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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43206 | Apparatus and method for providing panoramic images A method and system of merging a pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image including the following steps. A set of feature points are extracted along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientation. A set of registration parameters i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8090222 | Selection of an image or images most representative of a set of images Implementations consistent with the principles described herein relate to ranking a set of images based on features of the images determine the most representative and/or highest quality images in the set. In one implementation, an initial set of images is obtained ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8009926 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium storing program An image processing apparatus includes: an area setting section that sets a searching area of a predetermined size in inputted image data; a searching section that searches for pixels having a predetermined pixel value in the searching area set by the area setting s... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005312 | System and method for implementing graphics and video scaling algorithm using interpolation based on symmetrical polyphase filtering A video processing system may implement a video scaling algorithm using interpolation based on polyphase filtering. A video or graphics scaler may be utilized to scale luma, chroma, and/or alpha information in a video image. The scaler may comprise a first polyphase... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005307 | Decoding apparatus, decoding method, computer readable medium storing program thereof, and computer data signal This invention provides a decoding apparatus including an intensity setting unit that sets a modification intensity based on modified image information and a modification unit that modifies decoded image information with an intensity set by the intensity setting uni... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000557 | Method for generating an image and an image generator An image is generated by receiving a first image that is acquired during a first exposure period and defining the first image as a reference image; defining multiple reference regions of interest within the reference image, wherein an aggregate number of pixels with... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995865 | Apparatus and method for laying out images and program therefor Images can be laid out easily without a template. Reference areas are set in a background area, and the images are laid out by being inscribed therein. In the case where the image laid out in one of the reference areas has high priority, a similar area is generated ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991243 | Radial adaptive filter for metal artifact correction A diagnostic imaging system (10) corrects metal artifact streaks (38) emanating from a metal object (36) in a tomographic image (T). A first processor (40) reduces streaks (38) caused by mild artifacts by applying an adaptive filte... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986857 | Apparatus and method for generating image using multi-channel filter Provided are an apparatus and method for generating an image using a multi-channel filter. More particularly, provided are an apparatus and method for generating an image using a multi-channel filter, wherein images input into a plurality of image sensors are allowe... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986855 | Block noise detector and detection method, and block noise reducer and reduction method A block noise detector has a spatial difference calculator that calculates differences between values of adjacent pixels. A spatial difference comparator detects edges by comparing the calculated differences. Eight counters count edges detected at different groups o... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986856 | Method and apparatus for increasing brightness of image captured in low light An exemplary method for increasing brightness of an image captured in low light includes: transforming the captured image into an original image that has a brightness component; copying the brightness component of the original image as a brightness image; inverting ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983501 | Noise detection and estimation techniques for picture enhancement A method of filtering noise from a picture may include determining a set of pixel noise metrics for a set of selected pixels in the picture based solely on information from the set of selected pixels in the picture. The method may also designate as valid a subset of... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983506 | Method, medium and system processing image signals A method, medium and system processing an image signal. The system includes an edge detection module to detect a pixel belonging to an edge in an input image, a period determination module to determine a period of change in pixel values based on a first value of the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978926 | Edge ringing artifact suppression methods and apparatuses In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods or suppressing edge ringing in images. For example, in some embodiments a method of processing an image to suppress ringing and broadened edges induced by image correction processing, includes high-pass f... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978930 | Wide-field image input method and device A wide-field image input device that joins a series of partial images obtained by continuously imaging an imaging object by an imaging device while the imaging device is manually scanned by a user, thereby generating a wide-field image, includes: a camera position/p... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978932 | Robust mosaicing method, notably with correction of motion distortions and tissue deformations for in vivo fibered microscopy A mosaicing method taking into account motion distortions, irregularly sampled frames and non-rigid deformations of the imaged tissue. The method for mosaicing frames from a video sequence acquired from a scanning device such as a scanning microscope, includes the s... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978916 | System and method for identifying a vascular border A system and method is provided for using a first vascular image, or more particularly a plurality of control points located thereon, to identify a border on a second vascular image. Embodiments of the present invention operate in accordance with an intra-vascular u... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978938 | Multi-behavior image correction tool A system to perform modifications, or adjustments, to a digital image includes an interface component to receive selection input to enable selection of the digital data to be modified. A detector then detects a characteristic of the digital data. A configurator auto... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974497 | Method of modifying the region displayed within a digital image, method of displaying an image at plural resolutions, and associated device A method of modifying the region displayed in a window of predetermined size within a digital image represented by several resolution levels, between a first region (display_zone) of the digital image displayed at a first resolution (R) and a second region (final_zo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974444 | Image processor and vehicle surrounding visual field support device One camera having a horizontally wide view angle is installed at each of the left and right rear ends of a tractor. The visual field of the left camera includes the road surface located to the left side of the tractor and a trailer, and the like. The visual field of... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974490 | Apparatus and method to improve clarity of image Disclosed are an apparatus and method to improve clarity of images, which can prevent the degradation of the clarity of a display unit caused by deterioration of a contrast characteristic. The apparatus includes: an artifact reducing unit determining a representativ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970237 | Spatially-varying convolutions for rendering glossy reflection effects Glossy reflections may include areas that are less clear (more blurry) than other regions. For instance, an area of reflection that is closer to the object being reflected may appear clearer than a region that is farther from the object. When generating a glossy ref... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970218 | Method, system, and computer-readable medium for the adaptive filtering and compression of video data A method of filtering and encoding video data in a compressed format is provided. The method includes receiving pixels representing video data from an initial video display, receiving pixels representing video data from a subsequent video display, selecting a group ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970230 | Image processing with minimization of ringing artifacts and noise A method of reducing ringing artifacts in image data that has been filtered with a high frequency emphasis filter. For each filtered data value, a local variance is calculated from data values at neighboring filter taps. This variance is compared to a threshold, and... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961968 | Image density conversion method, image enhancement processor, and program thereof Areas, allowed to overlap, are set for respective pixels in an image, and a maximum density value and a minimum density value, among inherent density values of the pixels in each area, are extracted and specified as maximum and minimum density values common to the p... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961975 | System and method for reduction of speckle noise in an image The present invention includes methods for the reduction of speckle noise in an image and methods for segmenting an image. Each of the methods disclosed herein includes steps for analyzing the uniformity of a pixel within a plurality of pixels forming a portion of t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957606 | System and method for edge sharpening Presented herein are a system and method for sharpening edges in a region. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for sharpening edges. The method comprises measuring differences between at least a value associated with a first pixel and a value associated w... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953301 | Apparatus and method for searching for 3-dimensional shapes Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for searching for 3-dimensional shapes. The apparatus includes, an input means, an acquisition module, a storage means, a comparison and search module, an output means, and control means. The input means receives 3-dimensi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953286 | Automatic contrast enhancement In a process for enhancing contrast of an image having pixels in different brightness intensities, a histogram in discrete bins is generated. Each bin represents a pixel population of at least one pixel brightness intensity. A peak and a peak region of the histogram... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953288 | Edge transition detection in a high-addressable error diffusion environment What is disclosed is a novel system and method for edge transition detection when improve print quality when rendering via high-addressable vector error diffusion in an image processing environment. In order to detect an “ideal” edge and compensate for the adver... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949209 | Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image file... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949199 | Image processing method and related apparatus for an image processing system An image processing method for an image processing system for enhancing image quality after a sharpening procedure includes receiving a plurality of original image data, performing the sharpening procedure for the plurality of original image data for generating a pl... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949207 | Video structuring device and method A video structuring device includes: character string extraction means for determining whether or not a character string is present in a frame image, and if it determines that a character string is present, generating character string position information for the ch... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945126 | Automatic media edit inspector A system that provides automatic background analysis of a digital image or other media element makes a determination that the image or media element may benefit from correction, and prompts the user to use a correction feature of the system. In some implementations,... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945108 | Microscope apparatus control method and microscope apparatus The present invention provides a control method for a microscope apparatus, comprising: a first step for recognizing a type of a specimen retention member retaining a specimen; a second step for obtaining a first image including the whole image of a specimen retenti... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945125 | Image processing device and image processing control method An image processing device for curbing memory expansion and reducing costs while securing programming freedom by a small programmable data processing unit. A plurality of process programs and process parameters thereof, to be sequentially executed in a data processi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945073 | Vein authentication device Provided in this invention is a vein authentication device comprising: an interface on which a part of a living body; one or more light sources for emitting infrared light; an image pickup unit for picking up a blood vessel image of the part of the living body using... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941009 | Real-time computerized annotation of pictures A computerized annotation method achieves real-time operation and better optimization properties while preserving the architectural advantages of the generative modeling approach. A novel clustering algorithm for objects is represented by discrete distributions, or ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933461 | High-speed dithering architecture A filter for implementing Floyd Steinberg two-dimensional error diffusion algorithms allows high-speed processing of video and images. The filter is shown in direct form with proper bit precision with implementations that permit the filter to operate at high speed. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933454 | Class-based image enhancement system A method for image enhancement includes providing for a semantic class to be assigned to a digital image based on image content, the assigned semantic class being selected from a plurality of semantic classes. The method further includes providing for an aesthetic e... | 04/26/2011 |
