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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE42070 | Apparatus and method for radial and angular or rotational analysis of images for shape content and matching A segmented radial spatial light modulator has an active optic area comprising a plurality of radially extending active optic modulators disposed at various angular orientations with respect to a central axis. The segmented radial spatial light modulator is used in ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7492948 | Generation of a desired wavefront with a plurality of phase contrast filters The present invention relates to a method and a system for synthesizing an intensity pattern based on generalized phase contrast imaging. The phase filter contains a plurality of phase shifting regions that is matched to the layout of a light source array, each of t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7483571 | Apparatus and method for the construction of spatial representations A method and apparatus for constructing spatial representations of referents is provided. The method and apparatus have application in any area where a spatial representation of a referent is required. Examples are image processing and machine vision. In image proce... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7368745 | Pattern recognition system A star pattern recognition system (1) comprises an optical filter arrangement (10) in the form of an array (12) of independently tiltable mirrors (M1), (M2). Light from a distant starfield (2) is incident upon the mirror arr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362880 | Unresolved target detection improvement by use of multiple matched filters approach at different spatial phases A method and system for detecting a point source target using multiple matched filters are disclosed. A sensor, which is preferably an infrared focal plane array, includes a plurality of pixels for providing image data. A processor processes the image data from a se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349557 | Electronic transaction verification system An electronic transaction verification system for use at a location where a transaction token is presented for payment. The electronic transaction verification system digitizes various indicia of the token, and transmits the transaction information data to a central... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7321370 | Method and apparatus for collating object An object collation method comprising a registration procedure for registering the registered data of a registered object in a database, and a collation procedure for collating the input image of a target object with the registered data. The registration procedure i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317814 | Authentication system and method An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input with a reference wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures, preferably points, that are each less than about six microns in size and can have a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315357 | Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Light from an object such as a cell moving through an imaging system is collected and dispersed so that it is imaged onto a plurality of separate detectors. The light is spectrally dispersed by a plurality of spaced-apart dichroic reflectors, each detector receiving... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305562 | System, method and computer program product for an authentication management infrastructure A system, method and computer program product that utilizes measurements for the authentication of users to enterprise resources. The system includes an authentication server that stores the engine and collections of data required by the system to authenticate users... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302100 | Method for increasing detectable light energy without changing shape content in radial and angular or rotational analysis of images for shape content and matching A segmented radial spatial light modulator has an active optic area comprising a plurality of radially extending active optic modulators disposed at various angular orientations with respect to a central axis. The segmented radial spatial light modulator is used in ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298908 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of one or more images of a known predetermined kind of scene An apparatus for detecting the presence of one or more images of a known kind in a scene is disclosed which comprises a digital input means and an optical output means. The digital input means comprises a capture means which passes a capture image to a first electro... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293882 | Optical relay An optical relay includes a first lens, a lens module, and a second lens. The first lens is configured to receive modulated light from a first spatial light modulator. The first lens is configured to refract the modulated light into the lens module. The lens module ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286719 | Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging A multi-channel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274433 | Objective, optical analyzer, method of driving optical analyzer, and microscope An objective having an apical lens and a lens frame which supports the apical lens, includes an elastic member which supports the lens frame by exerting a bias force in a central axial direction of the apical lens, and an apex of the lens frame has a convex portion ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7253748 | Foreign object detection system and method A system for detection of foreign objects on airport travel surfaces including a plurality of foreign object detector modules mounted on a corresponding plurality of existing aircraft travel surface lighting supports, the plurality of foreign object detector modules... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251208 | Optical pick-up system for use in an optical disk device including use of improved gratings with more efficient beam diffraction The present invention is an optical pick-up system for use in an optical disk device including more efficient beam diffraction for tracking purposes. The system may be used for one or more types of optical disks (e.g., DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs). The invention includes a s... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231068 | Electronic transaction verification system An electronic transaction verification system for use with transaction tokens that gathers and transmits information about the transaction token and biometric data. The electronic transaction verification system preferably digitizes various indicia of the token and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221457 | Imaging platform for nanoparticle detection applied to SPR biomolecular interaction analysis A flow imaging system is used to implement surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection to study bio-molecular interactions. The flow imaging system is used to capture SPR absorption spectra of large numbers of objects, where each object includes both a metal film capa... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7190832 | Computational methods for the segmentation of images of objects from background in a flow imaging instrument In automated computation-based interpretation of images, the accuracy and reliability of the detection and delineation of objects, known as “object segmentation,” is implemented so as to provide efficient performance. In a multi-step process, objects are first d... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165233 | Test ket layout for precisely monitoring 3-foil lens aberration effects An H-shaped test key layout for exclusively monitoring 3-foil lens aberration effects during the fabrication of deep-trench capacitor memory devices is disclosed. The COMA lens aberration effect that used to occur along with the 3-foil lens aberration effect is now ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154540 | System for enhancing video Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to de... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155051 | Image recognition apparatus, image recognition method and image recognition program for specific pattern In the image recognition processing, input color image data is analyzed, and a specific pattern contained in the graphics of the bill, security or the like is detected. The color image data is binarized with regard to specific colors. In order to detect the specific... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7141440 | Apparatus and method for measuring a property of a layer in a multilayered structure A property of a layer is measured by: (1) focusing a heating beam on a region (also called “heated region”) of a conductive layer (2) modulating the power of the heating beam at a predetermined frequency that is selected to be sufficiently low to ensure that at ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136055 | Method of indexing seizure risk due to flashing lights on video display and system therefor In order to generate a risk index of stress symptoms triggered by flashing lights on a scan type video display screen, a video signal processor is provided which operates such as to implement temporal filtering and spatial filtering on a video signal applied thereto... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119941 | Input output matching in optical processing The invention relates to determining a matching between discrete optical elements, such as an SLM and a CCD, and continuous optical systems, subsystems and/or elements, such as Fourier lens and individual lenslet of lenslet arrays. Exemplary processing performed by ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103223 | Apparatus and method for radial and angular or rotational analysis or images for shape content and matching A segmented radial spatial light modulator has an active optic area comprising a plurality of radially extending active optic modulators disposed at various angular orientations with respect to a central axis. The segmented radial spatial light modulator is used in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099495 | Frequency and resolution analyzed biometric authentication method and device During registration, an iris image taken is frequency-analyzed using a plurality of frequencies f1 to fn to generate features for the respective frequencies f1 to fn. During authentication, frequencies f2 to fn are selected from the frequencies ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087877 | Auto focus for a flow imaging system A pair of optical gratings are used to modulate light from an object, and the modulated light from either grating is used to determine the velocity of the object. Each optical grating is offset from a reference focal point by the same distance, one grating being off... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079708 | Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging A multichannel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7058221 | Method of recognizing object based on pattern matching and medium for recording computer program having same A method of recognizing an object based on pattern matching using a gray-scale normalized correlation method includes storing a reference image including a foreground and a background each having a predetermined value of density distribution; inputting an image of t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050635 | Multi-dimensional pattern recognition by use of digital holography A method and system for performing three-dimensional pattern recognition by use of digital holography is disclosed. The complex amplitude distribution generated by an object is recorded by phase-shifting interferometry. The digital hologram contains information abou... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027634 | Range adaptable system for determining the angular position and distance of a radiating point source and method of employing A patterned mask is located at a distance from a linear detector array. A point radiating source illuminates the aperture to cast an image onto the array. A computer is employed to identify frequencies in the frequency domain to determine the image scale and shift a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026175 | High throughput measurement of via defects in interconnects Heat is applied to a conductive structure that includes one or more vias, and the temperature at or near the point of heat application is measured. The measured temperature indicates the integrity or the defectiveness of various features (e.g. vias and/or traces) in... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7016025 | Method and apparatus for characterization of optical systems Characterization of an optical system is quickly and easily obtained in a single acquisition step by obtaining image data within a volume of image space. A reticle and image plane are positioned obliquely with respect to each other such that a reticle having a plura... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012730 | Optics arrangements including light source arrangements for an active matrix liquid crystal image generator A system for producing modulated light is disclosed. The system comprises a spatial light modulator including a light modulating medium switchable between different states so as to act on light in ways which form overall patterns of modulated light. The system also ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006693 | Object recognition method The object of the present invention is to quickly and easily recognize the position, quantity, and kind of the object, which takes unspecified forms according to the angle in which the object is positioned. Points are arranged at regular intervals on an image. For e... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006710 | Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging A multichannel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993184 | Object extraction method, and image sensing apparatus using the method This invention provides an object extraction method for performing processing for extracting and cutting out a specific object from a sensed image at high speed, and an image sensing apparatus using the method. In this invention, in a method of extracting an object ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975387 | Wavefront aberration measuring instrument, wavefront aberration measuring method, exposure apparatus, and method for manufacturing micro device Before measuring a wavefront aberration of a projection optical system, an image formation position of an image of a pattern of a test reticle which is formed on a predetermined surface is detected by an AF sensor. Based on a result of this detection, the position o... | 12/13/2005 |
