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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8386486 | Method for facilitating social networking based on fashion-related information One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating social networking based on fashion-related information. During operation, the system receives fashion-related information from a user. Next, the system extracts the user's fashion preferences... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8340358 | Visual camouflage with thermal and radar suppression and methods of making the same A visual camouflage system that provides at least one of thermal or radar suppression is described. The system includes a vinyl layer having a camouflage pattern on a front surface of the vinyl layer. The camouflage pattern includes a site-specific camouflage patter... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8332255 | Sensor-integrated mirror for determining consumer shopping behavior A mirror system includes an image sensor coupled to a mirror, and gathers consumer shopping preferences for merchandise items. During operation, the system gathers one or more sequential images, from the image sensor, of a consumer wearing a first wearable merchandi... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8320634 | System and method for monitoring protective garments The wearing of required medical garments by caregivers and other persons is detected through the use of a digital imaging system and methods that employ digital imaging. The medical garments include colors, symbols or other features that allow them to be identified ... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8295555 | Systems and methods for processing of coverings such as leather hides and fabrics for furniture and other products Methods and systems for processing coverings such as leather hides and fabrics are provided. A system can include a worktable having a surface on which a covering is placeable. An imaging device can be positionable relative to the worktable. The imaging device can b... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8184864 | Process for manufacturing kitting foam inserts This invention protects the processes and technologies used to produce kitting foam inserts. The manufactured inserts are in the form of foam silhouettes with a thin hard plastic backing. The process is unique in that it utilizes software and automations that were p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160305 | Method and apparatus for measuring deposition of particulate contaminants in pulp and paper slurries A method and an apparatus for measuring the depositability of particulate contaminants present in a pulp or paper mill fluid stream and evaluating interactions of such particulate contaminants with other contaminants collects the particulate contaminants on a suitab... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7826642 | Electro-optical method and apparatus for evaluating protrusions of fibers from a fabric surface An electro-optical method and apparatus for evaluating the dimensions of any protrusion from the threshold of the fabric surface is achieved by bending any length of fabric over a rotating roller so that the contoured area of the protrusion body above the surface ca... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7734065 | Method of text information recognition from a graphical file with use of dictionaries and other supplementary data The present invention deals with text comprising image parsed to graphemes. A result of character recognition is creation of one or more versions of characters for each grapheme. All possible words versions are obtained using all characters versions, and all parsing... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729517 | Method and apparatus for testing fibres According to the present invention there is also provided an apparatus for estimating the fiber fineness of a known mass of fibers, the apparatus including: an image capturing device for capturing either i) all of the fibers selected for testing or ii) a fraction th... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7650018 | Image creation device, image creation method, and image creation program A captured image of an object is input twice using a white background and a black background, after which the opacity D and the color image X of the object are obtained to yield an object image. It is possible to easily create a high-quality real image. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7426302 | System and method for digitizing a pattern The present invention provides a novel system and method for digitizing garment patterns. In a system embodiment, there are imaging devices supported above a garment pattern-making table. The imaging devices are connected to a computing device via a suitable network... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7370970 | Eyeglass detection method The presence of eyeglasses worn by a human subject is detected regardless of whether the subject's head is viewed frontally or in profile. Image data within search windows defined relative to the subject's eye is processed to form linear representations of edge boun... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356453 | Computerized pattern texturing A system and method for merging carpet design image patterns in order to create a custom-designed patterned carpet image. A customized carpet image is defined by identifying a plurality of carpet design fields within a carpet and selecting a distinct design pattern ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347914 | Method for producing an article having an elastic bonded between two webs A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the fir... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342758 | Method and system for detecting stand-alone operation of a distributed generating system A method and a system for detecting stand-alone operation of a distributed generating system having a generating source connected in shunt with an independent power distribution system via a first branch breaker are proposed. A voltage or a frequency signal on the i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340089 | Geometric pattern matching using dynamic feature combinations A geometric pattern matching method to locate instances of a template image in a target image using a plurality of models with different feature combinations. A learning phase involves learning geometric information about the template image and creating a model for ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327262 | System and method for electronic article surveillance There is disclosed a system and method for electronic article surveillance wherein the time taken for articles to move from a starting point to a destination point by way of a series of zones is monitored in real time, taking into account bottleneck and non-bottlene... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310564 | Arrangement and method for producing therapeutic insoles The present invention relates to an arrangement for producing therapeutic insoles, consisting of a platform with a scanner for scanning the undersides of the patient's feet, a data processing connection for transmitting the scanned image to a computer, a data proces... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295695 | Defect detection via multiscale wavelets-based algorithms A method of detecting a defect in a reticle or wafer uses wavelet transforms to differentiate between real defects and pattern noise. A first image and a second image of a sample are aligned. A wavelet transform is obtained of the difference between the images. The ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292960 | Method for characterization, detection and prediction for target events A method for characterizing, detecting and predicting an event of interest, a target event, based on temporal patterns useful for predicting a probable occurrence of the target event is disclosed. Measurable events and their features are defined and quantized into e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286716 | Image quality enhancement circuit and method using inter-frame correlativity An image quality enhancement circuit and a method using inter-frame correlativity includes a first transfer function generator calculating histogram data corresponding to a gray level distribution with respect to an inputted luminance signal by frame unit to generat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286696 | Method and apparatus for utilizing representational images in commercial and other activities In a method and apparatus for performing commercial and other activities using one or more two- or three-dimensional representational images, superimposing a two- or three-dimensional representational image, containing an image of the workpiece in an advanced state ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272244 | Method and unit for the production of images with high resolution in jacquard fabric The invention relates to a method for the production of images with high resolution jacquard fabric comprising the following steps: colour scanning of an output image to be reproduced on a fabric, video visualisation of said image with the largest number of colours ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265851 | Printing method and system for making print from photo picture frame and graphic image written by user An image of a picture frame photographed on a photo film is displayed on a screen of an image input device, or is printed out as a hard copy. A graphic image is written by a user in the image of the picture frame, and graphic data of the graphic image is detected fr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245782 | Spatial smoothing process and device for dark regions of an image The invention relates to a process, to a device for smoothing dark regions of images and to a coding system. a noise level is associated with each image and a luminance value is associated with each pixel, a thresh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242999 | Method and apparatus for identifying virtual body profiles 3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment brands and respective categorizing data are introduced into an information processing system. These 3D morphological data are indexed by brand names, categorizing data, and volumetric, dimensio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225107 | Methods and apparatus for data analysis A method and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to automatically identify a characteristic of a fabrication process for components based on test data for the components. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221790 | Processing for accurate reproduction of symbols and other high-frequency areas in a color image In an image processing apparatus, color image data is binarized, and a symbol area in the color image data is detected. There are obtained, from N colors that form a symbol in the symbol area, M colors that are equal to or smaller than N in number. A symbol cutting ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218752 | Feature based data structure for computer manikin This invention proposes a feature based data structure for computer manikin that is constructed from the scanned data of common 3D body scanners. The scanned data is first segmented into six parts and then encoded into range images. Feature recognition algorithms ar... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215830 | Method and device for transforming an object image The present invention relates to a method and a device for transforming an object image, e.g., using a rotation and/or scaling, for showing it on a display unit having a matrix-shaped array of target image points. In order to achieve a rapid and exact representation... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212680 | Method and apparatus for differentially compressing images Provided are an image compression method and apparatus for differentially encoding digital image signals based on a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image compression standard. RGB image signals are converted to luminance and chrominance data. Pixels of conve... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200260 | Teaching model generating device A workpiece W serving as an object for detection is fixed in place. A camera 20 is mounted to the end of a robot RB. The camera is turned about an axis, which passes through the center position of the workpiece W and is perpendicular to the optical axis of th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189301 | Process for attaching indicator element to disposable garment In a process for attaching indicator elements onto a disposable garment, liquid-absorbent cores and indication sheets each having indicator elements are fed onto inner and outer surfaces of an outer layer web. A rear half of the front sheet of adjacent indication sh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184047 | Method and apparatus for the generation of computer graphic representations of individuals Apparatus for generating computer models of individuals is provided comprising a booth (1) that is connected to a server (2) via the Internet (3). Image data of an individual is captured using the booth (1) and a computer model correspond... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177719 | Pattern builder The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an item. The method includes providing a pattern building program to a client, wherein the client is to build a pattern using the program. The method also includes manufacturing the item based on the pattern. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177459 | Robot system having image processing function A robot system having an image processing function capable of detecting position and/or posture of individual workpieces randomly arranged in a stack to determine posture, or posture and position of a robot operation suitable for the detected position and/or posture... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170490 | Method and apparatus for locating a pointing element within a digital image A method and apparatus for finding a pointing element within a digital image. A digitized image is received including a background and an object to be tracked. The background and the object have a different color. A rectangle is defined within the image including at... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142693 | Method of grading sample Method of grading a sample. An input color image of the sample, such as a sample of raw cotton, is obtained by a scanning technique. This image is first analyzed by an image segmentation module and a binary image where pixels of a first characteristic are marked as ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138622 | Method and apparatus for monitoring light beams An apparatus and method for monitoring light beams comprising a reflector for passing at least partially through the beam to reflect a sample of the beam and at least one sensor arranged to receive the reflected beam sample for determining a characteristic of the be... | 11/21/2006 |
