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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263511 | Creating user metric patterns including user notification Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for creating a user metric pattern. Such embodiments typically include receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics, determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics rece... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925122 | Method for video-based nose location tracking and hands-free computer input devices based thereon A method for tracking the location of the tip of the nose with a video camera, and a hands-free computer input device based thereon have been described. According to this invention, a convex shape such as the shape of the tip of the nose, is a robust object suitable... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912253 | Method and apparatus for transcoding coded video image data A transcoding apparatus converts first coded data obtained from a plurality of frames forming a video image by means of a coding algorithms including an interframe prediction coding algorithm with motion compensation into second coded data having a different structu... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6870883 | Parallel encoding and decoding processor system and method Encoding and decoding systems for MPEG encoding and decoding at a high speed using a parallel processing system, wherein macroblocks to be processed are designated for first to third processors which are made to carry out all processings of encoding, variable length... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6859494 | Methods and apparatus for sub-pixel motion estimation The methods and apparatus is for sub-pel motion estimation of a block of pixels. Search points which are redundant between the various full pel and sub-pel searches during the motion estimation process of a block of pixels are disregarded. Matching costs for the blo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6549578 | Moving picture synthesizing device A moving picture synthesizing device includes a code string analyzer for analyzing the header information of moving picture code strings used for synthesis. A picture information generator is also included for generating header information of synthesized ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6542639 | Region extraction apparatus, region extraction method and computer readable recording medium A region extraction apparatus for extracting a desired region from a moving image, includes a region specifying unit for specifying contour points of a region which is to be extracted, a template creating unit for creating a template of the region which i... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6307560 | Classified adaptive spatio-temporal format conversion method and apparatus A classified adaptive spatio-temporal creation process is utilized to translate data from one format to another. This process creates new pixels by applying a filter selected on an output pixel by pixel basis which has been adaptively chosen from an appli... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6233017 | Multimedia compression system with adaptive block sizes A multimedia compression system for generating frame rate scalable data in the case of video, and, more generally, universally scalable data. Universally scalable data is scalable across all of the relevant characteristics of the data. In the case of vide... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5757306 | Vector quantization with a control circuit for input and predicted vector quantization In a vector quantizer device including an input vector quantizer (11) for a current input vector of an input vector sequence to produce a first quantized vector and a predicted vector quantizer (13) responsive to the input vector sequence for quantizing i... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5594503 | Image information compressing method, compressed image information recording medium and compressed image information reproducing apparatus An image information compressing method for densely compressing image information, in particular, dynamic image information, a compressed image information recording medium for recording compressed image information, and a compressed image information rep... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5376971 | Picture encoding apparatus and picture decoding apparatus An input picture is blocked in units of a specific number of pixels. A picture corresponding to a reference picture of the input picture is stored in a memory. A motion compensating circuit compares the reference picture stored in the memory and the input... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5041908 | Throughput regulation method for data for assistance in the reconstruction of sub-sampled moving electronic images A method for the regulation of the throughput of assistance data is provided. The assistance date assists in the reconstruction of subsampled moving electronic images. The method is particularly useful for HDTV transmission by a HMAC channel. For each ele... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4851906 | Data compression using orthogonal transform and vector quantization In an image communication system, an input image sequence is converted into a block-formatted sequence. A data compression signal indicative of the amount of moving blocks in the block-formatted sequence is generated to individually control a plurality of... | 07/25/1989 |
