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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073287 | Recognition by parts using adaptive and robust correlation filters A recognition-by-parts authentication system for determining if a physical test target represented in test image(s) obtained using an imaging device matches a physical training target represented in training image(s). The system includes a multitude of adaptive and ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7925112 | Video data matching using clustering on covariance appearance Video data matching includes both a single region of data and sequences of regions of data. In an embodiment, a video processing system selects, from a first matrix row corresponding to a test appearance model, one or more other appearance models as a function of si... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7885480 | Correlation peak finding method for image correlation displacement sensing A correlation function peak finding method for an image correlation displacement sensing system is provided. The method may include capturing a reference image and a displaced image, and searching for an initial peak correlation function value point (CFVP) with pixe... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7751647 | System and method for detecting an invalid camera in video surveillance A system having a camera (18) for capturing video images of a scene in successive image frames, and a computer system (14 or 20) for receiving such video images. The computer system periodically generates a background image of the scene from mul... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747103 | Image matching system, program, and image matching method An image matching system, program, and method are provided to match images with high precision. The system includes a low resolution transform unit for performing Hough transform on each of registered images and an input match image and generating transformed regist... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7747102 | Optical correlator An optical correlator includes an image production device and an image capture device disposed in a common plane. An optical device such as a lens or mirror provides a Fourier transform of image information from the image production device onto the image capture dev... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7711205 | Method for processing a digital image and image representation format An image representation format for representing a digital image comprises: image information stored as a bitstream representing sequential image blocks, each block comprising one or more components, each component comprising one or more data units and each data unit... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7672537 | Method and system for improved detection of material reflectances in an image In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for manipulating an image is provided. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of selecting matched shadow/lit pairs of image portions from each of separate, ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668401 | Form changing device, object action encoding device, and object action decoding device A shape deformation encoding device includes: a calculation unit for calculating a difference data between a pre-deformation shape data which represents a shape of an object before shape change and a post-deformation shape data which represents a shape of the object... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657119 | Differential image adjustments Methods and apparatus implementing systems and techniques for adjusting images. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: receiving input defining an adjustment to be applied to a differential representation of a source image, calculating the differ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620266 | Robust and efficient foreground analysis for real-time video surveillance Systems and methods for foreground analysis in real-time video include background subtraction and foreground detection, shadow removal, quick lighting change adaptation, static foreground region detection, foreground fragment reduction, and frame level change detect... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7593597 | Alignment of lens array images using autocorrelation In a parallax correction method and system, corresponding regions of first and second digital images of the same subject are upsampled to provide a pair of upsampled regions. The corresponding regions have parallax. The upsampled regions are statistically compared a... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7529426 | Correlation function for signal detection, match filters, and 3:2 pulldown detection A system and method that computes correlation between a first signal and a second signal. The correlation is computed as a ratio of a numerator and a denominator. The numerator may be computed similar to computing the numerator of the Pearson correlation. The denomi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7440619 | Image matching method and image interpolation method using the same An image matching method includes setting first and second lattices to first and second images respectively, computing potential force to each second lattice point of the second lattice by a gradient of an image correlation potential energy based on a position of ea... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432496 | Encoder scale writing or calibration at an end-use installation based on correlation sensing A method for writing or calibrating the scale of a scale-based position encoder. The scale is installed where it will be used to provide ongoing position measurements for a host system. The image correlation sensor is temporarily mounted proximate to the mounting po... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428344 | System and method for detecting obstacle A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image from two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a tra... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424170 | Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images based on determining probabilities based on image analysis of single images A method of automatically correcting dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital camera includes determining probabilities of dust artifact regions corresponding to pixels within a digitally-acquired image based at least in part on a pixel a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421125 | Image analysis, editing and search techniques Disclosed is a method for characterizing the content of a digital image. A component of the method is the homogeneity measure, which calculates a value or values based on the local similarity of portions of a sample area. A further component is a means of optimally ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404083 | Image signal analysis for watermark detection and decoding An image processing apparatus records an input image signal into another recording medium or displays the input image signal on a display device. When a digital image signal having superimposed thereupon an electronic watermark is input, an identification circuit id... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400746 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras of three or more cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transfor... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397938 | Method and system for fast normalized cross-correlation between an image and a Gaussian for detecting spherical structures A method of identifying spherical objects in a digital image is provided, wherein the image includes a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space. The method includes calculating a local cross-correlation between a point in... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391883 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386187 | Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation includes storing on the platform a reference perspective view and pa... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386151 | System and method for assessing suspicious behaviors Identity and biometric data are collected from individuals. The collected data is used to form biometric data packages, each of which contains information about one biometric feature and identity data associated with the corresponding individual. Each biometric data... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382935 | Homogeneous and plain surface detection in optical navigation systems One embodiment in accordance with the invention relates to detecting a homogeneous surface. A first surface image is received. A plurality of values are generated by performing a plurality of auto correlations with the first surface image and a copy of the first sur... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382934 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373022 | Apparatus and method for reproducing image An apparatus reproduces an image recorded with a difference between adjacent frames at at least one scene change point and scaled-down images for identifying each scene change point. A time-length-determining device determines the length of time to display the scale... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368745 | Pattern recognition system A star pattern recognition system (1) comprises an optical filter arrangement (10) in the form of an array (12) of independently tiltable mirrors (M1), (M2). Light from a distant starfield (2) is incident upon the mirror arr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366908 | Digital watermarking with content dependent keys and autocorrelation properties for synchronization A digital watermark detection method exploits autocorrelation properties of the watermarked signal that enable synchronization of the digital watermark despite temporal or geometric distortion of the host signal. Other watermark methods employ keys, including a key ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7362376 | Method and apparatus for video deinterlacing and format conversion A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of primary scores by searching along a plurality of primary angles for an edge in the picture proximate a location interlaced with a field of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359542 | Method and apparatus for detecting anomalous shadows A method and apparatus for accurately detecting the anomalous shadows occurring within an interimage image based on two or more images obtained of the same subject, wherein the artifacts occurring in the interimage image are reduced, is provided. A temporal subtract... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355179 | Scene imaging system integrity monitor and method thereof A scene imaging system (SIS) integrity monitor for monitoring the required operation of an imaging sensor of an SIS. The SIS is of a type including: i) an imaging sensor, ii) an imaging system processor, and iii) an imaging system display. The SIS integrity monitor ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356201 | Process and device for the automatic rectification of single-channel or multi-channel images A process and a device for the automatic rectification of images, where at least one image is rectified by a mapping function onto a reference image and at least some of the parameters of the mapping function are unknown are disclosed. The process includes at least ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352370 | Four-dimensional volume of interest A method and apparatus for representing a deformable volume of interest in four dimensions is described, where the four dimensions are three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension including discrete points in time, and where the deformable volume of interest ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352825 | Method and apparatus for providing random access detection in a communication system The disclosed embodiments relate to a communication system and method. The system may comprise a pre-whitening device that applies pre-whitening data to a received signal from an antenna array to produce a pre-whitened signal, at least one detector that is adapted t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349555 | Documents and apparatus to encode documents The present invention relates generally to documents, e.g., such as legal tender, currency and identification documents, and apparatus for encoding documents. One claim recites: a physical document including a machine-detectable hidden signal. Presence of the hidden... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349581 | System and method for detecting obstacle A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image from two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a tra... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343048 | Edge based alignment algorithm A method for aligning images includes (1) selecting a pair of overlapping pixels when two second image are aligned with a camera motion; (2) if both pixels are edge pixels, incrementing a correlation value between the two images for the camera motion; (3) if only on... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
