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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7102669 | Digital color image pre-processing In one embodiment, the invention involves a method for processing an image. A sensor output is provided. An automatic gain control of the sensor output is performed to generate a first output. An automatic white balance correction to the first output is performed to... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103231 | Interpolation of a sequence of images using motion analysis Two images are analyzed to compute a set of motion vectors that describes motion between the first and second images. A motion vector is computed for each pixel in an image at a time between the first and second images. This set of motion vectors may be defined at a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103235 | Extended range image processing for electro-optical systems A method and apparatus for processing imagery using images acquired via any known Electro-Optical (EO) system. In accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a first frame of data is selected as a template frame (e.g., a given frame). A second fr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103226 | Video processor with composite graphics and video picture elements A video processor integrates the processing of video and graphics data by restructuring the discrete blocks of luminance and chrominance component data associated with video image data (Y,U,V) into composite pixel values (YUYV), and performing the subsequent process... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099523 | Method and system for scaling a signal sample rate A method for scaling a signal sample rate includes interpolating between at least two scaling ratios to calculate an arbitrary scaling ratio, using a predetermined interpolation algorithm, and scaling a sample rate for a first portion of the signal using a first sca... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095786 | Object tracking using adaptive block-size matching along object boundary and frame-skipping when object motion is low An object in a video sequence of frames is tracked by object masks generated for frames in the sequence. Macroblocks are motion compensated. Blocks matching entirely within a prior-frame object mask are used to generate an average object motion. When the average mot... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092124 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method with judging pixels in halftone-dot areas based on isolated pixel counts Disclosed are an image processing apparatus that can decrease image quality deterioration caused by misjudgment of a halftone-dot area when its resolution is beyond an appropriate range etc., in the case where judgment of a halftone-dot area is based on the number o... | 08/15/2006 |
| RE39237 | Interpolation method for binary image An improved interpolation method in which a threshold value used for determining a pixel value of a pixel generated by interpolation according to a context which is a state value of adjacent pixels. In the interpolation method, the ambiguity between the interpolatio... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092020 | Resizing images captured by an electronic still camera Provide an electronic still camera using a color filter array (CFA) and a single CCD making it possible to simultaneously execute the processing for color signal interpolation and the processing for resizing. In the electronic still camera according to the present i... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088392 | Digital image system and method for implementing an adaptive demosaicing method An adaptive demosaicing method interpolates images based on color edge detection and neighborhood voting. The adaptive demosaicing algorithm uses a voting scheme to determine the direction of interpolation at each missing luminance pixel location. Each color plane v... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084883 | Image processing device, image processing method and program distribution medium and data distribution medium for processing images An image processing device and method for processing an image defined by a combination of unit graphic forms or polygons are provided with an interpolated line completion unit which determines an interpolated line which is the line that interpolates a space between ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084889 | Digital picture scaling A method for scaling a digital picture to generate a scaled picture including following steps:(a) scaling a portion of the digital picture instead of the whole digital picture in a first direction; (b) scaling part of the data produced in step (a) in a second direct... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085436 | Image enhancement and data loss recovery using wavelet transforms Methods and systems for image and video enhancement and data-loss recovery using wavelet transforms are disclosed. A wavelet transformed image is defined as multiple sections, where one section is the original image, and coefficients are estimated for each other sec... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079287 | Edge enhancement of gray level images A method and apparatus for processing gray level image data. Gray level image data is subjected to plural separate halftone screen processing to form plural separate halftone processed screen gray level image data. The current pixel is also analyzed for contrast ind... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079705 | Color interpolation for image sensors using a local linear regression method An image processing system and demosaicing method are provided to calculate estimated missing color sensor values in an image using a linear prediction from the raw color sensor value at the current pixel location. The raw image is divided into regions of sensor val... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079710 | Image-effect method and image interpolation method An image input unit acquires a first image and a second image. A matching processor computes a pixel matching between the images so that corresponding points are obtained on the second image with respect to lattice points of a mesh defined on the first image. A resu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079735 | System for selecting optical fiber reels from inventory to fill an order An optical fiber inventory selection system selects optical fibers from inventory for use in a communication network. In one embodiment, the system includes a vendor computer system that executes code that performs a number of steps. Initially, the system accesses a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076119 | Method, apparatus, and program for image processing Tag information that accompanies image data obtained by a digital camera is used efficiently and a high-quality image is reproduced. An image processing apparatus comprises a first color conversion unit for correcting a characteristic caused by the model of the digi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072084 | Color converting device emphasizing a contrast of output color data corresponding to a black character A color converting device converts input CMYK data into output color data in a predetermined different format. The color converting device comprises a contrast emphasizing unit emphasizing a contrast of the output color data corresponding to the CMYK data representi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072528 | Cubic convolution interpolating apparatus and method thereof A cubic convolution interpolating apparatus and method for performing interpolation by optimizing a parameter which determines the interpolation coefficients according to the local property of an image signal, which can minimize the quantity of information loss in a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072508 | Document optimized reconstruction of color filter array images An electronic camera imaging system records a color filter array (CFA) image. The missing color values of the CFA image are reconstructed using a linear transformation. The coefficients of the linear transformation are estimated in one embodiment by computing an ave... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068859 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional signal conversion A three-dimensional space formed by three-channel input signals is divided into a plurality of polyhedrons having vertices at points corresponding to a conversion table. A particular polyhedron is determined which is associated with the points corresponding to the t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069182 | 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... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064859 | Method, system, program, and data structure for producing a look-up table to enhance print quality Disclosed is a method, system, and program for generating a table for enhancing the print quality of input raster pel data. An output value is generated for different patterns of pel data. Each output value indicates a sub-pulse width power to charge a sub-pel regio... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064793 | Method and apparatus for measuring the noise contained in a picture To determine the noise contained in a picture, it is proposed first to determine homogeneous picture regions of the picture (100-102) and then to measure the high-frequency signal component in these homogeneous picture regions (BR). The measurement of the hig... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064770 | Single-pass image resampling system and method with anisotropic filtering A method and system for circularly symmetric anisotropic filtering over an extended elliptical or rectangular footprint in single-pass digital image warping are disclosed. The filtering is performed by first finding and adjusting an ellipse that approximates a non-u... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061643 | Controller for a printer module An image to be printed is stored in an image storage memory of approximately 1.3 Mbytes. An image access unit accesses the image and transfers the image to a printhead interface on command from the central processing unit. The printhead interface transforms the imag... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057758 | Color printer module controller 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... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057653 | Apparatus capable of image capturing Apparatus for image capturing has preview function for monitor-outputting an image before capturing image to be recorded, image processing section including band correcting section for controlling frequency characteristic of color data constituting image data, gamma... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058219 | Camera and printer combination using up-interpolation of Bayer image A camera comprising an image sensor comprising a Bayer color filter array adapted to capture an image; a processor; and a printer; wherein the processor receives a captured Bayer image of red, green and blue pixels from the image sensor, converts the captured image ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053944 | Method of using hue to interpolate color pixel signals Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of using hue to interpolate color pixel signals includes the following. For a particular pixel location in a subsampled color image, differences in hue are compared for two mutually orthogonal dir... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053896 | Resampling system and method for graphics data including sine-wave components A method and system for calculating resample output values from input samples and their associated sample values. A resampling circuit calculates a frequency value for a sine-wave model from a sample set of the input samples and determines whether the frequency valu... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054507 | Method of kernel selection for image interpolation A method of interpolating image data is disclosed. The method accesses a first set of discrete sample values of the image data and calculates kernel values for each of the discrete sample values using one of a plurality of kernels. The kernel is selected depending u... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053940 | Signal processing apparatus, method, program of the method, and storage medium storing the program for interpolating an output color signal from an image sensing device It is an object of this invention to appropriately interpolate an image signal having a frequency close to the Nyquist frequency of an image sensing device. To achieve this object, a signal processing apparatus includes a first interpolation circuit for performing i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050108 | Motion vector correction circuit and method It is determined whether each block (51) including a plurality of pixels extracted from a basic field (30) has an edge or not, and then which state, stationary or non-stationary, each of the pixels forming together the block (51) determined to h... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047265 | System and method for a single-pass multiple tap filter A system and method for calculating an output value from a plurality of input sample values contributing to the output value in accordance with a respective weight value. A first intermediate value is interpolated for a first offset value from a first plurality of t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046862 | Image processing apparatus and program A domain block extracting unit extracts a domain block image from an original image. A range block extracting unit extracts a range block image from an area in the vicinity of the domain block image. The range block image has size being larger than a domain size and... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046837 | System and method for locating irregular edges in image data A system for processing image data, such as an image of a die cut from a silicon wafer, is provided. The system includes an irregular edge detection system, which can locate edge data of a feature of the image data, such as the edge of a probe mark in a bond pad. A ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044364 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An apparatus for forming an arbitrary image including one of chromatic and/or achromatic characters, a photograph, and halftone dots, which enables a formation of color images of chromatic and achromatic character areas, a photographic area, and a screened halftone ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042079 | Variable rotational assignment of interconnect levels in integrated circuit fabrication Integrated circuit fabrication techniques are provided which allow non-horizontal/non-vertical wires to traverse the entire chip surface, rather than just the corners as in the conventional Manhattan geometry, while interconnecting circuit points. This is achieved b... | 05/09/2006 |
