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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6992692 | System and method for providing video quality improvement A system and method for providing video quality improvement are afforded. A video stream is monitored. A quality of at least one data field associated with the video stream is determined. A command is generated in response to the determined quality of the at least o... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993208 | Image processing apparatus and its processing method Upon scaling input image data and outputting the scaled image data, an address arithmetic processor determines phase information, which indicates the distances between the position of the pixel of interest after scaling and neighboring pixels of an original image, i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993190 | System and method for detecting text edges in digital document images A system and method for detecting text edges in digital document images utilizes filters that process the luminance and/or chrominance values within a selected region of the image to determine whether a given pixel of the selected image region is a text edge. The fi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992725 | Video data de-interlacing using perceptually-tuned interpolation scheme A de-interlacing architecture is taught. The de-interlacing architecture adopts a perceptual model to measure membership probabilities for a collection of image samples of an interlaced video source with respect to extracted static, motion, and texture image compone... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990249 | Image processing methods and image processing apparatus There is described image-processing methods and image processing apparatus, which enable sharpness, scaling coefficients, and image quality to be adjusted with minimum image noise and minimum image quality deterioration and at high processing speed. One of the image... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987893 | Image interpolation method and apparatus thereof Disclosed is an image interpolation method and apparatus thereof. The present invention includes the steps of searching an edge direction to be used for interpolation by a pixel matching using input pixels and generating a pixel to be substantially interpolated by r... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6980254 | Image interpolation system and image interpolation method An image interpolation system for interpolating gaps between lines forming an image, includes: generating virtual interpolation data of inter-lines between the lines of an input image, based on the input image line data; and interpolating pixels between the input im... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977683 | Digital camera A digital camera employs an image sensor with color filters that correspond to individual pixels of the sensor. Image data detected by the sensor is recorded, together with data regarding the alignment of the color filters. The image data and the recorded alignment ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975354 | Digital still camera color filter array interpolation system and method Digital Still Camera (DSC) includes separate preview engine, burst mode compression/decompression engine, image pipeline, CCD plus CCD controller, and memory plus memory controller. ARM microprocessor and DSP share control. Color filter array interpolation by use of... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972865 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium This invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method for controlling output of a specific image, and a storage medium. For example, image data which is open to the public on the Internet may be printed out without permission by an ill-disposed p... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970507 | Method for motion-compensated prediction of moving images and device for performing said method Past image point information is also considered as well as local neighboring image point information in the interpolation of a predicted picture for motion-compensated prediction of moving pictures with increased resolution. Motion-compensated image point informatio... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970597 | Method of defining coefficients for use in interpolating pixel values A method for generating coefficients for a set of convolution kernels for use in interpolating pixel values in an image sensor is described. The coefficients are computed by applying a constraint matrix specifying one or more constraints. The method includes generat... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970170 | Graphics resampling system and method for use thereof A resampling circuit and method where input sample values for samples arranged along a row of a source image are received by a row resampling circuit. The row resampling circuit calculates row output values which are provided to a column resampling circuit that calc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967748 | Color image pickup device A color image pickup device is provided with image pickup elements having color separation filters, respectively, wherein one array pattern of the color separation filters corresponds to four pixels that are vertically and horizontally adjacent to each other; a stor... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965705 | Method and system for dynamic angle interpolation in image processing A method and system for image resample by spatial interpolation. The method and system allow more than simple angle interpolation by allowing spatial interpolation to be performed on small angle edges. Multiple interpolation directions are established. Once an inter... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961480 | Off-grid interpolation in image processing Off-grid interpolation in image processing. The present invention provides for a more perceptually pleasing resultant image when compared to conventional image processing systems that employ on-grid interpolation. In one embodiment, the present invention is operable... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961481 | Method and apparatus for image processing using sub-pixel differencing A method of processing image data is described. The method comprises receiving first image data corresponding to a first image and second image data corresponding to a second image, wherein pixels of the first image data and pixels of the second image data are regis... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961479 | Image processing device, image processing method, image-processing program recorded medium In an image processor, an image processing method, and an image processing program recording medium, an intensity of a new pixel is calculated on the basis of an intensity of a pixel of interest, an intensity of an original pixel adjacent at an upper side of the pix... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958826 | Controller for a printer module A controller for a printer module having a printhead that prints an image on printable media including a low speed central processing unit with associated program memory storing program steps for execution by the central processing unit to operate the printer module... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957773 | High-speed flatbed scanner A fast scan axis for a high speed flat bed scanner has an elongated reciprocating table for securing the material to be scanned. The table is narrower than the material and portions of the material overhang the table. The overhanging portions are supported by statio... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956669 | Effects processor for effects module An effects processor for an effects module. The effects processor comprises a RISC processor, a DSP for fast integer multiplication and a small memory. The processor uses VARK language and a lookup table of VARK scripts to apply a variety of effects to images stored... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956625 | Image processing apparatus and method for realizing panorama/waterglass functions An image processing apparatus and method for realizing panorama/waterglass functions, which are capable of reducing the size of a memory and simplifying memory control, are provided. In order to write a plurality of consecutive pixel data into memory devices, and si... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952287 | Electro-optical apparatus, image processing circuit, image data correction method, and electronic apparatus An interpolation processor interpolates reference correction data stored in a ROM according to the level (gray scale) to generate correction data DHr which correspond to gray scales available for image data, for each of a plurality of reference coordinates. The corr... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950469 | Method for sub-pixel value interpolation A method of interpolation in video coding in which an image comprising pixels arranged in rows and columns and represented by values having a specified dynamic range, the pixels in the rows residing at unit horizontal locations and the pixels in the columns residing... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950780 | Database interpolation method for optical measurement of diffractive microstructures A database interpolation method is used to rapidly calculate a predicted optical response characteristic of a diffractive microstructure as part of a real-time optical measurement process. The interpolated optical response is a continuous and (in a preferred embodim... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947170 | Image processing device and image processing method There is disclosed an image processing device for performing a conversion processing of image data, comprises an input unit for inputting image data, an enlargement/reduction magnification setting unit for setting an enlargement/reduction magnification of the image ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947597 | Soft picture/graphics classification system and method A method and system for image processing, in conjunction with classification of images between natural pictures and synthetic graphics, using SGLD texture (e.g., variance, bias, skewness, and fitness), color discreteness (e.g., R_L, R_U, and R_V normalized histogram... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947595 | System for processing object areas of an image An image processing system utilizing block selection processing. According to the system, pixel data of an image is input and block selection processing is performed on the input pixel data to determine types of pixels within the image. It is then determined, based ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947135 | Reduced multicubic database interpolation method for optical measurement of diffractive microstructures A reduced multicubic database interpolation method is provided. The interpolation method is designed to map a function and its associated argument into an interpolated value using a database of points. The database is searched to locate an interpolation cell that in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941014 | Method and apparatus for segmenting an image using a combination of image segmentation techniques This invention relates to a method and apparatus for segmenting an image using a combination of image segmentation techniques. More particularly, the invention is directed to an improved image segmentation technique for use in an image processing system that perform... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941031 | Pixel resampling system and method for text A method and system for determining a transition model between input pixel samples from which output sample values are calculated based on various relative background and brightness conditions of the input pixel samples. A brightness condition is determined from the... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941025 | Simultaneous vertical spatial filtering and chroma conversion in video images Simultaneous vertical spatial filtering and chrominance conversion is achieved with reduced data buffering and simplified filtering circuits by using a single filter stage and hybrid filter coefficients. Data latency is reduced and performance requirements are reduc... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940536 | System architecture for scan line non-linearity compensation in a ROS system A system architecture for scanned non-linearity correction in a printer uses any raster output scanner having scanned non-linearity profile previously stored in memory from a test station installed with any pixel board. The pixel board includes a correction table re... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937774 | Apparatus and method for efficiently increasing the spatial resolution of images A method increases the spatial resolution of a source image based on an auxiliary, co-registered image of a higher spatial resolution. Each of the source and auxiliary images includes a plurality of pixels with corresponding spectral intensities and the method inclu... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933970 | Digital still camera system and method An interpolation for a Bayer pattern color-filtered array with edge enhancement by clamping green interpolation values. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933971 | Reconstruction of color components in digital image processing In some embodiments of the invention, when a color component (e.g. red, green or blue) is reconstructed at a pixel from the intensity values for this component at adjacent pixels, the intensities at the adjacent pixels are assigned weights. Greater weights are assig... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934409 | PCI radiation image processing apparatus A phase contrast radiographic image processing apparatus, comprises: a management information storing section to store management information regarding a radiography; and an image processing section to apply an image processing onto a phase contrast radiographic ima... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934423 | Incorporating camera effects into existing video sequences A system may be provided which enables pan and zoom features to be added to existing stored video. A graphical user interface may display a video sequence as a series of thumbnail size frame images. The user may then indicate on any two such thumbnail sizes images a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930793 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable recording medium for recording program for computer to execute the method In the image processing apparatus, an image data control unit is connected to at least one of an image reading unit, an image memory control unit, an image processing unit, and an image writing unit. The image data control unit receives any one of an image data read... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928196 | Method for kernel selection for image interpolation A method and apparatus for determining edge information for image data comprising a mapping of discrete sample values are disclosed. An edge strength value is calculated for each of the discrete sample values of the image data to identify edge sample values, and an ... | 08/09/2005 |
