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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7873241 | Method for superimposing optical information in a scanning microscope A method for superimposing optical information in a scanning microscope includes determining a transformation matrix, and superimposing first optical information of a CCD image and second optical information of at least one piece of second image information using th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7844134 | Image processor and camera system for correcting image distortion A motion detecting part detects moving regions in a plurality of frame images captured by rolling shutter type exposure, and obtains a motion vector of the moving regions. A moving region correcting part corrects the moving region in a to-be-corrected frame image of... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7720309 | Image processor and camera system, image processing method, and motion picture displaying method A similar-image detecting part detects similar image regions similar to one another in a plurality of frame images captured by rolling shutter type exposure. A displacement-vector detecting part detects a displacement vector of each of the similar image regions with... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7697787 | Dynamic replacement of the face of an actor in a video movie The present invention concerns a method for replacing the face of an actor in a video clip, with the one of a user (U) of an entertainment video system (4), consisting in: a preparation phase, taking one first fixed picture of the face of the user; building a... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697788 | System and method for automatically identifying a geometrical element in an image An identifying system is provided for identifying a geometrical element in an image automatically. The image may be retrieved from an image capturing apparatus and is imported in a coordinate system. The identifying system includes: a collecting module for collectin... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7646937 | Image display method The present invention provides an image display method for downloading an image of large longitudinal and transverse size and displaying it on a viewer with less latency time. The image display method may be used to divide an image larger than a display regio... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7609911 | Image display method An object of the present invention is to provide an image display method for downloading an image of large longitudinal and transverse size and displaying it on a viewer with less latency time. This image display method includes dividing an image larger than a displ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7444002 | Vehicular target acquisition and tracking using a generalized hough transform for missile guidance A generalized Hough transform is used to acquire and track vehicular targets for missile guidance. This is accomplished by recognizing that most vehicles have silhouettes that may be described as a “rounded rectangle”. The position and shape of such rounded rect... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425958 | Perspective editing tools for 2-D images Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, to provide an image editing application including a perspective editing tool for performing edits in regions of an image having perspective. The perspective editing tool enables the user to iden... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7412095 | Preprocessing of multi-line rotated electronic ink An electronic ink object is preprocessed for improving handwriting recognition results. An electronic ink object, possibly having multiple lines of non-horizontal ink, is preprocessed by segmenting or separating the electronic ink object into one or more lines, comp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409106 | Image generating device, image generating method, and image generating program Designed to determine a number of frames of data for acquisition from video data on the basis of image quality setting data that allows image quality to be set for an image output by an image output device; and to acquire from the video data the determined number of... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400783 | Segment based image registration method An examined image is segmented, where a segment thereof may correspond to an area scan image or a line scan image of which the size is defined by considering the performance of the servo mechanism. In the segment, vectors between feature points of the examined image... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7394563 | Image forming apparatus that executes an image trimming process with priority over other commands, method therefor, and storage medium storing a program therefor An image forming apparatus processes data described in a predetermined descriptive language. A module interprets a storage location of image data of an image described according to the predetermined descriptive language and a module obtains the image data based on t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391931 | Method, apparatus, and program for moving image synthesis A single high resolution frame is obtained from a plurality of frames sampled from moving image data, regardless of movement of a subject included in the frames. Patches are provided in a plurality of frames including a reference frame and other frames. The patches ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372469 | Image transforming method The present invention provides a method for rotating YUV4:2:0 image in a digital display device, such as TV image system. A YUV4:2:0 image is separated to a Y division matrix and a U and V division matrix. Then the Y division is performed a rotation matrix calculati... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372051 | Electric charged particle beam microscopy, electric charged particle beam microscope, critical dimension measurement and critical dimension measurement system Magnification errors are reduced in the required range of magnification in electric charged particle beam application apparatuses and critical dimension measurement instruments. To achieve this, a first image, whose magnification for the specimen is actually measure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356161 | Class of symmetric lattices for quantization and data embedding Methods and systems for quantization and data embedding are described. In at least some embodiments, a transform is applied on an image that is to be watermarked and statistics associated with the image are computed. The computed statistics are quantized using a sym... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351967 | System and method for inspecting a semiconductor sample The present invention relates to a system and method of inspecting a semiconductor sample. A plurality of scans of the semiconductor sample are recorded. Each of the scans comprises a spatially resolved measurement of a property of interest. At least one cross-corre... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346204 | Method of and apparatus for generating phase contrast image A phase contrast image is generated on the basis of a plurality of radiation images of an object taken in imaging positions which are different from each other in the distance from the object. An enlargement/reduction processing is carried out on the radiation image... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343039 | System and process for generating representations of objects using a directional histogram model and matrix descriptor A system and process for determining the similarity in the shape of objects is presented that generates a novel shape representation called a directional histogram model. This shape representative captures the shape variations of an object with viewing direction, us... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340106 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image-capturing apparatus The present invention allows the amount of movement indicating the movement of an object within an exposure period to be obtained. An estimated-mixture-ratio processor 401 calculates an estimated mixture ratio for each pixel and an estimated motion vector by ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327900 | Image reading apparatus and recording medium An image read controller for extracting an original portion from an image read by an image reader. The image read controller includes means for extracting a rectangular area containing the area in which the original exists from the read image, inclination detection ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317552 | Print data forming apparatus, print data forming method, and computer-readable program A center position designated for an image is inputted and print data which is printed is formed so that the image is printed lest a blank occurs on a sheet and the center position designated for the inputted image is located at the center of the sheet, so that a bor... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310440 | Replacement sensor model for optimal image exploitation A replacement sensor model for optimally exploiting imaging data obtained by an image sensor. The replacement sensor model includes a ground-to-image function such as a polynomial for converting three-dimensional ground point data to two-dimensional image (pixel) da... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305089 | Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The reco... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295942 | Increasing robustness of online calibration through motion detection In a method for controlling an orienting/positioning system, the orienting system comprises at least one sensor means, an external motion detection device for detecting an externally-caused motion in the environment of the sensor means and actuator means for control... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7268802 | Photography system with remote control subject designation and digital framing A photography system includes a digital camera and a remote control. The remote control emits a light that the photographer can use to designate a subject to be photographed by pointing the remote control at the subject, casting a light spot on the subject. In a pre... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266225 | Face direction estimation using a single gray-level image A method, apparatus, and computer program product for estimating face direction using a single gray-level image (110, 150) of a face are described. Given the single image (110, 150), a face direction can be determined by computing a nose axis (140, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260253 | Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views Motion correction for optical tomographic imaging in three dimensions. An object of interest is illuminated to produce an image. A lateral offset correction value is determined for the image. An axial offset correction value is determined for the image. The lateral ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254285 | Image description system and method Systems and methods for describing image content establish image description records which include an object set (24), an object hierarchy (26) and entity relation graphs (28). For image content, image objects can include global objects (O0 8... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245670 | Method for channel equalization, a receiver a channel equalizer, and a wireless communication device The invention relates to a method for channel equalization in a receiver, in which a signal is received from a communication channel, the signal containing symbols formed of binary information by phase shift keying. In the receiver, channel estimation is performed t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239328 | Lossless manipulation of media objects An original media object, such as an image, is edited without loss of the data comprising the media object. Changes applied to the media object are defined by metadata associated with the media object. For example, metadata define the cropping of an original JPEG im... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233327 | Subdividing rotation in a character using quaternion interpolation for modeling and animation in three dimensions Subdividing rotation between two poses in three dimensions may be accomplished in three parts. First, data defining the two poses is obtained from the animation or modeling interface. Second, a path associated with the two poses is determined. Third, using quaternio... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232409 | Method and apparatus for displaying endoscopic images A method is disclosed for displaying endoscopic images that includes three-dimensional surfaces, variable viewing points, directions, and orientations. A computer receives a captured endoscopic image. A virtual surface is defined in the computer with the captured im... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215830 | Method and device for transforming an object image The present invention relates to a method and a device for transforming an object image, e.g., using a rotation and/or scaling, for showing it on a display unit having a matrix-shaped array of target image points. In order to achieve a rapid and exact representation... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211042 | Image orientation for endoscopic video displays An apparatus and technique for compensating the display of an image obtained from a video camera system associated with an endoscope as it is moved through various orientations are described. The received optical image is converted to an electrical signal with an im... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210860 | Electronic devices including fiber optic cable and methods for forming the same A handheld, personal electronic device includes a handheld device housing. An electronic component is disposed in the handheld device housing. A fiber optic cable is routed through the handheld device housing and is operably connected to the electronic component to ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7190845 | Image correction according to transmission characteristics of image sensing optical system In an image processing apparatus for processing an image sensed by an image sensing unit which includes an optical system and an image sensing element for converting a subject image formed by the optical system into an electric signal, a group of correction data, wh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188310 | Automatic layout generation for photobooks A method and system for the automatic layout of a photobook page are disclosed. The method includes receiving a number of images for placement onto the photobook page, the photobook page having a first dimension and a second dimension wherein the first dimension is ... | 03/06/2007 |
