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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175414 | Dynamic noise filter and sigma filtering method A dynamic noise filter is disclosed, which includes a noise estimation circuit, a TNR filtering circuit, a SNR filtering circuit, a blending circuit and a motion estimation circuit. By performing noise estimation for each image, the invention dynamically adjusts the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8135236 | System and method for re-locating an object in a sample on a slide with a microscope imaging device A method of re-locating an object in a sample is provided for a previously-scanned slide having determined objects each with corresponding stored coordinates and a stored image, the objects being mapped relative to each other. The slide is positioned on a microscope... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8064727 | Adaptive image maps A computer implemented method of processing an image for display on a mobile communication device includes extracting a portion of an image based on an image map. The image map relates to the portion of the image. The method also includes generating a document that ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059915 | Apparatus for and method of robust motion estimation using line averages A method of processing an image includes the steps of computing a plurality of line averages for a first image; identifying a set of pairs of line averages having high edge strengths; identifying a set of maximal pairs of line averages from among the set of line ave... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041150 | Method and apparatus for determining the surface area of a threaded fastener A method and apparatus are provided for the determination of a surface area of a fastener, such as a threaded fastener. Specifically, an image of the fastener is acquired, and the image is separated into at least two regions, for instance three regions, and the surf... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036490 | Method for measuring the dimensions of a vessel To measure the dimensions of a tubular vessel, it is planned to plot a set of wall lines on the surface of the vessels. Then, the lengths of these wall lines are measured between a starting section and an arrival section. The plotting of the wall lines starts from a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019178 | Resolution and sensitivity balance metric In a method for determining a resolution metric, sampled touch input data is accessed for at least one of a plurality of capacitive sensor channels in capacitive touch sensors. A resolution metric is determined based on a ratio of a required resolution and a channel... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009929 | Image-capturing apparatus, method, and program which correct distortion of a captured image based on an angle formed between a direction of an image-capturing apparatus and a gravitational direction A digital camera includes a tri-axial acceleration sensor. The CPU determines a direction of the camera at a time of image capturing, on the basis of a gravitational direction which is detected by the tri-axial acceleration sensor, calculates a parameter for project... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974495 | Identification and protection of video The present invention provides methods and apparatus that are helpful for identifying or protecting video. One claim recites a method including: receiving data representing picture elements of video; transforming the data into a frequency domain; comparing character... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961981 | Method of obtaining a three-dimensional image of the outer ear canal The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image of the outer ear canal. This will be achieved by scanning at least the outer ear canal by use of a video camera, transmitting the image data of the video camera through a connectio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7940998 | System and method for re-locating an object in a sample on a slide with a microscope imaging device A method of re-locating an object in a sample is provided for a previously-scanned slide having determined objects each with corresponding stored coordinates and a stored image, the objects being mapped relative to each other. The slide is positioned on a microscope... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7912320 | Method and apparatus for photographic measurement A camera is capable of measuring distances to objects in a photographic field of view and when two such distances are measured and the included angle between their paths, a measurement standard and a vertical plane are defined. The standard is then used to measure l... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7865038 | Resolution and sensitivity balance metric One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for determining a resolution metric that can include accessing sampled data for at least one of a plurality of sensor channels. Additionally, the method can include determining a required resolution associa... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7848594 | Measurement method, transfer characteristic measurement method, adjustment method of exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Exposure is performed with a reticle installed in an exposure apparatus, and a measurement mark on the reticle is transferred onto a wafer so as to form a first transferred image of the measurement mark (step 212). Then, the wafer is rotated (step 218)... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7796837 | Processing an image map for display on computing device A computer implemented method of processing an image for display on a mobile communication device includes extracting a portion of an image based on an image map. The image map relates to the portion of the image. The method also includes generating a document that ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783130 | Spatial standard observer The present invention relates to devices and methods for the measurement and/or for the specification of the perceptual intensity of a visual image, or the perceptual distance between a pair of images. Grayscale test and reference images are processed to produce tes... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778489 | Method and system for determining the legibility of text in an image Legibility of text in an image of a page is determined by comparing a measure of the text in the page image with a measure of the page image itself. In one aspect, a measure of the text in the page image may be the height of a line of text, while the measure derived... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7729560 | Estimating orientation angle and translation values of a scanned image Exemplary methods for estimating an orientation angle and a translation values for scanned images are disclosed. The methods described herein may be embodied as logic instructions on a computer-readable medium. In one exemplary implementation meaningful image inform... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715652 | Method and/or apparatus for detecting homogeneity of blocks in an image processing system An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) receive an image data stream comprising a plurality of frames each having a plurality of regions, (ii) select a particular region to be marked as being homogeneo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7697786 | Method and apparatus for detecting edges of an object The present invention provides a system and method for detecting edges of an object in a pre-crash sensing environment. The method includes extracting vertical edges from peaks in an array of column sums of absolute values of normalized horizontal derivates computed... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7676114 | Imaging system for three-dimensional reconstruction of surface profiles A system for three-dimensional reconstruction of a surface profile of a surface of an object is provided that utilizes a binary pattern projected onto the surface of the object. A binary string consisting of a series of “1”s and “0”s is first created, and a ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7627196 | Image processing device and image capturing device An image processing device comprises: plane conversion means which receives a subject image in which a subject having a particular shape has been captured and shape information about three-dimensional shape of the subject from the outside and converts the subject im... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623735 | Method for differentiating dynamic range of image A method for differentiating dynamic range of image is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First of all, pixel numbers with the same level value of Density units Dn-1 and Dn are compared. Next the minimum pixel number of... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623734 | Method and system for automatically inscribing noisy objects in scanned image data within a minimum area rectangle A minimum area rectangle inscription method and system for automatically generating a minimum area rectangle that inscribes and bounds an approximately rectangular object (or “noisy” object) contained within scanned image data. The minimum area rectangle inscrip... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7580590 | Optical image system surface resolution calibration method An optical image system surface resolution calibration method is provided herein, which utilizes a calibration standard and an image sensor device. The surface of the calibration standard is provided with a plurality of interleaving bright lines and dark lines, the ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7570840 | Determination of portrait against back light A CPU 200 compares a luminance distribution characteristic of image data with a reference luminance distribution characteristic, and then confirms that the image data GD is a backlit portrait image data if similarity degree Sv between the luminance distributi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7512286 | Assessing image quality Systems and methods of assessing image quality are described. In one scheme for assessing image quality, a target object region is detected in an input image. An image quality feature vector representing the target object region in an image quality feature space is ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7466875 | Method and system for determining the legibility of text in an image Legibility of text in an image of a page is determined by comparing a measure of the text in the page image with a measure of the page image itself. In one aspect, a measure of the text in the page image may be the height of a line of text, while the measure derived... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454088 | Estimating orientation angle and translation values of a scanned image Exemplary methods for estimating an orientation angle and a translation values for scanned images are disclosed. The methods described herein may be embodied as logic instructions on a computer-readable medium. In one exemplary implementation meaningful image inform... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450783 | Methods and systems for measuring the size and volume of features on live tissues Methods and systems for measuring volume and size of features such as lesions, tumors, sores, and wounds external to animal, human and plant skin, using 3D structured light scanners are provided. These methods and systems obtain a point cloud of the scanned feature,... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7433498 | Apparatus, method and program for generating photo card data A photo card can be generated easily. An eye position detection unit detects positions of eye centers in a face image, and a normalization unit obtains a normalized face image by normalizing the distance between the positions of eye centers. A cutting unit cuts a ca... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433542 | Method for measuring line and space pattern using scanning electron microscope The present invention is relates to a method for measuring average line width of line and space patterns in a simplified manner and at high speed without measuring at many positions. An average line width, an average space width, and an average pitch width are calcu... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424174 | Image processing device An image processing device comprises an image acquisition apparatus configured to acquire an image of an object, a feature extraction unit configured to extract a feature portion from a visual field of the image acquired by the image acquisition apparatus, a weighti... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417765 | Image processing apparatus and method, image processing program, and storage medium An image processing apparatus which includes an image reading apparatus comprising a first memory, a book image corrector, and a selector. The first memory stores optical positioning information of the image reading apparatus. The book image corrector performs an im... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406193 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus for making luminance correction An image processing method of making luminance correction on the basis of a luminance histogram showing luminance level distribution of image data expressing an image by a numerical value. A luminance average value, a luminance standard deviation, and a peak distanc... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394915 | Method and system for measuring thickness of an item based on imaging A system and method for determining the thickness of a mail piece is provided. A first image of at least a portion of a surface of a mail piece is captured using a first optical axis for a feature on the surface of the mail piece. A second image of the feature is ca... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391885 | Method for determining overall effectiveness of a document The present invention is directed to a method for determining a document's overall effectiveness or quality using a technique that employs detecting correlation between document citation rate and document presentation elements such as style and layout. A document's ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388687 | Method of evaluating image pattern output accuracy A method of evaluating image pattern output accuracy based on numerical and objective criteria, by employing quality engineering. The method includes setting command signals which provide different distances from a reference point to at least three other points; out... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379561 | Method and system for differentially and regularly modifying a digital image by pixel Th invention relates to a method and system for modifying a digital image (100) consisting of pixels. Said digital image is divided into areas (103). At least one area value is assigned to each area Zi (103). At least one parameter value Vpij ( | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376258 | Image quality assurance system and methodologies in a post-image capture document processing environment An image quality assurance method for identifying image defects in a plurality of previously-imaged documents, where each previously-imaged document includes at least one image rendition stored in at least one image rendition file according to type of image renditio... | 05/20/2008 |
