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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6798908 | Surveillance apparatus and recording medium recorded surveillance program An economical surveillance apparatus robust to an environmental change includes an input unit for inputting images in a time series, a background image memory unit for storing a plurality of input images, a difference image memory unit for calculating and storing di... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792142 | Image sensing system with histogram modification A histogram is modified by using an adaptive system. Two different thresholds are set: a threshold of a number of pixels which can be changed, and another threshold indicative of a total number of pixels which can be combined together. The thresholds can be adaptive... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788818 | System and process for optimizing false alarm probability for histogram matching A system and process that computes the probability of histogram matching false alarms for different settings of a histogram matching algorithm's parameters is presented. This allows the parameters to be adjusted to produce the optimum object finding capability with ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785417 | Method and system for searching for words in ink word documents In a computing device that receives handwritten data, a method and system for finding matches for recognized handwritten words, by comparing a given search word (and possibly its alternates) with the words in a document, including recognized ink words and any possib... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6781718 | Image correction method and image correcting apparatus An image correcting method and apparatus is disclosed in which processing other than a smoothing process can be performed in accordance with conditions of a line such as correction of a line width with a small circuit size and at low cost. The disclosed dot image co... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6782131 | System, method and apparatus for pattern recognition with application to symbol recognition and regeneration for a display The invention provides a technique for pattern recognition that employs a state machine that incorporates a sequence of table-look-up operations. A sequence of input parameters, derived according to an application-specific algorithm, generates a corresponding sequen... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6778703 | Form recognition using reference areas A method for processing an input image includes automatically selecting reference areas on each of a plurality of different templates. Reference areas on the input image are compared to the selected reference areas on at least some of the templates, so as to identif... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6775410 | Image processing method for sharpening corners of text and line art A method for sharpening the corners of digital image data to overcome corner rounding when displayed or printed. The method comprises stepping a window across the image data and comparing that windowed data to a template. Upon determining a match, pixel data is eith... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6771818 | System and process for identifying and locating people or objects in a scene by selectively clustering three-dimensional regions The present invention is embodied in a system and process for identifying and locating people and objects of interest in a scene by selectively clustering distinct three-dimensional regions or “blobs” within the scene and comparing the blob clusters to a model. ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6766045 | Currency verification A method for verifying authenticity of a certificate under test, wherein an authentic version of the certificate has a known watermark in a predetermined watermark region thereof. The method includes capturing an image of at least a portion of the watermark region o... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6763132 | Repetitive inspection system with intelligent tools An automatic system for illuminating, inspecting and measuring stents and other precision cut tubes and components made of a: a linear array electronic camera with a lens, a light source to provide necessary illumination to create an image on said linear array camer... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6763144 | Halftone image reproduction Method and apparatus for performing halftoning of an image, using two 2-dimensional look up tables (LUTS). The first LUT receives coordinates of an image value and outputs a screen reference value which then serves, together with the image value as address for the s... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6763149 | 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... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757410 | Fingerprint verification system and fingerprint verifying method A fingerprint verification system for verifying input fingerprint data with pre-registered reference fingerprint data is disclosed, the reference fingerprint data being data containing the fingerprint data, the pre-designated rotated angles, and the rotated order th... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6757431 | Resolution conversion for anti-aliased images using loose gray scale template matching A method for resolution conversion for re-sampling anti-aliased images is disclosed which decreases bandwidth costs associated with anti-aliased line art and other costs associated with interpolating these images to a desired resolution. The present method first inv... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6754386 | Method and system of matching ink processor and recognizer word breaks In a computing device that receives handwritten data, a method and system that corrects for parser segmentation errors by sending an entire line of ink to a recognizer, and then comparing, on a word-by-word basis, the initial segmentation guesses of the parser with ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6754388 | Content-based retrieval of series data A graphical user interface (GUI) is used to quickly and easily find data patterns within a data sequence that match a target data pattern representing an event of interest. The user first specifies the target data pattern either by dragging a cursor over the target ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6754399 | Color matching image data A method of matching image color and or luminance characteristics in an image processing system. In order to match an input image with a reference image, a color transformation M is initialized (601). An output image is copied (602) from the input imag... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6751343 | Method for indexing and retrieving manufacturing-specific digital imagery based on image content A method for indexing and retrieving manufacturing-specific digital images based on image content comprises three steps. First, at least one feature vector can be extracted from a manufacturing-specific digital image stored in an image database. In particular, each ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6751348 | Automated detection of pornographic images A method of detecting pornographic images, wherein a color reference database is prepared in LAB color space defining a plurality of colors representing relevant portions of a human body. A questionable image is selected, and sampled pixels are compared with the col... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6751354 | Methods and apparatuses for video segmentation, classification, and retrieval using image class statistical models Techniques for classifying video frames using statistical models of transform coefficients are disclosed. After optionally being decimated in time and space, image frames are transformed using a discrete cosine transform or Hadamard transform. The methods disclosed ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6751363 | Methods of imaging based on wavelet retrieval of scenes Methods of imaging objects based on wavelet retrieval of scenes utilize wavelet transformation of plural defined regions of a query image. By increasing the granularity of the query image to greater than one region, accurate feature vectors are obtained that allow f... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6751353 | Method for adaptive recognition of information images and system of implementation thereof The invention relates to the information image recognition. Its usage for the adaptive processing and classification of an information stream allows to increase the recognition accuracy for a wide class of objects. The method for adaptive recognition of information ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748112 | Method and apparatus for finding shape deformations in objects having smooth surfaces The present invention is directed to an imaging apparatus for examining an object having smooth surfaces to determine shape deformations in the surface of object. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging device for obtaining a scanned image of the object to be exam... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748114 | Moving picture encoding method and moving picture encoding apparatus In a moving picture encoding method and a moving picture encoding apparatus of the present invention, after calculating an absolute value of a difference for every corresponding pixel data between continuous two frames, an interframe difference calculation means ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748115 | Perceptually lossless image compression An image compression technique employs selecting a gray level threshold value for converting a gray level digital image input into a bi-level input which minimizes weak connectivity, wherein weak connectivity comprises a checkerboard pattern found in a 2×2 array or... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6744913 | System and method for locating image features A system for locating features in image data is provided. The system includes a first component system. The first component system compares first component data, which can be pixel data of a first user-selected component of the feature, to first test image data, whi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6744917 | Apparatus and method for recognizing color space of a digital video input A color space detector (30) for recognizing a color space of a digital video input includes a high frequency detector (32) that identifies a presence of either blue data or possible color difference data in color information carried in the digital vide... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6741743 | Imaged document optical correlation and conversion system Optical correlation (OC) technology, previously used with great success to detect tanks and other weaponry in aerial imagery, is used in the present invention with imaged pages which are stored as image templates. An image template of a search word, a classification... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6741742 | Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program An entertainment system has an input determiner for comparing an input pattern image displayed on the screen of the display monitor according to a control input entered from a manual controller and a reference pattern image with each other, and producing an evaluati... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6738518 | Document image decoding using text line column-based heuristic scoring In a text recognition system that uses a stochastic finite state network to model a document image layout, the computational efficiency of text line decoding is improved. In a typical implementation, the dynamic programming operation that accomplishes decoding uses ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6738514 | Character-recognition system for a mobile radio communication terminal and method thereof A character-recognition system provided in a digital mobile communication terminal, comprises a display, a touch panel for generating pressure signals in response to the pressures applied by the characters written on its surface a touch panel drive for generating co... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6738515 | Pattern string matching apparatus and pattern string matching method This invention is to compare each character of a first character string with each character of a second character string, vote for a matrix having two sides corresponding to the characters of the first character string and the characters of the second character stri... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6738529 | Analysis of chemical data from images Computer programs and computer-implemented methods are disclosed for extracting and analyzing combinatorial chemical data from images. The invention receives a stream of data, identifies a plurality of regions of interest and determines a series of values for one or... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6738519 | Character recognition apparatus There are provided: an n-fold-character recognizing part for collectively recognizing an unmatched portion without segmenting character candidate patterns character by character for an image of a read-wise skipped portion, i.e., the unmatched portion upon word verif... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734987 | Printer driver for generating a reduced printer description file A printing process for use in a computer system includes process steps to compare a first polygon object to subsequent polygon objects and/or compare a first bitmap to subsequent bitmaps, and to store only the attribute data of the first polygon object and/or attrib... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734787 | Apparatus and method of recognizing vehicle travelling behind Images of objects existing behind a first vehicle are detected to obtain distance data on the objects in relation to the first vehicle for recognizing one of the objects as a second vehicle travelling behind the first vehicle based on the distance data. The type of ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6735336 | Apparatus for and method of pattern recognition and image analysis A method of comparing an input pattern with a memory pattern includes the steps of loading a representation of said input pattern into cells in an input layer; loading a representation of said memory pattern into cells in a memory layer; loading an initial value int... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6735327 | Color and trash measurements by image analysis An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is provided which aid in the diagnosis of patient conditions by providing access from the ultrasound system to a library of reference ultrasonic images. The image library is cataloged in accordance with an image characteristic... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6735335 | Method and apparatus for discriminating between documents in batch scanned document files Discriminating between documents scanned in a batch scanning process is achieved based on various analyses of the constituent document pages. The data provided by the various analyses are compared with each other to determine whether successive pages belong to the s... | 05/11/2004 |
