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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184909 | Method for comparing sectioned geometric data representations for selected objects A method for comparing a plurality of geometrical data representations each representing a spatial boundary surface of a corresponding geometrical object which surface changes over a selected extent of the object bounded thereby through providing the plurality of ge... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180158 | Image processing device and image processing method for detecting a specific shape from an image An image processing device capable of high-speed detection of a specific shape in an image. In the image processing device, a candidate position calculation section (106) obtains a first candidate position of the center point of a first circle in contact at t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170346 | High-performance closed-form single-scan calculation of oblong-shape rotation angles from binary images of arbitrary size using running sums A method for performing a high-performance closed-form single-scan calculation of oblong-shape rotation angles from binary images of arbitrary size on a processor using running sums is disclosed. Running sums are calculated and stored throughout each scan, and the r... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165404 | Method and apparatus for creating document data, and computer program product In an apparatus for creating document data, an acquiring unit acquires a handwritten figure; and a recognizing unit converts the handwritten figure acquired by the acquiring unit into a specific figure and recognizes a layout including the specific figure as a compo... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155449 | Method for comparing computer-generated drawings A method for comparing a first drawing and a second drawing generated by a shape-based computer system includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) identifying shapes present in the first drawing; and (2) identifying shapes present in the second drawing. (b) In no part... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126273 | Method for reconstructing three-dimensional images from two-dimensional image data A method for reconstructing three-dimensional, plural views of images from two dimensional image data. The method includes: obtaining two-dimensional, stereo digital data from images of an object; processing the digital data to generate an initial three-dimensional ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8103106 | Image processing method, image processing method program, recording medium recording image processing method program, and image processing apparatus A method of processing a plurality of still images. The method includes the steps of: detecting an object photographed for each of the still images; arranging the object detected by the step of detecting an object with respect to the plurality of still images and de... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8064706 | Image compression by object segregation A system of analyzing and processing images. The image is processed using machine vision techniques to find shapes and objects in the image. In one embodiment, the system finds geometric shapes and textures in the images. In another embodiment, the image processor f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059900 | Method and apparatus to facilitate visualization and detection of anatomical shapes using post-processing of 3D shape filtering A method includes generating a first response including a plurality of potential first objects of interest of a first shape from data regarding a region of interest (ROI), generating a second response including a plurality of second objects of interest for a second ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055076 | Tag information production apparatus, tag information production method and recording medium A tag information production apparatus is disclosed which can apply tag information to a main image through a realistic amount of work. A time information acquisition section acquires time information of a main image selected on a working screen, and a key region se... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031948 | Shape comparison apparatus on contour decomposition and correspondence The present invention discloses a shape comparison apparatus and method based on contour decomposition and correspondence. The apparatus comprises a polygonal approximation unit for approximating an image object contour as a polygon, namely representing the image ob... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8000536 | Determining and using geometric feature data The invention concerns a method for determining feature data that represents information about the shape of an object. A partitioning scheme (RP) is determined that defines a plurality of cells (p) in the space in which the object is located such that at least some ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995845 | Digital signal pattern detection and classification using kernel fusion This disclosure describes techniques for determining a shape of a signal. In particular, a kernel is applied to a portion of a signal to compute at least a first, first order derivative of the portion of the signal and a second, first order derivative of the portion... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7957595 | Database management program, database management apparatus and database management method A database management program, a database management apparatus and a database management method can determine the sameness of shape data at high speed. The program causes a computer to execute a first edge line acquisition step that acquires the edge lines of the fi... | 06/07/2011 |
| RE42366 | Computer animation generator Polygonal data input in a first step is subjected to evaluation in which all edges of the polygon data are ranked in importance on the basis of a volume change caused by removal of that edge. The edges are sorted on the basis of an evaluation value in a third step. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936928 | Mutual symmetry detection System and method for detecting symmetries of configurations of discrete curves. Configuration characterization information for a configuration of a plurality of discrete curves is received, where the configuration characterization information comprises rotational s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7873220 | Algorithm to measure symmetry and positional entropy of a data set A method and algorithm for measuring the symmetry (SYM=total symmetry) of N points based on counting the number of “elementary symmetric recognition acts”, or having two distances d(A,B) and d(C,D) be equal within a given tolerance t. The same algorithm can be a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7787696 | Systems and methods for adaptive sampling and estimating a systematic relationship between a plurality of points Systems and methods for estimating a systematic relationship between a plurality of points include determining an estimated systematic relationship representative of the plurality of points according to an estimation function and based on a given set of measured poi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7769235 | Text recognition method using a trainable classifier The present invention discloses a method of character and text recognition of a bit-mapped graphic file received from an optical scanning device. The method comprises a trainable template cache, a preliminarily trained feature analysis means, and a context analysis ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7751626 | Method and apparatus for detection using gradient-weighted and/or distance-weighted graph cuts Methods and apparatuses process images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including an object; generates a connected graph associated with the image, the generating step including representing pixels of the imag... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7684623 | Pattern recognition of objects in image streams The disclosure describes pattern recognition detectors and software used to detect patterns in image streams. The detectors operate on streams of image data, making them suitable for detecting certain types of patterns in documents and images passed between processe... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7664327 | Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system and computer-readable storage for representing and searching for an object in an image A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one add... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646920 | Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system and computer-readable storage for representing and searching for an object in an image A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one add... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7630557 | Image compression by object segregation A system of analyzing and processing images. The image is processed using machine vision techniques to find shapes and objects in the image. In one embodiment, the system finds geometric shapes and textures in the images. In another embodiment, the image processor f... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630556 | Image compression by object segregation A system of analyzing and processing images. The image is processed using machine vision techniques to find shapes and objects in the image. In one embodiment, the system finds geometric shapes and textures in the images. In another embodiment, the image processor f... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7613342 | Method and device for displaying or searching for object in image and computer-readable storage medium A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one add... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7577298 | Method and system for response image feature collection and candidate summit, surface, and core estimation A method for estimating regions of detected candidates identified in a response image of an object created from a scanned Computerized Tomography image is disclosed. The regions are used to generate features. Voxels proximate to a detection center of the object are ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574049 | Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system and computer-readable storage for representing and searching for an object in an image A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one add... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7522771 | Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for fast neighborhood determinations in dynamic environments Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for ascertaining neighborhood information in a dynamically changing environment, such as an electronic ink environment may include: (a) receiving data representing plural electronic ink strokes; (b) defining a first vert... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519223 | Recognizing gestures and using gestures for interacting with software applications An interactive display table has a display surface for displaying images and upon or adjacent to which various objects, including a user's hand(s) and finger(s) can be detected. A video camera within the interactive display table responds to infrared (IR) light refl... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7508986 | Document recognition device, document recognition method and program, and storage medium In document recognition processing for accurately recognition a document image at high speed, a shape feature is extracted from a component included in an input document image, and the degree of similarity of shape between the document image and the registered docum... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502511 | Shape grammar interpreter Parametric shape recognition is achieved through a decomposition of shapes into a hierarchy of subshapes ordered by their decreasing restrictions. Instances of each of the subshapes are individually located in the design shape and then reconstructed to form an insta... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7440616 | System and method for recognition of a hand-drawn chart in ink input A system and method for recognition of hand-drawn charts in ink input is provided. A chart recognizer may be provided that may recognize a hand-drawn diagram or chart in ink input. The chart recognizer may include a connectivity-based recognizer for recognizing a ha... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430322 | Particle shape characterization from 2D images The size distributions corresponding to the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of particles are estimated from a 3D-to-2D projection matrix and a two-dimensional (2D) image of the particles that is obtained using TEM. Two different methods to generate a 3D-to-2D projecti... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7426500 | Parallel computer architecture of a cellular type, modifiable and expandable This processing is distributed among number of simple hexagonal units distributed in a honeycomb layer, consisting of a central hexagram surrounded by six receiving cells, each representing an invariable binary place fed into central hexagram's CPU controlled by a s... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421112 | Cargo sensing system A cargo sensing system is configured to determine if cargo is present within a container. In one implementation, the cargo sensing system senses lines within an image of a cargo space. The lines may be straight, curved or otherwise configured, and are evaluated for ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421098 | Facial recognition and the open mouth problem A method, for electronic face recognition using geodesic representations, of processing such a geodesic representation of a face having a mouth and being able to adopt open-mouthed or closed mouth states, so that the electronic recognition works regardless of whethe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418112 | Pedestrian detection apparatus A pedestrian detection apparatus of the present invention extracts a whole-body region and a prospective head region based on a pattern matching between an input image picked up by an infrared camera and whole-body/head model images stored in a model-image storage u... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418120 | Method and system for structuring dynamic data Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for structuring dynamic data from a plurality of images. Certain embodiments include accessing an image data set including data representing a plurality of images, determining a dynamic or func... | 08/26/2008 |
