively small number of input images. The view extrapolation apparatus and the view extrapolation method output a view at a reference point, the ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033873 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SHAPE MATCH IN THREE DIMENSIONS Provided are a method and a device for determining a shape match in three dimensions, which can utilize information relating to three-dimensional shapes effectively. Camera control means (33) of a determination device (10) captures a range image of an obje... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTRAPOLATED VIEW BASED ON IMAGE RESIZING A view extrapolation apparatus and a view extrapolation method to generate images at a plurality of virtual points using a relatively small number of input images are disclosed. The view extrapolation apparatus and the view extrapolation method output a view at a refere... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026293 | METHOD AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE WHEEL OR AXLE GEOMETRY OF A VEHICLE In a method for determining a wheel or axle geometry of a vehicle, the following steps are provided: illuminating a wheel region with structured and with unstructured light during a motion of at least one wheel and/or of the vehicle; acquiring multiple images of the whe... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALTERING IMAGES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY Provided are a display device and method for altering images, the apparatus including: an input unit operable to receive a left image and a right image; and an image altering unit which is operable to alter the received left image and the received right image and to out... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027291 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING PROGRAM, AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM The disclosed multi-view image coding/decoding device first obtains depth information for an object photographed in an area subject to processing. Next, a group of pixels in an already-coded (decoded) area which is adjacent to the area subject to processing and in which... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027290 | OBJECT RECOGNITION USING INCREMENTAL FEATURE EXTRACTION In one example, an apparatus includes a processor configured to extract a first set of one or more keypoints from a first set of blurred images of a first octave of a received image, calculate a first set of one or more descriptors for the first set of keypoints, receiv... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027292 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETERMINING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional object determining apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of feature points of an object included in an image data that is acquired; a pattern normalizing unit configured to generate a norma... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020549 | Apparatus and method for depth-image encoding with rate-distortion optimization Provided is a rate-distortion optimizing apparatus and method for encoding a depth image. The rate-distortion optimizing apparatus may reduce a resolution in an area that does not include an edge that significantly affects image synthesis, and may use a high quantizatio... | 01/26/2012 |
