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| 8098938 | Systems and methods for descriptor vector computation Systems and methods for descriptor vector computation are described herein. An embodiment includes (a) identifying a plurality of regions in the digital image; (b) normalizing the regions using at least a similarity or affine transform such that the normalized regio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8064707 | Image recognition method and image recognition apparatus The invention provides an image recognition method. First, it is judged whether a set of discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients corresponding to an image and/or a set of texture parameters corresponding to the DCT coefficients exist. If the judgment is no, the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055077 | R/T display compression preserving intensity information A realtime display compression for a waveform image uses a priority basis for combining groups of pixels when producing a compressed waveform image in order to preserve intensity information. As an example successive lines of data for the waveform image are demultip... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8014609 | Digital representation of audio waveforms using peak shifting to provide increased dynamic range A system allows greater dynamic range in fixed-width sample representations of waveforms. Known properties of the waveform are used to determine an unlikely, or impossible, data condition to be used as an exception condition. In a preferred embodiment that is direct... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7970212 | Method for automatic detection and classification of objects and patterns in low resolution environments The invention is a method of using Wavelet Transformation and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) systems for automatic detecting and classifying objects. To train the system in object recognition different images, which usually contain desired objects alongside other o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7945098 | Method for characterizing the density and cross-section morphology of trees A method is provided for reliably determining anatomical properties of a tree having a plurality of growth rings spaced from each other in a radial direction. The method involves preparing a sample from a tree to be analyzed, and preparing an image of the sample at ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7920743 | Displaying time sequence of 2-dimensional data A method of displaying a time sequence of 2-dimensional data represents each data set in the time sequence as a normalized figure based upon a reference set of data. The perimeter of the normalized figure is color coded to represent deviations from a data standard t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7831097 | System and method for image reconstruction A system and method for image reconstruction is disclosed. The method divides iterative image reconstruction into two stages, in the image and Radon space, respectively. In the first stage, filtered back projection and adaptive filtering in the image space are combi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7817860 | Method and apparatus for measuring dimension using electron microscope Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for realizing high-precision dimension measurement of a sample, such as an ArF exposure photoresist, that requires the measurement of a dimension by a low S/N signal waveform. To this end, partial waveforms (or parti... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7460714 | Method and apparatus for measuring dimension using electron microscope Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for realizing high-precision dimension measurement of a sample, such as an ArF exposure photoresist, that requires the measurement of a dimension by a low S/N signal waveform. To this end, partial waveforms (or parti... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7385627 | Picture feature extraction system and picture quality evaluation system This invention is intended to reduce a line rate of a monitoring line necessary for transmission of a picture feature without complicating a system. A video signal xi (n0, n1) of each block is subjected to spread spectrum by multiply... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386173 | Graphical displaying of and pattern recognition in analytical data strings The present invention relates to graphic presentations of complex analytical data strings containing each a multitude of substance-representing peaks (e.g. mass spectra or chromatograms) and pattern recognition or classification techniques in collections of such dat... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370204 | Watermark data embedding apparatus and extracting apparatus By a program process, CPU 31 embeds a watermark data into a waveform data stored in wave memory 41a. The program includes a step for detecting a characterizing part (attack part and loop part) of a waveform data that represents a waveform of a m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356186 | Digital representation of audio waveforms using peak shifting to provide increased dynamic range A system allows greater dynamic range in fixed-width sample representations of waveforms. Known properties of the waveform are used to determine an unlikely, or impossible, data condition to be used as an exception condition. Samples following the exception conditio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7292656 | Signal pulse detection scheme for use in real-time spectrum analysis A spectrum analysis engine (SAGE) that comprises a spectrum analyzer component, a signal detector component, a universal signal synchronizer component and a snapshot buffer component. The spectrum analyzer component generates data representing a real-time spectrogra... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7268783 | Image alias rejection using shaped statistical filtering Image alias rejection when converting a high resolution rasterized waveform to a lower resolution rasterized waveform for display uses a statistical filter. The statistical filter provides a shaped probability density function either by combining the outputs of mult... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269287 | Method and apparatus for measuring dimension using electron microscope Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for realizing high-precision dimension measurement of a sample, such as an ArF exposure photoresist, that requires the measurement of a dimension by a low S/N signal waveform. To this end, partial waveforms (or parti... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263399 | Apparatus and methods for analysis of cardiac device stored episodes containing sensed signals and waveforms Apparatus and methods for analyzing implantable medical device (IMD) data and to distinguish specific morphologies for review. EGM waveforms of a cardiac cycle can be grouped according to waveform shape similarities, preferably accomplished using clustering algorith... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254191 | System and method for real-time spectrum analysis in a radio device A real-time spectrum analysis engine (SAGE) that comprises a spectrum analyzer component, a signal detector component, a universal signal synchronizer component and a snapshot buffer component. The spectrum analyzer component generates data representing a real-time ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239749 | System and method for automated symbolic recognition including evidence-based technique An automated symbolic recognition system and method includes an evidence-based technique to significantly reduce the alphanumeric candidate symbol list. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224752 | System and method for real-time spectrum analysis in a communication device A spectrum analysis engine (SAGE) that comprises a spectrum analyzer component, a signal detector component, a universal signal synchronizer component and a snapshot buffer component. The spectrum analyzer component generates data representing a real-time spectrogra... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218782 | System and method for automated symbolic recognition including multi-phase symbolic reshaping An automated symbolic recognition system and method includes a three phase symbolic reshaping scheme during the symbol recognition process that includes: (a) deriving dissimilarity level from alphanumeric ID's net topological variation and the integration of each of... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209589 | Method and apparatus for measuring dimension using electron microscope Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for realizing high-precision dimension measurement of a sample, such as an ArF exposure photoresist, that requires the measurement of a dimension by a low S/N signal waveform. To this end, partial waveforms (or parti... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188099 | Texture-based image database browsing and sorting method A texture-based image database browsing and sorting method computes the number of edge pixels of objects in static images, measures textures of the static images by numerating the number of edge pixels thereof and measures a texture of a query image by numerating th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171161 | System and method for classifying signals using timing templates, power templates and other techniques A system and method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band. One or more characteristics of one or more signals in the frequency band are detected using any suitable technology, such as a device that can generate characteristics of signal pulses detect... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7136852 | Case-based reasoning similarity metrics implementation using user defined functions A database system and a method for case-based reasoning are disclosed. The database system includes an exemplar object within the database configured to accept and store a plurality of exemplar cases, a target object within the database configured to accept and stor... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116943 | System and method for classifying signals occuring in a frequency band A system and method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band. One or more characteristics of one or more signals in the frequency band are detected using any suitable technology, such as a device that can generate characteristics of signal pulses detect... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089261 | Programmable use of data extracted from common presentation files A system and method of retrieving a target set of data from a presentation file. The system comprises: an extractor that extracts data elements from the presentation file, associates a unique identifier to each data element, and stores each data element and associat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061491 | Method for solving frequency, frequency distribution and sequence-matching problems using multidimensional attractor tokens An improved method is provided for solving sequence matching and comparison problems using attractor-based processes to extract identity tokens that indicate sequence and subsequence symbol content and order. These attractor processes map the sequence from its origi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035593 | Signal classification methods for scanning receiver and other applications Signal classification techniques for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band using a plurality of classifier procedures each dedicated to identify a particular signal or signal type. The classification procedures operate on spectrum activity data that may ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010166 | Character recognition system and method using spatial and structural feature extraction A character recognition system and method implement a classification system according to which each character of a set of characters is identifiable at least partially on the basis of a set of character feature types indicative of the identity of the character, the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999610 | Device for automatically sorting periodic data records Device for automatically sorting periodic data records, in particular for representing the motion of parts in the human body from individual images, an examination monitor with a storage device for the data records been assigned a measuring and evaluation device whi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6963667 | System and method for signal matching and characterization A system and method for selecting a best match of a received input signal from a set of candidate signals, wherein two or more of the candidate signals are uncorrelated. In a preprocessing phase a unified signal transform (UST) is determined from the candidate signa... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956962 | System and method of signal processing for use in reading data A method of signal processing for use in reading data includes determining first and second waveforms, determining a cross-correlation of the first waveform with the second waveform, and determining a specific time delay corresponding to a maximum peak in the cross-... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6927924 | Imaging optical instrument An imaging optical instrument causes light emitted from a plurality of light sources arranged adjacent an object to image on recording surfaces of a photosensitive or thermosensitive material. The optical instrument includes a two-sided telecentric optical system ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6819798 | Spectral drift and correction technique for hyperspectral imaging systems A method for determining magnitude and direction of spectral channel drift for several consecutive spectral regions over a wide spectral range. According to the method of the present invention, in-field testing of a spectral filter sequentially irradiated by two bla... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6782124 | Three dimensional empirical mode decomposition analysis apparatus, method and article manufacture An apparatus and method of analysis for three-dimensional (3D) physical phenomena. The physical phenomena may include any varying 3D phenomena such as time varying polar ice flows. A repesentation of the 3D phenomena is passed through a Hilbert transform to convert ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6721445 | Method for detecting anomalies in a signal A method for detecting anomalies in a digitized complex signal analyzed by a detection unit, including a machine learning and a diagnosis of the intensity and/or the rarity of an anomaly, the learning including the steps of: 1.1 selecting sequences of ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6618501 | Object similarity calculation method and apparatus Although methods employing chain codes or Fourier descriptors are known for calculating an outline similarity between a model image and an object image, these methods are difficult to achieve detection of both an approximate similarity and local similarit... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6556703 | Scanning electron microscope system and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit A method and system for analyzing a substrate including the step of scanning the substrate to produce an intensity signal which represents the topography of the wafer to a first order. Other contributions to the signal intensity may be chemical compositio... | 04/29/2003 |
