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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7565033 | Apparatus and method for increasing readout speed of a solid state imager An imaging system features high speed digitization of pixel signals by utilizing top and bottom digitization circuits which pipeline sample-and-hold operations with analog-to-digital conversion. In operation, while one digitization circuit is performing a sample-and... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7436559 | Load assignment in image processing by parallel processing In image processing carried out by means of repeated execution of process set which includes N unit processes (where N is an integer equal to 3 or greater), prior to execution of the process groups, the N unit processes are assigned to a number M (where M is an inte... | 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 |
| 7400781 | Symmetric type image filter processing apparatus and program and method therefor A symmetric type image filter processing apparatus having a symmetric type image filter composed of symmetric kernel coefficients, in which SIMD commands are utilized efficiently for making the filtering processes high speed, is provided. The symmetric type image fi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7365743 | Assignments for parallel rasterization Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to rasterize an image by generating assignments and allocating the assignments among multiple processor threads such that no two processor threads are rasterizing concurrently into overlapping regions of a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366352 | Method and apparatus for performing fast closest match in pattern recognition A method and apparatus for determining a closest match of N input patterns relative to R reference patterns using K processing units. Each of a set of input patterns are loaded into the K processing units. One of the Reference patterns is sequentially loaded into ea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358974 | Method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video image... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7305089 | Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The reco... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295334 | Image processing apparatus having configurable processors An image processing apparatus includes at least two signal processor modules interconnected each other in series. Each of the signal processor modules has an input port through which data is input, a memory which stores data, a signal processor portion which carries... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289242 | Image scanner having multiple scanning windows An image scanner for converting image data of multiple scanning lines of a scanned object into digital data comprises a first image-receiving end moving in a scanning direction for receiving image data of a first portion of the scanned object, a second image-receivi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286717 | Image data processing device processing a plurality of series of data items simultaneously in parallel In a data conversion device, a plurality of series of data to be converted is input from a buffer memory device to a data processor. The data processor processes a plurality of the series of the data to be converted, simultaneously in parallel, and outputs a plurali... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280710 | Architecture for real-time 3D image registration A system architecture is disclosed that facilitates rapid execution of 3D registration or alignment algorithms. A first image module (e.g., RAM) is included to store data corresponding to images to be registered. A processor coupled to the first storage module acces... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266254 | Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method therefor There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a me... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263602 | Programmable pipeline fabric utilizing partially global configuration buses A method of associating virtual stripes to physical stripes in a pipelined or ring structure comprises associating a first set of virtual stripes with at least two physical stripes and associating a second set of virtual stripes, disjoint from the first set, with at... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263222 | Automated color control in film-to-digital transfer A system and method for automatically adjusting color parameters during a film-to-digital transfer. An operator uses standard telecine equipment to preview scenes in order to determine a natural clustering of fields or scenes. Each cluster is processed separately. A... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254283 | Image processor processing image data in parallel with a plurality of processors In order to efficiently process image data in a circuit dividing single image data into a plurality of data and processing the data with a plurality of MPUs in parallel with each other, the MPUs process image data input through an input image data in parallel with e... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254284 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for processing digitized image data In a pipeline process operation including a branching process unit 25 as one of process modules, this branching process unit 25 is provided with an input management unit 251 for managing an input condition, a branching information management uni... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251379 | Distributed vector processing of the S transform for medical applications The present invention relates to a method and system for distributed computing an S transform dataset of multidimensional image data of an object. The multidimensional image data are fast Fourier transformed into Fourier domain producing a Fourier spectrum. The resp... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233623 | Method and scalable architecture for parallel calculation of the DCT of blocks of pixels of different sizes and compression through fractal coding A method of calculating the discrete cosine transform (DCT) of blocks of pixels of a picture includes the steps of defining first subdivision blocks called range blocks, having a fractional and scaleable size N/2i*N/2i, where i is an integer nu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227663 | Printing an electronic document to multiple output mechanisms A manner of specifying a document to be printed to multiple output mechanisms, including multiple printers and multiple output bins of each printer. Print specification data is received for an electronic document that is desired to be printed. The print specificatio... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218676 | Method and a decoder for decoding MPEG video A decoded picture and parameters of a sequence layer, a GOP layer and a picture layer respectively for displaying the decoded picture are stored as a set in each of picture banks and parameter banks of a frame memory. Parameters of each layer stored as a set with a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202873 | Specific scene image selecting apparatus, computer program and computer readable medium on which the computer program is recorded An image selecting apparatus includes a designation receiving portion which receives designation of a desired specific scene, an input receiving portion which receives input of image data representing an object image, a characteristic value deriving portion which de... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200287 | Method and apparatus for image processing, and a computer product The image processing apparatus is provided with a plural memory controllers, each of which controls a RAM. The memory controllers are connected to an SIMD type arithmetic processing section. A control register is connected to the memory controllers. The control regi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199799 | Interleaving of pixels for low power programmable processor A graphics processor includes an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) stage for processing pixel packets. Pixels are assigned as either even pixels or odd pixels. The pixel packets of odd and even pixels are interleaved to account for ALU latency. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199904 | Printer having image correcting capability A printer in which difference in color tone or contrast between a picture displayed on a display and a picture printed by the printer device is suppressed to a minimum. The display is preferably integrated with the printer. The printer includes an image data inputti... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187673 | Technique for creating a machine to route non-packetized digital signals using distributed RAM A signal router routes N inputs to M outputs. All inputs signals are ultimately applied to a data buss by spreading across multiple buss lines and time multiplexing. The data are read from the buss and written in identical images to K random access memories. The mem... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185174 | Switch complex selectively coupling input and output of a node in two-dimensional array to four ports and using four switches coupling among ports A switching element for switchably coupling a two-dimensional array of circuit elements comprises an input, an output, means for switchably coupling the input to the output; a first input/output port, a second input/output port, a third input/output port, and a four... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184612 | Hardware configuration for parallel data processing without cross communication A method and apparatus for parallel processing of data without the need for cross-communication or synchronization between processing nodes is provided. The system is especially suitable for use in a wafer inspection system for the semiconductor industry. Embodiment... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174052 | Method and apparatus for fault-tolerant parallel computation A method and an apparatus for fault-tolerant computing in a parallel processing environment. Intermediate data points are determined from a set of input data by a plurality of processing elements operating in parallel. Preferably, the resolution of the intermediate ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158140 | Method and apparatus for rendering an image in a video graphics adapter In accordance with the invention, a video source is received by a first video adapter. The video source is captured in the video memory associated with the first VGA. The stored video source is associated with a window of an existing application. When the window loc... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7129941 | Sample replication mode with depth value calculation A system and method are disclosed for rendering polygons. Parameter values may be rendered for only one sample position of a plurality of neighboring sample positions within a polygon. The parameter values rendered for the one sample position may then be transmitted... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113309 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing system An information processing method is provided in which bit-map data and attribute information for each pixel corresponding to the bit-map data are created by expanding a rendering command. In this method, the type of operation to be performed on the attribute informa... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098437 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of photo detectors and processing elements A semiconductor integrated circuit device, having a plurality of processing elements accommodated on a single semiconductor chip, has a latch circuit and a selecting circuit. The latch circuit is provided at an output of each of the processing elements. The selectin... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092569 | Method and device for extracting specified image subjects Method and device for extracting a specified image subject including an extracting condition of an extracting algorithm of a subsequent stage so as to be adapted to an extraction result by the extracting algorithm of a precedent stage, when specified image subject e... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079696 | Image encoding apparatus and method, image display apparatus and method, image processing system and image sensing apparatus Disclosed are an image encoding apparatus and method for generating an image file in which it is possible to check the content of an image, which has been compressively encoded using a wavelet transform, not only in an apparatus that is capable of expanding compress... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075530 | Fast lighting processors The present invention provides methods, apparatus and systems for enabling real-time lighting of 3D geometric models. While these are well-suited for all processors, these are particularly useful on low power processors typically found in PDAs, cell phones, and embe... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064862 | Printer and printing method for image-quality correction A printer performs printing after appropriately correcting irregularities, thin-line patchiness, and isolated pixels. A first image-quality corrector unit detects slanting-line irregularities represented by the black and white pixel data generated through binary pro... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065413 | Method for producing software for controlling mechanisms and technical systems In a method for controlling mechanisms or technical systems, the mechanisms or technical systems to be controlled are stored in a controller with their states, and with associated signal formers of sensors and actuators, whereby starting from a defined reference sta... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059695 | Print engine for a pagewidth inkjet printer A print engine for a pagewidth inkjet printer includes a processor component for programming data transfer. A bus writes and reads data to and from various components of the print engine. A page data interface component is connected to the bus for writing compressed... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054040 | Image processing device and method for controlling the same First and second reading modules read first and second signals in the main scanning direction of the image of a document. The scanning module includes a carriage for relatively moving the first and second reading modules and the image of the document in a sub-scanni... | 05/30/2006 |