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| 7853085 | Viewpoint-invariant detection and identification of a three-dimensional object from two-dimensional imagery A method and system for detecting a source multifeatured three-dimensional object from two-dimensional source imagery, and for locating a best-matching three-dimensional object from a candidate database of such objects by performing a viewpoint and lighting invarian... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831098 | System and method for visual searching of objects using lines Disclosed is method of visual search for objects that include straight lines. A two-step process is used, which includes detecting straight line segments in an image. The lines are generally characterized by their length, midpoint location, and orientation. Hypothes... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7751627 | Image dominant line determination and use In a method of evaluating an image for a dominant line, warped mesh information regarding saliency of the image is received. Displacements of components of the warped mesh information are determined relative to corresponding components in un-warped mesh information.... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7676095 | Method of segmenting anatomic entities in digital medical images For each of a number of landmarks in an image an initial position of the landmark is defined. Next a neighborhood around the initial position, comprising a number of candidate locations of the landmark is sampled and a cost is associated with each of the candidate l... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7483572 | Recovering a non-linear warping function from images A method determines a warping function between a first image and a second image. For each pixel in each scan-line of the first image, a distance matrix is constructed which represents distances between the pixel and a plurality of corresponding pixels of a second im... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7463772 | De-warping of scanned images A system includes a stereoscopic camera to generate images of a document, such as a book, that can be converted to a three-dimensional contour of the document. A second camera take a two-dimensional image of the document. A model is generated that defines a mapping ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7440619 | Image matching method and image interpolation method using the same An image matching method includes setting first and second lattices to first and second images respectively, computing potential force to each second lattice point of the second lattice by a gradient of an image correlation potential energy based on a position of ea... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430323 | Method and apparatus for 4-dimensional image warping A method of atlas mapping and an apparatus for image mapping are provided. The method includes generating a four dimensional template, linearly transforming the four dimensional representation of a subject to the four dimensional template, generating attribute vecto... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7408986 | Increasing motion smoothness using frame interpolation with motion analysis Techniques and tools for video frame interpolation and motion analysis are described. The techniques and tools may be implemented separately or in combination in software and/or hardware devices for various applications. For example, a media playback device uses fra... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7349576 | Method, device and computer program for recognition of a handwritten character A method for recognition of a handwritten character comprises the steps of determining a plurality of position features defining the handwritten character, and comparing the handwritten character to reference characters stored in a database in order to find the clos... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343041 | Handwritten word recognition using nearest neighbor techniques that allow adaptive learning A handwritten word is transcribed into a list of possibly correct transcriptions of the handwritten word. The list contains a number of text words, and this list is compared with previously stored set of lists of text words. Based on a metric, one or more nearest ne... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336827 | System, process and software arrangement for recognizing handwritten characters A process and system are provided for determining a most likely combination of characters. In particular, character data which includes information indicative of at least one handwritten character is obtained. The character data includes at least one set of segmenta... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321674 | Method of normalising a digital signal representation of an image A digital signal representation of an image is normalized by applying a normalization parameter to all pixels of the digital signal representation of the image or to the pixels of a multi-scale representation of the image. The normalization parameter can be derived ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7298907 | Target recognizing device and target recognizing method A target recognizing device that creates a template concerning a target by itself is provided. The device comprises a robot camera for creating continuous images showing a target and an arithmetic operation unit for controlling the robot camera. A robot camera acqui... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274821 | System and method to facilitate pattern recognition by deformable matching A system and method to facilitate pattern recognition or matching between patterns are disclosed that is substantially invariant to small transformations. A substantially smooth deformation field is applied to a derivative of a first pattern and a resulting deformat... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7233698 | Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files. The method involves recognizing and removing reference labels from the raster illustrated parts image to produce a reference label scrubbed file. Reference li... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231064 | Mode-based multi-hypothesis tracking using parametric contours A system and method for object tracking using probabilistic mode-based multi-hypothesis tracking (MHT) provides for robust and computationally efficient tracking of moving objects such as heads and faces in complex environments. A mode-based multi-hypothesis tracker... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7197166 | Iris extraction method capable of precisely determining positions and sizes of irises in a digital face image The present invention relates to an iris extraction method. In the method, two searching regions are defined in a face image. A deformable template match algorithm and an energy function are used to measure the energy of each pixel with different hypothetical circul... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170535 | Image processing system, projector, program, information storage medium, and image processing method In order to provide an image processing system that can correct color non-uniformity due to deterioration with time in a more appropriate manner, a projector is provided with an image projection section which displays a calibration image; a sensing section which sen... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167199 | Video processing system and method for automatic enhancement of digital video An automatic video enhancement system and method for automatically enhancing video. The automated video enhancement method uses frame-to-frame motion estimation as the basis of the video enhancement. Motion estimation includes the computation of global motion (such ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164718 | Method for segmenting a video image into elementary objects A starting contour is defined surrounding around an elementary object delimited by a natural contour in a video image. On the basis of the starting contour, an original active contour is defined, formed by a set of nodes distributed on this starting contour, each no... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162522 | User profile classification by web usage analysis Demographic information of an Internet user is predicted based on an analysis of accessed web pages. Web pages accessed by the Internet user are detected and mapped to a user path vector which is converted to a normalized weighted user path vector. A centroid vector... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146305 | Analytical virtual machine An analytical virtual machine (AVM) analyzes computer code using a software processor including a register that stores behavior flags indicative of behaviors identified by virtually executing the code within the virtual machine. The AVM includes a sequencer that sto... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130466 | System and method for compiling images from a database and comparing the compiled images with known images A method and system for discovering from a database an object which is confusingly similar with a known object. A database, such as the internet, is searched for objects which, when discovered, may be duplicated and stored. A determination is then made if any object... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117192 | Text and imagery spatial correlator A text and imagery spatial correlator automatically relates the geographic locations where events referenced in text occur to those same geographic locations appearing in imagery. In the preferred embodiment, the system deploys adaptable, context-sensitive agents fo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113652 | System and method for using normalized gray scale pattern find A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product, for utilizing a normalized gray scale pattern find within a machine vision system. The system and method (a) correlates a reference image having a first spatial resolution having no parti... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110591 | System and method for recognizing markers on printed circuit boards A system and method for recognizing markers on, e.g., a PCB (printed circuit board). In one aspect, a system for recognizing a marker in an image comprises an image capture module (14) for extracting image features associated with an input image of a ROI (reg... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110621 | Assist channel coding using a rewrite model A system encodes a separate assist channel that carries only a small amount of additional information in a hardcopy document to compensate for failure of an OCR system to accurately reconstruct a scanned electronic version of the hardcopy document. After the OCR sys... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085693 | Manipulation of electronic media using off-line media The system generally comprises a probe device, a computing device, an electronic media, a presentation device, and a suitable medium as a specimen. The probe is manipulated over the specimen and information from the probe is transmitted to the computing device. The ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068856 | Method and system for determining and correcting image orientation angle A simple and robust method for determining the orientation angle of a scanned image or the angular orientation of an object in an electronic image based on using descriptors of the image and systems that implement the method are disclosed. A system including means f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068831 | Image processing method and system for extracting a string of points following a threadlike structure in a sequence of images An image processing method for extracting a threadlike structure (GW) represented in an image, comprising a phase of acquisition (10) of a sequence of images, including an image of a present instant (t) in which the threadlike structure is to be extracted and... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064767 | Image solution processing method, processing apparatus, and program The invention establishes a target face to which a texture will be mapped and determines the start point for drawing the texture and the number of drawing iterations. In accordance with the drawing start point and the number of drawing iterations, the texture is map... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7031498 | Adaptive early exit techniques in image correlation An image processor that calculates values that are related to distortion between two image parts. The values are detected in a previous calculation. Those values are then used in the next calculation cycle to detect an early exit. That value, called least, divided b... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027650 | Dynamic computing imagery, especially for visceral osteopathy and for articular kinetics Computerized method for studying alterations in the location of an object, said method comprising the steps of computing successive shapes by means of a dynamic contour model algorithm, whereby the dynamic contour model algorithm develops successive shapes and deter... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024040 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus and method wherein consecutive image data is input, the image data is divided into blocks each constituted of a plurality of pixels, a motion vector of each block is detected, a border block is judged in accordance with the detected mot... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024402 | Spatial data mining method, spatial data mining apparatus and storage medium A spatial data mining apparatus for calculating an optimal distance from a database, wherein spatial information, such as addresses, is stored, includes an input mechanism, for the input of an objective function required for the optimization of a distance, an interm... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016521 | Image processing method and system, and medical examination apparatus, for extracting a path following a threadlike structure in an image An image processing method of extracting the points of a path following a threadlike structure in an image (IP) formed by a grid of Potential points. A first processing step (4) implements a first path-tracking operation using a front marching technique denot... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006971 | Recognition of a speech utterance available in spelled form This invention relates to a method of recognizing a speech utterance (s) available in spelled form, comprising a processing stage in which a corresponding letter sequence (r) is estimated by means of a letter speech recognition unit (2) based on... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999599 | System and method for mode-based multi-hypothesis tracking using parametric contours A system and method for object tracking using probabilistic mode-based multi-hypothesis tracking (MHT) provides for robust and computationally efficient tracking of moving objects such as heads and faces in complex environments. A mode-based multi-hypothesis tracker... | 02/14/2006 |
