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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184153 | Method and apparatus for defining and reconstructing ROIs in scalable video coding A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174570 | Sign recognition device A sign recognition device includes a sign effective range data recording unit for prestoring effective range conditions shown by a sign and an auxiliary sign, a sign recognition unit for recognizing a sign and an auxiliary sign by using a captured image of a roadway... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8154595 | Device and method for automatic detection of incorrect measurements by means of quality factors What is disclosed is a device (1) for automatic detection of a possible incorrect measurement, wherein the device (1) comprises at least one reflected light illumination apparatus (14) and/or a transmitted light illumination apparatus (6)... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149277 | Display control device, display system, and television set A display control device includes: a signal supply unit that supplies an image signal to a display device; and a magnification change control unit that processes the image signal so as to change a magnification of a replay image according to a distance between a per... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139110 | Calibration of a gesture recognition interface system One embodiment of the invention includes a gesture recognition interface system that determines input gestures based on changes in relative locations of an input object to initiate device inputs associated with the input gestures. The system comprises at least one l... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125520 | System for establishing references for multi-image stitching An imaging system for generating multiple images includes a first imaging device and a second imaging device. The first imaging device includes a sensor and has a first optical path from an object to the sensor for generating a first object image. The second imaging... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8094191 | System and method for correcting an image A method for correcting an image of a physical object first captures images of a circle and a rectangle set of a calibration plate placed on a measurement machine, and determines correction data using the images of the circle and the rectangle. The method further co... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081213 | Test support system and image processing controller There is provided a test support system having facilitated association of an execution log with processing of each unit in a case of creating a control program by blocking a series of processing procedure into a plurality of units, the system being configured such t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077197 | Three-dimensional data preparing method and three-dimensional data preparing device A 3-dimensional data preparing method, comprising a first step of continuously taking digital images when moving from a first known point, via a second known point, to a third unknown point, a second step of generating tracking points from an image acquired at the f... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077199 | Target position identifying apparatus A target position identifying apparatus includes a color difference converting section for processing pixel values of an image of a target comprised of combination of a first color and a second color obtained from the target under influence of ambient light, thus ge... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077198 | Object position detection device and method thereof The present invention discloses a fast object position detection device and a method thereof, particularly to a detection device and a method thereof which can directly apply to various image systems. The device of the present invention mainly comprises an image cap... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8009192 | System and method for sensing geometric and photometric attributes of a scene with multiplexed illumination and solid states optical devices An optical receiver is arranged at a location in a scene. The optical receiver includes a photo sensor configured to detect spatio-temporal modulated optical signals directed at the scene from a set of spatially dispersed optical transmitters, and to convert the opt... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7990414 | O/S application based multiple device access windowing display A system and method for providing access to a video display for multiple devices. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving, at a video display system, a first video data signal through a first data communication interface and a second video da... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7800643 | Image obtaining apparatus The image obtaining apparatus realizes a function of detecting the distance, tilt, and/or attitude of an object, irrespective of the distance between the image obtaining apparatus and the object, while reducing the size and the cost of the apparatus. The apparatus i... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7773111 | System and method for perceived image processing in a gaze tracking system An embodiment of the present invention provide a system for measuring and modifying at least one model parameter of an object of an image in order to distinguish the object from noise in the image includes a perceived image generator, an image-match function, and a ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7724279 | O/S application based multiple device access windowing display A system and method for providing access to a video display for multiple devices. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving, at a video display system, a first video data signal through a first data communication interface and a second video da... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714886 | Systems and methods for obtaining improved accuracy measurements of moving rolling stock components Reference markers are attached to rails and/or other dynamically moving components of railroad tracks, and/or located at fixed and stationary positions adjacent to the track. When images of railway rolling stock are obtained, the reference marker(s) appear in the im... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7675542 | Camera controller A camera controller establishes a desired shooting range as the direction of a camera is changed. Coordinate data on a pseudo subject-plane representing a subject-plane virtually covering a plurality of subjects to be shot by the camera are stored. The direction of ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7659921 | Distance measurement apparatus, distance measurement method, and distance measurement program Captured images taken by cameras are corrected in accordance with characteristics of the lens system of the cameras to produce corrected images. A pixel position detector then obtains the pixel position of the object on each corrected image. With reference to calibr... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7570281 | Image processing apparatus and method for detecting a main subject to be photographed An image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises an image capturing unit for obtaining image data, an image capturing control unit for controlling such as a zoom, a processing unit for detecting a main subject from image data, a display unit for disp... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7471311 | Method for identifying bad pixel against a non-uniform landscape A method for identifying bad pixels in a matrix imaging sensor comprises moving the matrix sensor in a prescribed motion with respect to a background landscape (FIG. 1, 10), acquiring a combined image of the landscape, and identifying bad pixels (16) i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7439940 | Passive virtual reality A method and apparatus for providing, in response to image signals originating in an object space, mixed image signals for providing nonuniform resolution images for stimulating simulated active percepts for passive perception by a viewer in an image space. The imag... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7417690 | Video processing system and video processing method A system which allows significant camera breaks to be automatically detected among a large number of camera breaks and which is suitable in retrieving or playing a digital video is realized. Using a detected result recorded in an analysis result recording unit, a ca... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414596 | Data conversion method and apparatus, and orientation measurement apparatus An orientation sensor measures the orientation of the orientation sensor itself on a sensor coordinate system, and outputs an orientation measurement value. A first alignment data setting unit reads out first alignment data, which is recorded in an external storage ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410266 | Three-dimensional imaging system for robot vision The present invention provides a three-dimensional imaging system for robot vision, which is capable of three-dimensional positioning of objects, object identification, searching and tracking of an object of interest, and compensating the aberration of the system. T... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411486 | Lane-departure warning system with differentiation between an edge-of-lane marking and a structural boundary of the edge of the lane A driver assistance device for warning a driver of a motor vehicle of a risk of departure from the lane or from the lane is described, having at least one image-transmitting sensor, an evaluation device, connected to the image-transmitting sensor, for detecting edge... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408478 | Area of representation in an automotive night vision system A method for detecting surroundings by an automotive night vision system comprising several areas, including a detection area (3) in which surroundings related data is detected, an evaluation area within which the surroundings-related data detected by the nig... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406193 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus for making luminance correction An image processing method of making luminance correction on the basis of a luminance histogram showing luminance level distribution of image data expressing an image by a numerical value. A luminance average value, a luminance standard deviation, and a peak distanc... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400746 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras of three or more cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transfor... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389000 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389041 | Determining scene distance in digital camera images A method for producing a distance map of scene distance values for a digital image captured by a digital camera includes capturing a first digital image of a scene under a first illumination condition, wherein the first digital image includes a plurality of pixels a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386187 | Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation includes storing on the platform a reference perspective view and pa... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386163 | Obstacle recognition apparatus and method, obstacle recognition program, and mobile robot apparatus An obstacle recognition apparatus is provided which can recognize an obstacle by accurately extracting a floor surface. It includes a distance image generator (222) to produce a distance image using a disparity image and homogeneous transform matrix, a plane ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369158 | Launch monitor system with a calibration fixture and a method for use thereof The present invention is directed to a launch monitor system that measures flight characteristics of an object moving in a predetermined field-of-view. The system includes a support structure, a lighting unit, a camera unit disposed on the support structure, and a c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362351 | Method, system and device for detecting an object proximate to a water/air type interface A method and system for detecting an object in a zone located proximate to an interface between two liquid and/or gaseous media having different refractive indices, for example of the air/water type. The method and system produce at least a video image of the interf... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352892 | System and method for shape reconstruction from optical images Reconstructing the shape of the surface of an object in greater than two dimensions is performed using a noise-tolerant reconstruction process and/or a multi-resolution reconstruction process. The noise-tolerant reconstruction process can be a Bayesian reconstructio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350379 | Quality control method and quality control apparatus for glass gob in the formation of a glass product The present invention provides a quality control method and a quality control apparatus for use in the formation of a glass product. A feeder mechanism cuts a column-like molten glass pushed out through an orifice thereof into a glass gob and allows each glass gob t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352810 | Coding process and device for the displaying of a zoomed MPEG2 coded image The process is characterized in that, the zoomed image being defined by its horizontal and vertical homothety ratio with respect to the coded image, it performs the following steps: calculation of the horizontal and vertical sizes ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352920 | Managing images of microscopic specimens A method for managing a digital image of a biological specimen is disclosed. The method includes storing image data in a storage device. The image data is data for showing the image on a display. The method also includes identifying a portion of the image to be proc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349087 | Method for determining stokes parameters A method of determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters. The method includes emitting scene light rays from points in a region in a scene, and emitting a correlator light ray from a correlator. The correlator incl... | 03/25/2008 |
