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| 8103131 | Compositing in multiple video processing unit (VPU) systems Systems and methods are provided for processing data. The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. Additionally, an inter... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8036496 | Method for providing real-time service of huge and high quality digital image on internet A method for providing real time service of huge and high quality digital image on internet is disclosed, wherein data relevant to a general life such as a general photo, an advertising leaflet, and a pamphlet and professional image data exhibited in an art gallery,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7916973 | Image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a computer readable medium having recorded thereon a processing program for permitting a computer to perform image processing routines In order to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method whereby a high quality output image can be consistently obtained, regardless of the order in which an operator sets the parameters for the performance of filtering, (I) a GUI module ( | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912324 | Orderly structured document code transferring method using character and non-character mask blocks A method of transferring a code of a structured document including background and at least one set of foreground and mask, to an image reproducing unit which reproduces the structured document code into a document image, includes, for each set of the foreground and ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7822294 | Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensionally structured surfaces In a method for producing three-dimensionally structured surfaces of objects as a reproduction of an original surface, the topology of the original surface is determined, and the data are used for controlling a machining tool. The determined topology and a random to... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7792390 | Adaptive transforms In one embodiment, an image is broken up into multiple regions or segments, where each segment may be of arbitrary shape, and a transform (multi-scale or otherwise) is applied on the set of segments. In another embodiment, pattern adaptive prediction is used when pr... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787710 | Image transform apparatus and image transform program It is an object of the present invention to provide an image transform apparatus and an image transform program which can reduce a computation load for transforming a luminance image to a brightness image. The present invention attains the object by performing wavel... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7738740 | Video processing system and method with dynamic tag architecture An image processing system and method, in which an image processing operation is performed on a pixel or pixels by selecting and applying one of a plurality of implementations of the image processing operation. The plurality of implementations is varied from time to... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734119 | Method and system for progressive multi-resolution three-dimensional image reconstruction using region of interest information The present invention provides a method and system for progressive multi-resolution three-dimensional image reconstruction using region of interest information. The method and system significantly reduces the amount of time required to display high quality three-dim... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720312 | Image processor An image processor includes a memory that stores image layers, α-layers associated with the image layers, and pointers linking image areas of the image layers with the α-layer. A method for blending multiple image layers includes obtaining a transparency value for... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706636 | Image generation system (game system), image generation method, program and information storage medium A part object which forms a model object is disposed by receiving a disposition direction for the part object and updating slot state data indicating a disposition state of the part object in a part slot provided corresponding to each part object. When another part ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7623739 | Method and computing system for creating and displaying images with animated microstructures The display of images comprising animated microstructures can be used to create beautiful information and publicity sites attracting the attention of clients. Especially for clients visiting Web sites, images with animated microstructures are capable of forwarding a... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7602998 | Image signal processing apparatus In order to allow an arbitrary combination of image processing function blocks and an arbitrary processing order to be executed with a single command and avoid calculation loads on a host CPU even when image processes in varying output image sizes are combined, the ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7590308 | Image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a computer readable medium having recorded thereon a processing program for permitting a computer to perform image processing routines In order to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method whereby a high quality output image can be consistently obtained, regardless of the order in which an operator sets the parameters for the performance of filtering, (I) a GUI module ( | 09/15/2009 |
| 7489834 | Method and apparatus for image processing An image processing system processes images via a first processing layer adapted to perform object-independent processing, a second processing layer adapted to perform object-dependent processing, and a third processing layer adapted to perform object composition, r... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7436559 | Load assignment in image processing by parallel processing In image processing carried out by means of repeated execution of process set which includes N unit processes (where N is an integer equal to 3 or greater), prior to execution of the process groups, the N unit processes are assigned to a number M (where M is an inte... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7418156 | Domain of definition in warper/morpher An efficient way to perform rendering operations in an image processing environment includes a warping engine having a warping module and a domain of definition (DOD) module. When an object is warped, a new DOD for the image is determined by the warping engine by co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7403661 | Systems and methods for generating high compression image data files having multiple foreground planes The image data is analyzed to identify blobs having similar characteristics. Various blobs are gathered together and placed into a foreground plane based on one or more color characteristics and/or spatial characteristics. Each blob gathered onto a foreground plane ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394556 | Printer and printing method A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382380 | On demand techniques for using data associated with a digital image suitable for rasterization at any resolution A mechanism that allows an image object to maintain state information that provides on-demand rasterization of its content to meet the needs of a specific application or output device is described. A modified resultant proxy image is linked with its original content... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379565 | Method and system for determining displacement of a pixel, and recording medium therefor This method determines the displacement of a pixel between a first and a second image, the first image representing, moreover, an object in a first scene taken from given viewpoint, and the second image representing the same object in a second scene, this second sce... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379591 | Method and device for extracting specified image subject Method and device for extracting a specified image subject including an extracting condition of an extracting algorithm of a subsequent stage so as to be adapted to an extraction result by the extracting algorithm of a precedent stage, when specified image subject e... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379587 | Systems and methods for identifying regions within an image having similar continuity values A blob identifier uses edge continuity signal to analyze how to combine the current pixel into an existing blob or into the background image, or start a new blob. The blob identifier outputs a list of blob identifiers on a line-by-line basis. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376279 | Three-dimensional image streaming system and method for medical images In a system for transmitting a three-dimensional (3-D) digital image over a communication network, in response to a client computer generating a request for interaction with a 3-D image stored on an image storage device, a server computer performs two-dimensional su... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369683 | Imaging device In an imaging device of the present invention, an imaging element 2 is driven in a thinning read-out mode for reading out signal charges from a subset of pixels, or in an all-pixels read-out mode for reading out signal charges from all pixels. When the imagin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360093 | System and method for authentication of JPEG image data A system and method for authentication of JPEG image data enables the recipient to ascertain whether the received image file originated from a known identified source or whether the contents of the file have been altered in some fashion prior to receipt. A unique ha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352373 | Systems and methods for multi-dimensional dither structure creation and application Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for creation, modification and implementation of dither pattern structures. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352906 | Continuous transform method for wavelets A method and system for mapping the flow data that will be the subject of wavelet transform equations to a system comprising adders, subtractors, multipliers and/or dividers to perform the mathematical functions set forth in the particular wavelet transform. A shift... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349111 | Printer for printing sets of color adjusted images A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343052 | End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a set of files representing “zoomed-in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343046 | Systems and methods for organizing image data into regions The image data is initially processed in a manner that is similar to that used to convert the image data into 3-layer mixed raster content format. After the image data is initially processed through a first stage of the three-layer segmentation process, rather than ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324665 | Method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing A method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing of images, such as seeded fluid flow images, to efficiently increase the spatial resolution and dynamic range of detecting particle image displacements in the images. The technique takes full advantage of ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324247 | Image processing apparatus, image processing program and storage medium storing the program An image processing apparatus includes a reduced image generating part generating a reduced image having a lower resolution than that of an original digital image. A first extracting part distinctly extracts a first foreground image and a first background image from... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317868 | Optical disk for high resolution and three-dimensional video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, and optical disk recording apparatus The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolut... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313249 | Mark embedding and detection using projective transforms A method (200) is disclosed of detecting one or more patterns embedded in an image. Each pattern embedded in the image has been formed from a one-dimensional basis function. The method (200) starts by calculating (210) a projective transform of ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308117 | System and method for manipulating information and map for geographical resource management The present invention provides a system that applies the latest technology related to compression, rendering, and geographical data processing to present an interactive interface to users, which enables them to efficiently manipulate maps and queries for information... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7283274 | Method and system for printing user data to form documents A method and apparatus for printing user data to a form document. A scanner scans the form document at low resolution and sends document data to the computer system. User data to be printed on the form document is input into the computer system and displayed as a us... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271814 | Systems and methods for generating visual representations of graphical data and digital document processing A method of blending a plurality of mutually overlapping graphical objects in a digital document processing system. The graphical objects are arranged in an ordered stack that includes at least one static object and at least one animated object. Each object has at l... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266229 | Method for rendering digital radiographic images for display based on independent control of fundamental image quality parameters A method of enhancing a digital image comprising: providing a digital image; decomposing the provided digital image into a multi-frequency band representation including a low frequency band image and multiple different high frequency band images; multiplying each of... | 09/04/2007 |
