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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7702714 | Pairwise symmetry decomposition method for generalized covariance analysis The present invention provides a system for evaluating a correlation between a plurality of time-series data. The system includes a calculating section which calculates characteristic quantities indicating symmetry of a diagram drawn by a graph, on which data values... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7319956 | Method and apparatus to perform speech reference enrollment based on input speech characteristics A speech reference enrollment method involves requesting a user speak a word; detecting a first utterance; requesting the user speak the word; detecting a second utterance; determining a first similarity between the first utterance and the second utterance; when the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7225324 | Multi-adaptive processing systems and techniques for enhancing parallelism and performance of computational functions Multi-adaptive processing systems and techniques for enhancing parallelism and performance of computational functions are disclosed which can be employed in a myriad of applications including multi-dimensional pipeline computations for seismic applications, search a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193464 | Differential amplifier with large input common mode signal range A design for a differential amplifier with a large input common mode signal range. The differential amplifier comprises two differential pairs, each having two amplifying MOSFETs. A source follower is connected to the gate terminal of each amplifying MOSFET in one o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7103234 | Method for blind cross-spectral image registration A method for registration of first and second images out of registration. The method includes the steps of: (a) making the edges in the first and second images more prominent; (b) thresholding the first and second images from the previous step using a threshold for ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7065262 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection A method and apparatus are provided for identifying differences between a stored pattern and a matching image subset, where variations in pattern position, orientation, and size do not give rise to false differences. The invention is also a system for analyzing an o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054491 | Scalable architecture for corresponding multiple video streams at frame rate An image processing system which processes, in real time, multiple images, which are different views of the same object, of video data in order to match features in the images to support 3 dimensional motion picture production. The different images are captured by m... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7010760 | Batch-based method and tool for graphical manipulation of workflows An autofill algorithm provides tools for defining and automatically executing batch based procedures in an adaptive hierarchical workflow environment, and may be suitable for a large variety of applications including laboratory procedure planning, execution, documen... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6975764 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection A method and apparatus are provided for identifying differences between a stored pattern and a matching image subset, where variations in pattern position, orientation, and size do not give rise to false differences. The invention is also a system for analyzing an o... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6920453 | Method and system for finding a query-subset of events within a master-set of events A method and system for determining similarity between a first event set, the first event set including a first plurality of event types, and a second event set, the second event set including a second plurality of event types, is provided. Observed events are rando... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6721462 | Image processing unit In an image processing unit for performing an arithmetic operation between a reference image and a search image, a product-sum operation section comprises systoric array, a normalization and accumulation processing section and a correlation value memory control sect... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6456737 | Data processing system and method A powerful, scaleable, and reconfigurable image processing system and method of processing data therein is described. This general purpose, reconfigurable engine with toroidal topology, distributed memory, and wide bandwidth I/O are capable of solving rea... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6032167 | Data processing circuit adapted for use in pattern matching A data processing circuit adapted for use in pattern matching between two sets of multi-dimensional signal data. The data processing circuit performs integration-based conversion on data aw calculated by multiplying first multi-dimensional signal data a b... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6021421 | Enhanced DSP apparatus An enhanced digital signal processor (EDSP) includes execution section that includes the following constituents: a processor, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a memory device for holding set of instructions for execution selected from enhanced set of instr... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5748942 | Efficient three-dimensional layout method for logic cell arrays A method by which a two-dimensional array of logic elements may be interconnected such that they may be modeled as a three-dimensional array, while minimizing routing crossings. The result is an arrangement that is highly efficient for implementation in a... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5274832 | Systolic array for multidimensional matrix computations A multidimensional systolic array processor uses a multidimensional array of systolically coupled processing elements to perform matrix-vector multiplication of matrix and vector signal sets. A two-dimensional array uses a P×Q matrix (P rows and Q column... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5253268 | Method and apparatus for the correlation of sample bits of spread spectrum radio signals A spread spectrum receiver correlator for a with filters matched to transmitter chip codes are implemented in digital circuits along with a digital circuit for acquisition and tracking of the arrival times of the chip codes. The digital circuit implementa... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5247586 | Correlator device Correlation device calculating a correlation between a current block of a first image and symbol blocks taken from a second image to determine the displacement vectors. Selection means (26) (27) select a limited number of symbols contained in the said blo... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5007101 | Auto-correlation circuit for use in pattern recognition An auto-correlation unit for pattern recognition to obtain auto-correlation functions as for sampled signals is disclosed N pieces of sample values Xn (n=0 to N-1)are extracted from a series of the sample values expressed with an accuracy of op... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4982439 | Fine-grained microstructure processor A Fine-Grained Microstructure Processor (FMP) (10) for solving assignment and correlation problems that utilizes a pair of arrays (22, 24) of cells (26) to represent the position of two set of two-dimensional data points (14). The arrays (22, 24) are divi... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4972359 | Digital image processing system A digital image processing system provides convolution, correlation and normalized correlation functions, without per-pixel multiplication operations, utilizing factorization and moment generation. A first memory array is addressed by image pixel values, ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4949282 | Device for calculating the moments of image data A device for calculating the moments of image data has a plurality of image frame memories. The device has an image frame memory (12) for storing original image data, an image frame memory (13) for storing processed data, and image frame memories (13, 14)... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4864629 | Image correlation system A method and apparatus for controlling a parallel combination of correlation circuits which compare image pixels. A number of correlation circuits are provided, each having its own memory. The memories are loaded with image data with each memory being ass... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4669054 | Device and method for optically correlating a pair of images A two-dimensional optical correlation apparatus includes a transmissive optical mask having a transmissivity pattern corresponding to a two-dimensional reference image and an input image buffer that stores a sequence of pixels corresponding to a raster-sc... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4504923 | Real time two-dimensional digital correlator A technique for correlating two images, differing in size, but of identical spatial content. The technique is based on the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality and is derived in such a way as to eliminate the requirement for division, thereby realizing practical rea... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4446531 | Computer for calculating the similarity between patterns A computer for calculating the similarity between first and second patterns, each represented by a sequence of feature vectors, comprises a calculating circuit for calculating a weighting factor from feature vectors in the first pattern, a weighting circu... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4382277 | Method and means utilizing multiple processing means for determining degree of match between two data arrays Method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a particular criterion value and an associated positional value for the degree of match between the juxtaposition of a plurality of events of a query and a plurality of corresponding events of a stored da... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4368456 | Apparatus for correlating successive images of a scene When correlating a reference representation with current representations the scales of which are changing, errors occur. In order to reduce the errors, a normal current representation is stored in a store (7), and a scaled current representation is stored... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4347580 | Array convolver/correlator An array convolver and/or correlator comprises first and second two-dimennal shift registers defined by N rows and M columns, corresponding columns, the first, the second, etc., of the two registers being aligned. N and M are generally in the range of 4 ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4334282 | Testing apparatus A method of deriving the value of any one of the commonly used parameters for characterizing surfaces in surface measurement technology includes the steps of computing the autocorrelation function of a signal representing the surface, and selectively util... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4314348 | Signal processing with random address data array and charge injection output The weighted product of two digital signals obtained with a digital weighted template with corresponding binary signal stored within a two-dimensional matrix. Data is loaded into a circuit in word serial and random access modes. The weighted signal produc... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4193117 | Electronic correlator The invention concerns an electronic correlator for the evaluation of stereo-couples of photographs. Said electronic correlator comprises a normal correlator into which non-delayed signals are fed which in turn are derived from homologous points of each o... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4164728 | Correlation techniques In a correlation system, such as may be used in an autolock follow arrangement, the correlation is effected on the basis of line integrals of data relating to pictures of substantially the same scene obtained at different times. The formation of line inte... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4132989 | Azimuth correlator for real-time synthetic aperture radar image processing An azimuth correlator architecture is defined wherein a number of serial range-line buffer memories are cascaded such that the output stages of all buffer memories together form a complete and unique range bin in the azimuthal dimension at any given time.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 3984671 | Optical process for producing classification maps from multispectral data A method of producing single-class and multi-class composite classification maps from multispectral data is provided. The multispectral data is transformed into a binary matrix format which is then encoded on an optical medium such as photographic film. T... | 10/05/1976 |