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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7460720 | Method and device for defining quality modes for a digital image signal This method of defining qualities for a digital image signal encoded beforehand consists of defining a predetermined number of quality modes each corresponding to at least one decoding parameter of the digital signal, this definition being made on the basis of rate ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7426290 | Nonparametric method for detection and identification of regions of concern in multidimensional intensity images A method for detection and identification of regions of concern in multidimensional intensity images using a template and a nonparametric test is presented. Data corresponding to background intensity is extracted from the outer region of the template while data for ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7388996 | Method for filtering digital images, and a filtering device The invention relates to a method for reducing visual artefacts in a digital image, which is coded by blocks (B1, B2, B3, B4) and then decoded. In the method filtering is performed to reduce visual artefacts due to a boundary (R12,... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386146 | Insertion of a message in a sequence of digital images The invention relates to a method of inserting a message in a sequence of digital images, characterized in that it comprises the insertion (S4), in the spatial domain, of at least one symbol of the message in at least one part of an image (In), sai... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382909 | Method for the automatic analysis of microscope images The invention relates to a method for the automatic analysis of microscope images of biological objects such as, for example, fluorescence images of cells, comprising: a) at least two microscope images are taken from a sample; b) a positive training set is determine... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379560 | Method and apparatus for monitoring human attention in dynamic power management Method and apparatus of the present invention include an image-capturing device coupled to a computer system. An image captured by the image-capturing device is analyzed using a face tracking technique to learn behaviors of the user. This may include determining if ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372986 | Method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source A method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source, the method and apparatus scanning one major surface of the optical disk for mechanical surface imperfections, storing the locations of the surface imperfections relative to a d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369692 | Skin observing apparatus A skin observing apparatus capable of observing the skin texture, blotches caused from subcutaneous pigmentation and skin roughness caused from keratin abrasion by a single unit of image pick-up device without using a polarization plate for observing blotches or con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366324 | Apparatus and method for sensing a state of a movable body An apparatus and method for sensing a state of a movable body. According to the apparatus and method, since image information regarding a dashboard of a movable body is collected and a state of the movable body is sensed by analyzing the collected image information ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362884 | Multimodal biometric analysis A biometric system that uses readings from a plurality of biometrics of a user is disclosed. The biometric system includes a first and second biometric readers, a first and second biometric matching engines and a processor. The first biometric reader producing a fir... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359542 | Method and apparatus for detecting anomalous shadows A method and apparatus for accurately detecting the anomalous shadows occurring within an interimage image based on two or more images obtained of the same subject, wherein the artifacts occurring in the interimage image are reduced, is provided. A temporal subtract... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356163 | Postal image augmented bio-warfare aerosolized agent trigger A method and apparatus for reliably detecting bio-warfare agents in the mail stream that may be released from posted items. The agents are detected as the mail pieces are being processed using typical postal automation machines equipped with image scanning capabilit... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356623 | Storage system processing read/write data requests with or without logical storage area information For using a plurality of files contained in one logical device with a plurality of processing systems, sharing of a data storage unit among the plurality of processing systems is realized without need for a host processing system to check use states of the files in ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356184 | Analysis of array/assay data utilizing transformation of scatter plot to image plot In processing images of arrays of differently-dyed particles or microbeads (“beads”), a template cluster map of the array is first generated of a first set of such beads. Each cluster is bounded and designated with an identifier. A project cluster map is then ge... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353297 | Handling of write transactions in a data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus and method of handling write transactions in such an apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a plurality of devices, and bus circuitry providing connection paths between the plurality of devices. At least one of the devices has a bus mas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352886 | Error handling in a high throughput computer-aided detection environment A method and system for automated detection and handling of film feeding failures in a high-volume CAD environment. The method provides for batch processing a set of films including multiple film cases including the steps of providing a number count of the number of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346208 | Image artifact reduction using a neural network A neural network is trained and used to reduce artifacts in spatial domain representations of images that were compressed by a transform method and then decompressed. For example, the neural network can be trained and used to reduce artifacts such as blocking and ri... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337245 | Protocol adapter for passing diagnostic messages between vehicle networks and a host computer A protocol adapter for transferring diagnostic messages between networks within a vehicle and a host computer. The protocol adapter operates as a voltage translator to support J1708 software. The protocol adapter also recognizes when the protocol adapter is connecte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336811 | Method and unit for suppressing a periodic pattern In a wavelet transform section, wavelet-transform coefficient signals are obtained by two-dimensional wavelet transformation, employing a low-pass filter which has a characteristic that its response at a frequency greater than a spatial frequency corresponding to gr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336799 | Digital watermark embedding device and digital watermark embedding method A digital watermark embedding device uses frame correlation to perform motion detection on an input temporally sequential video signal. Based on detected motion information, when a picture is moving at such a speed that a stationary pattern cannot be visually percei... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333649 | Measurement processing apparatus for geometrically measuring an image An measurement processing apparatus for efficiently measuring geometric data of an image is provided. A reference-image outputting means forms a reference-image based on an image that has been previously measured as well as a setting order data which indicates a sug... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333640 | Extraction of minutiae from a fingerprint image A method and a system for extracting a minutia mapping from a digital image, including dividing the image into regions; defining an orientation of each region based on the general direction of grooves in this region; and for each region: unidirectionally filtering t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333672 | Image processing system/network which performs recognition process only upon regions having higher high spatial frequency content An image recognition process applied to a photograph is preceded by a pre-processing step which identifies parts of the image which are in focus. The recognition process is then limited to those parts. The pre-processing typically operates by creating a measure of h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333628 | Data embedding with multi-level screening Digital data is rapidly embedded in color/grayscale digital data by switching between a set of multi-level screens or quantizers. Each screen can be tuned to maximize the quality of the digital data product on the intended display medium, so that the quality of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334069 | Array system controls request based on information received from host computer For using a plurality of files contained in one logical device with a plurality of processing systems, sharing of a data storage unit among the plurality of processing systems is realized without need for a host processing system to check use states of the files in ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333648 | Feature quantification from multidimensional image data Techniques, hardware, and software are provided for quantification of extensional features of structures of an imaged subject from image data representing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image. In one embodiment, stenosis in a blood vessel may be quantified f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330916 | Graphic controller to manage a memory and effective size of FIFO buffer as viewed by CPU can be as large as the memory A system for providing a command stream that includes a controller chip is disclosed. The controller chip includes an engine operative to manage a memory. The engine includes an interface. A storage element is coupled to the engine and the storage element is accessi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330578 | DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for generating DRR (digitally reconstructed radiography) images includes, but is not limited to, loading a volume rendering program into... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327853 | Method of and system for extracting 3D bag images from continuously reconstructed 2D image slices in computed tomography A method of and a system for extracting 3D bag images from continuously reconstructed 2D image slices are provided. The method detects the boundaries of baggage in the reconstructed images, and provides better flexibilities for threat detection and displaying. The m... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324663 | Flight parameter measurement system A portable flight parameter measurement system is a standalone smart camera which tracks the surface of an object in motion, e.g., a ball, and determines speed, trajectory, a spin axis, and a spin rate around that axis. The measurement system is particularly suited ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321677 | System and method for three-dimensional reconstruction of an artery A method and system for imaging an artery contained in an arterial tree. A microprocessor generates a three-dimensional reconstruction of the arterial tree from two or more angiographic images obtained from different perspectives. The orientation of the axis of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321942 | Performance counter for adding variable work increment value that is dependent upon clock frequency A performance counter accumulates a value by periodically adding a variable increment value representing the amount of work performed. The increment value can be varied in dependence upon the processor clock frequency and may be adjusted under hardware and/or softwa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319799 | Method of recognizing and indexing documents A method of recognizing and indexing documents, using a scanner connected to a computer, the method including scanning the documents, then using a pointing device or member of the computer to designate an arbitrary point P in at least one box of the documents, and f... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315637 | Image processing and analysis of array data Disclosed are methods of processing images, and in particular aligning and orienting grids from a fluorescent array of signal sources, by linking nearest neighbor sources to form a hexagon, and then using the hexagon lines for alignment and orientation of the grid. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313289 | Image processing method and apparatus and computer-readable storage medium using improved distortion correction In image processing method and apparatus of the present invention, image distortions caused by oblique imaging are corrected. A feature point of one of a plurality of partially overlapping images corresponding to a common location of an original image, shared by the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313278 | Content generation, extraction and distribution of image region segments from video images The present invention provides methods for extracting an image region segment from a video image, a system for extracting an image region segment, a program for extracting an image region segment, a method for distributing an extracted video image, and a method for ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313638 | Command accumulation tool A command accumulation tool, a testing tool for a queue, and a method, are provided, which, for example, may cause commands to accumulate in queue(s). In one embodiment, a testing tool comprises an I/O interface for connecting with a target having the queue(s); and ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308134 | Pattern recognition with hierarchical networks Within the frameworks of hierarchical neural feed-forward architectures for performing real-world 3D invariant object recognition a technique is proposed that shares components like weight-sharing (2), and pooling stages (3, 5) with earlier approaches,... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302078 | Apparatus and method for preventing illegal distribution of digital contents by using a fingerprinting technique An apparatus and method for preventing illegitimate distribution of digital contents on Internet obtains a first wavelet image having a user information-embedding region by performing a wavelet transformation (WT). The user information embedding region of the first ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302083 | Method of and system for sharp object detection using computed tomography images A method of and a system for sharp object detection using computed tomography images are provided. The method comprises identifying voxels corresponding to individual objects; performing eigen-analysis and generating eigen-projection of an identified object; computi... | 11/27/2007 |
