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| 8189962 | Image processing apparatus In an image processing apparatus for processing images, a transformation unit transforms an image on a first coordinate system representing a coordinate system during pickup to an image on a second coordinate system set up on a reference plane, a display unit displa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8160394 | Real-time capture and transformation of hemispherical video images to images in rectilinear coordinates A method of transforming an input image from a hemispherical source to an output image in rectilinear coordinates is disclosed. The method includes receiving data representative of an input image originating from a hemispherical camera and having a size defined by a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8116592 | Method and user interface to generate and present medical examination results A method for generation and presentation of medical examination results of at least one imaging device includes the steps of definition and input of measurement parameters via an input device, generation of spatially resolved image information with the at least one ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8068695 | Positional distortion compensation A de-warp map is generated by applying principal component analysis (PCA) to vectors describing aspects of identified features of an object in an image. PCA provides vectors and coefficients describing curvature or image warping at selected points in the image. Esti... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059916 | Hybrid system for multi-projector geometry calibration A method of calibrating a multi-projector image display system is provided. According to the method, non-parametric calibration data for the display system is recovered and used to generate a non-parametric model of the display system. Local parametric models relati... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050521 | System and method for simultaneously viewing, coordinating, manipulating and interpreting three-dimensional and two-dimensional digital images of structures for providing true scale measurements and permitting rapid emergency information distribution The present invention provides a true-scale, coordinate-matched, linked in real-time, dual three-dimensional/two-dimensional visual display/viewer. The display simultaneously shows a 3D digital image and an associated 2D digital image of a selected drawing. The disp... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045826 | Detecting edges in a digital images The image processing procedure of the invention receives mosaic image data and calculates a vertical-direction color difference component with regard to each of pixel columns in the mosaic image data in a vertical direction and a horizontal-direction color differenc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023771 | Adjusting left-to-right graphics to a right-to-left orientation or vice versa using transformations with adjustments for line width and pixel orientation The present invention discloses a solution for adjusting a horizontal orientation of a graphic. The solution can include a step of identifying a graphic object having a first horizontal orientation, which is to be changed to an opposite horizontal orientation. A det... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7925116 | Method and apparatus to facilitate forming a compensated image of a wide-angle image Straight lines in a compensated image of a wide-angle image are identified (102) and corresponding curved lines of pixels in the wide-angle image identified (103) as well. For given points in the aforementioned straight lines, a corresponding point in ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7881562 | Real-time spherical correction of map data A method of displaying a map on a wireless communications device includes steps of obtaining map data for rendering the map to be displayed on the wireless communications device, generating corrected map data by applying a spherical correction factor to the obtained... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7783131 | Method of generating positioning coefficients for strip-based satellite image The present invention provides coefficient for a strip-based image taken by a satellite. By using the coefficient, the absolute error of the image can be made smaller than two pixels. Therefore, the accuracy of the image is high. The present invention can be applied... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773827 | Hybrid system for multi-projector geometry calibration A method of calibrating a multi-projector image display system is provided. According to the method, non-parametric calibration data for the display system is recovered and used to generate a non-parametric model of the display system. Local parametric models relati... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769247 | Method and apparatus for data re-arrangement A method and method and apparatus for data re-arrangement includes the steps of receiving output pixel coordinates (X, Y) and obtaining an input pixel offset value (ΔS, ΔT), wherein the output pixel coordinate represents a location for a two dimensional matrix. Th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747105 | Method for the rotation compensation of spherical images Method for producing a rotation-compensated image sequence allowing simplified reconstruction of the translation of a camera by real time rotation compensation of images recorded sequentially by an electronic camera randomly displaced in a scene and provided with a ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7715653 | Non-platform specific method and/or system for navigating through the content of large images, allowing zoom into or out, pan and/or rotation The present invention provides a unique method and/or system that facilitate navigating through the content of large images viewable on a wide range of computing devices, independently of the dimensions of their display area, and the dimensions of the digital images... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711207 | Method and apparatus for capturing images of a document with interaction The user assistance system provides a system and method for capturing images of a document and interaction of a primary user with the document in an interaction session. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises an image capture means adapted to capture an initial... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689063 | Information processing apparatus and image processing method According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of processing image data involving a plurality of blocks. The apparatus includes a difference value detection unit which detects a difference value between pixel values of two... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676115 | Image processing method, image processor and image processing program product An image processing method includes a step of obtaining an input image, and a transformation step of performing multiple image transformations including multiple geometric transformations. The transformation step includes calculating correspondences between image co... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7646935 | Method and computer program product for automatic image mirroring Method and computer program product for mirroring an image according to internationalization information in an application supporting images. An initial image to be mirrored, which is described in a graphical format, is read. The image data is wrapped in a new image... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7623736 | Registration of three dimensional image data with patient in a projection imaging system A method for determining a translation of a three-dimensional pre-operative image data set to obtain a registration of the three-dimensional image data with a patient positioned in a projection imaging system. In one embodiment the user identifies an initial three-d... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7496242 | System and method for image transformation An image transformation system and method for transforming a source image having source image pixel data associated with a source pixel array having an origin into a target image having target image pixel data associated with a target pixel array according to an ima... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489833 | Transmitting device, reconstruction device, transmitting method and reconstruction method for broadcasts with hidden subtitles A transmitting device includes a main image generation unit generating a main image by overlaying first overlay data over an original image; an extraction unit extracting, from the original image, a partial image of a portion over which the first overlay data is ove... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7477799 | Image shifting module and optical projection device An image shifting module for shifting imaging positions of sub-images projected on a screen in each frame, and an optical projection device using the same are provided. The image shifting module includes a first vibration mechanism and a second vibration mechanism. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7437018 | Image resampling using variable quantization bins An approach to resampling a first image that is sampled on a first sample grid. A filter for applying to the first image is computed. This involves computing a spatially quantized representation of the filter for which a degree of spatial quantization of the filter ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430340 | Geographic information data base engine A method to compress a very large original geographic database down to a manageable and economical size while preserving accuracy is herein described. Similarly, a method to quickly retrieve, decompress, and display data is herein described. An original geographic d... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425952 | Three-dimensional visualization architecture A virtual terrain architecture and computer program product for employing a geocentric coordinate system, using a tessellated three-dimensional shape for representing a celestial body, and mapping terrain data to the tessellated three-dimensional shape is disclosed.... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421150 | Coordinate conversion apparatus and method Provided is a coordinate conversion apparatus and method capable of removing an accumulation position error when output pixel coordinates are obtained from input image coordinates by using an inverse-mapping technique. In the coordinate conversion apparatus, an outp... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417765 | Image processing apparatus and method, image processing program, and storage medium An image processing apparatus which includes an image reading apparatus comprising a first memory, a book image corrector, and a selector. The first memory stores optical positioning information of the image reading apparatus. The book image corrector performs an im... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409085 | Method and apparatus for determining symmetry in 2d and 3d images A method of determining symmetry in an image, a method of determining a symmetry plane line segment of a 3D image, a method of determining a symmetry line of a 2D image, and a computer program product. The method includes a) determining at least one searching line s... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404014 | Method and system for transmitting and determining the effects of display orders from shared application between a host and shadow computer A method and system for compressing bitmap data in a system for sharing an application running on a host computer with a remote computer, wherein the shared application's screen output is simultaneously displayed on both computers. Simultaneous display of screen out... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397933 | Collusion resistant desynchronization for digital video fingerprinting Systems and methods are described that desynchronize a video to be protected, thereby creating one or more digitally fingerprinted videos. In one implementation, a video to be protected is temporally desynchronized and spatially desynchronized. A fingerprinted copy ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391932 | Apparatus and method for selecting image to be displayed Provided are an apparatus and method for selecting one of an image signal input from an image signal inputting device and an image signal obtained by changing the size of the image signal input from the image signal inputting device and displaying the selected image... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386187 | Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation includes storing on the platform a reference perspective view and pa... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386189 | Scanning device with a positioning sensor and a corresponding processing method to obtain images The present invention relates to a scanning device with a positioning senor and a processing method to obtain images, comprising a casing, linear contact image sensor (CIS), further comprising a system processor P3 for controlling the work of said CIS by timi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382399 | Omniview motionless camera orientation system A method and apparatus for capture of a spherical image is disclosed. The present invention includes at least one camera having a lens with at least a 180° field-of-view for capturing a hemispherical image. In a first embodiment, a second hemispherical image is cre... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379625 | Edge direction based image interpolation method A method for interpolating pixel data of an omitted line by use of pixel data from an interlaced scan, for de-interlacing an interlaced video image. Image edge direction is detected at the center position of every two neighboring scan lines in an interlaced scan. Al... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379623 | Method to quickly warp a 2-D image using only integer math Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate rapidly warping a two-dimensional image using integer math. A warping table can contain two-dimensional floating point output pixel offset values that are mapped to respective input pixel locations in a captured imag... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376288 | Edge adaptive demosaic system and method A demosaic system and method that supports multiple CFA pattern inputs is disclosed. The demosaic system is capable of handling both RGB Bayer input and CMYG input and perform demosaic operations on both inputs to recover full-color images from the raw input images.... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376287 | Method for intelligent auto-orientation of digital images A method for re-orientating digital images in an image-editing environment where images are loaded in landscape mode by default, with the aim of unburdening users from the inconvenience of manual correction of image orientation. Intelligent re-orientation of digital... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373275 | System and method of point matching measured positions to template positions A system and method of point matching measured positions to template, or reference, positions for various applications may generally comprise creating force field vectors and moments operative to perturb measured point locations into alignment with template point lo... | 05/13/2008 |
