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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189960 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging information calculation unit acquiring a first image and higher-resolution second images, and calculating coordinate positions of the second images to the first image and differences in imaging direction between sec... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189959 | Image blending using multi-splines Multi-spline image blending technique embodiments are presented which generally employ a separate low-resolution offset field for every image region being blended, rather than a single (piecewise smooth) offset field for all the regions to produce a visually consist... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8176065 | System and method for automatic selection of digital photo album cover A photograph in an album of photographs is selected as the cover for the album based on metadata, e.g., most frequently viewed, last viewed, EXIF data, etc. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170370 | Method and apparatus of processing interlaced video data to generate output frame by blending deinterlaced frames A method of processing interlaced video data including a first interlaced field and a second interlaced field is provided. The method includes performing a deinterlacing operation upon the interlaced video data to generate a first deinterlaced frame corresponding to... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160391 | Panoramic image fill Systems and methods for filling panoramic images having valid and invalid pixel regions are provided. An invalid region is identified in an initial panoramic image. Pixel data of invalid pixels in the initial panoramic image are replaced with pixel data of pixels fr... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160392 | Automatic suggestion of image blending techniques Methods and systems can allow a user to avoid the inconvenience of selecting which of several computational photography techniques to apply when blending images. Instead, the user's workflow can be simplified in some cases and/or the image processing software can be... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155481 | Systems and methods for creating photobooks A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155480 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a combining unit configured to combine a visible light image obtained by capturing visible light from an object and a radiation image obtained by capturing a radiation ray that has passed through the object, and an image proces... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150209 | Method of forming a combined image based on a plurality of image frames A method of forming a combined image based on a plurality of image frames includes obtaining a sequence (22, −33) of arrays of intensity values for representing respective ones of a sequence of image frames depicting substantially the same scene. The... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150210 | Image synthesis system for a vehicle and the manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses an image synthesis system for a vehicle to provide the driver with a downward-facing image of the car's 360° surrounding view. The system includes: a first camera, which is used to shoot a first image of the periphery of the vehicle;... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139893 | Online image processing systems and methods utilizing image processing parameters The present invention allows for online image processing. A sample embodiment of the system comprises an Image Processing Means with one or more predetermined graphical layers, residing on the Image Processing Means. The Image Processing Means has the ability to obt... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131114 | Smart photobook creation A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page l... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131113 | Method and apparatus for estimating rotation, focal lengths and radial distortion in panoramic image stitching Method and apparatus for estimating relative three-dimensional (3D) camera rotations, focal lengths, and radial (lens) distortions from point-correspondences in pairwise (two image) image alignment. A core estimator takes a minimal (three) number of point-correspond... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126288 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a storing section which stores data of a digital image, a rotation processing section which generates a plurality of rotated digital images having different rotation angles from the digital image, an image processing section wh... | 02/28/2012 |
| RE43206 | Apparatus and method for providing panoramic images A method and system of merging a pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image including the following steps. A set of feature points are extracted along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientation. A set of registration parameters i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116589 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a partial image memory unit for reading partial image data from an image pickup device and sequentially storing the partial image data, and an image composition unit for generating the composite image data by synthesizing the p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116588 | Apparatus and method to synthesize or combine generated images An apparatus and method to generate an image in which images having different exposure amounts are generated, and by synthesizing the generated images, a high-sensitivity (or quality) image can be generated. The apparatus to generate an image includes an exposure ad... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116590 | Online image processing methods utilizing user's satisfaction loop The present invention allows for online image processing. A sample embodiment of the method comprises the steps of determining graphical layers (predetermined graphical layers) and steps (predetermined steps) for creating an image. A substitute layer maybe obtained ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111945 | System and method for providing a blended picture A method, a system and a computer program product for generating a blended picture, the system includes: a storage unit, adapted to store pixels of a first picture, pixels of a second picture and alpha data; and a device, coupled to the storage unit via at least one... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111946 | Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus, comprising: a storage device which stores an image for insertion; an image acquisition device which acquires a background image forming a background of the image for insertion; ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111944 | Method and system for optimizing web page images In computer multimedia technology, a system, method and computer program product for optimizing images and transmission of images of a web-page transmitted over the Internet and furthermore, optimizing images of a web page on a network server. The method includes de... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107769 | Image synthesis device, image synthesis method and memory medium storage image synthesis program An image synthesis device selects frame images in an order stored in a DRAM, and calculates the characteristic amount of the selected frame image. The image synthesis device searches a block having the calculated characteristic amount in a next frame, and calculates... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103125 | Generating an amalgamated image including a static image and a dynamic image In an embodiment, a request is received that includes a specification of a static location and a dynamic location. A static image is created that includes a map that represents an area centered around the static location. A dynamic image is created asynchronously fr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098956 | Digital microscope slide scanning system and methods Provided herein are systems methods including a design of a microscope slide scanner for digital pathology applications which provides high quality images and automated batch-mode operation at low cost. The instrument architecture is advantageously based on a conver... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094970 | Road image creation system [Object] To provide a system that is able to generate road images with the effects of obstructions such as parked vehicles eliminated. [Solution means] A road image generating system which films road surfaces via an optical system mounted on a v... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086072 | System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software pr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086071 | System and method for revealing occluded objects in an image dataset Disclosed are a system and method for identifying objects in an image dataset that occlude other objects and for transforming the image dataset to reveal the occluded objects. In some cases, occluding objects are identified by processing the image dataset to determi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081841 | Mosaic oblique images and methods of making and using same A system, including a computer system running image processing software, receives an identification of a desired area to be imaged and collected into an oblique-mosaic image. The computer system creates a mathematical model of a virtual camera having a sensor higher... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081840 | Appliance for controlling transparent or reflective elements The invention relates to an appliance for measuring or controlling an optical element (3) comprising illumination means (1) and an associated artificial vision system (2), in which the optical element (3) can be inserted between the illum... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078005 | Method for controlling the combining of original image data and coded image data An information processing device is provided that combines original image data and coded image data in a mutually non-overlapping manner. The information processing device generates coded image data to be combined with original image data. Next, the information proc... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078006 | Minimal artifact image sequence depth enhancement system and method Motion picture scenes to be colorized/depth enhanced (2D→3D) are broken into separate elements, backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined into composite frame which becomes a visual reference database that includes dat... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073289 | Method of using a real time desktop image warping system to mitigate optical distortion The present invention relates to a method of using an image warping software algorithm to perform a real time alteration of a display scene running under the MICROSOFT WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM to mitigate the inherent distortion of a Stark lens cover. The image warp... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068694 | Imaging apparatus, method and program An imaging apparatus displays and records any area in a synthesized image according to user's taste. The synthesized image is displayed based on the set display area and the record area is set to display the synthesized image, so that the display area is compared wi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068693 | Method for constructing a composite image A method for constructing a composite image comprises determining in an alignment between at least a first and a second image based on the content of the first and second image frames, and combining in a transform domain at least the first and second images with the... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055098 | System, method, and product for imaging probe arrays with small feature sizes An embodiment of a method for resolving features on a probe array is described that, comprises acquiring a plurality of micro-shifted images of a region of a probe array; reconstructing an image of the probe array using the micro-shifted images; and deriving intensi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055097 | Image pick-up apparatus, image pick-up program, and image processing program An image pick-up apparatus is disclosed which allows a reduction in degradation of images associated with a changed image magnification due to movements in a focus direction during image pick-up operation. The image pick-up apparatus has an image pick-up controller ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050518 | Image processing apparatus and method for readily identifying image data suitable for super-resolution processing An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit that determines whether image capturing conditions concerning super-resolution processing are satisfied for each piece of image data, and an adding unit that adds data corresponding to a result of determinati... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050519 | Image combining apparatus The color of a measurement object, such as a vital tooth, and the color of a comparison object to be compared with the measurement object are displayed to a user in an easily comparable manner. The invention provides an image combining apparatus including an image e... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045825 | Image processing apparatus and method for composition of real space images and virtual space images A left-eye color discrimination unit (1101) and right-eye color discrimination unit (1102) generate mask images from virtual space images. If an error part exists at the boundary between a chroma key region and non-chroma key region in the mask image, ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041148 | Recording medium storing image processing program and image processing method An image processing program causes a computer to execute the following steps. A first step reads data of a first image and data of a second image which are generated by imaging a common object under natural light and have different contents of specular reflection co... | 10/18/2011 |
