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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189943 | Method for up-sampling depth images A method up-samples images in a reduced resolution video, wherein each image I(x, y) stores depths d at pixel locations (x, y). each depth image is scaled up to produce a corresponding up-scaled image. Then, image dilation, a median filter, image erosion, and a min-... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8150193 | Generating an erosion image utilizing parallel pixel processing An erosion image is generated from an original digital image utilizing a processing image (b) and a target image (T), where each pixel in the target image is processed in parallel. The process entails, for each target pixel, i) determining coordinate values for the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8073281 | Generating a dilation image utilizing parallel pixel processing A dilation image is generated from an original digital image utilizing a processing image (b) and a target image (T), where each pixel in the target image is processed in parallel. The process entails, for each target pixel, i) determining coordinate values for the ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7903899 | Method of geometric coarsening and segmenting of still images A method of processing an image reduces the number of pixels constituting the image by sequentially eliminating alternate rows and columns of pixels, the information represented by each pixel being eliminated (a “source” pixel) being redistributed into adjacent ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7826675 | Feature-aware image defect removal Provided are systems, methods and techniques which use local image properties to determine which potential defects in an image should be corrected. In one representative embodiment, potential defects in an image are identified based on edge sharpness, and measures o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813580 | Method for adaptive image region partition and morphologic processing An adaptive dilation method receives an image and performs an adaptive background distance transform to create an adaptive background distance transform image. A threshold is applied to the adaptive background distance transform image to generate adaptive dilation i... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7742650 | Object detection in images A segmentation operation is applied to an input image to identify foreground objects of interest, and then a shadow removal operation is applied to remove any detected shadows from the foreground segmentation. The shadow removal algorithms can leave holes and bisect... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7660479 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and program for the same The image processing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: performing morphology processing for removing a catch light in a pupil in an original image including a face image, calculating a difference between the original image and an imag... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7515764 | Image processing apparatus using morphology An image processing apparatus which uses morphology is provided. A masked image is provided to a morphological processing section of the image processing apparatus. The morphological processing section calculates the opening gap of the masked image, calculates the m... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7418131 | Image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image An image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image are described. First, a first image is input. Then, a control module determines if an unwanted object processing step is needed, and obtains a result. If the result is no, the first image is d... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7382243 | Personal emergency response system with interconnected slave units A monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system comprises a base station and a plurality of interconnected slave units, where each one of the slave units is adapted to receiving an alarm from an alarm unit and transmitting an alert corresponding to the alarm... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382494 | Method for tag plane growth and contraction for improving object edge rendering A method of improving edge rendering of objects includes dilation (or contraction) of an object's tag plane by one or more pixels into the surrounding region, with the adjacent tag region having a corresponding contraction (or dilation). The objects of interest (e.g... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369712 | Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images based on multiple occurrences of dust in images A method automatically corrects dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital acquisition device including a lens assembly. Multiple original digital images are acquired with the digital acquisition device. Probabilities that certain pixels co... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365881 | Halftone dot-growth technique based on morphological filtering A method for converting an original halftone bitmap image to a color converted halftone bitmap image. A set of asymmetrical morphological filters is provided. The original halftone bitmap image is segmented into blocks and for each block: apply the set of morphologi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362219 | Information acquisition apparatus When a plurality of objects having RFID tags attached are to be read, an image sensing unit performs image sensing, and at the same time an RFID reader reads an RFID tag within the image sensing range. A characteristic quantity (external appearance model) of an obje... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359538 | Detection and analysis of lesions in contact with a structural boundary An algorithm is disclosed that detects and analyzes possible lesions that are left in contact with a structural boundary. A morphological closing with a structuring element is performed along the boundary to detect lesions within the threshold of the structuring ele... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359567 | Signal processing apparatus for eliminating ringing signal and method thereof, record medium, and program Image quality degrading components can be eliminated from a contour correction signal of high frequency region that is used for contour correction. A filtering section extracts a high frequency region signal from a signal inputted from a VLPF. A mask generating sect... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352916 | Method of coding artifacts reduction A method to reduce coding artifacts within a discrete decoded picture includes a spatial and/or temporal filtering with respective filter characteristics dependent on an image quality value (Q). Preferably, the spatial filtering includes a deblocking filtering, wher... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340109 | Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images dependent upon changes in extracted parameter values A method of automatically correcting dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital camera includes determining that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within a first digitally-acquired image. The dust artifact regions are assoc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340106 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image-capturing apparatus The present invention allows the amount of movement indicating the movement of an object within an exposure period to be obtained. An estimated-mixture-ratio processor 401 calculates an estimated mixture ratio for each pixel and an estimated motion vector by ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336390 | Method and apparatus for reducing multi-bit image data Input pixels are input to a thinning processing circuit. When thinning is performed at the thinning processing circuit, minimum values are selected in order to reduce the pixel data, whereby loss of thin lines is prevented. The thinned image data are input to a bina... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330191 | System for secure text display Techniques for securely displaying text on a display panel involve destroying spatial and temporal correlations in an otherwise uniform visual field. The techniques render the displayed text secure with respect to attempts to copy the text using a video capture devi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330573 | Visualization of medical images A method of producing a resultant object data set is presented in which a reference object data set and a contrast object data set containing extrinsic contrast information are both provided. Both object data sets contain information describing the same part of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330601 | Method of describing pattern repetitiveness of image A method for describing pattern repetitiveness which may exist within an image, is provided. The method of describing pattern repetitiveness of an image comprises: (a) projecting an image on a predetermined axis having a predetermined direction, (b) decomposing the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330604 | Model-based dewarping method and apparatus An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture documents is described. In another embodiment, a method for processi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315658 | Digital camera A digital camera that automatically corrects dust artifact regions within acquired images by compiling a statistical dust map from multiple images acquired under different image acquisition conditions includes an optical system for acquiring an image including a len... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310450 | Method of detecting and correcting dust in digital images based on aura and shadow region analysis A method of automatically correcting dust artifact regions within images acquired by a digital image acquisition system including a digital camera with a lens assembly includes determining probabilities that certain pixels within multiple digitally-acquired images c... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310437 | Image processing method and system, and storage medium An image processing method and system in which the artifacts occurring in an interimage-difference image obtained based on two or more diagnostic images taken of the same subject are reduced. An image processing procedure is performed by which the artifacts occurrin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310435 | Method and apparatus for extracting multi-dimensional structures using dynamic constraints A technique is provided for segmenting a structure of interest from a volume dataset. The technique identifies regions of the structure using templates having characteristics of the structure of interest. The identified regions may then undergo a constrained growth ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305114 | Human/machine interface for a machine vision sensor and method for installing and operating the same This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a human/machine interface (HMI) for use with machine vision systems (MVSs) that provides the machine vision system processing functionality at the sensor end of the system, and uses a communica... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302096 | Method and apparatus for low depth of field image segmentation A method for extracting an object of interest from an image is provided. The method initiates with defining an image feature space based upon frequency information. Then, the image feature space is filtered to smooth both focused regions and defocused regions while ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298879 | Computer-aided detection of lung nodules The invention relates to a method and a device for forming an image of body structures from an image data set, notably for highlighting potential nodular structures (KI; KA) in a lung. The problem to be solved by the invention is to achieve automatic highlighting of... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283680 | Method for image processing by unsharp masking A method for adjusting an image signal by a processor includes providing a first low pass filter and a second low pass filter, generating an energy ratio of a band-pass image signal and the image signal according to the standard deviation of a first low pass signal ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280688 | Image processing apparatus and pattern extraction apparatus A control unit selects a first labeling for a color image in a small number of colors so that the labeling is performed by clustering a color palette, and selects a second labeling for a color image in a large number of colors so that the labeling is performed by an... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277580 | Multiple thresholding for video frame segmentation Intensity of each pixel in a source video frame is compared with intensities of one or more corresponding pixels in a reference video frame to calculate one or more intensity differences for each pixel in the source video frame. Further, a determination is made for ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269294 | Foreground erosion method and system for Multiple Raster Content (MRC) representation of documents A foreground erosion method is used to meet thin (but unbroken) text requirements using linear YCC segmentation. The method uses a fixed value subtracted from a gray selector signal, thereby thinning/eroding the foreground. In cases where the pixel would be converte... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260244 | Print inspection method and print inspection apparatus A method of inspecting a defect on a surface of a printed matter includes a step of applying a gray scale erosion filter to a non-defect surface of a printed matter to prepare a gray scale erosion filter applied image and then adding a predetermined density value to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257252 | Voting-based video background mosaicking For each pixel in a video background mosaic, intensity values associated with corresponding pixels in multiple video frames are collected, and an intensity value associated with the majority of the corresponding pixels is selected. The selected intensity value defin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251355 | Three-dimensional labeling apparatus and method When labeling is performed for a three-dimensional image, the present invention aims to reduce time required for labeling in the three-dimensional image by three-dimensionally referring connection relationships among image areas. To achieve this object, the followin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248736 | Enhancing images superimposed on uneven or partially obscured background This invention provides a method of leveling an image of a non-uniform background. The method uses all or a portion of the image data from the original image and mathematical algorithms to construct a model image that reflects the non-uniform background of the origi... | 07/24/2007 |
