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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7474332 | Synthetic aperture ladar system and method using real-time holography This invention uses a real-time holographic medium to record the amplitude and phase information collected from a moving platform at the aperture plane of a side-looking optical sensor over the collection time. A back-scan mirror is used to compensate platform motio... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7460150 | Using gaze detection to determine an area of interest within a scene Using gaze detection to determine image information collected from a scene. In order to determine the gaze of persons within a scene, images of the faces of those persons are obtained, and the gaze or line of sight of those persons is determined. Image information e... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444003 | Method and apparatus for identifying objects depicted in a videostream The present invention relates to an apparatus for rapidly analyzing frame(s) of digitized video data which may include objects of interest randomly distributed throughout the video data and wherein said objects are susceptible to detection, classification, and ultim... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440587 | Method and apparatus for calibrating sampling operations for an object detection process One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects an object in an image. During operation, the system determines a relationship between sampling parameters and a detection rate for an object detection process. The system also determines a relati... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436981 | Apparatus and method for processing video data An apparatus and methods for processing video data are described. The invention provides a representation of video data that can be used to assess agreement between the data and a fitting model for a particular parameterization of the data. This allows the compariso... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433494 | Moving body detecting apparatus Provided is a moving body detecting apparatus capable of detecting only a body to be notified without detecting a body similar in feature to the body to be notified. To confirm whether a break-in body appears in static images from a camera, the apparatus sets a moni... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428012 | Image processing method including generating face region information and a digital camera including face region identification unit Effectively reducing a noise on the face region to improve the picture quality of the entire image A digital camera according to the invention includes: an digital signal processor for performing image processing including contour correction on a shot image; ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428314 | Monitoring an environment An environment is monitored by capturing image data depicting the environment and analysing the image data to identify moving foreground objects. Upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked, and graphical output data is generated providing a r... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428000 | System and method for distributed meetings A system and method for teleconferencing and recording of meetings. The system uses a variety of capture devices (a novel 360° camera, a whiteboard camera, a presenter view camera, a remote view camera, and a microphone array) to provide a rich experience for peopl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426285 | Apparatus and method for processing video data An apparatus and methods for processing video data are described. The invention provides a representation of video data that can be used to assess agreement between the data and a fitting model for a particular parameterization of the data. This allows the compariso... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423686 | Image pickup apparatus having auto-focus control and image pickup method To track a region of interest (“ROI”) such as, for example, in a viewfinder of a camera, both the location and distance of a point in the ROI are estimated for a time in the future, based on actual measurements of locations and distances of the point at the pres... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421727 | Motion detecting system, motion detecting method, motion detecting apparatus, and program for implementing the method A motion detecting system which can set a proper set value for motion detection processing carried out by a camera server through a setting terminal. A setting terminal is connected to a camera server via a network for communication with each other. In the camera se... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412076 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program A floodlight section emits light with a predetermined blinking pattern. The emitted light is reflected by a reflecting object. An image capturing section captures the light reflected by the reflecting object. A surveillance apparatus compares the pattern of the refl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409076 | Methods and apparatus for automatically tracking moving entities entering and exiting a specified region Techniques for tracking entities using a single overhead camera are provided. A foreground region is detected in a video frame of the single overhead camera corresponding to one or more entities. It is determined if the foreground region is associated with an existi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408572 | Method and apparatus for an on-chip variable acuity imager array incorporating roll, pitch and yaw angle rates measurement A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405752 | Mobile communication system, mobile communication terminal and program thereof for displaying video at desired positions In a mobile communication terminal 10, a position information assigning section 24 associates images acquired by the photographing section 20 with position information concerning the positions at which these images are acquired. A video generati... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403217 | System and method of self-discovery and self-calibration in a video conferencing system A method of self-discovery and self-calibration is provided for allowing arbitrary placement of audio and video components in a multimedia conferencing system. In particular, one or more markers are provided on the audio components (e.g. microphone arrays, etc.) tha... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403634 | Object tracking apparatus and method An image input device inputs image sequence data. A memory stores each image of the image sequence data. A tracking point indication unit initially indicates a plurality of tracking points on a first image stored in the memory. A pattern matching unit compares a pat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400344 | Object tracking method and object tracking apparatus An object tracking method and an object tracking apparatus. Based on two or more frames of images acquired at different time points from an imaging unit, an image changing area is detected between the frames. Based on the image changing area thus detected, the posit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394916 | Linking tracked objects that undergo temporary occlusion A method and system is configured to characterize regions of an environment by the likelihoods of transition of a target from each region to another. The likelihoods of transition between regions is preferably used in combination with conventional object-tracking al... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391886 | Digital camera with image tracking system A digital camera system includes an input member for selecting at least one of an individual profile and a group profile and a memory operatively coupled to the input member. The memory includes digital images captured by the digital camera system and a profile info... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391887 | Eye tracking systems An eye tracking system includes an eye camera and a scene camera for supplying video data to interlace electronics indicative of an image of the user's eye and an image of the scene observed by the user. A frame grabber is provided for digitizing the video data and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391888 | Head pose assessment methods and systems Improvements are provided to effectively assess a user's face and head pose such that a computer or like device can track the user's attention towards a display device(s). Then the region of the display or graphical user interface that the user is turned towards can... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382936 | Surveillance camera apparatus having a selecting operation of image information in a receiving side A surveillance camera apparatus which has an image signal transmission apparatus transmitting an image signal and an image signal reception apparatus receiving an image signal from the image signal transmission apparatus. The image signal transmission apparatus has ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379563 | Tracking bimanual movements Hands may be tracked before, during, and after occlusion, and a gesture may be recognized. Movement of two occluded hands may be tracked as a unit during an occlusion period. A type of synchronization characterizing the two occluded hands during the occlusion period... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370975 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus which includes: an imaging device; a reference luminance property storage device that stores a predetermined reference luminance property; a luminance property calculating device that calculates a luminance property of the imaging devic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369682 | Adaptive discriminative generative model and application to visual tracking A system and a method are disclosed for an adaptive discriminative generative model with a probabilistic interpretation. As applied to visual tracking, the discriminative generative model separates the target object from the background more accurately and efficientl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369681 | System and method for tracking positions of objects in space, time as well as tracking their textual evolution A system and method including cameras for monitoring objects such as documents, at multiple locations, and for recording the objects' movement through space and time. The objects are marked with unique identifiers, and the invention is adaptable for recording and re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369680 | Method and apparatus for detecting an event based on patterns of behavior A system and apparatus are disclosed for modeling patterns of behavior of humans or other animate objects and detecting a violation of a repetitive pattern of behavior. The behavior of one or more persons is observed over time and features of the behavior are record... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367042 | Method and apparatus for hyperlinking in a television broadcast A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can be associated with a region, and can be transmitted in encoded form,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365779 | Image processing apparatus for selectively storing specific regions of an image The invention provides an image processing apparatus that can reduce the memory capacity of a memory forming part of the image processing apparatus and can correct the optical axis misalignment of a video camera in a simple manner. The image processing apparatus ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362374 | Video interlacing using object motion estimation One embodiment disclosed relates to the use of object motion estimation to interlace a progressive video sequence. One of a plurality of consecutive frames is segmented and motion vectors for each segment are determined though object motion estimation. Interpolated ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362921 | Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object using shape A method is disclosed for representing a sequence of images constituting a moving image by processing signals corresponding to the image. An object appearing in one image is identified in the sequence in a first perspective view, and the same object appearing in ano... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362369 | Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially simultaneously. A speed selector selects an operation speed for each of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359070 | Multi-function peripheral with camera A multi-function peripheral device for producing output images. The device includes a scanning system for creating a scanned input image, a camera for creating a captured input image, a controller for receiving at least one of said scanned input image and said captu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355627 | Moving object monitoring surveillance apparatus for detecting, tracking and identifying a moving object by zooming in on a detected flesh color A moving object monitoring surveillance apparatus that controls a camera using a motorized panhead and a motorized zoom lens to identify correctly a moving object, particularly, a person is disclosed. The apparatus includes a video device acquiring information of th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352881 | Method for tracking facial features in a video sequence A method (100) of tracking facial features in a video sequence is disclosed. The method receives (110) as input facial features for tracking in a first frame of the video sequence. The video sequence is also segmented (120) using spatiotemporal ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349558 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, storage medium and program There is described image-processing methods, apparatus and programs, which make it possible to accurately determine an oriented direction of an image to be displayed as a single screen image, without requiring operator's assistances. The method includes the steps of... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349582 | 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... | 03/25/2008 |
