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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170345 | Imaging system, image processing method, and image processing program A favorable noise reduction process that is optimized for capturing conditions and that prevents the occurrence of residual image components is enabled. Provided is an imaging system including: a first extraction section that extracts a local region that includes a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170344 | Image storage device, image storage system, method of storing image data, and computer program product for image data storing An image storage device includes a storing unit, a background recognizing unit, an attribute-information generating unit, and an image-data processing unit. The storing unit stores therein image data and first attribute information for each pixel. The background rec... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8140468 | Systems and methods to extract data automatically from a composite electronic document A system and method for automatically extracting contract data from electronic contracts includes an administrator module configured to provide templates for inputting document patterns and a list of contract data tags for each of a plurality of contract document ty... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8103103 | Multilevel bit-mapped image analysis method The present invention discloses a multilevel method of bitmapped image analysis that comprises a whole image data representation via its components—objects of different levels of complexity—hierarchically connected therebetween by spatially-parametrical links. T... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094944 | Efficient model-based recognition of objects using a calibrated image system A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted projection of the world space. The acquired image is processed to locate one ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8023742 | Local image descriptors using linear discriminant embedding To render the comparison of image patches more efficient, the data of an image patch can be projected into a smaller-dimensioned subspace, resulting in a descriptor of the image patch. The projection into the descriptor subspace is known as a linear discriminant emb... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7920742 | Image processing apparatus, program and recording medium for document registration An image processing apparatus includes a document input unit that inputs document data of a document, a first identifying unit that identifies a position of a string included in the document, a second identifying unit that identifies a range of a mark given in the d... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912294 | System and method for toboggan-based object detection in cutting planes A system and method for toboggan-based object detection in cutting planes are provided. A method for detecting an object in an image includes: determining a region of interest (ROI) in the image; determining a toboggan potential for each image element in the ROI; ex... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889929 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer readable medium storing program and data signal embedded with the program An image processing apparatus includes a feature region extracting section, a feature amount calculating section, a position calculating section, first and second selecting sections and a correction factor calculating section. The feature region extracting section e... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881538 | Efficient detection of constant regions of an image A technique that improves image analysis efficiency by reducing the number of computations needed to detect constant regions. Constant region detection according to the present techniques includes determining whether an image analysis window at a current position co... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860317 | Generating search results based on duplicate image detection A method and system for searching for content relating to a target or query image by identifying duplicate images with associated content is provided. An image search system identifies visual parts of objects within the target image based on analysis of two or more ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844118 | Image segmentation system and method with improved thin line detection Disclosed herein is a method for detecting thin lines in image data. The method is performed by a processor to process contone image data. The processing includes combining a first result of thin line detection using a first method and a second result of thin line d... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831096 | Medical navigation system with tool and/or implant integration into fluoroscopic image projections and method of use Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for representing a tool or implant in an image. Certain embodiments provide a user interface system for displaying a representation of a tool or implant with respect to an image. The system inc... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7809196 | Object recognition apparatus In an object recognition apparatus, a first division unit and a second division unit each partitions an image into a plurality of regions. A first calculation and a second calculation unit each derives, for each of the plurality of regions partitioned. A first compa... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7792365 | Methods and apparatus for generating images A method of generating an image comprising a position identifying pattern 6 and content 7 comprises the steps of: defining criteria relating to a region where the content and the pattern are superimposed, the criteria determining whether the pattern | 09/07/2010 |
| 7734098 | Face detecting apparatus and method A process time is shortened while a face detection precision is maintained high. A face detection unit for extracting a face area of a photographic subject from an image taken with a digital camera or the like includes a unit for acquiring focussing area information... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720289 | Method for constructing covariance matrices from data features A method constructs descriptors for a set of data samples and determines a distance score between pairs of subsets selected from the set of data samples. A d-dimensional feature vector is extracted for each sample in each subset of samples. The feature vector includ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7653246 | System and method for making a correction to a plurality of images An image processing apparatus includes a feature amount recognition unit that recognizes a feature amount of each of plural pieces of image data, and a processing reference extraction unit that extracts a processing reference for image correction to be made to the p... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7512274 | Block retouching A system and method facilitating image retouching is provided. The invention includes an image retoucher having a boundary detector and an image extender. The invention provides for the image retoucher to extend care pixels of at least one of a foreground and a back... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7469064 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes: a display displaying an image with a predetermined number of pixels; an image holding unit holding an original image composed of a number of pixels larger than a number of pixels that is displayable on the display; and an object ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7436999 | Data analysis device and data recognition device The data analysis device 100 includes: difference calculation means (S2) for, with respect to an image, carrying out a calculation of calculating a difference between intensity values at an arbitrary point in the image and a point located in the vicini... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428336 | Efficient detection of constant regions of an image A technique that improves image analysis efficiency by reducing the number of computations needed to detect constant regions. Constant region detection according to the present techniques includes determining whether an image analysis window at a current position co... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426287 | Face detecting system and method using symmetric axis A face detecting system using a symmetric axis includes: an image inputting unit for inputting a still image thereto; an image converting unit for reducing the inputted image to a first certain size of image for a real-time process by using a pyramidal resolution re... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423540 | Method of detecting vehicle-operator state A method of detecting the state of an operator of a vehicle utilizes a low-cost operator state detection system having no more than one camera located preferably in the vehicle and directed toward a driver. A processor of the detection system processes preferably th... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7397952 | “Don't care” pixel interpolation A system and method facilitating image smoothing is provided. The invention includes an image processor having an image receptor and an image smoother. The invention provides for the image smoother to alter the value of a don't care pixel based, at least in part, up... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388987 | Computing dissimilarity measures Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for computing dissimilarity measures are described. In one aspect, a first set of pixel neighborhood values (PNVs) is computed from respective sets of pixel values of a first image corresponding to different spatially-sh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388979 | Method and apparatus for inspecting pattern defects The present invention relates to a pattern defect inspection method and apparatus that reveal ultramicroscopic defects on an inspection target in which ultramicroscopic circuit patterns are formed, and inspect the defects with high sensitivity and at a high speed. T... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386171 | Activity detector A system and method facilitating activity (e.g., dithering/half toning and/or noise) detection is provided. The invention includes an activity detection system having a connected component analyzer and an activity detector. The invention provides for the quantity of... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372594 | Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium A pattern which does not appear at a flat portion in normal binarization processing is set as a code pattern, and a code formed from this pattern is attached. At this time, code attachment with little degradation in image quality is implemented by selecting an unnot... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362880 | Unresolved target detection improvement by use of multiple matched filters approach at different spatial phases A method and system for detecting a point source target using multiple matched filters are disclosed. A sensor, which is preferably an infrared focal plane array, includes a plurality of pixels for providing image data. A processor processes the image data from a se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356190 | Image area extraction method, image reconstruction method using the extraction result and apparatus thereof An image area of interest in an image file can be detected by a method with a relatively light processing load by making a determination using characteristics of a quantization table. Since spatial frequency information, chromaticity information, and a quantization ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352912 | Method for automatically determining a region of interest for text and data overlay Provided is a method for the automatic determination of a region of interest in an image, comprising the steps of: segmenting the image into a plurality of smaller regions, each region extending over a plurality of pixels; performing an analysis on each of said regi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339580 | Method and apparatus for integrating manual input Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, compliant, and flexible multi-touch surface. The surface consists of compressible cushion dielectric, el... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340458 | Meta-descriptor for multimedia information Multimedia information retrieval is performed using meta-descriptors in addition to descriptors. A “descriptor” is a representation of a feature, a “feature” being a distinctive characteristic of multimedia information, while a “meta-descriptor” is infor... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333090 | Method and apparatus for analysing gestures produced in free space, e.g. for commanding apparatus by gesture recognition The method obtains a signature (S) of a gesture produced in free space, e.g. for producing gesture recognition commands, by deriving at least one time-evolving signal representative of muscular activity involved in producing the gesture and determining at least one ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333667 | Image encoding apparatus and image encoding method In an image encoding apparatus, pattern image cut-out means cuts out partial regions of an image of image data and generates pattern images. At the same time, the pattern image cut-out means outputs position information that is representative of positions on the ima... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333672 | Image processing system/network which performs recognition process only upon regions having higher high spatial frequency content An image recognition process applied to a photograph is preceded by a pre-processing step which identifies parts of the image which are in focus. The recognition process is then limited to those parts. The pre-processing typically operates by creating a measure of h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327888 | Geometric hashing method for model-based recognition of an object A method of pattern matching for recognition of objects within an image, uses a model defined by a set of one or more model primitives representative of large scale structures of an archetype. The image is analyzed to derive at least one target primitive representat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313279 | Hierarchical determination of feature relevancy Methods for feature selection based on hierarchical local-region analysis of feature relationships in a data set are provided. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310548 | Method of magnetic resonance perfusion imaging The present invention relates to a method of perfusion imaging comprising: performing a first magnetic resonance data acquisition (A) at a first sensitivity (b) value, performing a set of at least six second magnetic resonance data acquisitions (B1, B | 12/18/2007 |
