Class 382/222 - Using an Exclusive-OR gate

Subclass of Class 382 - Image analysis
Definition: Subject matter wherein means are included for performing
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 11/02/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7826667	Apparatus for monitor, storage and back editing, retrieving of digitally stored surveillance images A system and method of recording digitally stored surveillance images comprises dividing a series of continuous digital picture image frames according to timing intervals; storing a reference image in a frame buffer of a motion analyzer; detecting a motion differenc...	11/02/2010
7376249	Determination of a motion of a background in a series of images The movement of an imaging of a background in a sequence of images of a scene determined. A combination image is composed with pixels which have been built up through combination of several consecutive images. Along with the combination image, a change image is calc...	05/20/2008
7313764	Method and apparatus to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows Methods and apparatuses to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to scroll a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining a second region of a second pixel image of a window in a frame buffer, which ...	12/25/2007
7236636	Image compression method, image restoration method, program and apparatus An image compression divides an input image into blocks having the predetermined number of horizontal and longitudinal pixels, and scans the divided blocks in a main scan direction and a sub scan direction so as to select them in order as a processing block, and sel...	06/26/2007
7231087	Matching binary templates against range map derived silhouettes for object pose estimation A method for approximating an object's pose from a camera generated image of a scene is performed by first extracting a binary map from the image. The binary map is filtered to include silhouettes of objects located within a predetermined range of distances from the...	06/12/2007
7176926	Method for animating two-dimensional objects A method animates an object as a sequence of frames according to an animation script. The object is represented as a two-dimensional distance field. For each frame in the sequence of frames, a pose of the object is updated according to the animation script. The obje...	02/13/2007
7069205	System and method for emulating the operation of a video graphics adapter A method for emulating the functionality of VGA hardware, wherein the emulator program of the present invention maintains a set of tables that permits the emulator program to branch to a function customized for both the instruction and the operating mode of the VGA ...	06/27/2006
7046994	System and method for associating a contact with a call ID This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for associating a contact with a telephone number. The method includes determining a set of candidate contacts from within a contact information database related to the telephone number, sear...	05/16/2006
7012553	Aircraft flat panel display system A flat panel display system for an aircraft display includes a graphics rendering computer for rendering of anti-aliased graphical imaging data derived from aircraft sensors for full-field imaging on a cockpit display screen. A comparator processor independently gen...	03/14/2006
6970601	Form search apparatus and method Forms such as business forms used in banks and post offices are automatically classified using a form search apparatus and method. The method of classifying forms comprises extracting features from the image data of the input form and comparing the extracted feature...	11/29/2005
6952484	Method and apparatus for mark detection Disclosed is a method of detecting a predetermined mark embedded in an image. The mark (29) comprises a predetermined arrangement of a plurality of elements (30), each element having a predetermined colour characteristic and predetermined shape. The me...	10/04/2005
6940996	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus embeds information into image data without an overhead. The image processing apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting some of the pixels forming the image data. A changing unit embeds the information into the pixels selected by...	09/06/2005
6922693	Method and system for copy protection of images displayed on a computer monitor A method for preventing copying a proprietary digital image data that is rendered within a window displayed on a computer monitor, including providing screen pixel data for rendering on a computer monitor, the screen pixel data including pixel data for a first windo...	07/26/2005
6912320	Data decompressing method, data decompressing unit, and computer-readable storage medium storing data decompressing program Disclosed herein is a method for decompressing compressed data. First, a table is prepared in which the number of bits, consecutively present to the right of the certain bit and having the same color as the certain bit, is listed. Then, a predetermined number of ref...	06/28/2005
6909358	Hamming distance comparison A method and system for performing hamming distance comparison. A hamming distance comparator may comprise a plurality of evaluation circuits where each evaluation circuit may be configured to evaluate a bit in a received data packet. Each evaluation circuit may com...	06/21/2005
6888968	Image processing apparatus and image processing method When a plurality of image data are to be compressed, an image correlation information extraction unit extracts respective image correlation information of image data, using first image data as reference image data. An encoding unit compresses the extracted image cor...	05/03/2005
6859561	Faster lossless rotation of JPEG images Image rotations of 90°, 180° and 270° and horizontal and vertical mirroring image transformations are performed losslessly and with greatly enhanced speed by processing orthogonal transform coefficients in a zig-zag order with direct storage of S (size) values, r...	02/22/2005
6320671	Web browser printing enhancements A method and system for printing web pages from an intra- or internet source with a client computer. The client computer is capable of accessing and viewing a web page from an intra- or internet source and has access to a program storage. The program stor...	11/20/2001
6157736	Method and apparatus for automatic image segmentation using template matching filters The present invention is a method and apparatus for automatic image segmentation using template matching filters. The invention generally segments differing binary textures or structures within an input image by passing one or more structures while removi...	12/05/2000
5946415	Method and apparatus to process drawing images The processing time and memory in converting scanned images to a hardware scription language is significantly reducer by using a "peephole" method to examine only partial images of features of the scanned image that is to be converted. The present method ...	08/31/1999
5872636	Flexible resolution control and matching in image processing An image processing apparatus includes a resolution ratio setting unit for setting a ratio of the resolution of input image data to the resolution of multi-value image data to be output, a pixel interpolation unit for interpolating and determining pixel v...	02/16/1999
5835634	Bitmap comparison apparatus and method using an outline mask and differently weighted bits A bitmap comparison technique that is able quickly to compare two bitmap images while discounting differences between the images likely due to noise. The bitmap comparison technique includes the operations of: comparing the first and second bitmaps, produ...	11/10/1998
5671292	High speed digital image pattern matching circuit A high speed digital image pattern matching circuit which recognizes an image pattern, and discriminates whether the recognized image pattern matches with a desired reference pattern and where pattern matching occurs. For discriminating whether a desired ...	09/23/1997
5291560	Biometric personal identification system based on iris analysis A system for rapid and automatic identification of persons, with very high reliability and confidence levels. The iris of the eye is used an optical fingerprint, having a highly detailed pattern that is unique for each individual and stable over many year...	03/01/1994
5163101	Bitplane area correlator A method and apparatus for simultaneously correlating a mask to a series of shifted positions of an image. A series of bits from a field representing an image are supplied to a number of buffer registers. A number of overlapping combinations of bits from ...	11/10/1992
5067161	Image recognition device A visual recognition device receives video signals representing an object to be recognized from a video camera, converts the video signals to a two-valued input pattern, and compares the input pattern with a standard pattern to recognize the object. The r...	11/19/1991
5054090	Fingerprint correlation system with parallel FIFO processor A method and apparatus for parallel processing "live" and pre-recorded "reference" fingerprint data for comparison purposes. An array sensor images a selected portion of a live fingerprint and video means produce corresponding digital live image data. The...	10/01/1991
5046113	Method of and apparatus for detecting pattern defects by means of a plurality of inspecting units each operating in accordance with a respective inspecting principle An apparatus for inspecting pattern defects in circuit board conductors or other images has inspecting units which perform inspection operations based on various pattern matching approaches, which include design rule checking and expansion/contraction pro...	09/03/1991
4958378	Method and apparatus for detecting changes in raster data A method and apparatus which provides for the real time comparison of raster data. The raster data is stored in memory such that raster data corresponding to a specific X-Y coordinate location is consistently written to the same memory location. During th...	09/18/1990
4811407	Method and apparatus for converting analog video character signals into computer recognizable binary data A method and apparatus for converting a conventional analog video signal carrying alphanumeric video characters into computer recognizable data is disclosed. A signal containing composite video information is received and is decoded into component signals...	03/07/1989
4651341	Pattern recognition apparatus and a pattern recognition method A pattern recognition apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a correlation calculating circuit for calculating first correlations between each part of a image pattern data and a reference pattern data, the first correlation being expressed as R(X)...	03/17/1987
4630308	Character reader In the particular embodiment of the invention described in the specification, the identity of an unknown character is determined by comparing matrices representing the unknown character with matrices representing known characters and determining the devia...	12/16/1986
4481664	Process for inspecting objects showing patterns with dimensional tolerances and reject criteria varying with the locations of said patterns and apparatus and circuits for carrying out said process First of all, this invention relates to a process based on the comparison of the image of a reference object Iref with the image of an object to be inspected Iexa. Images Iref and Iexa are picked-up, sampled, di...	11/06/1984
4477926	Process for inspecting and automatically sorting objects showing patterns with constant dimensional tolerances and apparatus for carrying out said process This invention relates to a process for inspecting and sorting objects showing patterns with constant dimensional tolerances as masks, integrated circuit chips, modules currently in use in the electronic industry. The process is based on the comparison of...	10/16/1984
4288782	High speed character matcher and method A high speed character matcher and method for measuring the similarity between a pair of binary patterns representing two-dimensional images. The patterns are compared on a bit by bit basis and when a discrepancy is detected, it is assigned an error penal...	09/08/1981
4119946	Comparison apparatus, e.g. for use in character recognition A succession of signals forming the components of an input vector are compared simultaneously with a plurality of reference vectors as the components of the reference vectors are read out in time parallel fashion from a plurality of registers. The compari...	10/10/1978
4032885	Digital correlator A digital correlator which will detect a digital pattern in the presence of noise. In an n bit pseudo-noise (PN) sequence, comparison is made of the input word with m desired PN coded word patterns; a flag is raised when a pattern is detected and identifi...	06/28/1977

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Class 382/222 - Using an Exclusive-OR gate