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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189905 | Cognitive model for a machine-learning engine in a video analysis system A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189906 | Information processing apparatus and method An information processing apparatus for selecting, from a plurality of feature amounts that are extracted from input data items, feature amounts that are to be used to classify the input data items is provided. The information processing apparatus includes generatin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180146 | Method and apparatus for recognizing and localizing landmarks from an image onto a map Method and apparatus for recognizing landmark buildings in an image and then locating the recognized landmark buildings onto a map together with related information wherein a first database is employed to store models formed by mathematical set descriptions of landm... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180147 | Robust pattern recognition system and method using Socratic agents A computer-implemented pattern recognition method, system and program product, the method comprising in one embodiment: creating electronically a linkage between a plurality of models within a classifier module within a pattern recognition system such that any one o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175376 | Framework for image thumbnailing based on visual similarity An apparatus and method for detecting a region of interest in an image are disclosed. Image representations for a set of images that have been manually annotated with regions of interest are stored, along with positive and negative representations of each image whic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175377 | Method and system for training classification and extraction engine in an imaging solution A method and system for automatically training a document imaging classification and extraction system that switches between a manual mode and an automatic mode based on constant monitoring. A specialized sub-system monitors and records a user interaction with the c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170330 | Machine learning for tissue labeling segmentation A method for directed machine learning includes receiving features including intensity data and location data of an image, condensing the intensity data and the location data into a feature vector, processing the feature vector by a plurality of classifiers, each cl... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144976 | Cascaded face model An Active Appearance Model AAM is trained using expanded library having examples of true outlier images. The AAM creates a first statistical fitting pair (a model image of the class of object and corresponding statistical model fitting) using characteristic features... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131065 | Method and apparatus for obtaining and processing image features Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for obtaining and processing image features are described. In some embodiments, groups of training features derived from regions of training images may be trained to obtain a plurality of classifiers, each classi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8081817 | Systems and methods for remote work sessions Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating the usage of an online workforce to remotely monitor security-sensitive sites and report potential security breaches. In some embodiments, cameras are configured to monitor critical civilian infrastruc... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078623 | Systems and methods for summarizing photos based on photo information and user preference Systems and methods for generating a summary of photos from a plurality of received photos are described. The received photos are classified according to predefined attributes. Two or more of the categories are selected, and a ratio value is received from a user rel... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073244 | Automatic design of morphological algorithms for machine vision The present invention provides a technique for automated selection of a parameterized operator sequence to achieve a pattern classification task. A collection of labeled data patterns is input and statistical descriptions of the inputted labeled data patterns are th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064688 | Object recognizer and detector for two-dimensional images using Bayesian network based classifier A system and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image (e.g., a photograph or an X-ray image). The overall... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055062 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to classify time-series input data into N classes, including, a time-series feature quantity extracting section, N calculating sections, and a determination section. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8014591 | Robust pattern recognition system and method using socratic agents A computer-implemented pattern recognition method, system and program product, the method comprising in one embodiment: creating electronically a linkage between a plurality of models within a classifier module within a pattern recognition system such that any one o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005294 | Cursive character handwriting recognition system and method A cursive character handwriting recognition system includes image processing means for processing an image of a handwritten word of one or more characters and classification means for determining an optimal string of one or more characters as composing the imaged wo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7986827 | System and method for multiple instance learning for computer aided detection A method of training a classifier for computer aided detection of digitized medical image, includes providing a plurality of bags, each bag containing a plurality of feature samples of a single region-of-interest in a medical image, where each region-of-interest has... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986828 | People detection in video and image data A process identifies a person in image data. The process first executes a training phase, and thereafter a detection phase. The training phase learns body parts using body part detectors, generates classifiers, and determines a spatial distribution and a set of prob... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978906 | Capturing long-range correlations in patch models Systems and methodologies for modeling data in accordance with one or more embodiments disclosed herein are operable to receive input data, create data patches from the input data, obtain long-range correlations between the data patches, and model the input data as ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7965886 | System and method for detection of multi-view/multi-pose objects The present invention provides a computer implemented process for detecting multi-view multi-pose objects. The process comprises training of a classifier for each intra-class exemplar, training of a strong classifier and combining the individual exemplar-based class... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961937 | Pre-normalization data classification Provided are systems, apparatuses, methods and techniques for recognizing a pattern within input data, such as a specific object within an image frame. Prior to normalizing the input data, normalization-independent classification is performed, thereby rejecting a nu... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7925079 | Method and system for pattern recognition and processing The present invention provides a method and system for pattern recognition and processing. Information representative of physical characteristics or representations of physical characteristics is transformed into a Fourier series in Fourier space within an input con... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925081 | Systems and methods for human body pose estimation Systems and computer-implemented methods for use in body pose estimation are provided. Training data is obtained, where the training data includes observation vector data and corresponding pose vector data for a plurality of images. The observation vector data is re... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925080 | Method for identifying marked images based at least in part on frequency domain coefficient differences Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method of identifying marked images based at least in part on frequency domain coefficient differences is disclosed. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912278 | Using candidates correlation information during computer aided diagnosis A method and system correlate candidate information and provide batch classification of a number of related candidates. The batch of candidates may be identified from a single data set. There may be internal correlations and/or differences among the candidates. The ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894665 | Video annotation method by integrating visual features and frequent patterns A video annotation method by integrating visual features and frequent patterns is disclosed. This method is featured in integrating a statistical model based on visual features with a sequential model and an association model constructed by data mining skills for au... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889914 | Automated learning of model classifications A method of providing an automated classifier for 3D CAD models wherein the method provides an algorithm for learning new classifications. The method enables existing model comparison algorithms to adapt to different classifications that are relevant in many enginee... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881525 | Reference data optimization learning method and pattern recognition system The present invention is directed to a pattern recognition system in which new reference data to be added is efficiently learned. In the pattern recognition system, there is performed the calculation of distances equivalent to similarities between input data of a pa... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873209 | Segment-discriminating minimum classification error pattern recognition Pattern model parameters are updated using update equations based on competing patterns that are identical to a reference pattern except for one segment at a time that is replaced with a competing segment. This allows pattern recognition parameters to be tuned one s... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869647 | System and method for processing training data for a statistical application Representative embodiments are directed to systems and methods for processing training data for a statistical classification application. In one embodiment, confidence values are calculated for training data elements to identify the probabilities of the training dat... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869648 | Object extraction based on color and visual texture Method and apparatus for segmenting a first region and a second region. A method for defining a boundary separating a first region and a second region of a digital image includes determining using a learning machine, based on one or more of the color arrangements, w... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7848566 | Object recognizer and detector for two-dimensional images using bayesian network based classifier A system and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image (e.g., a photograph or an X-ray image). The overall... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844108 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program An information processing apparatus includes a higher node having a plurality of weak discriminators that have learned a learning sample of a first label and a learning sample of a second label that has a predetermined coordinate relationship with the learning sampl... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840062 | False positive reduction in computer-assisted detection (CAD) with new 3D features A method for computer aided detection (CAD) and classification of regions of interest detected within HRCT medical image data includes post-CAD machine learning techniques applied to maximize specificity and sensitivity of identification of a region/volume as being ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840061 | Method for adaptively boosting classifiers for object tracking A method adapts a boosted classifier to new samples. A boosted classifier is trained using initial samples. The boosted classifier is a combination of weak classifiers. Each weak classifier of the boosted classifier is updated adaptively by adding contributions of n... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817848 | Apparatus, method, and computer product for discriminating object An apparatus discriminates a potential obstacle in the path of a vehicle from among various objects in an image shot by a monocular camera. First, an object detecting unit detects an object in the image by applying a saliency calculation to the image. Second, an obj... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7804999 | Method for performing image based regression using boosting A method for performing image based regression using boosting to infer an entity that is associated with an image of an object is disclosed. A regression function for a plurality of images is learned in which for each image the associated entity is known. The learne... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801354 | Image processing system An image processing system includes a learning device generating, in advance, a recognizer for recognizing a recognition target; and a recognition device recognizing, using the recognizer, whether a recognition image includes the recognition target. The learning dev... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792353 | Retraining a machine-learning classifier using re-labeled training samples Provided are systems, methods and techniques for machine learning. In one representative embodiment, a training set that includes training samples and corresponding assigned classification labels is obtained, and an automated classifier is trained against the traini... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7773801 | Learning-type classifying apparatus and learning-type classifying method A learning-type classifying apparatus comprises defective region extracting unit for extracting defective regions of classification targets from an image in which the plurality of regions of the classification targets are present, characteristic value calculating un... | 08/10/2010 |
