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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432843 | Compressive sampling and signal inference A signal is temporally compressively sampled. A plurality of analog to digital converters are assembled to sample the signal. Each analog to digital converter of the plurality of analog to digital converters is configured to sample the signal at a time step determin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7359438 | Optical communications imager Described are a method and optical communications processor for receiving communications data in an image formed on a plurality of pixels. The method includes receiving active pixel information identifying which of the pixels are receiving communications data and re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353999 | Graphical code reader configured for data collection and decoding A graphical code reader includes an imager that provides image data corresponding to a two-dimensional image of a graphical code. The graphical code reader also includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. The graphical code reader... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331523 | Adaptive optical image reader There is described in one embodiment a method for use by an apparatus that can acquire an image. According to a described method, parameters for utilization by the apparatus are provided. According to a described method, a method can include acquiring an image and c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303126 | System and method for sensing ambient light in an optical code reader A system and method are provided for scanning an optical code, in which an optical code scanner system includes an ambient light sensor having at least one photo sensor for sensing ambient light conditions and generating at least one first electrical signal correspo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270273 | Optical reader having partial frame operating mode A method for decoding a decodable symbol using an optical reader having a 2D image sensor that is configured to operate in a partial frame capture operating mode. In a partial frame operating mode, the reader clocks out and captures at least one partial frame of ima... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245317 | Imaging device having a luminous profile detecting element A photosensitive region includes a semiconductor substrate 40 made of a P-type semiconductor, and N-type semiconductor regions 41, 42 and 43 formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 40. Accordingly, the first photosensitive po... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7190725 | System and methods for smoothing an input signal A process and a device operating in real time for identifying and localizing an area in relative movement in a scene and determining the speed and oriented direction of the relative movement in real time. The process carries out temporal processing of a digital vide... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188778 | Machine-readable symbol and related method A machine readable symbol includes a data field of arranged data cells. Each data cell is assigned a data pattern value or a finder pattern value. Preferably, at least some of the data cells, or even all of the data cells, include at least one data pattern value and... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181092 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus including: a single-chip image sensor with a color filter array and capable of intermittent readout operation in horizontal and vertical directions; an intermittence control means for controlling the intermittent readout operation of the image s... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181047 | Methods and apparatus for identifying and localizing an area of relative movement in a scene A method and apparatus for localizing an area in relative movement and for determining the speed and direction thereof in real time is disclosed. Each pixel of an image is smoothed using its own time constant. A binary value corresponding to the existence of a signi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163273 | Printing cartridge with two dimensional code identification A printing cartridge (1100) includes a housing (1104). A two dimensional code (1232) is positioned on the housing. The two dimensional code carries data relating to at least one of: a serial number of the cartridge, a media and a media colorant.... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159986 | Wide field collimator A collimator is compact and uses power efficient light emitting diodes as the illumination source to generate a test image in collimated space. The collimator provides a test image across a wide field of view, which is useful for calibration of optical devices that ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159780 | Method for reading a symbol having encoded information Methods and apparatuses are provided for imaging and decoding symbols such as two-dimensional relief formed symbols and in particular, symbols wherein one or more edges of any number of data cells within the symbols are at least partially discernable. In one aspect ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146027 | Iris recognition method and system using the same Disclosed is a method to improve iris recognition success ratio and speed by registering the iris code on location of illuminator. In the present invention, iris codes for a single iris generated as many as the number of a plurality of illuminators are registered on... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139438 | Image processing apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of extracting a target image portion included in an image targeted for processing with high accuracy, by reducing a data amount required for extracting the target image portion. The image... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136842 | Method and device for adapting a signal for the detection of the movement of an object Systems and methods for adjusting a signal used for the detection of the movement of an object in a space represented by a set of data Aij, associated with pixels forming a multidimensional space i, j, evolving with time, and represented at a succession o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7106346 | Signal processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An n-filter according to the present invention includes a nonlinear filter, a pattern detector, and a switch. The nonlinear filter maintains a steep edge whose size is larger than a predetermined threshold in fluctuations of pixels constituting an input image signal... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7043465 | Method and device for perception of an object by its shape, its size and/or its orientation Systems and methods for localizing a shape in a space represented by pixel data forming a multidimensional space i, j, evolving with time, and represented at a succession of instants T, wherein the data is associated with a temporal parameter A, B, . . . in the form... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035482 | Solid-sate image-sensing device Each unit pixel has a photodiode PD, an amplifying MOS transistor T1 having its gate connected to the cathode of the photodiode PD, and a MOS transistor T2 having its source connected to the node between the photodiode PD and the gate of the MOS transi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023483 | Framing aid for a document capture device A framing aid for a handheld document capture device such as a digital camera, comprising two pattern generators (10,20) generating convergent patterns (14, 24) that are in register on a target object plane. Triangulation between the two pattern genera... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017817 | Apparatus for reading information code An information code reading apparatus comprises a case, an illuminating light source, and a light receiver. The case has an end portion at which a reading opening is formed. The illuminating light source is disposed within the case and configured to radiate illumina... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014114 | Image capture device for and method of electro-optically reading indicia at low ambient light levels External lighting on a data collection terminal provides additional illumination in which to capture an image of an optical code to be electro-optically read by the terminal. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010091 | Photodetecting means, X-ray sensing method, X-ray sensing apparatus, and photoelectric conversion element An X-ray sensing apparatus with which reduction is achieved in the amount of electric power consumed to drive an X-ray sensor, including: a sensing unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each converting light into an electric signal; a drivi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6985643 | Device and method for recording hand-written information A device for recording hand-written information in the form of characters, symbols, graphs, drawings, calligraphy and similar hand-written information defined by a hand movement, comprises recording means (3) which are adapted to be moved by a hand which carr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6973203 | Transaction method and suitable device therefor A transaction method, a service center, and a device for carrying out the transaction method. In the transaction method object picture data relating to a transaction object, for example a product or a service, are made visible to a user, for instance by projecting i... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959293 | Method and device for automatic visual perception A visual perception processor comprises histogram calculation units, which receive the data DATA(A), DATA(B), . . . DATA(E) via a single data bus and supplying classification information to a single time coincidences bus. In a preferred embodiment the histogram calc... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6928535 | Data input/output configuration for transfer among processing elements of different processors An image input section and a signal processing section are provided. The image input section includes an array of pixel in which a plurality of pixels having a CMOS type photoelectric converting element for converting incident light to an electric signal are arrange... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6862367 | Artificial vision method and system An artificial vision system includes means (12, 14) for generating an image percept vector, means (16) for transforming this image percept vector into a feature vector, and means (16) for generating a response vector by multiplying the feature v... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6684000 | Image sensing device capable of outputting image signals by blocks and processing circuit which processes image signals by blocks Control to read signals from a sensor unit having a plurality of pixels by pixel blocks of a predetermined size, and the read signals are processed into pseudo luminance and color signals by pixel blocks of the predetermined size.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6526160 | Iris information acquisition apparatus and iris identification apparatus An iris recognition system capable of remarkably reducing time taking from an image pickup of an iris image to generation of an iris code and of simplifying the construction is implemented. A sensor 10 comprises a group of pixels arranged in polar coordin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6385352 | System and method for reading and comparing two-dimensional images A system and method for reading a two-dimensional image, and for comparing the two-dimensional image to stored data representative of a known image. The optical scanning device comprises a sensor for capturing the two-dimensional image, which sensor inclu... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6347163 | System for reading two-dimensional images using ambient and/or projected light A system for reading a two-dimensional image, and for comparing the two-dimensional image to stored data representative of a known image. The optical scanning device comprises a sensor for capturing the two-dimensional image, which sensor includes a light... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6310987 | Image processor An artificial retina chip in a camera unit of an image processor according to the present invention converts an input image taken by the camera unit to analog signals, and outputs an image signal differential between each dot in a sensor-cell array in the... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6042013 | Multi-colored illuminator apparatus for a scanner device An illuminator apparatus for a scanner device includes a support structure that extends along the longitudinal axis and an array of light emitting elements that are disposed on and supported by the support structure. The array of light emitting elements a... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5898791 | Spinning focal plane array camera particularly suited for real time pattern recognition A computer vision system is disclosed that utilizes a spinning array of photodetectors. The array is rotated about the focal plane of a lens and scans all the possible orientations and positions of the edges of the unknown object. In one embodiment, the p... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5754705 | Image data compressing apparatus having a sensor size matching compression processing block size An image sensor has a light receiving section having a number of outputs along one dimension that is the same as the number of inputs along a dimension of a block serving as a unit for image processing, thereby eliminating the need for a buffer memory.... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5694495 | Image sensing device and image sensing method In an image sensing apparatus, an array of two-dimensional matrix of photosensitive devices is used to detect an image. Each photosensitive device comprises a photosensor accumulating carriers when exposed to a light, control terminals, and an output term... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5629990 | Image processing system An image processing system which reads, in pixel units, an image on an original document using a scanner, processes the read image data, and outputs the processed image data. The image processing system includes a system for recognizing a circular image o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5569907 | Apparatus for converting an optical image of an object into a digital representation An electronic apparatus for converting an optical image of an object into a digital representation of this optical image is described. The apparatus comprises a cartridge having a first portion through which light emitted from a visible image of an object... | 10/29/1996 |
