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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103126 | Information presentation apparatus, information presentation method, imaging apparatus, and computer program A method of presenting information, capable of displaying an image including one or more objects being in the vicinity of the ground, the method including the steps of: acquiring viewpoint information; acquiring visual line information; acquiring posture information... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7995862 | System, computer program and method for 3D object measurement, modeling and mapping from single imagery Methods, computer programs, and computer systems facilitate deriving three-dimensional measurement information and/or creating three-dimensional models and maps, from single images of three-dimensional objects. Aspects of the invention include obtaining at least one... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995863 | Diffusion-based interactive extrusion of two-dimensional images into three-dimensional models Methods and systems for creating three-dimensional models from two-dimensional images are provided. According to one embodiment, a method of creating an inflatable icon involves a vectorizing module polygonizing an input image to produce an inflatable image by repre... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7961980 | Method for providing output image in either cylindrical mode or perspective mode A method is disclosed for transforming a wide-angle video image in to a Perspective view or a Cylindrical video image with reduced distortion. The method for providing an output image in either a Cylindrical mode or a Perspective mode, and comprising steps of: (1) a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7929801 | Depth information for auto focus using two pictures and two-dimensional Gaussian scale space theory An imaging acquisition system that generates a depth map from two pictures of a three dimensional spatial scene is described. According to one aspect of the invention, the system generates the depth map based on the relative blur between the two pictures and the abs... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7813591 | Visual feedback of 3D scan parameters The systems and methods disclosed herein provide visual feedback concerning one or more scanning parameters to a user during acquisition of a three dimensional scan. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7751650 | Image processing device image processing program and image processing method The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing program, and an image processing method for making various operations be performed more comfortably. A rotation input section 14 is provided substantially at the center of ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738733 | Systems and methods for 3-D imaging The various embodiments generally describe systems and methods related to 3-dimensional (3-D) imaging. In one exemplary embodiment, an imaging system incorporates a 2-dimensional (2-D) image capture system that generates 2-D digital image information representing an... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7720308 | 3-D image display unit, 3-D image recording device and 3-D image recording method Disclosed herein is a 3-D image display unit that can be controlled flexibly to protect the user from eyestrain and operated easily. The 3-D image display unit includes measuring means for measuring a display time of a 3-D image, parallax adjusting means for instruc... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7630580 | Diffusion-based interactive extrusion of 2D images into 3D models Systems and methods are provided for performing diffusion-based image extrusion. According to one embodiment, a three dimensional model is created by polygonizing an input image to produce an inflatable image. The input image may be either a 2D image or icon or a 3D... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7561756 | Particle shape characterization from 2D images Three-dimensional (3D) shapes of particles are characterized from a two-dimensional (2D) image of the particles that is obtained using TEM. The 3D shape characterization method includes the steps of obtaining a 2D image of a batch of nanoparticles, determining 2D sh... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7529431 | Method and device for reconstructing and representing multidimensional objects from one-dimensional or two-dimensional image data The method/device reconstructs/represents multidimensional objects from one- or two-dimensional image data based on recordings of one- or two-dimensional partial image areas, wherein spatial/positions of individual partial image areas are used along with one- or two... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7483590 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for non-planar image, storage medium, and computer program Such processes as compression, storage and reproduction of an image mapped on a three-dimensional coordinate system such as a spherical surface or a cylindrical surface are performed suitably by mapping omnidirectional map information to a two-dimensional image such... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7474803 | System and method of three-dimensional image capture and modeling System and method for constructing a 3D model of an object based on a series of silhouette and texture map images. In the exemplary embodiment an object is placed on a rotating turntable and a camera, which is stationary, captures images of the object as it rotates ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7436411 | Apparatus and method for rendering a video image as a texture using multiple levels of resolution of the video image A method and apparatus to generate one or more graphics textures of a video image, wherein graphics textures have differing resolutions, and to render the video image as a graphics texture using the one or more graphics textures of differing resolutions. The one or ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437021 | Image processing device and method An image processing apparatus and method which can achieve a reduction in size of the crossbar circuit and achieve a higher speed of processing, which perform DDA processing (ST11), then read out texture data from a memory (ST12), perform sub-word real... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430322 | Particle shape characterization from 2D images The size distributions corresponding to the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of particles are estimated from a 3D-to-2D projection matrix and a two-dimensional (2D) image of the particles that is obtained using TEM. Two different methods to generate a 3D-to-2D projecti... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428469 | Three-dimensional-information detecting system and three-dimensional-information inputting device A three-dimensional-information detecting system includes a switching portion that sequentially selects sensor coils of a three-dimensional-information detecting device. Electromagnetic coupling is used to perform signal transmission and reception between the sensor... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427334 | Method and apparatus for encoding substrates with information The present invention provides methods and apparatus to encode substrates (e.g., paper, synthetics, etc.) with information. In one implementation a method is provided including: receiving data that corresponds to a two-dimensional signal that encodes plural bits of ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426292 | Method for determining optimal viewpoints for 3D face modeling and face recognition A method determines an optimal set of viewpoints to acquire a 3D shape of a face. A view-sphere is tessellated with a plurality of viewpoint cells. The face is at an approximate center of the view-sphere. Selected viewpoint cells are discarded. The remaining viewpoi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425952 | Three-dimensional visualization architecture A virtual terrain architecture and computer program product for employing a geocentric coordinate system, using a tessellated three-dimensional shape for representing a celestial body, and mapping terrain data to the tessellated three-dimensional shape is disclosed.... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426304 | Method and device for three-dimensional graphics to two-dimensional video encoding A method and device for three-dimensional graphics to two-dimensional video encoding. A three-dimensional model representing at least one three-dimensional object is received. The three-dimensional model is rendered into a two-dimensional frame. Composition informat... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421151 | Estimation of coefficients for a rational polynomial camera model One aspect of the invention is embodied in a number of machine-readable media having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a number of actions. The actions include, for each of a plurality of image s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412115 | Image processing device and method thereof An image processing device and a method thereof. The image processing device includes a mapper to map a two-dimensional plane of an input image into a three-dimensional vector surface, a coefficient calculator to calculate a coefficient with respect to an equation o... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403650 | System for simultaneous projections of multiple phase-shifted patterns for the three-dimensional inspection of an object A three-dimensional image grabber allowing for the simultaneous projection of multiple phase-shifted patterns onto an object, and the simultaneous acquisition of multiple images of these phase-shifted patterns is described herein. The grabber comprises a pattern pro... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400331 | Apparatus and methods for texture mapping The invention provides texture mapping techniques that facilitate interactive painting of a three-dimensional virtual surface by a user in object space, without requiring global parameterization. The texture mapping techniques feature rendering texture for a given v... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7388973 | Systems and methods for segmenting an organ in a plurality of images A system for segmenting an organ in a plurality of images is described. The system includes an imaging system configured to generate a first set of slices showing images of a subject having the organ. The system also includes a controller configured to determine a s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379584 | Methods for registration of three-dimensional frames to create three-dimensional virtual models of objects A method and system are provided for constructing a virtual three-dimensional model of an object using a data processing system, and at least one machine-readable memory accessible to said data processing system. A set of at least two digital three-dimensional frame... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376284 | System, computer program and method for 3D object measurement, modeling and mapping from single imagery A method for deriving three-dimensional measurement information and/or creating three-dimensional models and maps, from single images of at least one three-dimensional object is provided. In another aspect of the method, the method includes the further step of creat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372985 | Systems and methods for volumetric tissue scanning microscopy In accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, a method for imaging tissue, for example, includes the steps of mounting the tissue on a computer controlled stage of a microscope, determining volumetric imaging parameters, directing at least two p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373473 | System and method for efficient storage and manipulation of extremely large amounts of scan data Large data sets can be stored and processed in real time by combining and registering the large data sets into a single data set. The data can be stored in a data tree structure formed of layers of spatially organized blocks of data. Such storage allows portions of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369694 | Method and medical device for the automatic determination of coordinates of images of marks in a volume dataset In a method and medical device for determining the coordinates of images of marks in a volume dataset, the marks are disposed on the surface of a subject, and the volume dataset represents the images of the marks and an image of at least the part of the subject on w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369137 | Method for mapping a single decoded content stream to multiple textures in a virtual environment A system includes a computing device to obtain encoded content data corresponding to at least one participant of a virtual reality environment. A memory device stores at least one texture corresponding to the at least one participant. A single decoder decodes the en... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365326 | Camera having distortion correction A lightweight camera is provided that includes a lightweight lens system that has a reduced number of lenses. Reducing the number of lenses produces a lighter camera, but produces a distorted local image. The distorted local image is captured by the lightweight came... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363157 | Method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362886 | Age-based face recognition In an image processing apparatus, a face recognizer is trained using images of one or more faces to generate representation data for the face recognizer characterising the face(s). Face recognition processing is then performed using the representation data. The trai... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359550 | Incremental singular value decomposition of incomplete data A method models data values acquired by measuring a natural phenomena. Samples are acquired of the natural phenomena, each sample is arranged as a vector c of the data values. Some of the data values may be missing. The vectors c are decomposed into five matrices, r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355604 | Image rendering method and image rendering apparatus using anisotropic texture mapping An image rendering method includes generating pixels in accordance with graphic information, determining a direction of anisotropy of a footprint obtained by projecting the pixel on a texture on which a set of texels are disposed on uv-coordinates, and executing sam... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352892 | System and method for shape reconstruction from optical images Reconstructing the shape of the surface of an object in greater than two dimensions is performed using a noise-tolerant reconstruction process and/or a multi-resolution reconstruction process. The noise-tolerant reconstruction process can be a Bayesian reconstructio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352369 | System and method for approximating an editable surface A system and methods are disclosed for automatically approximating an editable surface from a 3D data set or a 3D point set, which may be imaged in the form of a NURBS surface. ... | 04/01/2008 |
