Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4941190 | Method and system for enhancement of a digitized image A system and method of modifying pixels supplied to the system that a multiple level signals for a digitized image wherein a moving pixel window with a center pixel, Dc, is used from which the annular means, ma, of the center pixel (... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4876732 | System for detecting rotational angle of objective pattern A system and method for determining a rotational angle of an objective pattern which involves calculating the area A and linear moments Mx and My of the pattern from binary picture elements formed after optically sensing the pattern.... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4872024 | Print inspection method, print inspection apparatus and automatic print sorting system A method for inspecting whether a print pattern composed of a number of dots is acceptable, an apparatus for inspecting such a print pattern, and an automatic print sorting system are disclosed. A print pattern of an acceptable print sample and a print pa... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4827527 | Pre-processing system for pre-processing an image signal succession prior to identification In a pre-processing system (45) for pre-processing a succession of image signals which are extracted from an object on an input surface and which are representative of a ridge pattern of the object, a center position of the ridge pattern is determined wit... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4803735 | Method and apparatus for calculating position and orientation by combination of features of partial shapes There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for properly recognizing the position and orientation of a whole object article from its partial shape. The method comprises the steps of first extracting an image of a partial shape from a two-dimensional pic... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4790023 | Method for measuring dimensions of fine pattern A method for measuring the dimensions of a fine pattern, comprises first measuring a surface area and determining a profile of a displayed pattern image, second, calculating the center of gravity of the pattern image, third, calculating an equivalent diam... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4776027 | Geometric figure position and orientation detection method and device The position and orientation of a geometric figure are detected by sequentially producing the coordinates with respect to an orthogonal coordinate system of pixels which make up an image of the geometric figure, by singling out from these sequentially pro... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4766556 | Three-dimensional solid object manipulating apparatus and method therefor A three-dimensional solid object manipulating apparatus and means stores elemental data defining at least one elemental three-dimensional solid object and first memory means. Next, a three-dimensional solid shape corresponding to the elemental data is set... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4759075 | Method and apparatus for vectorizing documents and symbol recognition The invention in a preferred embodiment recognizes symbols by determining the center of mass and maximum extremity of a symbol candidate, and comparing it to a reference library after normalizing with respect to scale, orientation and center of mass.... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4748676 | Pattern rotation angle detecting system A pattern rotation angle detecting system in which the angle of rotation of a pattern is detected according to the image data obtained by binary-coding and spatially-dividing the image signal of the pattern. The system comprises an extracting circuit for ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4720870 | Method of automatically and electronically analyzing patterns in order to distinguish symmetrical perceptible areas in a scene together with their centers of symmetry Patterns (f) in a scene (S) are analyzed in order to automatically distinguish symmetrical perceptible areas (P) in the pattern (f), even if said symmetrical perceptible areas (P) are intersected by auxiliary patterns (F). A digitized image (Id) is used, ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4704694 | Learned part system A system for learning a characterization of an object and thereafter identifying the presence and orientation of the object is capable of controlling a robotic system for grasping the object. In an off-line learning mode, a television camera produces a vi... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4685146 | Automatic misregistration correction A method and system for determining the movement of an object between different images of the same object; where the movement is defined by a vector value and the vector value is used to correct for misregistration between the different images.... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4680802 | Posture judgement system in image processing This invention relates to a system which improves an operation speed and accuracy of judgement when the posture of an object component parts is judged by an image processor. This system determines a combination of parameters used for the posture judgement... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4658428 | Image recognition template generation A method and system for generating additional template images containing an object of interest in a plurality of defined orientations from a single stored digitized pixel matrix template image frame is disclosed by which the object of interest may be tran... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4596038 | Method and apparatus for character recognition A character recognition method involves the inputting of a character attached to an article as an image signal, forming the input image signal into an image pattern, and matching the image pattern with a standard pattern. The character to be recognized is... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4593406 | Automatic image acquisition processor and method A computerized method and point location system apparatus is disclosed for ascertaining the center of a primitive or fundamental object whose shape and approximate location are known. The technique involves obtaining an image of the object, selecting a tr... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4559643 | Opto-electronic image processor The invention relates to a device for processing optical information of light intensity and/or light polarization and/or phase position and/or spectral composition varying in one, two or three dimensions and possibly varying in time. The processing of the... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4550435 | Multilevel thresholding for target tracking apparatus A method of improving segmentation of target information in video signal developed by target tracking apparatus, when the average video levels of the target and of its background surround tend to be alike.... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4550432 | Image processor using a moment generator In a robotics system, an image processor may use a moment generator in the identification of an object. Image signals may be provided by an image source such as a TV camera. Synchronizing signals may be extracted from the image signals and together with t... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4539703 | Video data acquisition system and hand-held application module for operation thereof A video data acquisition system includes a vision system having a video camera for taking pictures of articles. The video acquisition system is adapted to acquire, digitize and select signals within a predetermined amplitude range as representations of pi... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4516263 | Spatially integral, video signal processor A video signal processor, particularly for use in identifying light source position, in which a video signal stream from an image detector is processed directly on a substrate using charge coupled device stored image transfer technology. The video signal ... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4499597 | Small-object location utilizing centroid accumulation In the disclosed image-analysis scheme, a processing window of M by N pixels is successively scanned in single-pixel steps over a sensed image, with the centroid of the image data contained in each window position then being determined. When a pixel-by-pi... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4435837 | Pattern recognition and orientation system A system that automatically scans the shape of a flat object located in a viewing field, recognizes the shape by identifying at least one moment (e.g., the first moment, area; the second moments, products of inertia; or a higher moment), calculates the ce... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4424588 | Method for detecting the position of a symmetrical article Disclosed is a method of detecting the position of a symmetrical article by converting image signals of the article into binary information and detecting the position of the article based on the binary information. A first median point is determined, from... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4398177 | Method and circuit arrangement for formation of features for automatic character recognition For formation of features for automatic character recognition an image pattern memory matrix corresponding to a respective character is read-out analogous to a sampling at different sampling angles with a multitude of section lines proceeding in accordanc... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4398256 | Image processing architecture Image processing sections and associated circuitry for generating signals indicative of the centered moments of a sliding submatrix window of signals located within a larger image matrix are disclosed. The processing sections include registers for storing... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4163212 | Pattern recognition system A method and related apparatus for finding center lines or center points of distinguishable areas in a scanned field, such as the field of view of an optical scanning device in which is positioned an integrated-circuit chip. The invention is disclosed in ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4115762 | Alignment pattern detecting apparatus An alignment pattern detecting apparatus comprises an image pick-up device for scanning and picking up an optical image of alignment pattern formed on a wafer to produce a time-base video signal, and means for sampling at predetermined intervals and conve... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4041286 | Method and apparatus for detecting characteristic features of surfaces A novel system is provided for detecting the presence of a characteristic feature on an illuminated surface of an object when used in conjunction with known electro-optical systems for determining the position of the centroid of the outline of the object ... | 08/09/1977 |
