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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430497 | Statistical model for global localization A system and process for determining the location of a captured image from a larger image is described. Using a list of determined locations, the system is able to determine the best or most likely path of a pen tip. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7263538 | Curve tracing system A curve tracing system and method of extracting a smooth curve from a plurality of image data points includes the steps of: partitioning the data points into a plurality of groups each defined by a center point, manipulating the center points into a sequential order... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7146057 | System and method for image analysis using a chaincode The present invention includes a method for analyzing an image to screen for target candidates wherein an edge-follower detects straight segments within a plurality of longer edges and detects also from the longer edges, contours that go around areas that are the ri... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7079144 | Curve generating device and method, and program recorded medium A user gives, as input, two curves at a start time and at an end time and reference correspondence points with respect to the respective curves. Then, a pursuit operation of pursuing a reference correspondence point is carried out with respect to picture images succ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7031527 | Automatic digitization of garment patterns The present invention relates to a system and method for digitizing shapes especially for garment styles by using image scanning techniques. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6917361 | Method and system for computing a transverse derivative field along a curve on a surface According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for computing a transversal derivative field along a curve on a surface includes receiving data defining the surface, the surface represented in terms of parameters u and v as S(u,v), and receiving ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917710 | System and method for scanning a region using a low discrepancy curve A scanning system and method for scanning for an object within a region, or for locating a point within a region. Embodiments of the invention include a method for scanning for an object within a region using a Low Discrepancy Curve (LDC) scanning scheme. The method... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6674902 | Image processing apparatus image processing method, and storage medium The objective of the present invention is to provide a simple and accurate process for extracting an object from an image, which is used to impose a great load for an operator. According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus comprises an... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6654497 | Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium There is disclosed an image processing apparatus. A contour interval intended to be extracted is designated (S1). A start point designated in S1 is used as the initial position of an attended point, and an end point is set as a target point of contour tra... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6519370 | Digital image processing A method of digital image processing for detecting whether a test point within a digital representation of an image lies inside or outside a closed curve defined by an ordered series of curve points within the representation of the image, comprises the st... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6356657 | Image processing method and apparatus for discriminating an input image area or an attribute of image information in the discriminated area An image block is detected by raster scanning an input image and chasing surrounding black pixels around a detected black pixel as the start point in sequence. Further, by judging the feature of the detected image block, the attribute of the image block c... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6356648 | Embroidery data processor An embroidery data processor includes: a thinning unit that reduces thickness of lines in the image data to produce thin-line image data including at least one thin-line outline defining a bounded region corresponding to a region of the embroidery pattern... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6289139 | Single chip color CMOS image sensor with two or more line reading structure The present invention is directed to a single chip color CMOS image sensor with a novel two or more line reading structure which is compatible with MOS fabrication technology. The invention allows the simultaneous reading of line signals from two adjacent... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6124950 | Apparatus and method for detecting book document along the longitudinal edge An image reading apparatus is disclosed which reads from above a book document mounted as opened upwardly. This image reading apparatus decides the positions of face terminal parts of the document by detecting longitudinal edges in accordance with differe... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5995115 | Computer system process and user interface for providing intelligent scissors for image composition A video editing system capable of tracing and extracting objects in an image selects edges of the object to be traced based on an edge cost computation and on a rotational amount of the edge. The edge cost calculation method modulates the gradient magnitu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5978520 | Method of recognizing image data and apparatus therefor An object of the present invention is to generate a vector or data from inputted drawing data interactively by suppressing the input cost. When an unknown process occurs in the system during data processing, an inquiry to a user is generated in the case of int... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5855433 | Method of color halftoning using space filling curves A method of color halftoning using stochastic screening includes clustering, performing error diffusion and applying an adaptive criteria to change the cluster size according to the variation of the image color values. The method incorporates features fro... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5757382 | Apparatus for tracing contours of segmented regions An apparatus for tracing contours of segmented regions in an image includes a zero masking unit to produce a closed contour loop for each of the segmented regions, a tracing circuit for sequentially assigning each of the non-zero masked pixels on the clos... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5710825 | Cutting line measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a cutting line having a first end and a second end comprises a photographic device for photographing an image signal of the cutting line, and a processing device having a conversion function for converting the image signal of th... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5666440 | Method and apparatus for extracting outline data from bi-level image data A bi-level image is represented by an array of pixels. Code words are generated which represent outline tracing directions defined at points between the pixels respectively. The outline tracing directions represented by the code words are determined in ac... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5617487 | Image cutout apparatus An apparatus for searching a contour line of an image to be cut out, has a displaying device to display an image obtained when an original image is subjected to photographic conversion scanning, a belt-shaped region setting device to set a belt-shaped reg... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5602943 | Digital halftoning space filling curves A digital halftoning method for creating a gray-scale monochrome reproduction of a source image includes subdividing the source image into regions based on a trace of the space filing curve, further subdividing each of the regions into equally sized pixel... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5578813 | Freehand image scanning device which compensates for non-linear movement A scanning device and method of forming a scanned electronic image include an imaging sensor and at least one navigation sensor. In the preferred embodiment, the imaging sensor is a linear array of sensor elements, with a two-dimensional navigation sensor... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5537490 | Line image processing method A line image processing method for processing an image in which the following line or lines defectively and dispersedly exist in a line image to be shaped: a line which is connected to a line which should be disconnected therefrom to make a long line or m... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5497429 | Apparatus for automatic fingerprint classification In fingerprint pattern classification, radial scanning vectors are used. A space between two adjacent ridge lines including a core point is traced by radial scanning. Radial distribution of number of cross points from the core point is a clue to a fingerp... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5412742 | Method for the detection of line width of line image in image processor An image processor for performing trace processing for tracing the line image has an image memory for storing image data, a data memory for storing graphic data, a display unit for displaying the image data and the graphic data, an input unit for entering... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5339367 | Identifying curves within a scanned image A method is provided for identifying and locating curves within a digitized image. Digitized images are comprised of points which may represent curves stored as an array of binary coded elements in an memory device. Each addressable memory location in the... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5339366 | Method for the input of a trace starting point of an image An image processing device has an image memory for storing image data, a semi-automatically trace processing for tracing line images of the image data by entering a trace starting point of the image data and an instruction to start tracing, and a display ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5335294 | Image processing for pattern extraction There are provided an image processing method and apparatus which can correctly extract desired image information from input image information and can recognize the extracted partial image information. An outline of a character or the like is traced by us... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5317650 | Determination of the arc length of a curve The determination of the arc length of a curve incorporated into an imaging system in the production of images includes the determination of a sequence of steps of movement along the curve on a pixel grid in one direction. A terminating step along the cur... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5287105 | Automatic tracking and scanning cursor for digitizers This is a hand cursor for a digitizing system allowing easier positioning of the cursor at the points to be digitized. The cursor includes a quasi-sight window having a CCD panel for viewing a 2-dimensional area and an LCD panel for displaying it to the u... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5278922 | Method for re-tracing the end point of an image A method for re-tracing an end point of an image by an image processing device for converting the line images of the image data into vector data in a semi-automatic way by tracing plural line images and converting them into one vector data. The method for... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5025479 | Recognition method for character set An item bearing an indicia which verifies a status of the item and a method and apparatus for applying such indicia. The indicia represents an encrypted message and has the form of a number n base N number system represented by characters selected from an... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5023920 | Method for finding the medial axis transform of an image An improved method for constructing the medial axis transform of an image is disclosed. The method requires only that one line of the image be held in memory at any given time. The method runs in a time of order N, where N is the number of pixels in the i... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4988200 | Apparatus for automatic tracking and contour measurement Apparatus for automatic tracking and contour measurement comprising electro-optical sensing apparatus mounted on a CNC machining head for providing an output indication of contours of an object in the precise frame of reference of the CNC machining head.... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4864628 | Method of optical character recognition A method for recognizing and providing an output corresponding to a character is disclosed. The character is received by an imager, digitized and transmitted to a buffer memory. Data in the buffer memory is read in a sequence which circumnavigates the tes... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4817173 | Image contour detecting apparatus An apparatus for detecting one or more contours of an image formed on a screen. The apparatus comprises a scanner for raster scanning pixels located on scan lines extending in paralllel with each other in the X direction of a two-dimensional coordinate sy... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4703512 | Pattern outline tracking method and apparatus A pattern outline tracking system provides the functions that include scanning an object to be recognized and providing a series of analog video signals, comparing a video signal level with the specific, variable threshold level and providing a binary sig... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4680805 | Method and apparatus for recognition of discontinuous text Circumnavigation using an increased test cell domain may be used to collect data from discontinuous characters stored in a bit map such as those printed by a dot matrix printer. The test cell domain is increased to locate a pixel and consider it a portion... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4590609 | System for the acquisition of data inscribed on a support The present invention relates to a system for the acquisition of data inscribed on a support. It more particularly applies to the acquisition of graphic data, such as characters, curves or all types of lines present on a reflecting or transparent support,... | 05/20/1986 |
