Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189879 | System and method for animal identification using IRIS images A system for animal identification includes: an image capture apparatus for obtaining an image of an eye of an animal including a pupil region and an iris region; and a template generation apparatus. The template generation apparatus is for: extracting a set of pixe... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184868 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184867 | Method and system for biometric identification or verification The invention relates to a method for the biometric identification or verification of people. According to said method, biometric characteristics are detected by means of an imaging device and the identification or verification is carried out by means of the detecte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180115 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175341 | Image processing method and apparatus thereof In case of an image region having a property of abrupt changes in luminance and tint, even when a region made up of pixels having luminance values and tint levels similar to those of one point designated by the user is extracted as a correction region with reference... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175342 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts The detection of red-eye defects is enhanced in digital images for embedded image acquisition and processing systems. A two-stage redeye filtering system includes a speed optimized filter that performs initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions and optionally ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170293 | Multimodal ocular biometric system and methods Biometric systems capture and combine biometric information from more than one modality, employing digital processing algorithms to process and evaluate captured images having data for a biometric characteristic. Such digital algorithms may include a pupil segmentat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170295 | Personal authentication system and personal authentication method A personal authentication system comprises an imaging section for capturing an image of a user's eye including the iris; pupil/iris region extraction section for extracting a pupil region and an iris region from the captured image; a three-dimensional polar coordina... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170294 | Method of detecting redeye in a digital image A method for detecting redeye in a digital image comprises initially examining the image to detect redeyes, examining the image to detect face regions and, from the results of the preceding examinations, identifying those detected face regions each including only on... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160308 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts An image acquisition device includes a first speed-optimized filter for producing a first set of candidate red-eye regions for an acquired image; and a second analysis-optimized filter for operating on the first set of candidate red eye regions and the acquired imag... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155395 | Iris authentication apparatus An iris authentication apparatus includes an iris area extraction unit, registration pattern generating unit, collation pattern generating unit, and collation unit. The iris area extraction unit extracts iris areas from a sensed registration eyeball image and a sens... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8131021 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts The detection of red-eye defects is enhanced in digital images for embedded image acquisition and processing systems. A two-stage redeye filtering system includes a speed optimized filter that performs initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions and optionally ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126218 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126217 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts The detection of red-eye defects is enhanced in digital images for embedded image acquisition and processing systems. A two-stage redeye filtering system includes a speed optimized filter that performs initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions and optionally ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111879 | Face and iris imaging system and method A duplex camera with common face and iris imaging optics locates an iris in a scene and images the iris without requiring multiple camera alignment or a rapid zoom capability. A wavelength selective mirror separates the light from an imaged scene into visible and in... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107688 | Gaze detection apparatus and the method of the same An image input unit, a feature point detection unit configured to extract at least four image feature points including a feature point of a pupil and which do not exist on an identical plane from an input image, a three-dimensional face model storage unit configured... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103061 | Method and apparatus for identifying facial regions An apparatus and method for identifying facial regions in an image includes a computer running a program that tests pixel values of an image to identify objects therein having attributes like pupils, such as shape, size, position and reflectivity. To reduce the time... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098901 | Standoff iris recognition system An iris recognition system having pupil and iris border conditioning prior to iris mapping and analysis. The system may obtain and filter an image of an eye. A pupil of the mage may be selected and segmented. Portions of the pupil border can be evaluated and pruned.... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085994 | Iris identification system and method using mobile device with stereo camera The present invention relates to a face recognition and/or iris recognition system and method using a mobile device equipped with a stereo camera, which acquire a stereo image of a user's face using at least two cameras or a method corresponding thereto and, even wh... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073205 | Device and method for creating retinal fundus maps A device has means for computing and obtaining blood vessel extraction images by extracting blood vessel portions from two or more fundus images, means for computing and obtaining a corner data image having corner portions of the blood vessel portions detected from ... | 12/06/2011 |
| RE42998 | Multidimensional eye tracking and position measurement system for diagnosis and treatment of the eye The present invention relates to improved ophthalmic diagnostic measurement or treatment methods or devices, that make use of a combination of a high speed eye tracking device, measuring fast translation or saccadic motion of the eye, and an eye position measurement... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064648 | Eye form classifying method, form classification map, and eye cosmetic treatment method A classifying method according to an eye form considers the eye form feature as an important factor, to provide an eye cosmetic treatment method for appropriately and quickly making up the eye so that the eye balances and looks large and attractive according to the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064649 | Techniques and apparatus for increasing accuracy of iris authentication by utilizing a plurality of iris images having different pupil diameter/iris diameter ratios A plurality of iris images are acquired (SA0), and aggregation of iris images of which distribution of pupil openings is uniform is acquired from the plurality of iris images by duplication and/or deletion (SA1). Features are generated from the respect... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064647 | System for iris detection tracking and recognition at a distance A stand-off range or at-a-distance iris detection and tracking for iris recognition having a head/face/eye locator, a zoom-in iris capture mechanism and an iris recognition module. The system may obtain iris information of a subject with or without his or her knowle... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059870 | Time-of-flight sensor-assisted iris capture system and method A method of identifying a living being includes using a time-of-flight sensor to determine a location of a face of the living being. An image of an iris of the living being is produced dependent upon the location of the face as determined by the time-of-flight senso... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045764 | Expedient encoding system An encoding system for an iris recognition system. In particular, it presents a robust encoding method of the iris textures to compress the iris pixel information into few bits that constitute the iris barcode to be stored or matched against database templates of sa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8014571 | Multimodal ocular biometric system A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics bas... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009877 | Storage medium storing an information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method A game apparatus includes a camera cartridge, and detects a plurality of feature points from a facial image of a user photographed by the camera cartridge. The game apparatus calculates areas of black eye regions of a left eye and a right eye by utilizing the plural... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009876 | Multi-scale variable domain decomposition method and system for iris identification An iris identification method and system, which divide an iris image, which is acquired for personal identification, into a plurality of equal/unequal and multiscale regions, generate a corresponding code corresponding to the respective regions, organizing codes int... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009878 | Warning apparatus and method for avoiding eye stress An exemplary warning method for avoiding eye stress of a computer user includes: capturing a number of consecutive images of the face of a computer user; processing the images to obtain a number of values each indicative of a degree of openness of the eyes of the co... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005268 | Digital image acquisition control and correction method and apparatus An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more mouth regions are determined. The mouth regions are analyzed to determined whether they are frowning, and if so, then the scene is disqualified as... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000505 | Determining the age of a human subject in a digital image The age class of a human subject is ascertained in a digital image. The subject has a redeye defect pair; each defect having one or more defect pixels. In the method, two regions of pixels corresponding to the defects are identified. The distance between the regions... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995804 | Red eye false positive filtering using face location and orientation An image is acquired including a red eye defect and non red eye defect regions having a red color. An initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions is performed. A location and orientation of one or more faces within the image are determined. The candidate redeye... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7970180 | Method, apparatus, and program for processing red eyes During red eye processing, whether a facial image detected from within an entire image is that of a specific person registered in a database is judged. In the case that it is judged that the facial image is of the specific person registered in the database, red eye ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970182 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts The detection of red-eye defects is enhanced in digital images for embedded image acquisition and processing systems. A two-stage redeye filtering system includes a speed optimized filter that performs initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions and optionally ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970179 | Iris data extraction A process for extracting iris data for biometric identification includes a thresholding method where the thresholds are selected according to a nonparametric approach that considers the grey scale and does not require classifying pixels as edge or non-edge pixels. A... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970184 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970181 | Methods and systems for example-based image correction Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for correcting new images using example image sets, automatically or with user interaction, to produce corrected images in a manner that can be adapted to individual preferences, different imag... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970183 | Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957566 | Eyelid detection apparatus, eyelid detection method and program therefor An eyelid detection apparatus includes a face-image storing apparatus for storing an image of a face of a subject, an eyelid-candidate extracting apparatus for processing the image stored in the face-image storing apparatus to extract a pair of lines, which becomes ... | 06/07/2011 |
