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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7167576 | Method and apparatus for measuring dwell time of objects in an environment A method for tracking objects entering and exiting an environment comprises providing stereo vision cameras positioned proximate to the paths to enter the environment, such that the stereo vision fields associated with the cameras substantially cover the paths. Usin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7142703 | Methods and software for self-gating a set of images Methods and software for self-gating a set of images. In exemplary embodiments, a fundamental heart frequency of the patient can be measured without the use of an ECG signal. In one method, the fundamental heart frequency can be determined by analyzing the size of t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139406 | Remote baggage screening system, software and method A method of advance baggage screening includes steps of transmitting a threat file corresponding to an item under inspection to a processing center, analyzing the threat file according to a detection algorithm at the processing center to determine a screening result... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127088 | Method of authenticating proper access to secured site and device for implementation thereof Apparatus and method of verifying personal identity of an authorized user and providing information necessary to gain access to one or more secure sites in response to such verification. The apparatus is embodied in a hand-held device having an input pad for a biome... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120285 | Method for evaluation of reticle image using aerial image simulator A method of evaluating a wafer structure formation process includes extracting the outline of an actual mask pattern, and simulating a lithographic process using the actual mask pattern to obtain a simulated wafer structure. The extracting the outline of the actual ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120273 | Apparatus and method for image group integrity protection A system and method for protecting the integrity of a group of images is provided. One embodiment for protecting the integrity of a group of images comprises watermarking each one of a plurality of images in an image group with a unique watermark having at least an ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120287 | Non-lot based method for assembling integrated circuit devices An inventive method tracks IC devices through the assembly steps in a manufacturing process. Prior to die attach, a laser scribe marks the lead frame of each of the devices with a coded hole matrix that gives each device a unique ID code. During die attach, an optic... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116844 | Method for generating vector data for a hand-drawn curve The present invention relates to obtaining vector data for a hand-drawn curve having coordinate values input from a pointing device and a thickness and/or density in accordance with pen pressure values. In order to reduce the amount of data input from the pointing d... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7095909 | Light pen system and method System and method for forming an operator controlled image on a video display screen with a light sensing pen. The pen is moved relative to the screen to provide a signal corresponding to the position of the pen during each successive frame of the display. A memory ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095885 | Method for measuring registration of overlapping material layers of an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for measuring registration between two or more integrated circuit layers is disclosed. Images of actual operative circuitry of different layers of a semiconductor wafer, obtained by an optical technique or a scanning electron microscope, are d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085407 | Detection of ribcage boundary from digital chest image To provide more accurate ribcage boundary information and landmark information, the size of a searching ROI which is mapped on a digital chest image is decided, the ROI is set on the image, an image existing within the region that is set on the image is enhanced, a ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079668 | Vehicle front-view monitoring system A vehicle front-view monitoring system takes fail-safe measures when a fail-safe measure-interruption requirement using first parameter are met on a monitored image for a predetermined first period. The functions interrupted by the fail-safe measure is resumed when ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079673 | Systems for analyzing microtissue arrays The systems described herein autonomously image, analyze, and store date for samples in a tissue microarray. The system may include a tissue microarray, a robotic microscope, and an imaging workstation that executes software to automatically control operation of the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068814 | Visual tracking method by color information A method of visual tracking with use of color includes the step of three-dimensional color modeling of the target, the step of target recognition for initially perceiving the target, and the step of visual tracking for repetitive visual tracking. In order to be robu... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058210 | Method and system for lung disease detection A method for processing medical images for use in the detection and diagnosis of disease comprises classifying regions of interest within the medical images based on a hierarchy of anatomical models and signal models of signal information of an image acquisition dev... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058206 | Method for increasing the power of a traffic sign recognition system A method and device that increase the performance of prior art systems that recognize and display the contents of traffic signs. The amount of computer capacity required for real time operation is reduced and the display quality of the contents of known traffic sign... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058200 | Method for the prior monitoring of the detectability of a watermarking signal A method for the prior monitoring of the detectability of a watermarking signal inserted by modulation in a set of coefficients representing for example a digital image. The method comprises the step of simulating a distortion on the set of modulated coefficients, t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058207 | Picture synthesizing apparatus There is disclosed a picture synthesizing apparatus for superimposing an auxiliary image upon an image converted as if the image were photographed with a virtual viewpoint, displaying the image in a monitor, and providing the image such that an approach to a surroun... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058202 | Authentication with built-in encryption by using moire intensity profiles between random layers This invention discloses new methods, security devices and apparatuses for authenticating documents and valuable articles which may be applied to any support, including transparent synthetic materials and traditional opaque materials such as paper. The invention rel... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050636 | Method and system for improving an image characteristic based on image content In a method of improving a characteristic of an image according to its material content, where the image is comprised of image pixels, a belief map corresponding spatially to the image pixels is generated. The belief map includes belief values indicating the likelih... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043063 | Non-rigid motion image analysis A method of analysing a sequence of images of a deformable object in non-rigid motion involves modeling the boundary using a non-rigid contour. A representation of movement of the contour through the sequence of images is calculated using a tracking space shape. The... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039236 | Image processor and pattern recognition apparatus using the image processor An image processor for generating, from a surface image of an object having a pattern, a processed image having a distinct contrast between the pattern and a background, is provided. This image processor comprises a first smoothing filter for generating a first smoo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035426 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and a computer program product for judging whether image data include specific information related to copy protection The present invention relates to image processing in which an image resolution of input image data is compared to information of predetermined standard resolution, and the image data is judged to determine whether it includes specific information related to copy pro... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035430 | Intruding object detection method and intruding object monitor apparatus which automatically set a threshold for object detection A monitoring method and apparatus for detecting an intruding object within a monitoring field of view by applying a subtraction method to an image obtained from an imaging device. A differential image of luminance values between an input image from the imaging devic... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031503 | Method and system for automatically producing a temporally processed image A system is provided for automatically producing a temporally processed image which includes a storage unit which stores thereon a plurality of radiographic images, the plurality of radiographic images being taken at different points of time. The system is provided ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027617 | Method and system for preventing fraud in the biometric detection of persons The invention relates to a method and system of securing forgery in biometrical identification of persons, wherein at least one biological characteristic of a person is recorded and transformed into personal data, and the personal data are compared with reference da... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027641 | Three-dimensional shape measuring system A measuring section for measuring a three-dimensional shape of an object by scanning the object, and a display section for displaying information about an area where the scanning has been already completed in accordance with the progress of the scanning are provided... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024020 | Apparatus and method for generating object-labeled image in video sequence An apparatus and method for generating object-labeled images based on query images in a video sequence are provided. A video sequence is divided into a plurality of shots, each of which consists of a set of frames having a similar scene, and an initial object region... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024025 | Nonuniform Rotational Distortion (NURD) reduction A new image processing method reduces Nonuniform Rotational Distortion (NURD) in a medical image acquired using a rotating transducer. The image comprises a plurality of image vectors having texture. In a preferred embodiment, the image processing technique computes... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020324 | Precision measurement of tube wall thickness A method for measuring the thickness of a tube wall comprising mounting a cut tube onto a rod is disclosed. At least two contact tips are moved into contact with the tube. The tips are imaged with an optical system when the tips are in contact with the cut tube. The... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016519 | Method and device for detecting three-dimensional information An image of an object illuminated by illumination light having given intensity is formed as an optical image. The distance between respective points of the object is determined on the basis of a video which is obtained by acquiring the optical image with a given ima... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013036 | Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling image sensing Signals obtained from a sensor array that includes a plurality of energy transducers are processed. A converter used in this processing generates a plurality of converted signals by applying processing to signals from the energy transducers on a block by block basis... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010151 | Endplate detection in digital radiography by dynamic programming using both local and global constraints Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting endplates of vertebra, comprising the steps of providing a filtered curvature map derived from filtering an intensity curvature map of a spine image in a direction relative to a spine axis, computing minimum and maxi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006677 | Semi-automatic segmentation algorithm for pet oncology images An apparatus and method for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) medical images containing a region of interest is provided that identifies a first set of seed points within the region of interest and a second set of seed points outside the region of interest. A first ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999610 | Device for automatically sorting periodic data records Device for automatically sorting periodic data records, in particular for representing the motion of parts in the human body from individual images, an examination monitor with a storage device for the data records been assigned a measuring and evaluation device whi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996288 | Method of calculating shading correction coefficients of imaging systems from non-uniform and unknown calibration standards A method of calculating shading correction coefficients for an imaging system from a non-uniform and unknown calibration standard is disclosed. The standard may be of two or more dimensions and divided into several parts. The standard is imaged in an initial positio... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996250 | Digital watermark embedding processor, digital watermark detecting processor, digital watermark embedding-processing method, digital watermark detecting-processing method, and program storage medium and program used therewith A digital watermark embedding processor and digital watermark embedding-processing method set the lowest-common-multiple picture size of the sizes of an unconverted picture and a converted picture when embedding digital watermarks on certain data having a possibilit... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993175 | Methods for measuring microvascular density in tumors The present invention provides methods of determining the microvascular density of tumors. The methods generally comprise creating a digital image of a defined cross section of the tumor, determining the cross-sectional surface area of vascular tissue in the section... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993174 | Real time interactive segmentation of pulmonary nodules with control parameters Segmentation of pulmonary nodules from digital volumetric image includes segmenting, automatically, the pulmonary nodule from attached anatomical structures by analyzing a structure of interest, and providing a template according to an analyzed structure of interest... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978039 | Method and system for segmentation of medical images A method and system for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) medical images containing an object of interest are provided. The method comprises generating a plurality of successive layers of fixed radius spheres about a circumference of a sphere containing at least one... | 12/20/2005 |
