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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106865 | GENERATION OF IMAGE DATA WITH CORRECTION FOR OPTICAL MISFOCUS UTILIZING FRACTIONAL POWERS OF THE FOURIER TRANSFORM OPERATOR Fractional Fourier transform properties inherent in lens systems and other light and particle-beam environments are used to correct optical misfocus utilizing numerical operations. The invention produces a focused image from a partially-focused operation computed by at ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106864 | CORRECTION OF UNFOCUS AND MISFOCUS VIA ORIGIN-CENTERED DISCRETE FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM A method corrects unfocus and misfocus in original image data using an origin-centered two-dimensional discrete fractional Fourier transform. The origin-centered two-dimensional discrete fractional Fourier transform numerically corrects a modeled evolution of an image p... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105655 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD An image processing device extracts, in an image block selection section 226, a plurality of image block pairs from a degraded image and a provisional restored image, each of the image block pairs being formed by two image blocks at identical coordinates in the d... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120070097 | REFOCUSING IMAGES USING SCENE CAPTURED IMAGES A method of providing a refocused image, includes using a processor to perform the steps of acquiring at least two captured images of a scene with differing focus settings, using the at least two captured images to provide an all-in-focus image, generating a range map f... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120033096 | MOTION BLUR MODELING FOR IMAGE FORMATION The present disclosure includes motion blur modeling methods and systems for image formation. One motion blur modeling method for image formation includes obtaining image data utilized to form a particular image taken by a camera of a subject, obtaining velocity vector ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120014616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IMAGE QUALITY USING SPATIAL MODULATION PER BAND A method and apparatus for enhancing and improving image quality are provided. The method includes separating an input image into at least one low frequency component and at least one high frequency component; modulating the low frequency components in a block unit by d... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008872 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SYSTEM An auto focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has at least one edge. The focus signal generator may generate a focus signal that is a function of a width of the edge and/or statistics o... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316999 | Microscope apparatus and image acquisition method Provided is a microscope apparatus including a macro-image, acquisition section that acquires a macro image of a glass slide having a specimen mounted thereon; an extraction section that extracts the specimen in the acquired macro image; a block setting section that set... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304687 | GENERATING SHARP IMAGES, PANORAMAS, AND VIDEOS FROM MOTION-BLURRED VIDEOS A “Blur Remover” provides various techniques for constructing deblurred images from a sequence of motion-blurred images such as a video sequence of a scene. Significantly, this deblurring is accomplished without requiring specialized side information or camera setup... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299792 | IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Techniques for image stabilization may include detecting motion of an apparatus configured to display image data, the image data comprising one or more frames, a first frame of the one or more frames comprising a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers may be proce... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293197 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD A weighting coefficient sequence defining unit generates an array in which weighting coefficients are held at positions defined by the directional components of blur vectors, and adjusts the weighting coefficients to increase the sum of the frequency components of the a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286681 | System and Methods for De-Blurring Motion Blurred Images Systems and methods for providing a substantially de-blurred image of a scene from a motion blurred image of the scene are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a primary detector for sensing the motion blurred image and generating primary image information representi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110286680 | MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program causing a computer to execute an image processing on image data to be processed, the image processing program including an obtaining step obtaining the image data, a gradation conversi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280475 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BOKEH EFFECT IN OUT-FOCUSING PHOTOGRAPHY An apparatus and method for out-focusing photography in a portable terminal is disclosed, including detecting a position of each pixel corresponding to a light area from an original image, generating a blurred image by blurring the original image, mapping a preset textu... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110262030 | Recovering 3D Structure Using Blur and Parallax A system and method for generating a focused image of an object is provided. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of images of an object, estimating an initial depth profile of the object, estimating a parallax parameter and a blur parameter for each pixel in of t... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254983 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND DEBLURRING IMAGES The present invention proposes a digital camera and a corresponding method for capturing and deblurring images which remove several disadvantages of the prior art. In particular, the hardware limitation as well as the motion restriction of the known conventional MIP app... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110234610 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Methods Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing apparatus includes a point spread function (PSF) pattern generation unit for generating a PSF pattern in which a plurality of PSFs are located in a plurality of lines of the ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of displaying images more easily and effectively. A degree-of-blur detecting unit 21 detects the degree of blur of an input ima... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229029 | SELECTIVE DIFFUSION OF FILTERED EDGES IN IMAGES An edge-preserving diffusion filter maintains the sharp edges in images while smoothing out image noise. An edge-preserving diffusion filter applies an edge-preserving smoothing filter to an image to form a filtered image. The modified image is then blurred by a blurrin... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110216983 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION TRANSFORM PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN PROJECTOR A projector includes: a frame image storage unit that stores input image data input to the projector; a block image storage unit that stores a part of the input image data in terms of block image data including N×M (where N and M≧2) pixels; a correction processing un... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212717 | Methods and Systems for Content Processing Mobile phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110206291 | COMBINED SPECTRAL AND POLARIMETRY IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTICS Combined spectral and polarimetry imaging and diagnostic techniques are disclosed, including an imaging system that simultaneously records spatially co-registered spectral and polarization information from an image of a target scene such as an ocular structure or materi... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110199492 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A POINT SPREAD FUNCTION USING MOTION INFORMATION The present invention relates to a method and system for obtaining a point spread function for deblurring image data captured by an imaging device comprising a motion sensor. First, motion path values indicating the motion of the imaging device during the exposure time ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110200268 | UNIVERSAL BLURRINESS MEASUREMENT APPROACH FOR DIGITAL IMAGERY Systems and methods of performing quantitative measurements of image blur in digital images and digital image sequences that are computationally efficient, and that employ no reference information in the measurement process. Each of the image blur measurements is perfor... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110188770 | AUTOMATIC SUPER-RESOLUTION TRANSFORMATION FOR IMAGES Disclosed are methods and apparatus for improving images. At an image management system for storing a plurality of images from a plurality of users via a computer network, a new image is received and stored. So as to generate a new improved image, each patch of the new ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110175993 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Provided is an image processing apparatus, including: a receiver to receive an all-in-focus image, which is generated through selecting, from focus face images, representative divided images being best-focused images among images in divided regions forming the focus fac... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110150447 | AUTOFOCUS WITH CONFIDENCE MEASURE Autofocusing is performed in response to a weighted sum of previous blur difference depth estimates at each focus adjustment iteration. Variance is also determined across both past and present estimations providing a confidence measure on the present focus position for ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110150353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus includes a first generating unit, a second generating unit, and an updating unit. The first generating unit generates a point spread function representing the degree of blurring generated in the input image. The second generating unit... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110134263 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a focusing quantity calculating unit, a detail compensation amount calculating unit, and a detail adding unit. The focusing quantity calculating unit calculates a focusing quantity for every pos... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110135215 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SYSTEM An auto focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has at least one edge with a width. The focus signal generator may generate a focus signal that is a function of the edge width and/or stat... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129165 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD An image processing apparatus and image processing method capable of providing a high-resolution image for a desired position by use of light field data are provided. The image processing apparatus may determine a position of a portion of light field data among light fi... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110123130 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD An image correction apparatus includes a smoothing unit, a blurred area detection unit, a correction amount calculation unit, and a correction unit. The smoothing unit smoothes an input image. The blurred area detection unit detects, for each pixel of a smoothed image o... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122296 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEBLURRING MOTION BLURRED IMAGES An image deblurring system deblurs motion blurred images of a video stream captured from a moving object. An image deblurring method selects a blurred image from the video stream, selects blurred pixels from the blurred image, and calculates a movement offset for each o... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110116726 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, BLUR IMAGE SORTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110110601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE DEBLURRING USING JOINT BILATERAL FILTERING A system (12) for providing an adjusted image (228) of a scene (10) from a blurred captured image (14) includes a control system (26) that provides the adjusted image (228). The control system (26) can create a downsample... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110102642 | IMAGE DEBLURRING USING A COMBINED DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE A method for determining a deblurred image comprising: receiving a blurred image of a scene; receiving a blur kernel; initializing a candidate deblurred image; determining a plurality of differential images representing differences between neighboring pixels in the cand... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096175 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A FOCAL LENGTH OF A CAMERA One method of adjusting a focal length of a camera obtains a captured image of the camera by an application server, where a user can log onto the application server and decides if there is a need to adjust the focal length of the camera again. Another method obtains a c... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096180 | FOURIER DOMAIN BLUR ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM A method and system for estimating motion blur of an image associated with a moving object. The direction of one-dimensional motion blur may be estimated by inspecting a power spectrum associated with the image. A radon transform with respect to the image power spectrum... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110090352 | IMAGE DEBLURRING USING A SPATIAL IMAGE PRIOR A method for determining a deblurred image, the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising: receiving a sharp image of a scene captured with a short exposure time; receiving a blurred image of the scene captured with a longer exposure... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110090376 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Edge enhancement processing is implemented on an image data, and distortion correction processing is implemented on the image data subjected to the edge enhancement processing to correct a distortion by executing local enlargement processing or reduction processing corr... | 04/21/2011 |
