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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170349 | Graphical rating conversion The subject matter disclosed herein relates to the processing of graphical rating images. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8103108 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes: a data obtaining section for obtaining input image data; a memory in which reference image data or features of a reference image is stored; and a similarity determination process section for performing a determination process ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086043 | System and method of image correlation based on image structure A method and apparatus that augments the traditional Phase Plane Correlation (PPC) approach incorporates image structure into the correlation process. In so doing, the energy in spurious peaks that can occur in the phase plane correlation surface are dramatically re... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8050505 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and image forming apparatus In a card serving as an external storage device to be inserted into a digital color multi-function printer, features of a reference image and processing rule information indicating processing content to be applied to input image data judged to be similar to the refe... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031950 | Categorizing images of software failures Software failures are processed by categorizing images associated with the failures into groups based on similarities in the images. The categorizing of the images may be performed by a software failure analysis tool. The images may include full or partial screensho... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7945100 | Apparatus and method for detecting secure document An apparatus and method for detecting a secure document is provided. The apparatus includes an image input unit which receives the image of a document; an edge image detecting unit which detects an edge image of the document having a predetermined size; a similarity... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7813559 | Image analysis for pick and place machines with in situ component placement inspection The present invention includes a method of determining a location of a component on a workpiece. A before-placement standard image is acquired of an intended placement location on a standard workpiece. Then, a standard component is placed upon the standard workpiece... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7729545 | Signal processing method and method for determining image similarity A first image of two images to be compared for similarity is divided into small areas and one small area is selected for calculating the correlation with a second image using a correlative method. Then, the position difference, luminance ratio and similarity in an a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7630562 | Method and system for segmentation, classification, and summarization of video images In a technique for video segmentation, classification and summarization based on the singular value decomposition, frames of the input video sequence are represented by vectors composed of concatenated histograms descriptive of the spatial distributions of colors wi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627179 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An apparatus includes (a) an image processor which (i) calculates a similarity between first image data of a first partial region in object image data and reference image data, with respect to each pair of a second partial region of the first image data and a third ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620250 | Shape matching method for indexing and retrieving multimedia data The invention relates to a method for indexing and retrieving multimedia data. In particular the invention provides a method of comparing at least two sets of multimedia data using shape information in order to provides a dissimilarity measure between the sets. The ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7440617 | Communication system and control method thereof, and computer-readable memory A mobile terminal reads a read manuscript as image data. A character recognition block performs character recognition from the image data, which is read, on the basis of a threshold for judgement of unrecognizableness. A character recognition result is transmitted t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7436989 | Generation, verification and reproduction of a digitized writing A digitized writing is recorded in a digitized writing record including at least the position of each point of a writing in coordinates relative to a coordinate of a previous point thereof and time. The digitized writing record may be converted to image format. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7417632 | Automatic testing of graphics programs A method and system to automatically test graphical output. A graphical output is generated in a format that permits automatic comparison with a reference graphic. The reference graphic is created and retained in the test format. The test format reference graphic is... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406198 | Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus is placed on a desk and an object to be captured is presented above the apparatus. An illumination device can emit light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a camera captures an image of an object to be captured using different wavelengths.... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403657 | Method and apparatus for character string search in image A method and an apparatus for searching character image in an image whether the characters are incorporated into an image or separately picked up from a flip card, which are difficult to be detected by the prior art. The invention enables the character strings there... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391883 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382898 | Method and apparatus for detecting left objects A method and apparatus for detecting objects (e.g., bags, vehicles, etc.) left in a field of view are disclosed. A long-term representation and a short-term representation of the field of view are constructed, and a difference between the long-term representation an... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374077 | Similar image search system A similar image search system includes an image database which stores a number of pieces of image data representing a number of images. Search image data representing the whole and/or a part of an image similar to which in feature is to be searched for is input and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370975 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus which includes: an imaging device; a reference luminance property storage device that stores a predetermined reference luminance property; a luminance property calculating device that calculates a luminance property of the imaging devic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373588 | Method and system for accessing interactive multimedia information or services by touching marked items on physical documents The present invention discloses a system and method for selecting and accessing multimedia information and/or services located on one or a plurality of servers connected to a communication network simply by touching with a finger items marked on a physical document ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369110 | Mobile display module Disclosed is a mobile display module capable of displaying optimal still images or moving pictures depending on characteristics of images to be displayed. The mobile display module includes a graphic memory for storing image data, a data latch unit for latching the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369685 | Vision-based operating method and system A vision-based operating system is provided in which a computer-based system accepts visual inputs and takes appropriate actions in a wide variety of environments. One environment is a security environment in which the vision-based operating system acquires an image... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355529 | Binary image compression apparatus and method A binary image compression apparatus and method. The apparatus to compress a binary image includes a symbol extraction unit to extract symbols from a binary image, a symbol dictionary including a plurality of representative symbols registered therein and to register... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343048 | Edge based alignment algorithm A method for aligning images includes (1) selecting a pair of overlapping pixels when two second image are aligned with a camera motion; (2) if both pixels are edge pixels, incrementing a correlation value between the two images for the camera motion; (3) if only on... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333630 | Method and apparatus for detecting film image using grouping Provided is a method and apparatus for determining whether an input mage is a film image. The method includes (a) receiving a predetermined number of similarity values of two adjacent fields of the same kind from an image having interlaced fields, (b) classifying th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324710 | Method and device for determining nominal data for electronic circuits by capturing a digital image and compare with stored nominal data A method and a corresponding device for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device. In the method, an object in said digital image, which object corresponds to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319791 | Subtractive primitives used in pattern matching A method for recognizing an object in a target image using model primitives comprising an additive primitive and a subtractive primitive; weights are assigned to the additive and subtractive primitives; a target primitive is derived for the object; associations are ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308140 | Method and device for measuring similarity between images A method of measuring a similarity between images is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) computing a statistical dissimilarity between the images; (b) computing a perceptual dissimilarity between the images; and (c) computing a dissimilarity between the t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308119 | Image retrieval apparatus and method, and image display apparatus and method thereof Image data containing the face image of a person is retrieved from a plurality of images, the retrieved image data is displayed, face image data, which is for image retrieval, is extracted from the displayed image data, and the extracted face image data is registere... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7298881 | Method, system, and computer software product for feature-based correlation of lesions from multiple images A method, system, and computer software product for correlating medical images, comprising: obtaining first image data representative of a first medical image including a first abnormality; obtaining second image data representative of a second medical image includi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7295839 | System and method for controlling a telephone via a computer system and printed control interface The invention concerns methods and systems for enabling telephones to be controlled through computer systems. Employing the invention involves the use of one or more control interfaces which are capable of being used to interact with a computer system or network, ea... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289103 | Computer system interface surface with reference points and processing sensor A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. A user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer software and including coded data indicative of an identity of the int... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286684 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable auxiliary message comprising message values and maps the message valu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283659 | Apparatus and methods for searching through and analyzing defect images and wafer maps Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatically organizing and/or analyzing a plurality of defect images without first providing a predefined set of classified images (herein referred to as a training set). In other words, sorting is not based on a training se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283673 | Image processing method and apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus which allows a user to execute image processing, such as extraction and elimination of a portion common to a plurality of images therefrom, with a simple operation. An image of a document... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277584 | Form recognition system, form recognition method, program and storage medium A plurality of binary images are obtained from one form image by binarizing the form image by using a plurality of binarizing threshold values for improving a recognition rate of the search form irrespective of a state of the inputted form image, and format data are... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274927 | Mobile telecommunications data service A WAP enabled mobile telephone handset (MS 1) can access WAP servers using a browser which is located at a remote phone server (1). Image data produced by the browser at the phone server is converted into a bitmapped image that is sent to the handset f... | 09/25/2007 |
