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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6760468 | Method and system for the detection of lung nodule in radiological images using digital image processing and artificial neural network A method and system improve the detection of abnormalities, such as lung nodules, in radiological images using digital image processing and artificial neural network techniques. The detection method and system use a nodule phantom for matching in order to enhance th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757443 | Picture processing apparatus, picture processing method, learning apparatus, and learning method An input picture signal having noise added through a transmission path or the like is supplied. Noise is removed from the input picture by a class categorizing adaptive process in which predictive coefficients are pre-learnt and decided for each class. A class corre... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6754380 | Method of training massive training artificial neural networks (MTANN) for the detection of abnormalities in medical images A method, system, and computer program product of selecting a set of training images for a massive training artificial neural network (MTANN). The method comprises selecting the set of training images from a set of domain images; training the MTANN with the set of t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6754389 | Program classification using object tracking A content-based classification system is provided that detects the presence of object images within a frame and determines the path, or trajectory, of each object image through multiple frames of a video segment. In a preferred embodiment, face objects and text obje... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6728404 | Method for recognizing object images and learning method for neural networks A method for recognizing an object image comprises the steps of extracting a candidate for a predetermined object image from an overall image, and making a judgment as to whether the extracted candidate for the predetermined object image is or is not the predetermin... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721757 | Method and apparatus for binary-oriented set sequencing A computer-implemented method and apparatus for information organization, wherein atomic information can be both static and dynamic, but the compound information (e.g., associations, groupings, sets, etc.) of such atoms always remain dynamic. Unless otherwise direct... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6714924 | Computer-implemented neural network color matching formulation system A method and apparatus for color matching are provided, in which paint recipe neural networks are utilized. The color of a standard is expressed as color values. The neural network includes an input layer having nodes for receiving input data related to paint bases.... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6704459 | Process and arrangement for transforming an input variable A method for transforming an input variable having a plurality of binary input positions into an m-position output variable in accordance with a predeterminable transformation specification. The transformation is effected in the form of a plurality of inp... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6700648 | Method for controlling a processing apparatus In a method for controlling a processing apparatus, an error value between an input value of the processing apparatus for processing a subject to be processed, and a measurement value obtained by measuring the subject being processed is obtained. A correc... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6697504 | Method of multi-level facial image recognition and system using the same A quadrature mirror filter is applied to decompose an image into at least two sub-images each having a different resolution. These decomposed sub-images pass through self-organizing map neural networks for performing a non-supervisory classification learn... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6690829 | Classification system with reject class A process for the processing of signals by which signal S is optimally verified for association with objects of a desired class Zk (wherein (with 1 | 02/10/2004 |
| 6678405 | Data processing apparatus, data processing method, learning apparatus, learning method, and medium A data processing apparatus includes a determining unit capable of determining, in accordance with a plurality of data to be extracted from said input data, irregular intervals among said plurality of data to be extracted from said input data, an extracti... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6611825 | Method and system for text mining using multidimensional subspaces A text mining program is provided that allows a user to perform text mining operations, such as: information retrieval, term and document visualization, term and document clustering, term and document classification, summarization of individual documents ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6594382 | Neural sensors A neural sensor is provided which receives raw input data defining a pattern, such as image or sound data, and generates a classification identifier for the pattern. The neural sensor has a pattern array former which organizes the raw input data into the ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6587580 | Stencil printing process optimization for circuit pack assembly using neural network modeling A system for determining the optimal settings for parameter of a stencil printing machine. The system generates a model mapping parameter inputs to output results. The model is then used to determine the optimal settings of parameter inputs in order to pr... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6553300 | Harvester with intelligent hybrid control system A control system for a harvester or similar implement includes a supervisory controller, a set of low-level controllers and a neuro-fuzzy inference system. The supervisory controller employs human expert knowledge and fuzzy logic. The controller monitors ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6553356 | Multi-view computer-assisted diagnosis Abnormal regions in living tissue are detected by obtaining images from different views of the living tissue; performing single-image CAD of each image to determine suspected abnormal regions depicted in the image; and combining measurements of the suspec... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546137 | Flash system for fast and accurate pattern localization A fast localization with advanced search hierarchy system for fast and accurate object localization in a large search space is based on an assumption that surrounding regions of a pattern within a search range are always fixed. The FLASH system comprises ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6496742 | Classifying apparatus designed in particular for odor recognition A classification apparatus, notably for uses in recognition or characterisation of odors, comprises a plurality of sensors for generating raw data representing a plurality of instances of a plurality of different classes; and a processing unit for process... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6466692 | Method and apparatus for processing visual information A 2D image supplied from an image input unit including a wide view lens is sampled into a discrete form by an array sensor, and then mapped to a multi-resolution space by a 2D filter. The feature of the supplied image is detected, and then the mapped imag... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449384 | Method and apparatus for rapidly determining whether a digitized image frame contains an object of interest 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... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6442287 | Method and system for the computerized analysis of bone mass and structure An automated method, storage medium, and system for analyzing bone. Digital image data corresponding to an image of the bone are obtained. Next there is determined, based on the digital images, a measure of bone mineral density (BMD) and at least one of a... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430305 | Identity verification methods Apparatus for fraud detection for an account includes a plurality of N statistical estimators which estimate the likelihood of a transaction being fraudulent from data about a transaction on the account and transaction history of the account. A statistica... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6424737 | Method and apparatus of compressing images using localized radon transforms A method and an apparatus of compressing data. The method and apparatus include constructing a neural network having a specific geometry using a finite and discrete Radon transform. The data is then fed through the neural network to produce a transformed ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6411737 | Method of selecting one of a plurality of binarization programs A document processing apparatus comprises a scanner for scanning a bank check to obtain gray scale image data associated with the bank check. A processor is provided for (i) selecting one of a plurality of binarization programs based upon the gray scale i... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6389408 | Neural network systems for chemical and biological pattern recognition via the Mueller matrix A neural network pattern recognition system for remotely sensing and identifying chemical and biological materials having a software component having an adaptive gradient descent training algorithm capable of performing backward-error-propagation and an i... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6363161 | System for automatically generating database of objects of interest by analysis of images recorded by moving vehicle A system for automatically generating a database of images and positions of objects of interest identified from video images depicting roadside scenes that are recorded from a vehicle navigating a road and having a system that stores location metrics for ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6363171 | Apparatus for recognizing alphanumeric characters An alphanumeric character image recognition system includes a first stage comprising at least a first, second and third digital image signal processing network having each at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal and said networks bein... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6349249 | Automated guided apparatus suitable for toping applications An automated guided apparatus capable of accurately determining its position within a walled environment such as a mine or building. A mobile unit incorporating an inertial measurement unit and a gray scale vision system processor/camera and/or a laser po... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6301381 | Neurofilter, and method of training same to operate on image data such as to discriminate between text and picture regions of an image which is expressed by image data A neurofilter is implemented as a neural network in which the weighting coefficients have previously been set, by an appropriate training procedure, such as to provide a desired form of filter response. The neurofilter is applicable to filtering of image ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6282323 | Image processing method and apparatus In an image processing method and apparatus, image data having multi-value levels for one pixel is input, and the input image data is quantized such that an output area of one pixel is adapted to an output device in which an output area of one pixel chang... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6278799 | Hierarchical data matrix pattern recognition system The present invention relates to a hierarchical artificial neural network (HANN) for automating the recognition and identification of patterns in data matrices. It has particular, although not exclusive, application to the identification of severe storm e... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6272110 | Method and apparatus for managing at least part of a communications network A method and apparatus for managing at least part of a communications network and particularly for managing a customer network, for example, within an asynchronous transfer mode communications network. A predictor is used to predict parameters such as ban... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263103 | Estimating scenes using statistical properties of images and scenes A method for estimating scenes from images generates a plurality of scenes and renders an image for each scene. The scenes and corresponding images are partitioned into patches. Each patch is quantitized as a vector and probability density function is fit... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259824 | Image processing apparatus utilizing a neural network to improve printed image quality An information processing apparatus including a switch for manually requesting change of output image quality, detecting unit for detecting a condition of the apparatus, setting unit of setting an image forming condition in accordance with the detected co... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6240206 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with a region separating section and an automatic adjusting section. The region separating section, upon receiving a reference document having a specified ratio of a character region, a ph... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6236749 | Image recognition method The method provides object recognition procedure and a neural network by using the discrete-cosine transform (DCT) (4) and histogram adaptive quantization (5). The method employs the DCT transform with the added advantage of having a computationally-effic... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6233365 | Image-processing method An image-processing method is provided with the first step of dividing an input image having n(n>1) gray scales into a plurality of matrixes, the second step of carrying out at least either a resolution-converting process or a variable magnification proce... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6226408 | Unsupervised identification of nonlinear data cluster in multidimensional data A system, method, and software product provide for unsupervised identification of complex, nonlinear subspaces in high dimensional data. The system includes a vector quantization module, a weighted topology representing graph module, and an encoding modul... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6211971 | Method and apparatus to compress multi-spectral images to a single color image for display A method and apparatus enhance visible contrast within an acquired image for display. The contrast enhancement utilizes all N bands of an original N-band spectral image to produce an M-dimensional enhanced image for display. The method creates an enhanced... | 04/03/2001 |
