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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7085410 | Image processing unit for and method of generating a first output image and a second output image and image display apparatus provided with such an image processing unit Disclosed in an image processing unit for generating, based on a plurality of input images, a first output image and a second output image, to be displayed on a stereoscopic display device, wherein a stereoscopic image and a monoscopic image can be displayed. The im... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085408 | Method and system for testing image sensor system-on-chip Methods and systems for testing an image sensor system-on-chip (SOC). For testing an image sensor SOC that integrates a sensor array and an image processing component, defects are being searched separately in the sensor array and the image processing component in or... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079687 | Method and apparatus for segmentation of compound documents A method for segmenting a compound document initiates with receiving image data, followed by processing the image data at both a first scale and a second scale. Next, region types of the compound document are determined according to a combination of processing outpu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076113 | Apparatus and method for adaptive spatial segmentation-based noise reducing for encoded image signal An efficient and non-iterative post processing method and system is proposed for mosquito noise reduction in DCT block-based decoded images. The post-processing is based on a simple classification that segments a picture in multiple regions such as Edge, Near Edge, ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068837 | Image processing method An image processing method comprises an extracting step for extracting a plurality of images of different depths of a 3-dimensional object, the axes forming different angles with the 3-dimensional object, a binary coding step for eliminating a gray level range of th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068821 | Information processing method and apparatus An input coordinate sequence is acquired by sampling a handwritten input pattern at predetermined intervals, and a pattern expressed by this input coordinate sequence is approximated by coupling a plurality of line segments to attain line segment conversion. Adjacen... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050653 | Identification of virtual raster pattern A method aims to identify a virtual raster pattern in an image of a surface that is provided with a plurality of position-coding marks. Each mark is associated with a respective intersection of raster lines belonging to the raster pattern. By means of the method, th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027639 | High speed optical image acquisition system with extended dynamic range A high-speed image acquisition system includes a source of light; a sensor for acquiring a plurality of images of the target; a system for determining relative movement between the source and the target; and an image processor for processing the acquired images to g... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7006683 | Modeling shape, motion, and flexion of non-rigid 3D objects in a sequence of images A method models a non-rigid three-dimensional object directly from a sequence of images. A shape of the object is represented as a matrix of 3D points, and a basis of possible deformations of the object is represented as a matrix of displacements of the 3D points. T... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993176 | Method and device for imaging liquid-filled container The present invention is a method and an apparatus for imaging a liquid-filling container in which a light emitting unit is provided for emitting and irradiating light onto the container and a light receiving unit is provided for receiving the light transmitted thro... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6987877 | Superimposing graphic representations of ground locations onto ground location images after detection of failures A method for superimposing graphic representations of ground locations onto images of ground locations after detecting the presence of material failure(s) or failures in man-made structures in such ground locations including providing an image sensor spaced remotely... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985620 | Method of pose estimation and model refinement for video representation of a three dimensional scene The present invention is embodied in a video flashlight method. This method creates virtual images of a scene using a dynamically updated three-dimensional model of the scene and at least one video sequence of images. An estimate of the camera pose is generated by c... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983067 | Testing an image display device A method of testing functionality of a LCD device (5) in a mobile telephone handset (MS1), involves applying first and second test patterns to electrodes (17, 18) of the device (5) and capturing image data corresponding to the display pro... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6983062 | Fingerprint scanner auto-capture system and method A system and method of capturing an acceptable fingerprint image is disclosed herein. The method includes a step of capturing an initial fingerprint image at a nominal image integration time. Once this initial fingerprint image is captured, a first intermediate fing... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6983072 | Dark frame subtraction using compression A method and system for improving the quality of an image in an electronic imaging system is disclosed. The method and system comprise capturing an image frame, capturing a compressed dark frame, decompressing a portion of the compressed dark frame and subtracting t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6983061 | Personal authentication system and method using biometrics information, and registering apparatus, authenticating apparatus and pattern information input medium for the system A system performing secondary verification using only existing apparatuses to accomplish a measure for relief in personal authentication without causing complexity or without increasing cost. The system has a registering apparatus for obtaining data for verification... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980689 | Pattern recognition The present invention relates to a system and a method for recognizing a prescribed object, having a storage device for storing attribute information relating to the prescribed object, detecting means for detecting attributes in a detection range and for outputting ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973203 | Transaction method and suitable device therefor A transaction method, a service center, and a device for carrying out the transaction method. In the transaction method object picture data relating to a transaction object, for example a product or a service, are made visible to a user, for instance by projecting i... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970579 | Orientation invariant feature detection system and method for unstructured low-quality video A system and method for detecting features in video from business meetings and video teleconferencing systems can use color, motion, morphological (shape) filtering and a set of heuristic rules to determine possible features in the scene. One embodiment includes obt... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970582 | Method and system for identity verification using multiple simultaneously scanned biometric images Accuracy and speed of biometric identity verification are significantly improved by use of multiple simultaneous scans of biometric features of a user, such as multiple fingerprints, using multiple scanners (40, 50) of smaller size than would be needed to acc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968080 | Method and apparatus for generating part programs for use in image-measuring instruments, and image-measuring instrument and method of displaying measured results therefrom A method of generating a part program for use in an image-measuring system and in an image-measuring instrument is provided. The method can be employed easily by an operator without complicated operations to efficiently generate a part program for a CNC image-measur... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965689 | Image based volumetric measuring device A measuring device for calculating sample volumes and changes in sample volumes is disclosed. The device includes a rotatable platform upon which the sample is placed and rotated in increments with an image of the sample being recorded at each rotational position to... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961458 | Method and apparatus for presenting 3-dimensional objects to visually impaired users A method and apparatus for examining a three dimensional image in a data processing system. An object is presented, wherein the object includes a set of views for different angles of view for the object. In response to a user input to traverse a view from the set of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961449 | Method of correlation of images in biometric applications A method and apparatus for computing correlating images for image recognition is provided. In particular, the method is used to compare images of a biometric object to authorize an individual or verify whether an individual is the person he claims to be. The biometr... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956978 | Multi-pass dark frame subtraction A method and system for improving the quality of an image obtained by an electronic imaging system is disclosed. The method and system comprise capturing an image frame, capturing a partial dark frame and subtracting the partial dark frame from a corresponding secti... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954553 | Personal authentication system using fingerprint information, registration-and-authentication method for the system, determination method for the system, and computer-readable recording medium The present invention describes a personal authentication system using fingerprint information, which includes a fingerprint characteristic data section for extracting person-to-be-authenticated fingerprint characteristic data from a person-to-be-authenticated finge... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952490 | Fingerprint recognizing device having patterned floating electrodes and fabricating method therefor A fingerprint recognizing device having patterned floating electrodes is disclosed. The fingerprint recognizing device includes a transparent electrode layer to which one terminal of an AC power source is connected; a light emitting layer for forming an electric fie... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952494 | COLOR COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION TABLE GENERATION METHOD, COLOR COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION TABLE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH A COLOR COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION TABLE GENERATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED The color coordinate transformation table generation method and apparatus of the invention enables substantial reduction in number of color samples required for inferring spectral characteristics by selectively measuring only usable color samples. In addition, apply... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941006 | Method and system for calibrating the scan amplitude of an electron beam lithography instrument A method for calibrating the scan amplitude of an electron beam lithography instrument by determining the position of a feature within the scan. The method is effective at the operating frequency of the scan and using a limited bandwidth video signal including the s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941008 | Pattern forming method To achieve down-sizing and improvements of throughputs, light exposure and charge beam exposure are sometimes used together. In case of performing exposure of a desired pattern in a plurality of stages, a positional displacement of each of exposure patterns in the s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941009 | Method for evaluating pattern defects on a water surface The invention concerns a method for evaluating pattern defects on a wafer surface, comprising the following steps: acquiring the surface data of a plurality of individual image fields (4) of a series-produced wafer (1); storing the data in a reference ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934410 | Mask correction for photolithographic processes Local images of photolithographic masks are assigned to classes based on similarity of functions of circuits formed by the images, so that all of the images of a class can be corrected by correcting one of the members. Boundaries of photolithographic masks are corre... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925203 | Position detection apparatus and exposure apparatus A position detection apparatus for detecting a position of a mark on an object includes a camera which captures an image of the mark, an extraction section which extracts a plurality of edge positions of the mark based on a signal derived from the image of the mark,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917703 | Method and apparatus for image analysis of a gabor-wavelet transformed image using a neural network The present invention may be embodied in a method, and in a related apparatus, for classifying a feature in an image frame. In the method, an original image frame having an array of pixels is transformed using Gabor-wavelet transformations to generate a transformed ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917692 | Kalman tracking of color objects A semi-automatic method of tracking color objects in a video image sequence starts by separating the objects on the basis of color and identifying an object of interest to track. A Kalman predictive algotithm in used to predict the position of the centroid of the ob... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915007 | Method and apparatus for three dimensional inspection of electronic components A three dimensional inspection method for inspecting ball array devices having a plurality of balls, where the ball array device is positioned in an optical system. The inspection method includes the steps of illuminating at least one ball on the ball array device, ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6909798 | Method of erasing repeated patterns and pattern defect inspection device An image of a subject of inspection is picked up, and this image is demarcated into a plurality of areas. Density differences are found between reference pixels and a plurality of comparison pixels in the demarcated areas, and a density difference that is closest to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909801 | System and method for generating a low discrepancy curve on an abstract surface A system and method for generating a curve, such as a Low Discrepancy Curve, on a surface, such as an abstract surface with a Riemannian metric. The system may comprise a computer which includes a CPU and a memory medium which is operable to store one or more progra... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907134 | Personal identification device and method A personal identification device for executing personal identification by employing living body characteristics of a user. The device includes an identification condition data reader for reading identification condition data specifying at least one living body chara... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901154 | Method of detecting authorised biometric information sensor In the past, a contact imaging device was physically secured to prevent tampering. When used with network computer systems or communications systems, securing a contact imager is difficult. According to the invention, a method is proposed for securing a contact imag... | 05/31/2005 |
