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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120002898 | Operating a Device to Capture High Dynamic Range Images Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317885 | Automatic and Semi-automatic Image Classification, Annotation and Tagging Through the Use of Image Acquisition Parameters and Metadata A method for characterizing image contents automatically or semi-automatically using image acquisition parameters and metadata is presented. The method establishes probabilistic and deterministic relationships between different types of metadata and the semantic attribu... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110293146 | Methods for Estimating Peak Location on a Sampled Surface with Improved Accuracy and Applications to Image Correlation and Registration Methods and systems for estimating peak location on a sampled surface (e.g., a correlation surface generated from pixilated images) utilize one or more processing techniques to determine multiple peak location estimates for at least one sampled data set at a resolution ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC OBJECTS LOCALIZATION A method for automatic localization of objects in a mask. The method includes building a dictionary of atoms, wherein each atom models the presence of one object at one location and iteratively determining the atom of said dictionary which is best correlated with said m... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110255802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Disclosed is a method for accurately and efficiently detecting a modality of input data, including the steps of projecting the input data into a plurality of projection data using each of a plurality of transformation matrix groups U1·(Σ12U2... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249910 | IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT INCLUDING COMPARISON OF OVERLAPPED MARGINS Image quality is assessed for a digital image that is a composite of tiles or other image segments, especially focus accuracy for a microscopic pathology sample. An algorithm or combination of algorithms correlated to image quality is applied to pixel data at margins wh... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110216977 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores dictionary data including information on a feature area that indicates an area where a feature of a subject appears; and a subject determination unit that compares, when an input image is acquired, the fe... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110169726 | EVOLVING UNIVERSAL GESTURE SETS In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. Gesture recognition data, used to recognize gestures from captured data represent... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110110578 | Evaluation of Image Processing Algorithms One exemplary aspect of this invention pertains to a method to evaluate an image processing algorithm. The method includes varying a parameter of a model of an imaging system and, for each variation of the parameter, calculating with a data processor a corresponding ima... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110091065 | Image Alignment Using Translation Invariant Feature Matching A computer implemented method and system is provided for aligning multiple overlapping images in real time using translation invariant feature matching. A user captures overlapping images comprising a first image and a second image using one or more image capture device... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110090943 | Method for Identifying Signals of the Same Origin A method for identifying signals of the same origin is described. The signals are identified based upon a method of system analysis, wherein an accumulated value of an attenuation weighted by power of an incoming channel, the so-called correspondence coefficient, is use... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100328687 | REGISTERING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, REGISTERING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM AND REGISTERING METHOD A registering apparatus includes: a first image data acquiring unit that acquires first image data from a first region on a recording medium; a second image data acquiring unit that acquires second image data from a second region that includes the first region; a third ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322534 | OPTIMIZED CORRELATION FILTERS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING A system and method for generating and using a correlation filter. The method includes providing a plurality of training images, each training image being paired with an associated target correlation plane. Each training image and target correlation plane pair is proces... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100303382 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM, DATA INPUT RECEIVING DEVICE, DATA INPUT RECEIVING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM A data input system includes: an image reader reading, on a form basis, an original image of each form filled with characters; extracting original image data pieces by dividing, on a character basis, the original image data, and setting identification information to eac... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100260422 | Image-processing method, image-processing program and image-processing device for processing time-lapse image An image-processing method for processing a time lapse image includes acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of an object located within a field of view using an imaging device and a second image obtained by capturing an image of the object located withi... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100254601 | Method and device for use in converting a colour image into a grayscale image A computerised device for converting a colour image data indicative of a plurality of colour image regions defining a two-dimensional colour image, into a grayscale image data indicative of a plurality of grayscale image regions defining a two-dimensional grayscale imag... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100225665 | MAP AGGREGATION A system described herein includes a text extractor component that extracts text from a digital image and a determiner component that automatically determines whether or not the digital image is a map of a geographic region based at least in part upon the extracted text... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100220902 | CORRELATION BETWEEN SETS OF DATA The present invention relates to a method to perform an accurate correlation between a first set of data (1), collected from a first source (A1), and a second set of data (2), collected from a second source (A2), in the presence of noise in o... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100220928 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing method performed by a processor for processing a plurality of pixel values in an image data representing a two-dimensional image, the image processing method including defining a block representing a part of the two-dimensional image corresponding to... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100183071 | Methods and Systems for Enhanced Dynamic Range Images and Video from Multiple Exposures Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for video coding and decoding. Some aspects relate to coding and decoding of enhanced dynamic range video sequences based on a series of low-dynamic-range (LDR) frames, captured at a first exposure configura... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100172597 | 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 mean,... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY USING VIDEO ANALYSIS A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100166257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SEMI-TRANSPARENCIES IN VIDEO A method and apparatus for detecting semi-transparencies in video is disclosed.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158392 | Systems and Methods for Determining Crystallographic Characteristics of a Material Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for determining crystallographic characteristics of a material sample. For example, a method for determining crystallographic characteristics of a sample is disclosed that includes receiving a meas... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150472 | METHOD FOR COMPOSING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGE WITH HIGHER RESOLUTION A method for composing a confocal microscopy image with a higher resolution comprising the steps of: (1) start; (2) to decide whether the number of images to be stitched are more than two, if no, going to step (3), otherwise, going to step (7... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150225 | Adaptive Frequency Domain Filtering For Phase Plane Correlation In a Phase Plane Correlation (PPC) process, using adaptive frequency domain filtering to aid in generating candidate motion vectors. It is determined when it is beneficial to pre-filter an input image, prior to a PPC process. This results in more reliable and consistent... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141774 | Apparatus for Determining Information in Order to Temporally Align Two Information Signals An apparatus for determining information in order to temporally align first and second information signals, each including one or several information values for successive sampling times, the apparatus including a characteristic extractor for extracting a characteristic... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100128989 | CORRELATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM READABLE BY CORRELATION PROCESSING APPARATUS A correlation processing apparatus that obtains a correlation value between an image and a subimage, the apparatus including: N arithmetic circuits, each of the N arithmetic circuits performing an arithmetic operation on a first image pixel value of a first image pixel ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100129001 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR MEASURING IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTING ABILITY, AND METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE QUALITY An image quality adjustment capability measurement method includes the steps of: using an instructor image serving as a target for the image qualities of an evaluation image and a correlation function between image quality characteristic differences and image quality ad... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100128958 | METHOD FOR PRIOR IMAGE CONSTRAINED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION IN CARDIAC CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY An image reconstruction method for cardiac cone beam CT is provided, in which data acquired as truncated projections using current cardiac flat panel detectors is reconstructed to form a high quality image of a desired cardiac phase. An iterative method is utilized to r... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100121584 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic characterization of scale-dependent bulk material heterogeneities Methods and apparatuses are provided for detecting and characterizing heterogeneities within a bulk material that exhibit scale-dependent uniformity represented by locally representative volume elements (LRVEs). The invention is particularly useful in the characterizati... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100110075 | Dynamic biplane roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis A method of generating a three-dimensional volumetric representation of a subject. The method includes capturing a first image of the subject with a first capture device from a first perspective, accessing a stored volumetric model of the subject, and approximating a fi... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104183 | IMAGE ENLARGEMENT METHOD A correlation value calculation circuit calculates respective correlation values of each pixel for color image or for gray image in four directions. A selection circuit determines respective correlation values (Cv, Ch, CdA and CdB) in the four dire... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100086231 | ADAPTIVE PREDICTION USING A DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION PROCESS Multi-field taps are defined based on a decimated field. The multi-field taps are used to generate correlation matrices, the elements of which are used to generate covariance matrices. A principal component space is obtained by projecting the correlation matrix elements... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100034479 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL CONDITIONING A method for signal conditioning of signals from a two-dimensional image by calculating the motion of an image in relation to an image plane. Two-dimensional structures in the image are correlated between images separated in time, using Radon transforms for two or more ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100021023 | DETECTION OF LATENT PRINTS BY RAMAN IMAGING The present invention relates to a method for detecting a print on a surface, the method comprising: (a) contacting the print with a Raman surface-enhancing agent to produce a Raman-enhanced print; and (b) detecting the Raman-enhanced print using a Raman spectroscopic m... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100016696 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING REFERENCE SIGNALS According to embodiments, systems and methods for generating reference signals are provided. A signal may be transformed using a continuous wavelet transform, Regions of interest may be selected from a transform or the resulting scalogram that may be used to generate a ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090324130 | Image Expansion Apparatus and Image Expansion Method According to one embodiment, a first correlation calculator calculates a correlation between first pixel blocks, and detects as first reference pixels actual pixels contained respectively in the first pixel blocks with the highest correlation. A second correlation calcu... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090304302 | Arrangement for the imaging of surface structures of three-dimensional objects The aim of the invention is the improvement of an arrangement for the imaging of surface structures of three-dimensional objects, comprising a device for the optical recording of the surface of at least a partial region of the three-dimensional object from different pos... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090268937 | Decoding Watermark Information Items of a Watermarked Audio or Video Signal Using Correlation Watermark information consists of several data symbols which are embedded continuously in an audio or a video signal using modulation with a pseudo-random sequence if spread spectrum technology is used. At decoder site the watermark information is regained using correla... | 10/29/2009 |
