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A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369687 | Method for extracting face position, program for causing computer to execute the method for extracting face position and apparatus for extracting face position Prepare digital data of a value of each pixel within an object image region including a region of a human face. Then, successively, in the object image region, extract position of a Between-the-Eyes candidate point through a filtering process with a Between-the-Eyes... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366328 | Method and device for preventing false acceptance of latent fingerprint images Disclosed is a method for detecting a latent fingerprint image provided to a biometric input device of a fingerprint based security system. First and second images of the fingerprint are captured during a time period interval Δt. At least one of the first and secon... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364301 | Vehicular optical system An optical system for vehicle operating monitoring is disclosed. The optical system includes at least one illuminator that illuminates a profile of a vehicle operator and an imager in optical communication with a reflector that captures a reflected image of the vehi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362887 | Face identification apparatus, face identification method, and face identification program A face identification apparatus for identifying a face is designed to have a face region expectation measure for expecting his/her face region within the image; a pupil-candidate-point detection measure for converting the face region to an image of a standard size, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362354 | Method and system for assessing the photo quality of a captured image in a digital still camera A method for assessing the photo quality of a captured image in a digital camera comprises the steps of checking in-camera the photo quality of the captured image to determine if the photo quality is acceptable, and providing a corresponding photo quality feedback t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362885 | Object tracking and eye state identification method An object tracking method tracks a target object between successively generated infrared video images using a grey-scale hat filter to extract the target object from the background. The filtered image is binarized, and candidate binary blobs are extracted. The binar... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362423 | Digital diagnostic apparatus and vision system with related methods A high speed, low cost, apparatus and method of identification, examination of objects and quality control of manufactured parts and sheet materials, the apparatus including a comparator having memory storage of data representative of the surface of a first “stand... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357717 | Passive biometric customer identification and tracking system A computer-based customer tracking system passively identifies customers. Acquired biometric identification information is sent to a computer processor, which searches files in a library for matching biometric data. If no match is found, the processor opens a new fi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352880 | System and method for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time by integrating visual ques A face detection and tracking system for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time from an input image comprises: a background removing unit which extracts an area having a motion by removing a background image from the input image; a candidate area e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352394 | Image modification based on red-eye filter analysis A digital camera has an integral flash and stores and displays a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a reflection within an eye of a subject of the photograph. A digital apparatu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349552 | Connected audio and other media objects Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347547 | Pupil detection device and iris authentication apparatus Pupil candidate detection unit for detecting positions of pupil candidates in an eye image; and luminance difference calculation unit for obtaining a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an image data of an eye image on a circumference of a circ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346195 | Biometric identification and authentication method Biometric identification and/or authentication method for identifying and/or authenticating the user (1) of a terminal (2), wherein said user is identified and/or authenticated by means of personal involuntary eye movement patters being determined with... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336806 | Iris-based biometric identification A method includes forming a feature vector associated with an iris of an individual using a transform operation including converting an iris image into a log-polar image, scaling one or more samples in the log-polar image according to a Fourier-Mellin transform, and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336804 | Method and apparatus for detection of drowsiness and quantitative control of biological processes The present invention is directed to a real-time automated video cognizer that functions as a facial video processor for detecting drowsiness in operators of motorized vehicles, including the use of a video cognizer to provide pattern recognition and control signal ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334896 | Grayscale redistribution system to improve retinal imaging by reducing the effect of a highly reflective optic nerve A system is provided to improve retinal camera picture quality by providing a user-variable transfer function for each pixel that results in redistributing grayscale values to solve the problem of saturation caused by highly reflective retinal objects. The result is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337466 | Information hiding through time synchronization Authenticating a user operating a portable computing device includes causing a sequence of images to be shown on a display, accepting an input selection from the user indicating that a currently displayed image of the sequence of images corresponds to a portion of t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333635 | Method and system for confirming personal identity An authentication utility may be provided to entities, such as businesses, organizations or even individuals, that require the identification, verification and control of the identity of another entity, for example, an individual, such as a consumer, employee, etc. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331669 | Device for digital retinal imaging A portable, lightweight digital imaging device uses a slit scanning arrangement to obtain an image of the eye, in particular the retina. The scanning arrangement reduces the amount of target area illuminated at a time, thereby reducing the amount of unwanted light s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333798 | Telecommunication call management and monitoring system A secure telephone call management system is provided for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users of the telephone call management system is accomplished by using a personal identification number, biometri... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333653 | Detecting and correcting redeye in an image Systems and methods of detecting and correcting redeye in an image are described. In one aspect, pixels of the input image are segmented based on projections of color values of the pixels onto two-dimensional thresholding planes. Candidate redeye pixel areas are ide... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333636 | Funduscopic image processing unit and method To determine the presence or absence of an aperture mask in a funduscopic image output by a fundus camera, and to combine the funduscopic image with an aperture mask image formed in an aperture mask-forming section so as to correspond to a determination result. When... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331929 | Method and apparatus for surgical operating room information display gaze detection and user prioritization for control Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using gaze detection to improve information display in a healthcare environment. Certain embodiments of a system include an eyewear headset for detecting a location of a user's gaze and a d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331671 | Eye tracking method based on correlation and detected eye movement An eye tracking method tracks a subject's eye template by correlation between successive video frames, and periodically updates the eye template based on detected characteristic eye or eyelid movement such as blinking, eyelash movement and iris movement. In the abse... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327860 | Conjunctival scans for personal identification Conjunctival vascular images are obtained from individual's eye for purposes of creating a multi-dimension, non-iris based biometric. The biometric can be used for identification or authentication purposes. Multi-dimensional correlation processing can be used to eva... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327858 | System and a method for person's identity authentication The invention relates to a method for biometric authentication of an individual based on the unique characteristics of his hand, using a scanning unit of any size. The invention also relates to a system for use of said method. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324664 | Method of and system for determining angular orientation of an object A method of and system for determining the angular orientation of an object, such as a person's head. In one aspect, a plurality of images of the object is obtained. Values are assigned to a plurality of positions in a polar plot using data from the images. A centro... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324246 | Apparatus and method for image processing There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit for executing image processing based on image data of an image; a region extracting unit for extracting a main subject region corresponding to a main subject in said image for the ima... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324693 | Method of human figure contour outlining in images A digital image processing method for automatically outlining a contour of a figure in a digital image, including: testing parameters of a region within the digital image according to a plurality of cascaded tests; determining whether the region contains characteris... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320685 | Method and device for identifying an eye that is to be treated in operations A method for identifying the site of an operation during an operation, in particular using a laser system, with the help of unique data about the operation site. A first copy of the unique data is stored in a laser system, the unique data being located in the vicini... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319778 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus for detecting a desired image-element from a given image, includes: a storing unit for storing a plurality of first templates indicating the desired image-element and a plurality of second templates stored corresponding to the first tem... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319987 | Tokenless financial access system The present invention shows a method and a device system for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a user and a seller. The user registers at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one user financial account. The seller registers ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319805 | Active night vision image intensity balancing system A vision system (10) for a vehicle (14) includes a light source (46) that generates an illumination beam (20). A receiver (62) generates a first image signal and a second image signal. The first image signal is generated in respons... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317815 | Digital image processing composition using face detection information A method of automatic or assisted recomposing of digital image processing uses face detection. Pixels that correspond to a face within a digital image are identified. A re-compositioned image is based on spatial or other parameters of the detected image, particularl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315233 | Driver certifying system The driver certifying system according to the present invention comprises an iris pattern acquiring means 11 for acquiring iris pattern of a driver who sits on a driver's seat of a vehicle, a driver certifying means 12 for certifying whether or not the... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312818 | Iris image pickup apparatus An optical axis of a telephotographic camera for picking up an enlarged image of an iris is placed between guide unit for guiding a subject K into a range in which an iris image can be picked up and direction indication guide unit for indicating the direction in whi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309126 | Eye characteristics measuring device A device for measuring eye characteristics, an operation device, and the coordinate origin and the coordinate axes of each eye are sufficiently related with one another. A measuring unit (111) measures eye optical characteristics based on a first light receiv... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310432 | Ported system for personal identity verification A biometric based system with advanced security and privacy characteristics for the verification of a person's identity using neural net engine simulation software code and neural net weights obtained from a computer enrollment system and ported into any electronic ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305559 | Software method for improved password entry A software method of authentication is described that uses both relative and absolute values of inter-keystroke intervals measured during entry of a unique identifier. Both the relative and absolute values have to be achieved during entry of the unique identifier. T... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305089 | Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The reco... | 12/04/2007 |
