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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103107 | Video-attribute-information output apparatus, video digest forming apparatus, computer program product, and video-attribute-information output method An attribute-information-area extracting unit extracts an attribute information area in which attribute information is displayed when the attribute information area does not change between certain frames of adjacent scenes obtained by dividing a video content by a s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7949190 | Real-time nighttime vehicle detection and recognition system based on computer vision The present invention relates to a real-time nighttime vehicle detection and identification system comprises an illuminant object image segmentation device 1, an illuminant object classifying device 2, a vehicle lighting object identification device | 05/24/2011 |
| 7436432 | Sight line inducing information display device, sight line inducing information display program and sight line inducing information display method Aspects of the invention can provide a sight line inducing information display device, a sight line inducing information display program and a sight line inducing information display method able to precisely estimate the flowing direction of a sight line of an obser... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7352902 | System and method for detecting a hand-drawn object in ink input A system and method for detection of hand-drawn objects in ink input is provided. A detector may detect a drawing such as a diagram or chart from ink input by detecting closed containers and/or unclosed connectors in the drawing. An efficient grid-based approach may... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352900 | Apparatus and method for processing particle images and program product for same A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the recei... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343052 | End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a set of files representing “zoomed-in... | 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 |
| 7317558 | System and method for image processing of multiple images A plurality of images are read in, two line segments which need be inherently parallel with each other in each of the images are designated, and a planar projective transform matrix is obtained from coordinates of end points of the line segments for parallelizing th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315633 | Fingerprint processing apparatus, fingerprint processing method, recording medium and program Secure detection of a finger in contact with a sensor. A fingerprint collation program is proposed, in which data outputted from a fingerprint reading sensor is classified into predetermined patterns according to data of a maximum threshold value or more, data of a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7298376 | System and method for real-time co-rendering of multiple attributes An apparatus and method for enhancing the combined image of multiple attributes without compromising the image of either attribute. The combined image of the multiple attributes is enhanced for analyzing a predetermined property revealed by the attributes. The combi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295684 | Image-based object detection apparatus and method An object detection apparatus and method capable of detecting objects based on visual images captured by a self-moving unit. A sequential images output section makes a train of a first input image and a second input image sequential to the first input image and outp... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274801 | Automatic target recognition system with Elliptical Laplacian Pyramid filter Automatic target recognition system and/or method which employs an elliptical Laplacian pyramid based pre-screen image data filter. The filter is a resolution sequence matched filter, where the elliptical Laplacian operator reflects the size, spatial characteristics... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266221 | Ranging device utilizing image processing An image size changing section obtains a size-changed image by changing the size of one of two original images captured by a pair of cameras. If an edge of an object has many oblique components, the edge is difficult to detect as a vertical edge but, when the image ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257276 | Digital image interpolation method A digital image interpolation method is disclosed which a projection point (x, y) of the original image corresponding to a pixel of the transformed image first is determined. According to neighboring pixels (m, n) of the projection point, Gauss weights Wi | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254270 | System and method for bounding and classifying regions within a graphical image A region bounding and classifying system utilizes memory and logic. The memory stores a set of image data that defines a graphical image. The logic is configured to identify a plurality of regions of different data types within the image and to bound each of the plu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245780 | Group average filter algorithm for digital image processing This present invention discloses a system and method for enhancing images of barcodes and other similar objects taken by the digital camera connected to or embedded in a mobile device. This filter works by converting the image into its equivalent gray scale. The alg... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242816 | Group average filter algorithm for digital image processing This present invention discloses a system and method for enhancing images of barcodes and other similar objects taken by the digital camera connected to or embedded in a mobile device. This filter works by converting the image into its equivalent gray scale. The alg... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233708 | Systems and methods for indexing and retrieving images Systems and methods for indexing and retrieving images are described herein. The systems and methods analyze an image to determine its texture moments. The pixels of the image are converted to gray scale. Textural attributes of the pixels are determined. The textura... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224843 | Apparatus for binary-coding image and method using the same Provided are an apparatus and method for binary-coding images considering the brightness of a current pixel and a difference in brightness between pixels. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting a local adaptive critical value for a pixel according to a regi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212330 | Three-dimensional imaging system for pattern recognition The present invention provides a real-time three-dimensional pattern recognition imaging system having a variable focal length, a wide depth of field, a high depth resolution, a fast acquisition time, a variable magnification, a variable optical axis for tracking, a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194111 | Hyperspectral remote sensing systems and methods using covariance equalization A method and apparatus for detecting a target or targets in a surrounding background locale based on target signatures obtained by a hyperspectral imaging sensor used the hyperspectral imaging sensor to collect raw target signature data and background locale data du... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7162101 | Image processing apparatus and method An image processing apparatus and method, which can appropriately extract an object even when the focus of a camera having an automatic focus adjustment function shifts from the background to the object. To this end, frame images which are sensed by an image sensing... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152050 | Learning system capable of performing additional learning and robot apparatus In a learning system, a learning method, and a robot apparatus, the name of an object is obtained from the user through a dialog with the user. The object is identified based on the detection results of the predetermined plural different features of the object and t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7092562 | Method for measuring a three-dimensional object, or assembly of objects In this system, three-dimensional objects (1, 5, 6) in an environment that may be very complex are discerned by identifying their simple contour shapes on images, and the geometric characteristics of these objects and their positions and orientations are then... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7050634 | Method, program product, and device for detecting branch point of random line pattern By a method of detecting a branch point, the branch point in a random line pattern of neovascularization or the like is detected accurately and efficiently. After a binary image is obtained from an original image, noise filling is performed for removing a noise in a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046849 | Image-layout evaluation method, image-layout evaluation system, and image-layout-evaluation-processing program The invention provides image layout evaluation method to optimize the layout of an image. The invention can include a laid-out-image input device for inputting laid-out combined images, an induction-field-in-vision calculation device for calculating the induction fi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034831 | System and method for generating a low discrepancy curve in a region A system and method for generating a curve in a region, e.g., a Low Discrepancy Curve. The method may generate an unbounded Low Discrepancy Point (LDP); apply one or more boundary conditions to the unbounded LDP to generate a bounded LDP located within the region; r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030885 | Method and apparatus for measuring color-texture distance, and method and apparatus for sectioning image into plurality of regions using measured color-texture distance A method and apparatus for measuring a color-texture distance and a method and apparatus for sectioning an image into a plurality of regions using the measured color-texture distance are provided. The method of measuring a color-texture distance includes the steps o... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018055 | Image projecting device and image projecting method The present invention provides an image projecting device for projecting projecting light corresponding to image information by projecting means. The image projecting device includes at least scanning monitoring means for monitoring entrance of an entering object in... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017816 | Extracting graphical bar codes from template-based documents Systems and methods of extracting from an input image a graphical bar code containing graphically encoded information are described. In one aspect, a document template is matched to the input image. The document template is selected from a set of document templates ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009635 | Method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera A method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera, in which method the object is marked by one or more marking surfaces disposed in the area of the object or in its vicinity, these marking surfaces being identifiable on the basis of radiation dif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978240 | Speech translation system utilizing holographic data storage medium A speech translation system and method are disclosed utilizing a holographic storage medium having a plurality of frames therein, each frame containing one or more discrete speech wave forms thereon for comparison with a spoken word wave form to select a wave form o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963845 | Business card as electronic mail authorization token The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to obtain, using a business card of a second user, authority to transmit electronic mail to the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and o... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6941027 | Method of and system for automatically determining a level of light falloff in an image An image processing system includes an image collector and a light falloff correction system. The light falloff correction system comprises a polar transformer that converts an image into radial traces and a falloff fitter that fits the radial traces to a model of f... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928185 | Defect inspection method and defect inspection apparatus A defect inspection method of inspecting a defect of an inspection object having a chip pattern, the defect inspection method comprising the steps of: inputting a captured first image of the inspection object; obtaining a second image having a predetermined size bas... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6917704 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image processing system The invention relates to the image processing, and more particularly to the image processing method, the image processing apparatus, and the image processing system that compress color data. In order to extract the representative color from a small region on the col... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915010 | Real time object localization and recognition from silhouette images The present invention provides a method for detecting an object. The method includes capturing a binary image of the object, and determining a projection of the binary image to a first axis. The method further includes determining a difference between a profile of a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6888966 | Length calculation and determination device, angle calculation and determination device and image determination system A calculation section performs a simplified calculation to obtain lengths and/or angles using calculations of addition and multiplication, without using calculations of division, square root and inverse trigonometric function that impose heavy load to the hardware. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6850634 | Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for processing a radiation image An image processing method for extracting a characteristic amount of a photographed image from the photographed image obtained by photographing an object, comprises a passing through deleting step of deleting a passing through area from said photographed image, a pr... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6839456 | System for accurately obtaining a contour and/or quantitative information from an echo image with reduced manual operation A system for analyzing an echo image containing a contour of an organ with reduced manual operation is provided. The echo image is first obtained. A user manually sets, say, four points as known or initial points such that two of the known points provide a width of ... | 01/04/2005 |
