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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7231086 | Knowledge-based hierarchical method for detecting regions of interest A knowledge-based hierarchical method for detecting regions of interests (ROIs) uses prior knowledge of the targets and the image resolution in detecting ROIs. The result produces ROIs that contain only one target that is completely enclosed within the ROI. The dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230538 | Apparatus and method for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing and for outputting the results The present invention relates to an apparatus for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing, so as to be used by blind people or unmanned vehicles. The said apparatus comprises an input device, which includes at least one CCD or CMOS means for... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230742 | Image data interpolating apparatus and medium on which data interpolating program is recorded Even when a jaggy occurs in an original image, the image is accurately enlarged and a good image cannot be obtained as a result. In the case of performing pixel interpolation on an image in a dot matrix state, image data is entered in step 100, the whole imag... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227996 | Image processing method and apparatus for comparing edges between images An image processing method for detecting an object from an input image using a template image, including inputting a specified image with respect to both a template image and an input image, calculating an edge normal direction vector of said specified image, genera... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227983 | Automated macromolecular crystal detection system and method An automated macromolecular method and system for detecting crystals in two-dimensional images, such as light microscopy images obtained from an array of crystallization screens. Edges are detected from the images by identifying local maxima of a phase congruency-ba... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228349 | System and method for interacting with users over a communications network A system and method for efficiently and quickly handling content and transaction requests from various users at respective end terminals. According to embodiments of the invention, plural servers are provided at the web site to randomly receive requests from users o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224735 | Adaptive background image updating A method compares a background image to input images to determine a similarity scores λ for each input image. Then, the background image is updated only if the similarity score for a particular image is less than a predetermined threshold. Presumably, any pixel who... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224405 | Horizontal contour correction circuit A horizontal contour correction circuit for correcting a horizontal contour of a video signal to output as a corrected signal, comprising: a delay circuit for outputting video signal values of a video signal at at least three different times either before or after a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221789 | Method for processing an image captured by a camera A method for image processing that compensates for inconsistent edge detection. A field of view of a camera is segmented in the form of a matrix by angle and by measured range value based on parallax; matrix data is calculated for a segment where a detected edge exi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221799 | Image processing based on degree of white-background likeliness An image processing device includes a filtering unit which filters an input image with variable frequency characteristics, an edge detection unit which detects magnitudes of edges appearing in the input image, and a degree-of-white-background-likeliness detection un... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221780 | System and method for human face detection in color graphics images A system and method for determining the location of human faces within a color graphics image is disclosed. The proposed method consists of several steps to distinguish face candidates from a complex background. The method determines areas with both low color gradie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221790 | Processing for accurate reproduction of symbols and other high-frequency areas in a color image In an image processing apparatus, color image data is binarized, and a symbol area in the color image data is detected. There are obtained, from N colors that form a symbol in the symbol area, M colors that are equal to or smaller than N in number. A symbol cutting ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218792 | Stylized imaging using variable controlled illumination A method generates a stylized image. First, a set of images is acquired of a scene. Each image is acquired under a different lighting condition. Silhouette edges are detected in the set of images. Texture regions are identified in the set of images according to the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218207 | Method for detecting position of lane marker, apparatus for detection position of lane marker and alarm apparatus for lane deviation A method for a detecting position of a lane marker relating to the present invention obtains an integral brightness by taking an image of a road surface (4) by a camera (2) loaded on a vehicle (3), converting the image taken by the camera (2 | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218759 | Face detection in digital images A method and apparatus for the detection of faces in a digital image captured under a variety of lighting conditions are provided. Rather than subjecting an entire image to computationally intensive face detection analysis, the image is subjected to computationally ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215353 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively controlling a light beam with a pulse width modulation An image forming apparatus includes a modulation data storage, a pulse width modulator, and an optical writing mechanism. The modulation data storage stores different gray-scale pulse sets. Each set includes gray-scale pulses having pulse widths different from each ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212201 | Method and apparatus for segmenting an image in order to locate a part thereof A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criteri... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212672 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing method and an image processing apparatus are disclosed, in which curved linear objects and uneven linear objects as well as rectilinear objects can be detected easily and accurately. Edge pixels P1 extracted from a gray-scale image to be p... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212330 | Three-dimensional imaging system for pattern recognition The present invention provides a real-time three-dimensional pattern recognition imaging system having a variable focal length, a wide depth of field, a high depth resolution, a fast acquisition time, a variable magnification, a variable optical axis for tracking, a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7213008 | Method and apparatus of creating application-specific, non-uniform wavelet transforms A method and an apparatus of designing a set of wavelet basis trained to fit a particular problem. The method and apparatus include constructing a neural network of arbitrary complexity using a discrete and finite Radon transform, feeding an input wavelet prototype ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212675 | Method of finding orphan blocks in block based image compression schemes A method of processing the contents of an image which are digitized and formatted into macro blocks (MB) of information. The method involves flagging for further use those macro blocks whose contents satisfy a first criteria. Further processing of the method is perf... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209244 | Post RIP image rendering in an electrographic printer to minimize screen frequency sensitivity A method of printing multiple images with differing line screen frequencies with a printer is print sensitive to differing line screen frequencies, the method comprising the steps of: converting the images into a digital bitmap comprised of an array of pixels wherei... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206449 | Detecting silhouette edges in images A method detects silhouette edges in images. An ambient image is acquired of a scene with ambient light. A set of illuminated images is also acquired of the scene. Each illuminated image is acquired with a different light source illuminating the scene. The ambient i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206443 | Apparatus and methods for the inspection of objects A method for inspecting objects comprising: creating a reference image for a representative object, the reference image comprising an at least partially vectorized first representation of boundaries representing the representative object; acquiring an image of an ob... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203379 | Digital image cross talk correction An image processing system comprises a processing circuitry operable to receive a digital image and a line buffer circuitry communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry, the line buffer circuitry comprising a plurality of line buffers. The processing circuitr... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200266 | Method and apparatus for automated video activity analysis The invention is a new method and apparatus that can be used to detect, recognize, and analyze people or other objects in security checkpoints, public-places, parking lots, or in similar environments under surveillance to detect the presence of certain objects of in... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200269 | Non-rigid image registration using distance functions A system and method for non-rigid image registration using distance functions includes portions for receiving a source shape into an image space, integrating a global linear registration model with local deformations to assess the source shape, optimizing a function... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200259 | Optical inspection system This invention discloses a method for determining a location of a border in a color image, the image comprising at least two color populations, between a first color region associated with a first one of the two color populations and a second color region associated... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200268 | Image processing device An image processing device is structured such that an appropriate judgement of an image, at which blurring or disappearance or the like will occur, is possible. When pixels, which form a line image at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance wil... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200279 | Method and system for image chroma suppression A method and system for image chroma suppression of an image sensor system. Chroma suppression is performed to reduce the false color phenomena. The amount of chroma suppression is performed based on the strength of spatial frequency for a current processing pixel m... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199902 | Image processing method, recording medium, and image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes: an image input unit into which image information is input and which can output the image information as electronic data; and an intensity computation unit for computing smoothing intensity for smoothing the electronic data, fr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196721 | Information processing method and apparatus, and recording medium A method of setting an internal parameter or an external parameter of a camera is provided. In this method, there is acquired a picked-up image obtained by picking up a calibration pattern in which black pattern elements and black-and-white pattern elements are arra... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194453 | Image retrieval method and apparatus A plurality of images and image features of each of the plurality of images are stored in a form correlated with the images in an external storage device of an image retrieval apparatus. In retrieval of a desired image from the plurality of images that have been sto... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193636 | Image processing device and method therefor and program codes, storing medium Firstly, a template image is created (S501). Then, an image It is photographed (S502). And the sensor output is acquired (S503). A model view matrix Mt is calculated on the basis of the sensor output (S504). And a co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190805 | Method of and system for edge watermarking of an image A method according to one aspect of the invention includes data into an image including a detecting an edge in the image, identifying a portion of the image having a known spatial relationship with the edge, and applying a transform to the portion of the image to pr... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187390 | Method and program for determing intersection point of triangle with line segment A coordinate system R is set in which P0 is a coordinate origin, P0P1 conforms to a first U axis to have a unit length, P0P2 conforms to a second V axis to have a unit length, and P0P1×P | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187382 | Iteratively solving constraints in a font-hinting language The principles of the present invention relate to iteratively solving constraints in a font-hinting language. A computing system accesses a more complex constraint that can not be natively expressed based on the vocabulary of the font-hinting language, the more comp... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184607 | Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting sharpening weighting value A method of automatically adjusting sharpening weighting value in an image sharpening process is disclosed. The method utilizes scanning a correction board having a black reference region, a white reference region and a plurality of line pair regions to aid the calc... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185274 | Computer user interface architecture wherein users interact with both content and user interface by activating links A user interface architecture wherein user content and user interface are composed of documents with links. Links have properties that indicate how links should be displayed. Link display may depend upon characteristics of the linked-to frame. Commands are implement... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184595 | Pattern matching using projection kernels Pattern matching apparatus for comparing signal samples with a pattern to find signal samples substantially matching said pattern, the apparatus comprising: a projector for projecting said signal samples over a tree of projection vectors of successively increasing f... | 02/27/2007 |
