Image analysis inventions 12/05

20050286737 - Gesture activated home appliance: Apparatus for operating home appliances using gesture recognition are disclosed. An image receiver receives a continuous stream of images of a gesture made within the image receiver's field of view. An image processor is connected to the image receiver for sampling the received stream of gesture images to form a...

20050286736 - Securing media content with steganographic encoding: Methods and apparatus to provide security for audio or image content are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving audio or image content and steganographically encoding auxiliary information in the audio or image content. The auxiliary information carries or links to permitted usage rights that are associated with the...

20050286738 - Graphical object models for detection and tracking: A computer implemented method for object detection includes providing a spatio-temporal model for an object to be detected, providing a video including a plurality of images including the object, and measuring the object as a collection of components in each image. The method further includes determining a probability that the...

20050286739 - Image processing: A method of processing image data relating to at least one image comprising using data relating to disposition and saliency of selected salient portions of the or each image, generating at least one respective saliency vector for respective said portions, and a device operable in accordance with the method....

20050286740 - Vehicle with image data signal source identification: A vehicle (01) includes at least one image display unit (02) and at least one image data signal source (04, 05, 06, 07, 08) which are connected to one another via at least one transmission channel (10). Each image data signal source (04, 05, 06, 07, 08) has at least...

20050286741 - Method and apparatus for coding images with different image qualities for each region thereof, and method and apparatus capable of decoding the images by adjusting the image quality: A region of interest is set within an image, the region of interest is tracked along motion of an object marked out within the image, and coding is performed in a manner that image quality differs between the region of interest and a region other than the region of interest....

20050286742 - Dynamic test pattern composition for image-analysis based automatic machine diagnostics: The present invention is directed to a system and method for test target selection in conjunction with dynamic test pattern generation. In the invention, a test pattern page(s) is composed using an optimal set of test targets, which can be accommodated or adjusted to fit within size constraints of the...

20050286743 - Portable reading device with mode processing: A reading device includes a computing device and an image input device coupled to the computing device for capturing low resolution images and high resolution images. The reading machine also includes a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium. The medium is in communication with the computing device...

20050286744 - Image capturing apparatus for palm authentication: An image capturing apparatus for palm authentication captures images of a palm for use in palm authentication. In order to correctly guide the palm of a user into an image capturing region, on one side of a non-contact sensor unit for image capturing the palm, a front face guide is...

20050286745 - Registration method for biometrics authentication system, biometrics authentication system, and program for same: A biometrics authentication system uses biometrics information to authenticate individuals. A processing unit acquires biometrics information for the same living body a plurality of times from a detection unit, judges the mutual degree of similarity between biometrics characteristic data sets extracted from the above biometrics information acquired a plurality of...

20050286746 - Biometric identification data protection: Embodiments of the present invention can combine biometric identification data with additional information, or knowledge, to form a new type of security measure. One embodiment of the present invention obtains biometric identification data for accessing a particular context, identifies context identification data related to the particular context, and combines the...

20050286747 - Artificial eye distinguishing method and device, artificial eye distinguishing program, iris recognition method, false printed matter distinguishing method, and image distinguishing method: Image data of an image including an eye is input (S1), and band limitation is performed (S2). Then, a predetermined feature such as moment is extracted from the band-limited image data (S3), and recognition as to whether the eye projected in the image is a counterfeit eye or a living...

20050286748 - System and method for fast generation of high-quality maximum/minimum intensity projections: A method for rendering a volumetric image includes providing a digitized volumetric image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a 3-dimensional space, casting a ray through said volumetric image for a first pass to determine a threshold intensity for said ray, casting said ray...

20050286750 - Lesion boundary detection: A method of detecting a junction between a lesion and a wall in a CT scan image may include determining the boundary (B) of the wall to an internal space (L), identifying critical points (c1, c2) along the boundary, and selecting one critical point at either side of the lesion...

20050286749 - System and method for image reconstruction: A method for reconstructing image data acquired by a computed tomography system is provided. The method comprises selecting a portion of image data to be reconstructed and determining a corresponding portion of projection data. An adaptive filter is computed and applied to the portion of projection data to generate a...

20050286751 - Apparatus for discriminating paper-like sheets and method for discriminating same: A method for discriminating paper-like sheets comprises an authenticity judgment step. The authenticity judgment step includes a pattern detection step for irradiating infrared light on predetermined irradiation lines X in a direction along which the paper-like sheet M is to be inserted with a predetermined interval to detect a pattern...

20050286752 - Optical reading apparatus, character recognition processing apparatus, character reading method and program, magnetic ink character reading apparatus, and pos terminal apparatus: An optical reading apparatus and optical character recognition processing apparatus operating in conjunction with a magnetic ink character reading apparatus reduce the time in reading a string of characters formed in a line on a processed medium. This is done in the optical reading and recognition operations by selectively using...

20050286753 - Automated inspection systems and methods: An automatic defect detection system may be applied to detecting defects in electronic displays. The system acquires an image of a display being tested and generates test vectors from the image. Each test vector has a spatial part and a characteristic part. The test vectors are compared to a set...

20050286754 - Electronic component detection system: The present invention provides a method and a system for determining whether a target component of an electronic assembly is assembled correctly. The method of the present invention involves correlating the view of a test electronic assembly with both a positive control image and a negative control image. The positive...

20050286755 - Photomask image registration in scanning electron microscope imagery: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that computes translational differentials between a “perfect” image (henceforth called a database-image) and a scanned-image of a photomask. During operation, the system receives a noise-free database-image and a scanned-image that is generated by an imaging process. Next, the system computes a...

20050286757 - Color segmentation-based stereo 3d reconstruction system and process: A system and process for computing a 3D reconstruction of a scene from multiple images thereof, which is based on a color segmentation-based approach, is presented. First, each image is independently segmented. Second, an initial disparity space distribution (DSD) is computed for each segment, using the assumption that all pixels...

20050286758 - Color segmentation-based stereo 3d reconstruction system and process employing overlapping images of a scene captured from viewpoints forming either a line or a grid: A system and process for computing a 3D reconstruction of a scene from multiple images thereof, which is based on a color segmentation-based approach, is presented. First, each image is independently segmented. Second, an initial disparity space distribution (DSD) is computed for each segment, using the assumption that all pixels...

20050286759 - Interactive viewpoint video system and process employing overlapping images of a scene captured from viewpoints forming a grid: A system and process for generating, and then rendering and displaying, an interactive viewpoint video in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. In general, the interactive viewpoint video is generated using a small number...

20050286760 - Method for associating stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation system: A method for associating a stereo image, by acquiring images of an object from a first point and a second point and by associating the image at the first point and the second point, comprising a step of moving from the first point to the second point while taking an...

20050286756 - Segment based image matching method and system: An image matching method and system for use with multiple images of a scene captured from different angles. Image matching is performed by identifying a plurality of segments within at least two images, determining an initial disparity values for pixels in the images and then determining initial disparity planes for...

20050286761 - Ported system for personal identity verification: A biometric based system with advanced security and privacy characteristics for the verification of a person's identity using neural net engine simulation software code and neural net weights obtained from a computer enrollment system and ported into any electronic device with an embedded microprocessor and memory. The neural net structure...

20050286762 - Method and multimedia processor for processing a rotated image: In a multimedia co-processor, a CODEC compresses image data from a camera system, and a code buffer stores the compressed image data. The CODEC decompresses the stored image data, and a temporary storage device stores the decompressed image data. A host interface transfers the temporarily stored image data into a...

20050286763 - Image processing: A method of digitally processing data for use in representing an image, comprising scaling edge data relating to edges in at least one colour-adjusted component of the image using unadjusted data relating to a colour-unadjusted component of the image, and a device operable in accordance with the method....

20050286764 - Method for scene modeling and change detection: A method for dynamic scene modeling and change detection applicable to motion analysis utilizes optical flow for capturing and modeling the dynamics of the scene. Uncertainties in the measurements are evaluated and utilized in order to develop a robust representation of the scene in a higher dimensional space. In another...

20050286765 - Image scanner and an optical character recognition system using said image scanner: The present invention is directed to providing an image scanner and an optical recognition system using said image scanner which can scan only the “intended region” to carry out character recognition and can carry out character recognition in the background of an application software and can input the recognition result...

20050286768 - Automatic detection of regions (such as, e.g., renal regions, including, e.g., kidney regions) in dynamic imaging studies: In some preferred embodiments, a system for the automatic identification of cortical and/or medulla regions of the kidneys in renal dynamic studies is provided that includes: a computer module configured to perform principal component analysis on a dynamic sequence corresponding to only one of the kidneys based on a linear...

20050286766 - Red eye reduction technique: A red-eye reduction technique includes converting a multi-channel image to a hue, saturation, value color space. The hue channel, the saturation channel, and the value channel are processed to identify the location of the red-eye within the image, if any....

20050286769 - Specific point detecting method and device: A template image creation module generates in predetermined timing a template image corresponding to a landmark existing in a real space from a fixed viewpoint image obtained from a fixed camera, and provides the template image to a landmark detection module, thereby updating a template image for use in template...

20050286767 - System and method for 3d object recognition using range and intensity: A system and method for performing object and class recognition that allows for wide changes of viewpoint and distance of objects is disclosed. The invention provides for choosing pose-invariant interest points of a three-dimensional (3D) image, and for computing pose-invariant feature descriptors of the image. The system and method also...

20050286770 - Endmember spectrum database construction method, endmember spectrum database construction apparatus and endmember spectrum database construction program: According to one embodiment, an endmember spectrum extraction unit generates an input endmember spectrum group from a hyperspectral image. A collation unit outputs an endmember spectrum group including endmember spectra that are registered with neither a spectrum library nor an endmember spectrum database as a new endmember spectrum group. An...

20050286771 - Distinguishing text from non-text in digital ink: A discriminative machine learning system for labels text and non-text strokes in digital ink. The learning system considers stroke features and the context of the strokes, such as temporal information about one or more strokes, in a probabilistic framework. The learning system can also consider gap features within the probabilistic...

20050286772 - Multiple classifier system with voting arbitration: Systems and methods are provided for classifying a subject into one of a plurality of output classes. An input pattern representing the subject is classified at a plurality of pattern recognition classifiers to obtain a ranked set of at least two classifier outputs at each classifier. A classifier output includes...

20050286773 - System and method for feature identification in digital images based on rule extraction: A method for classifying features in a digital medical image includes providing a plurality of feature points in an N-dimensional space, wherein each feature point is a member of one of two sets, determining a classifying plane that separates feature points in a first of the two sets from feature...

20050286774 - Usual event detection in a video using object and frame features: The invention provides a method for detecting usual events in a video. The events are detected by first constructing an aggregate affinity matrix from features of associated items extracted from the video. The affinity matrix is decomposed into eigenvectors, and the eigenvectors are used to reconstruct approximate estimates of the...

20050286778 - Compression unit, decompression unit for image data and programs for compressing and decompressing image data: An image data compression unit and a decompression unit are offered which are capable of sending and receiving image data with a smaller amount of information. Also, programs for compressing and decompressing image data are offered. With respect to plural single-component image data sets regarding colors that can be obtained...

20050286777 - Encoding and decoding images: Some embodiments provide a method for encoding a first set of pixels in a first image by reference to a second image in a video sequence. In a first search window within a second image, the method searches to identify a first particular portion in the second image that best...

20050286780 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting...

20050286775 - Method and apparatus for storing image data using an mcu buffer: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing image data received in a block-interleaved format using an MCU buffer. A first minimum coded unit of the image data is stored in a first memory. The image data in the first minimum coded unit is grouped into pixels....

20050286779 - Method and apparatus for synthesizing data: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for synthesizing a plurality of data that is in compressed format. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of creating a synthesized data by synthesizing a plurality of source data that is in compressed format,...

20050286776 - Using graphic objects in mfd scan-to-export function: A method of compressing a document includes: acquiring an image of the document, the image represented by pixels; segmenting the image into Mixed Raster Content (MRC) planes including a foreground plane (12) that receives a first portion of the pixels, a background plane (14) that receives a second portion of...

20050286781 - Method, system, and program for error recovery while decoding compressed data: Provided are a method, system, and program for decoding compressed data. Compressed data is received and decoded. An error is detected while decoding a first location in the compressed data. A reentry data set is accessed having a pointer to a second location in the compressed data following the first...

20050286782 - Systems and methods for section-by-section processing of a digital image file: Systems and methods for section-by-section processing of the digital image file are disclosed. More specifically, the disclosed systems and methods operate in stages to select portions, but not the entirety, of the relevant image data file that is to be processed. With respect to each specified section, practice of one...

20050286783 - Moving image recording method: The present invention relates to an image processing device for compressing and expanding image data by means of the JPEG method when the image data is subjected to a moving image recording operation or a moving image reproducing operation, wherein the image is compressed so that positions of a block...

20050286786 - Apparatus and method for coding image based on level of visual attention and level of perceivable image quality distortion, and computer program product therefor: An apparatus for coding an image includes a setting unit that sets quantization width for each coded block of an image frame of image data. The apparatus also includes a visual attention calculating unit that calculates a level of visual attention to a first element for each coded block of...

20050286785 - Area mapped compressed image bit budget monitor: An area mapped compressed bit budget monitor receives a compressed video signal that represents frames of a video signal broken down into blocks of pixels with each block being represented by a bit sequence. The bits in each bit sequence are counted to produce bit counts that are translated into...

20050286784 - Digital video compression command priority: A video compression system for compressing a stream of digital video data is disclosed. Known run-length encoding is applied whenever possible to the digital video data stream. When a run is not identified, the encoder determines whether a consecutive series of pixels are identified from only two different colors, and...

20050286787 - Information processing apparatus, move history management method, and data structure of image data: In an information processing apparatus for managing move history information of image data being stored in an image data storing part, the move history information of the image data stored in the image data storing part from the image data is acquired, and the move history information is provided as...

20050286788 - Optimal filter-bank wavelet modulation: A method for encoding, transmitting and receiving signals by adaptive wavelet packet trees is disclosed. In a first aspect a transmitter, accepts a binary data stream, assumed to be random. At the transmitter the data is parsed from a serial bit stream to several parallel streams. The number of bits...

20050286789 - Image compression and expansion technique: The present invention aims at improving an image compression rate and enhancing quality of images after expansion. An image compression device generates compressed data formed by compressing an image. The device includes a boundary area detection section for detecting boundary areas which include both of internal and external parts of...

20050286790 - Video compression noise immunity: A method of improving run length video encoding commands is described in which all compression commands that require a current pixel value to be compared to a previously sent pixel value to determine whether compression can take place in a longer run is adjusted to relieve stringent match conditions. Instead...

20050286791 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, computer program product and computer memory product: Image processing is carried out by transforming image data to image data having spatial frequency components, by judging whether the absolute values of the coefficients of the predetermined frequency components of the transformed image data are equal to or more than a predetermined value, by modifying the coefficients of the...

20050286792 - Image filtering methods and apparatus: In one embodiment, a method and apparatus for filtering input pixel data is configurable to perform a one-dimensional or two-dimensional filtering process. Further, in one embodiment, the two-dimensional filter can be configured to perform a separable or non-separable filter. The type of filter can be configured, along with the size...

20050286793 - Photographic image processing method and equipment: The present invention comprises a face area detection means for detecting a face area of a person from original image data, a skin information extraction means for extracting skin information equivalent to the detected face area, a first image processing means for performing a sharpening operation or a granulation control...

20050286794 - Gaussian blur approximation suitable for gpu: A Gaussian blur approximation is applied to an image by repeated down-sampling operations followed by an up-sample operation. By using a truncated Gaussian filter as the down-sample filter, the frequency spectrum removed during down-sampling operations closely approximates the frequency spectrum lost during a true Gaussian blur operation. While any “good”...

20050286795 - Deblocking method and apparatus using edge flow-directed filter and curvelet transform: A deblocking method and apparatus using an edge flow-directed filter and curvelet transform for deblocking Block Discrete Cosine Transform (BDCT) compressed images. The deblocking method includes: extracting an edge flow vector from a Block Discrete Cosine Transform (BDCT) compressed image to identify a direction of changes in image attributes; performing...

20050286796 - Darkness control using pattern matching: The present invention is a method and apparatus for processing image data to accomplish tuning or adjustment of images, so as to modify at least the darkness thereof, using compact, efficient methods and designs....

20050286797 - Image data processing technique for images taken by imaging unit: The technique of the invention accurately detects a pixel defect in an image taken by an imaging device, such as a digital still camera. The image processing flow of the invention maps luminance data to respective pixels of a specified pixel array and computes a difference between the luminance data...

20050286798 - Image processing: An exemplary embodiment may be generally described as a method of digitally processing data representing at least part of an image, comprising applying a first colour adjustment transform to data relating to a first range of spatial frequency of content of the image, the first transform adapted to constrain noise...

20050286799 - Method and apparatus for converting a photo to a caricature image: A method for creating a caricature image from a digital image is provided. The method initiates with capturing digital image data. The method includes locating a facial region within the captured image data. Then, a facial feature template matching a facial feature of the facial region is selected. Next, the...

20050286800 - Method and apparatus for forming a multiple focus stack image: A method is provided of producing a multiple focus stack image of a target. The stack image has a plurality of images of the target, each image having a corresponding focal range or position. The method utilises relative scanning movement between the target and an array of light detectors, the...

20050286801 - Generation of quality field information in the context of image processing: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating a quality field representation of a collection of image data. The method includes receiving the collection of image data and identifying a target point along a ridge in the collection of image data. A directional field representation is estimated by assigning an angle...

20050286802 - Method for detecting and selecting good quality image frames from video: A method of determining a quality value for an image frame is disclosed. The method comprises dividing (in a step 202) the frame into a plurality of tiles (906) and determining attributes (in a step 206) of each said tile based upon pixel values of the tile, and pixel values...

20050286803 - Image processing apparatus, display device, image processing method, and image processing program: An image processing apparatus includes a calculation section which calculates a reduced size of an image to be decoded based on an image size of the image to be decoded and an altered image size for displaying in a reduced size, a decoding section which decodes image data of the...

20050286804 - Image interpolation apparatus: An image interpolation apparatus to interpolate an input image signal having a first resolution into an output image signal having a second resolution according to a predetermined resolution conversion ratio includes a frequency determiner to detect a variation in a frequency of the input image signal to determine a frequency...

20050286805 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: Vector data conversion is executed at once for all the block images of blocks having a predetermined attribute in a plurality of read document images. A series of obtained vector data is output by a designated output method....

20050286806 - Image retrieval system, image retrieval program and storage medium and image retrieval method: An image retrieval system including: a retrieval subject image storing unit storing images corresponding to first and second characteristic information among semantic characteristic information, physical characteristic information and prominence characteristic information; a retrieval key inputting unit inputting the first and second characteristic information as the retrieval key; a characteristic information...

20050281434 - Magnetic watermark for text documents: The present invention is a method and apparatus for applying magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) technology to enable the embedding of coded information within text characters of a document....

20050281435 - Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activities: A method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activities is disclosed. In one embodiment at least one low-level feature set is detected in a plurality of frames of a sequence of scene imagery. The frame-to-frame associations of the detected low-level feature set are determined, and suspicious activities is identifying on the...

20050281436 - Docking assistant: Many day-to-day driving situations require that an operator of a motor vehicle guide the motor vehicle along a specific course and bring the vehicle to a stop at a specific location, for example in a parking bay or at a loading platform. To assist a vehicle operator in such situations,...

20050281437 - Talking paper: The present invention tightly integrates and significantly leverages media capture systems to realize a ubiquitous collaborative multi-user environment, referred to as TalkingPaper, taking full advantages of what each unique medium can offer and further enhancing their respective functions and utilities. The invention comprises a paper-pen based knowledge capture subsystem A...

20050281439 - Method and apparatus for electro-biometric identity recognition: A method and apparatus for electro-biometric identity recognition or verification that produces and stores a first biometric signature that identifies a specific individual by forming the difference between a representation of the heartbeat pattern of the specific individual and a stored representation of common features of the heartbeat patterns of...

20050281438 - Palm print identification using palm line orientation: A method of biometrics identification involves obtaining an image of a portion of a hand of an individual, said image including a plurality of line features of the hand, analyzing the image to obtain a characteristic value including orientation information of said line features in two or more orientations, and...

20050281440 - Iris feature detection and sensor-based edge detection: An iris feature detector includes a reflexive eye movement source; a multiple image sensor; a controller, and a processor. The controller causes the eye movement source to cause rapid eye motion, and the sensor to capture first and second iris images over a time interval in which only an iris...

20050281443 - Information processing unit: The present invention relates to an information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. The present invention is provided, adjacent to a operation panel, with a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away...

20050281441 - Live finger detection by four-point measurement of complex impedance: Method and sensor assembly determining the condition of a structure, especially for confirming if a measured fingerprint is on a live finger, by measuring characteristics of close to the structure surface, the sensor comprising a first pair of current supply electrodes coupled to a current source, providing an electrical current...

20050281442 - Personal identification device and method: The invention aims at providing personal identification in environments where non-contact is required, with high accuracy even though using a finger vein pattern images unclear and susceptible to positional deviations, wherein it has: a means for acquiring finger vein patterns without contact; a means for carrying out rotational correction using...

20050281444 - Methods and apparatus for defining a protocol for ultrasound imaging: A protocol-based ultrasound method is provided. The ultrasound method provides a template comprised of cells. Each of the cells contain scan parameters defining a scan sequence for acquisition of ultrasound images along one or more scan planes through an object. Prior to scanning the object, parameter values for the scan...

20050281446 - Motility analysis within a gastrointestinal tract: A system and method for measuring and analyzing motility within a body lumen such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where an in vivo imaging device such as a capsule captures images and transmits the images to a processor, which calculates the motility of the device based on comparison of the...

20050281445 - System and method for locating and accessing a blood vessel: An imaging system for locating subcutaneous blood vessels and a method for locating subcutaneous blood vessels using the system. The system includes at least one infrared emitter an infrared detector, a computing unit that enhances images and outputs enhanced images in substantially real time, a display device for displaying enhanced...

20050281447 - System and method for detecting the aortic valve using a model-based segmentation technique: A system and method for detecting the aortic valve is provided. The method comprises: (a) casting rays on a slice of a computed tomography (CT) dataset of an aorta; (b) computing a Gaussian model for voxels on the slice, wherein the Gaussian model produces a threshold; (c) growing a circle...

20050281449 - Magnetic ink character reading method and program: A magnetic ink character reading apparatus, magnetic ink character reading method and program, and a POS terminal apparatus reduce recognition errors and thereby improve the read rate. The magnetic ink character reading apparatus reads a text string of magnetic ink characters using both a magnetic reading mechanism and optical reading...

20050281448 - Method of creating a substitute check and an apparatus therefor: A substitute check is created for an original check which has an encode line printed thereon. Check image data which is representative of an image of the original check is received and analyzed to establish positioning of MICR characters within the encode line of the original check. An encode line...

20050281450 - System and method for correcting data in financial documents: A system and method for correcting data in data fields of financial documents containing unreadable characters is described....

20050281453 - Computer aided quality assurance software system: A software system including simulation routines embedded inside a computer aided drafting (CAD) platform. The routines simulate the inspection processes prior to the execution of the physical inspection process. The simulator works within the host CAD platform and drives a three dimensional probe through a numerically defined inspection path of...

20050281451 - Process variable of interest monitoring and control: Methods for monitoring and controlling process variables of interest during the substrate manufacturing process is provided. Numerical estimates for selected attributes of a feature of interest may be analyzed and applied in a numerical estimator to estimate the process variable of interest for a given product process run. The resulting...

20050281452 - System and method for performing automated optical inspection of objects: A system and method for performing optical inspection are provided. At least one “invariant feature” of an object design is determined, and such invariant feature is used in inspecting objects having the corresponding design. An “invariant feature” is a feature that is invariant certain transformations occurring in a captured image...

20050281454 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: An apparatus includes a first calculation unit to calculate the similarity between first image data of a first partial region in object image data and reference image data with respect to each pair of a second partial region of the first image data and a third partial region of the...

20050281455 - System of using neural network to distinguish text and picture in images and method thereof: This specification discloses a system of using a neural network to distinguish text and pictures in an image and the method thereof. Using the knowledge of text recognition learned by the neural network in advance, images data of color brightness and gray levels in an image block are processed to...

20050281456 - Method of automating a thermographic inspection process: A process for using a hand-held infrared inspection system incorporating on-board training, on-board validation, on-board operator certification, on-board reporting information, or on-board survey instructions. Improved methods for automating area surveys are provided through exception-driven surveillance practices. Imbedded information enables less experienced operators to use more sophisticated devices more effectively. Validation...

20050281457 - System and method for elimination of irrelevant and redundant features to improve cad performance: A computer-implemented method for processing an image includes identifying a plurality of candidates for an object of interest in the image, extracting a feature set for each candidate, determining a reduced feature set by removing a least one redundant feature from the feature set to maximize a Rayleigh quotient, determining...

20050281459 - Method for scanner characterization for color measurement of printed media having four or more colorants: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for the improved characterization of an image scanner or similar image input terminal so as to enable the device to be employed in the measurement and analysis of color images. The invention uses a family of input device characterization targets,...

20050281458 - Noise-reducing a color filter array image: A method of reducing noise in a color filter array encoded image, comprising using an image sensor having a color filter array to capture an image of a scene and using such capture image to provide a color filter array encoded image; low pass filtering the color filter array encoded...

20050281460 - System and methods for providing histogram computation in a high precision rasterization data pipeline: A system and methods for implementing histogram computation, for example, into the rasterization pipeline of a 3-D graphics system, are provided. With the histogram computation mechanism, statistical histogram data may be generated for input data of any kind or retrieved from any source that may be specified in a 2-D...

20050281461 - Motion-based image segmentor: The present invention relates in general to systems and methods for using motion-based information to segment an image. In particular, the present invention relates to using a joint histogram to isolate a motion-based information of a moving person or object from an “ambient image” of the area surrounding and including...

20050281463 - Method and apparatus for processing binary image: A method and an apparatus for processing a binary image are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) dividing the binary image input from an image source into a plurality of image blocks; b) extracting feature information from each of the image blocks; and c) determining the type of...

20050281464 - Particular image area partitioning apparatus and method, and program for causing computer to perform particular image area partitioning processing: It is detected whether or not a face image is included in an image represented by fed image data. When the face image is detected, an image area g1 including the detected face image is cut out. A plurality of rectangular projection information creating windows w are set radially from...

20050281462 - System and method of automated processing of multiple microarray images: Methods, systems and computer readable media for automatically separating multiple microarray images provided as a single combined image of the multiple microarray images. Methods, systems and computer readable media are provided for providing at least one image containing multiple microarray images thereon, automatically locating the features in the microarray images,...

20050281465 - Method and apparatus for computer assistance with total hip replacement procedure: Hip replacement surgery involves replacing the head and neck of the femur with an artificial component having a ball-shaped head and neck similar to that of a replaced femoral head and neck and inserting a cup-shaped component into the acetabulum to act as a liner to receive the ball of...

20050281466 - Determination of a navigation window in an optical navigation system: A technique for reducing navigation errors that are caused by uneven illumination involves using only the portion of the image data that is properly illuminated in the correlation process. The portion of the image data that is used for optical navigation is established by summing the image data on a...

20050281467 - Recognizing multi-stroke symbols: A method of analyzing a symbol comprised of one or more drawn strokes is comprised of calculating the speed of drawing along each stroke. A curvature magnitude along each stroke is calculated. An initial set of candidate points defining initial segments is identified using the calculated speed and curvature metric...

20050281469 - Efficient method and system for reducing update requirements for a compressed binary image: A system and method for lossless data compression of byte oriented digital data, including but not exclusively executable program code and related data. This lossless data compression system and method when used to process sets of similar but not identical input data, will generate compressed forms of that data which...

20050281471 - Method and device for secure transmission of jpeg encoded images: A process for distributing digital still images according to a nominal format, where each image is broken into blocks and macroblocks that depend upon each other by correlation coefficients including analyzing contents of the still images to generate two parts: a) a primary contents in nominal format corresponding to the...

20050281468 - System and method for encoding and decoding video: Data values are encoded by mapping multi-dimensional parameters of the data values to respective one-dimensional parameters and creating a table of encoded data values in which the data values are represented by their respective encoded counterparts utilizing the one-dimensional parameters and in which redundant ones of the encoded data values...

20050281472 - System and method for progressively transforming and coding digital data: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space...

20050281470 - System and method for streaming media: A system and method for streaming media transmission employ a compression technology in which null pixel blocks are drastically compressed an additional null pixel blocks are created in the video signal. Various applications of the invention are described, including recorded media distribution, live streamed media distribution, and email distribution....

20050281473 - Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using image residue prediction: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are disclosed. The encoding method comprises: obtaining a residue corresponding to a difference between the original image and a prediction image with respect to each component of the original image; encoding the residue of a predetermined component of the original image; restoring the encoded...

20050281474 - Segmentation-based hybrid compression scheme for scanned documents: A hybrid compression scheme in which one or more compression schemes are applied to a scanned document depending on its content. Based on the scanned document data itself and edge-map version thereof, a color test is performed to determine if the document is text or a drawing. If only a...

20050281475 - Method and system for reducing effects of undesired signals in an infrared imaging system: Effects of undesired infrared light are reduced in an imaging system using an infrared light source. The desired infrared light source is activated and a first set of imaging data is captured during a first image capture interval. The desired infrared light source is then deactivated, and a second set...

20050281476 - Examination apparatus: An examination apparatus that can acquire detailed images from a specimen exhibiting dynamic behavior is provided. The examination apparatus comprises an imaging unit that images a specimen exhibiting dynamic behavior; a behavior detecting unit that detects the dynamic behavior of the specimen; an image storing unit that stores the dynamic...

20050281477 - Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program: A user interface unit sets a parameter based on operations of a user, and outputs to a parameter correction unit. The parameter correction unit extracts the feature quantity of pixels in an observation region that corresponds to the value of the parameter, and based on the maximal value of that...

20050281478 - Method and software for improving coronary calcium scoring consistency: Methods and devices for improving the machine-to-machine and temporal (e.g., inter and intra-machine) and database consistency of coronary calcium scoring by applying a filtering algorithm that sharpens and/or smoothes the image so as to return a filtered image having a spatial resolution of a certain reference value....

20050281479 - Method of and apparatus for estimating noise of input image based on motion compensation, method of eliminating noise of input image and encoding video using the method for estimating noise of input image, and recording media having recorded thereon progr: A method of and an apparatus for estimating noise based on motion compensation. The method includes estimating a motion vector for a predetermined-size current block of the input image, calculating a difference between a block corresponding to the estimated motion vector and the current block, comparing the calculated difference with...

20050281480 - Computer apparatus and method for generating a paint-by-number picture from a digital image: A computer apparatus and method process a digital image according to a set of selected colors, and generate from the digital image a paint-by-number image. The set of selected colors may be manually selected one at a time by a user, or a predefined set of colors may be selected...

20050281481 - Method for medical 3d image display and processing, computed tomograph, workstation and computer program product: A medical imaging diagnostic method can be simultaneously simplified and improved within the context of medical 3D image display and processing. To this end, the method for medical 3D image display and processing includes prescribing an observer position, a search beam and a pixel value for a surface of a...

20050281482 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, and storage medium: The image processing method includes specifying an original image to be processed, displaying the specified original image, dividing the image into a plurality of movable or transformable areas, selecting one of the divided areas, specifying image processing to be performed on the selected area, creating a processed image obtained by...

20050281483 - Tilted angle detection for document image deskew: The invention relates to a method for detecting a tilted angle when it scans the document. First, the present invention scans the document to produce a first scanned data, and the fist scanned data is transformed into a binary image. The present invention determines whether the binary image comprises a...

20050281484 - System and method of registering field of view: Disclosed is a system for and a method of registering images captured by a computer-controlled microscope. The imaging system of the present invention includes a computer-controlled microscope electrically connected to a controller having a display device. The microscope further includes a barcode reader, a camera, a serial interface, one or...

20050281485 - Apparatus and method for efficient processing of a high resampling of a print image: An apparatus and method for image manipulation treatment applicable, for example, to a printing process at high resolution is discussed. The invention reduces time consumed, when high resampling image are needed, while preserving image characteristics and rendering quality. The invention enables image printing at high resolution, including images having non-continuous...

20050281486 - Apparatuses and methods for incorporating a border within an image by defining a portion of the border: A hardware implemented method for incorporating a border region within an image region is provided. In this method, a portion of the border region is stored in memory. Thereafter, a determination is made as to a relative position of a pixel within the image region. An image pixel or each...

20050276439 - Method, apparatus, and program for image processing capable of effectively preventing and detecting tampering, and a medium storing the program: An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring mechanism configured to acquire an original document image, a dividing mechanism configured to divide the original document image acquired by the acquiring mechanism into a plurality of areas arranged in symmetry with respect to a center point of the original document image when...

20050276441 - Performance relighting and reflectance transformation with time-multiplexed illumination: A lighting apparatus may be configured to illuminate a subject while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period. An imaging system may be configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject. A controller may be configured to drive the lighting...

20050276442 - System and method for network-based object authentication: A method is provided for determining whether an object is an authentic object to which an expected encoded image has been applied. The expected encoded image having been constructed by encoding an authentication image using a set of one or more encoding parameters. The method comprises receiving a digital image...

20050276440 - Using steganographic encoded information with maps: A map depicts a plurality of different locations. Steganographic encoding is embebbed in first and second map areas. Steganographic encoding in each area conveys an identifier that is associated with its respective map area. Different encoded identifiers are used to link to information pertaining various different locations depicted in the...

20050276446 - Apparatus and method for extracting moving objects from video: A pixel classification device to separate, and a pixel classification method of separating, a moving object area from a video image, the device including a first classification unit to determine whether a current pixel of the video image belongs to a confident background region, and a second classification unit to...

20050276444 - Interactive system and method: An interactive system for interacting with a device in a mixed reality environment, the system comprising an object having at least two surfaces, each surface having a marker, an image capturing device to capture images of the object in a first scene, and a microprocessor configured to track the position...

20050276445 - Method and apparatus for automatic visual detection, recording, and retrieval of events: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatic visual detection of events, for recording images of those events and retrieving them for display and human or automated analysis, and for sending synchronized signals to external equipment when events are detected. An event corresponds to a specific condition, among some time-varying conditions...

20050276443 - Method and apparatus for recognizing an object within an image: A method and apparatus is described for detecting and recognizing an object within a generated image regardless of the aspect view angle of the object within the image. An object may be recognized by comparing descriptor values determined for the detected object with descriptor values and/or value ranges stored in...

20050276448 - Multi-functional control and entertainment systems: For use in vehicles, it is desirable to have multi-functional (also known as reconfigurable) controls in the center stack portion of the instrument panel in order to best provide electronic and telematic functions to the driver. Disclosed are methods and apparatus to allow reconfiguration of classical controls such as knobs,...

20050276447 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus recognizes a pedestrian from existence of a leg, in the case in which a width in real space of a binarized object is suitable as a pedestrian's leg, the binarized object has longwise shape, the lower end position of the binarized object exists in the...

20050276449 - System and method for detecting an obstruction: A system for detecting an obstruction in the travel of a vent, such as a window glass in an opening of a vehicle, includes a reference element. The reference element is typically coded and either visible or invisible to the naked eye or emits a light signal which extends along...

20050276450 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, includes: an infrared imaging device that captures an image; a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object by binarizing the image; an extraction region setting device that sets, as an extraction region, a region adjacent to one of an upper end and a...

20050276451 - Method and apparatus for sorting: A method and apparatus for sorting is described and which includes an apparatus for forming a process stream and thereafter forcibly deforming the process stream in order to identify unacceptable portions of the process stream, and removing those unacceptable portions in a first step. Yet further the method and apparatus...

20050276452 - 2-d to 3-d facial recognition system: A system and method of recognizing human faces by converting a two-dimensional (2D) Facial image into three-dimensions (3D) and subsequently using a Facial Recognition System to identify the individual in the original 2D image. The 3D image may also be processed in a variety of ways so as to broaden...

20050276453 - Method for authenticating an electronic signature: A method for determining whether a disputed electronic signature is that of a purported signator includes the steps of (a) creating in a single step an ink on paper signature and an identical electronic signature of the purported signator; (b) verifying that the ink on paper signature is consistent with...

20050276454 - System and methods for transforming biometric image data to a consistent angle of inclination: Biometric data are obtained through a biometric input device (120) and subsequently pixelated via a pixelator (130). The pixelator (130) creates an image of the biometric data. Via a processing unit (110), a relationship between pixels of a transformed version of the image is asserted. Thus, the biometric data is...

20050276456 - Cell-operating device: The present invention provides a cell-operating device comprising a laser light source and a microscope to observe cell sample fluorescently labeled and a camera to take the images of the cell sample that is observed with said microscope and a computer to capture the digital image data obtained by said...

20050276455 - Systems and methods for segmenting an organ in a plurality of images: A system for segmenting an organ in a plurality of images is described. The system includes an imaging system configured to generate a first set of slices showing images of a subject having the organ. The system also includes a controller configured to determine a second set of slices within...

20050276457 - Histological assessment: A method of measuring oestrogen or progesterone receptor (ER or PR) comprises identifying in histopathological specimen image data pixel groups indicating cell nuclei, and deriving image hue and saturation. The image is thresholded using hue and saturation and preferentially stained cells identified. ER or PR status is determined from normalised...

20050276458 - Automated document processing system and method using image scanning: A document processing system includes an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the full image...

20050276461 - Method and apparatus for automatic visual detection, recording, and retrieval of events: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatic visual detection of events, for recording images of those events and retrieving them for display and human or automated analysis, and for sending synchronized signals to external equipment when events are detected. An event corresponds to a specific condition, among some time-varying conditions...

20050276460 - Method and apparatus for automatic visual event detection: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatic visual detection of events, for recording images of those events and retrieving them for display and human or automated analysis, and for sending synchronized signals to external equipment when events are detected. An event corresponds to a specific condition, among some time-varying conditions...

20050276462 - Method and apparatus for automatic visual event detection: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatic visual detection of events, for recording images of those events and retrieving them for display and human or automated analysis, and for sending synchronized signals to external equipment when events are detected. An event corresponds to a specific condition, among some time-varying conditions...

20050276459 - Method and apparatus for configuring and testing a machine vision detector: Disclosed are systems and methods for configuring a vision detector, wherein a training image is obtained from a production line operating in continuous motion so as to provide conditions substantially identical to those that will apply during actual manufacturing and inspection of objects. A training image can be obtained without...

20050276463 - Visual inspection method and visual inspection apparatus: In a visual inspection method and apparatus, a picture processing unit converts an original picture, obtained by taking a photograph of a BGA illuminated by a ring illuminator from above, using a camera, and labels a binary picture obtained by this binary conversion. Then, it forms a rectangle circumscribing an...

20050276464 - Image analysis for pick and place machines with in situ component placement inspection: The present invention includes a method of determining a location of a component on a workpiece. A before-placement standard image is acquired of an intended placement location on a standard workpiece. Then, a standard component is placed upon the standard workpiece and the placement is verified. An after-placement standard image...

20050276465 - Overlay vernier pattern for measuring multi-layer overlay alignment accuracy and method for measuring the same: An overlay vernier pattern for measuring multi-layer overlay alignment accuracy and a method for measuring the same is provided. A distance between a first alignment mark in a first material layer and a second alignment mark in an underlying second material layer is measured, so as to provide an alignment...

20050276467 - Apparatus for real-time monitoring of a workpiece: An apparatus for real-time monitoring of a workpiece (40) includes a laser diode (12) emitting a light irradiating the workpiece, a digital camera module (20) imaging the workpiece and forming an optical image signal, and a signal processing unit (30) electrically connected with the laser diode and the digital camera...

20050276466 - Inspection system using coordinate measurement machine and associated method: A system and method for identifying defects in a workpiece are provided. The system includes a sensor for non-destructive testing. The system also includes a movable arm carrying the sensor and being pivotally attached to a base. The movable arm includes at least one pivotable joint between the base and...

20050276468 - 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 method comprises detecting starting and ending slices using multiple slices,...

20050276469 - Method for detecting face region using neural network: A method for detecting a face region using a neural network includes a) producing a skin color mask which shows if a pixel value of an input image is close to the skin color, b) determining if a face region exists by making only the pixel which has a color...

20050276471 - Color-spoke processing apparatus and method usable with sequential color display devices: A spoke-processing apparatus usable with sequential color display devices using spokes depending on a color saturation and a luminance of an input color signal. A spoke-processing method usable in sequential color display devices using the spokes includes calculating a color saturation of an input color signal and determining whether the...

20050276470 - Saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus and method: A saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus and method enhances image quality by calculating a saturation level pixel by pixel of an input image and adjusts the saturation of the pixels according to the calculated saturation level. The saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus includes a saturation level calculation unit to calculate a saturation...

20050276472 - System and method for progressively transforming and coding digital data: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space...

20050276473 - Apparatus and method of detecting color gamut in color device and calculating color space inverse transform function: An apparatus and a method of detecting a color gamut of a color device and a method of calculating a color space inverse transform function using the same. The color gamut detecting apparatus includes a color space converter to convert a color space of an input color signal to a...

20050276474 - Gamut mapping apparatus using vector stretching and method thereof: A gamut mapping apparatus and method using a vector stretching that increases lightness and chroma depending on the shape of a gamut under a consistent chromaticity of a color signal of a source device. The gamut mapping apparatus may include a first color space conversion block to convert an input...

20050276475 - Image processing device, image processing method and image processing program: An image processing device generates an output image as a color image wherein each pixel has color information, using a first image as a sparsely color sampled image wherein each pixel has monochromatic information obtained by an image sensor which has multiple pixels each photoelectrically converting light of a plurality...

20050276476 - Method of exposure compensation for simulating the dynamic range of human eyes: A method of exposure compensation for simulating the dynamic of human eye comprises the following steps: sampling the brightness of an image; plotting a brightness level graph; converting the brightness level graph into a histogram of brightness; converting the histogram of brightness into a percentile diagram of brightness; converting the...

20050276477 - Image processing methods and systems: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically crop an image to a desired size. Automating the cropping process, while at the same time providing a high quality, cropped image, can be accomplished by employing a comprehensive approach that includes one or more of contextual cropping...

20050276479 - Methods and systems for computer based collaboration: An exemplary method for computer based collaboration between a plurality of participants communicating over a data network comprises steps of receiving communications data with the computer, using a text analysis tool to identify at least a plurality of k-words from the communications data and a plurality of relations linking at...

20050276478 - Pattern identification apparatus: A pattern identification system includes a platform, a conveying device, an illumination device, a video camera unit, a controller, a programmable identification member and a switching member. The conveying device transports a feeding sample sheet on the platform mounted in the pattern identification apparatus. The illumination device projects light on...

20050276480 - Handwritten input for asian languages: A system and process for helping users enter information in an Asian language is described. In some aspects, input for simplified Chinese and other languages is described with respect to handwritten input....

20050276481 - Particular-region detection method and apparatus, and program therefor: The method and apparatus for detecting particular regions detect one or more particular region candidates in a first image, perform face detection in a region including at least one of the thus detected particular region candidates by using a second image having a scene as same as the first image...

20050276482 - [portable electric apparatus with character recognition function]: A portable electronic apparatus having character recognition, including a body, an image input unit, an image output unit and an instruction input unit. First, the body has a major circuitry and a character recognition circuit, wherein the character recognition circuit, coupled to the host circuit, serves to transform a digital...

20050276483 - Person image retrieval apparatus: According to the present invention, face parts to be compared are set by the comparison target setting section based on the number of images of a group of search target images. Then, a retrieval target image and each image of the group of search target images is compared by the...

20050276484 - Computing dissimilarity measures: Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for computing dissimilarity measures are described. In one aspect, a first set of pixel neighborhood values (PNVs) is computed from respective sets of pixel values of a first image corresponding to different spatially-shifted pixel neighborhoods each encompassing a mutual target pixel in the first image....

20050276485 - Pattern recognition system utilizing an expression profile: When making a clinical diagnosis using gene expression profiles or the like obtained from a DNA microarray, multidimensional data is visualized on a scatter chart so that outliers can be identified and the state of classifications can be recognized. A method comprises calculating said separating hyperplane by applying said pattern...

20050276486 - Data transform for improved compression of multicomponent images: Color image transform coding methods and apparatus which take advantage of redundant information which is normally present in the luminance and chrominance components of a color image are described. The transform coding method of the present invention, can normally provide increased compression and/or better image quality at a given coding...

20050276487 - Hybrid variable length coding method for low bit rate video coding: A method and an apparatus of image compression, and a memory to store a data structure for compression. The method includes, for an ordered series of quantized coefficients of a transform of an image block, forming events from the series of quantized transform coefficients, each event being a run of...

20050276488 - Impulsive noise removal using maximum and minimum neighborhood values: A system and method for removing impulsive noise from a digital signal are disclosed. The system and method determines either a neighborhood maximum and/or a neighborhood minimum for a pixel of interest. The intensity of the pixel of interest is then compared to the neighborhood maximum or the neighborhood minimum...

20050276489 - Picture compressor and picture reproducer: A picture compression apparatus comprises a division device for dividing picture data composed of a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed pixels into units composed of m×n (m and n: arbitrary positive numbers) pixels; a unit code attaching device for attaching a same code to the unit if the pixel value of...

20050276490 - System for displaying character and a method thereof: Disclosed are an image processing system for displaying character information and a method for the same. According to the image processing system, character information is input by a user, and the input character information is combined with received image and audio signals to generate Transport Streams (TSs), which are transmitted...

20050276491 - System and method for progressively transforming and coding digital data: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space...

20050276492 - Method for calculating image difference, apparatus thereof, motion estimation device and image data compression device: A method is provided for calculating an image difference between a present image and a reference image that is older than the present image by each predetermined area....

20050276493 - Selecting macroblock coding modes for video encoding: A method selects an optimal coding mode for each macroblock in a video. Each macroblock can be coded according a number of candidate coding modes. A difference between an input macroblock and a predicted macroblock is determined in a transform-domain. The difference is quantized to yield a quantized difference. An...

20050276494 - System and method for progressively transforming and coding digital data: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space...

20050276495 - Method of providing digital audio broadcasting (dab) slide show including interactive information, apparatus for processing the same, and dab receiver: A method of providing a slide show, the method having the operations: receiving slide show data having interactive data, parsing the received interactive data and outputting data regarding a screen display of the slide show based on a result of the parsing, and receiving the data regarding the screen display...

20050276496 - Image compression for rapid high-quality imaging: The invention relates to lossless, near-lossless, and lossy compression and decompression of digital image data. Image data can be compressed and decompressed on-the-fly with no need for external RAM resources for temporary data storage while compressing/decompressing image data. Implementing the algorithm only requires a very limited amount of silicon and...

20050276499 - Adaptive breakpoint for hybrid variable length coding: A method, a carrier medium, and an apparatus to process a plurality of ordered series of quantized coefficients of a block of an image to reduce the amount of data used to represent the image. The method includes establishing a breakpoint along the ordering of the series to define a...

20050276497 - Extended hybrid variable length coding method for low bit rate video coding: A method and an apparatus of image compression, and a memory to store a data structure for compression. The method includes, for an ordered series of quantized coefficients of a transform of an image block, forming from the series events that are a run of non-zero-valued coefficients in a first...

20050276498 - Video compression using multiple variable length coding processes for multiple classes of transform coefficient blocks: A method and apparatus to variable length code an ordered series of quantized transform coefficients of an image block. The method classifies the series into one of a plurality of classes. Each class has a corresponding coding process that is applicable to the statistical distribution of the coefficients in the...

20050276501 - Image decoding apparatus and its control method: This invention improves the arithmetic precision even for image data in which each component of one pixel is expressed by 8 bits by fully utilizing the 12-bit data processing performance of an Extended sequential DCT-based JPEG decoding/encoding apparatus, so that image deterioration due to JPEG compression which is observed in...

20050276500 - Image encoding apparatus, and image processing apparatus and its control method: This invention generates target encoded data by suppressing an arithmetic precision drop by executing processes such as orthogonal transformation and the like using the number of bits of an input image in place of reducing the number of bits at the time of input upon encoding an image. Upon generating...

20050276503 - Apparatus to measure noise in image signal and method thereof: An apparatus to measure noise in an image signal and a method thereof. The apparatus includes an area division unit to divide an image signal having noise therein into a plurality of areas and to output area information corresponding to the plurality of areas, a variance calculation unit to calculate...

20050276502 - Increasing gamma accuracy in quantized systems: Embodiments for providing increased gamma accuracy in quantized display systems are herein described. Both system and method embodiments are provided to enhance image quality in three primary and multiprimary display systems....

20050276504 - Image clean-up and pre-coding: A method of filtering a digital image is described. A filter kernel is applied to a respective pixel in a set of pixels to smooth noise and preserve spatial frequencies associated with image edges in the digital image in accordance with a first filtering parameter. The filter kernel is a...

20050276505 - Method and apparatus for image enhancement for low bit rate video compression: A method and apparatus for deblocking and edge enhancement of block based digital video includes determining that two blocks share a common boundary; measuring edge activity of the common boundary, comparing the measured edge activity to a first threshold, filtering one or more pixels of the two blocks with a...

20050276506 - Apparatus and method to remove jagging artifact: In an apparatus and a method to remove jagging artifacts, a calculating unit defines a window of a predetermined size based on a current pixel in an input current frame or field, and calculates at least one eigen value and at least one eigen vector to determine a feature of...

20050276507 - System and method for automated correction of digital images: A system and method are provided for correcting an image captured by a digital image capturing device. The method includes calculating a log of a desired correction value based on sample point and a target value for that point and calculating an approximation to the log of illumination based on...

20050276510 - Filtering of noisy images: A method for correcting an image from defects and filtering from Gaussian noise corrects each pixel of the image when it is considered defective and filters it from Gaussian noise in one-pass. The one-pass improves the speed for performing the correcting and filtering. The drawbacks associated with choosing incompatible defect...

20050276509 - Method and system for immediately determining incorrect pixel values of a captured image: A method for immediately determining incorrect pixel values of a captured image on an optical mouse, which determines a quality of an image in a video stream captured by the optical mouse and accordingly finds a motion distance for the optical mouse. The method first computes a set of match...

20050276508 - Methods and systems for reducing optical noise: Methods and Systems for reducing or eliminating the optical noise in acquired images. In one embodiment, the method of this invention includes acquiring two images of an object, where, in each of the images, the object subtends a different angle and orientation with respect to a device utilized to acquire...

20050276511 - Method and apparatus for dimensionally transforming an image without a line buffer: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for serially receiving and dimensionally transforming an image in an ordered sequence of interleaved blocks. Each block comprises an ordered sequence of samples of the image, and the samples of a single block all corresponding to a single color component. The...

20050276512 - Selective deconvolution of an image: A method and system are provided for the selective use of deconvolution to reduce crosstalk between features of an image. The method to select areas of an image for deconvolution comprising the steps of: a) providing an image comprising a plurality of features, wherein each feature is associated with at...

20050276514 - Image monitoring method and system: A system for verifying the accuracy of an image generated by a display processor and rendering engine is disclosed. The system includes a correlator circuit. The correlator circuit is operable to capture image data produced by a rendering engine from a set of input data and determine a correlation value...

20050276513 - Method for characterizing a digital imaging system: A method for use in characterizing a digital imaging system (53) having an array of imaging elements (35), and in particular for measuring the modulation transfer function (sometimes called the spatial frequency response) even in directions (33) at large angles to both horizontal rows and vertical columns of the array...

20050276515 - System for manipulating noise in digital images: An apparatus for analyzing the broadband noise content of a digital image comprising the following: a means of automatically identifying regions of originally constant color in the image by analysis of the variance of pixel values of regions of the image; a means of automatically detecting and discarding regions deemed...

20050276517 - Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames: A method of displaying an image with a display device is provided. The method comprises receiving image data associated with an image, generating a set of three sub-frames using less than all of the image data, and alternating between displaying the set of three sub-frames in first, second, and third...

20050276516 - Interpolation system and method: An interpolation system and method is applicable to image process of data size change. The characteristics of the interpolation system are that some simple operations in the system and method are operated by hardware (operator), while some complicated operations are processed by software. Though the demarcation, the hardware for performing...

20050276518 - Computer graphics system and computer-implemented method for generating coarse-level meshes for multi-resolution surface editing: An arrangement is disclosed for generating a coarse level mesh representing a surface, from a finer level mesh surface representation. The arrangement includes an indicator value generator and a coarse level mesh generator. The indicator value generator, for respective ones of the points in the finer level mesh surface representation,...

20050276519 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: Input raster image data is divided into objects of each attribute. The division results, and charge information representing a consideration accrued from a vectorized process for the division results are displayed. It is designated whether to execute the vectorized process for the displayed division results. The vectorized process of converting...

20050276520 - Methods and systems for document reproduction management: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for associating a hard-copy document with computer-readable information and for accessing that information....

20050271247 - Fire detection method and apparatus: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting fire in a monitored area even if the flames are hidden behind obstructing objects. The steps of this method include: (a) detecting and capturing, at a prescribed frequency, video images of the monitored area, (b) converting the captured images into...

20050271245 - Specified object detection apparatus: Unlike in the prior art in which the correspondence between a feature and a judgment value in an intended area is obtained by a single threshold value, the correspondence of the judgment value is obtained independently for each feature by use of a look-up table or the like. This makes...

20050271246 - Watermark payload encryption methods and systems: The present invention provides a method of securing messages steganographically embedded in media (e.g., printed or electronic objects, audio and video). In one implementation, a message includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first message and a first checksum, which are encrypted with a...

20050271249 - Apparatus for setting image monitoring area and method therefor: The present invention is to provide a method for setting an image monitoring area and an apparatus thereof, comprising setting a trigger parameter and a stop parameter in an image processing software, calculating and analyzing a series of continuous image frames taken in a predetermined space by an image fetching...

20050271252 - Gesture detecting method, gesture detecting apparatus, and recording medium: A gesture detecting apparatus prepares time series data of coordinates of specific part of object gesturing, calculates velocity vector of the specific part from the time series data of coordinates, to obtain time-series velocity vectors, detects dynamic periods when displacement per unit time of the specific part is larger than...

20050271250 - Intelligent event determination and notification in a surveillance system: A method that determines whether a detected event is a significant event requiring action in a video surveillance system. Determined event attributes and object attributes are analyzed to determine if the potential event should trigger an action by the surveillance system. If the potential event should trigger an action, at...

20050271251 - Method for automatically reducing stored data in a surveillance system: A method of managing video data storage in a video surveillance system is disclosed. The disclosed methods extend the amount of calendar time for which video and image data can be stored on a storage device. The disclosed methods apply decision criteria, such as rules, configuration data and preferences, to...

20050271253 - Target detection system using radar and image processing: A target detection system using an EHF radar and the image processing is disclosed, in which the processing time is shortened by mutually complementing the disadvantages of the EHF radar and the image processing thereby to improve the reliability. The system comprises a radar, an image acquisition unit and an...

20050271248 - Vehicular target acquisition and tracking using a generalized hough transform for missile guidance: A generalized Hough transform is used to acquire and track vehicular targets for missile guidance. This is accomplished by recognizing that most vehicles have silhouettes that may be described as a “rounded rectangle”. The position and shape of such rounded rectangles is described in terms of 5 parameters (xc, yc,...

20050271254 - Adaptive template object classification system with a template generator: A method of performing object classification within a collision warning and countermeasure system (10) of a vehicle (12) includes the generation of an object detection signal in response to the detection of an object (52). An image detection signal is generated and includes an image representation of the object (52)....

20050271255 - Authentication device using anatomical information and method thereof: Collation information comprises anatomical information, such as finger print feature information, etc., and identification information. For the identification information, the serial number or equipment description of a device by which the anatomical information is collected, information about a route taken between a collection device and an authentication device or serial...

20050271256 - Security system and a method of operating same: A security system is disclosed as including input devices allowing input of access codes into the system; a door operatively associated with the input devices, the closure member being lockable to prevent access through an entrance; and the system is set to perform a first set of function(s) upon receipt...

20050271257 - Photo service system: A photo service system according to the present invention is provided with: a first storage control device which stores unique visitor identification information stored in an IC chip of an admission ticket equipped with IC chip and a registered face image, a face image of a visitor who holds the...

20050271260 - Device, method and program for removing pores: To remove pores stably even in a gray image of low quality. A ridge density threshold calculating means calculates the threshold of a density value considered as a ridge based on a fingerprint image density. A pore extracting means compares and evaluates densities of a group of nearby pixels around...

20050271259 - Method for detecting the relative movement of a finger in relation to a sensor surface: A method and system for detecting the relative movement of a finger in relation to a sensor surface. The method includes the steps of: (a) taking and temporarily storing a first partial image of the finger in a first subarea of the sensor surface, (b) tracking the movement of the...

20050271258 - Multispectral imaging biometrics: Methods and systems are provided for performing a biometric measurement on an individual. A purported skin site of the individual is illuminated under a plurality of distinct optical conditions during a single illumination session. Light scattered beneath a surface of the purported skin site is received separately for each of...

20050271261 - Apparatus and method for detecting defects of pattern on object: In a defect detection apparatus (1) acquired is two-dimensional image data of a swath which is a strip-like area corresponding to one of a plurality of divided patterns which are obtained by dividing a pattern block on one die of a substrate (9). In the defect detection apparatus (1), a...

20050271262 - Method and apparatus for inspecting a mura defect, and method of manufacturing a photomask: A mura defect inspecting apparatus 10 inspects the mura defect occurring in a repetitive pattern which is on a photomask 50, and which has a large number of unit patterns that are regularly arranged. The apparatus has a light receiver 13, an analyzing device 14, and an evaluating device 15....

20050271263 - Method of detecting projecting adherend and method for producing super plug using that method: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method of detecting protrudent matters adhered to surfaces of metallic materials when connecting them, and a method of making spark plugs using the same, enabling to detect at high precision occurrence of the protrudent adhered matters caused by...

20050271264 - Three-dimensional image measuring apparatus and method: The present invention provides a three-dimensional image measuring apparatus and method capable of measuring projections and depressions on a surface of an object with fine precision, as well as ensuring stable convergence, even for stereo images with significant project distortion. The apparatus includes an area setting section 56 for setting...

20050271266 - Automated rip current detection system: A system substitutes digitized images for human vision, in determining the presence or absence of rip tides among sea water wave patterns at a public swimming beach. Computer analysis of these images involves image pre-filtering that enhances the telltale signs of rip tides, before the digital data is processed for...

20050271265 - Method and system for classifying scanned-media: A method for automatically classifying a printed image, includes scanning the printed image; selecting an n by n block of pixels from the scanned image; calculating an array of DCT coefficients of the pixel block, wherein the array of calculated DCT coefficients are representative of spatial frequency and spatial orientation...

20050271268 - Methods for selecting high visual contrast colors in user-interface design: The invention relates to assessing the level of visual contrast between foreground and background in visually presented information, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining whether a given set of foreground and background colors creates sufficient visual contrast to ensure legibility for the general population, as well...

20050271267 - Secondary color modification of a digital image: An ellipsoid chroma region of a chroma plane may be defined to specify a range of chromas for which a secondary chroma modification is to be applied, and to determine an output chroma for each chroma of the chroma plane based on the ellipsoid chroma region. Further, two or more...

20050271269 - Synchronization of video and data: A system including a video stream and a data stream. The system synchronizes the data stream to different portions of the video stream....

20050271270 - Method of determining color composition of an image: A method of determining color composition of an image includes calculating an intensity value and a saturation value for each pixel of the image, comparing the calculated intensity and saturation values for each pixel with first and second predetermined threshold values, respectively, and labeling pixels with calculated intensity values above...

20050271273 - Foreground extraction using iterated graph cuts: Techniques are disclosed to provide more efficient and improved extraction of a portion of a scene without requiring excessive user interaction. More particularly, the extraction may be achieved by using iterated graph cuts. In an implementation, a method includes segmenting an image into a foreground portion and a background portion...

20050271272 - Identifying selected pixels in a digital image: The present application provides for accurately identifying a selection of pixels in a digital image. A pixel edgewalk procedure utilizes pixel reference points situated around a pixel, such as at pixel vertices, to determine where to draw an outline to encompass selected pixels. Each pixel reference point is represented by...

20050271274 - Image processing apparatus and method, and program: An image processing apparatus for processing an image includes the following elements. A repeating-component extracting unit extracts repeating components, which are repeatedly appearing, similar components in the image, from the image. A repeating-component location adjusting unit adjusts the location of the repeating components by equally locating the repeating components extracted...

20050271271 - Segmenting a series of 2d or 3d images: The invention relates to an apparatus having means for segmenting a series of 2D or 3D images obtained by monitoring a patient's organ or other body part, wherein a first segmentation is carried out on a first image of the series of images and wherein the first segmentation is used...

20050271275 - Text character identification system and method thereof: A method for text character identification. The method acquires multiple connected components (CCs) in a binary image, and each CC has a pattern property value. The method determines at least one property limit based on the pattern property values, generates a filtering rule according to the property limit, and determines...

20050271276 - System and method for toboggan-based object segmentation using distance transform: A method of segmenting an object in a digital image comprising providing a digital image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a N-dimensional space, selecting a region of interest in the image, determining a threshold intensity value for points in said region of interest,...

20050271277 - Method and system for image classification and halftone frequency detection: A system and method for classifying an image block of a printed image into contone, halftone, or error diffusion classes, includes scanning the printed image; selecting an n by n block of pixels from the scanned image in a luminance channel; calculating an array of DCT coefficients of the pixel...

20050271278 - System and method for dynamic fast tobogganing: A method of identifying an object in a digital image includes finding a point in a digital image that is a concentration location, initializing a cluster with said concentration location, adding the neighboring points of the concentration location to a list, selecting a neighbor point with an extremal potential value...

20050271279 - Sign based human-machine interaction: Communication is an important issue in man-to-robot interaction. Signs can be used to interact with machines by providing user instructions or commands. Embodiment of the present invention include human detection, human body parts detection, hand shape analysis, trajectory analysis, orientation determination, gesture matching, and the like. Many types of shapes...

20050271280 - System or method for classifying images: A system or method (collectively “classification system”) is disclosed for classifying sensor images into one of several pre-defined classifications. Mathematical moments relating to various features or attributes in the sensor image are used to populated a vector of attributes, which are then compared to a corresponding template vector of attribute...

20050271281 - Clustering: Systems and methods for performing clustering of a document image are disclosed. A property of an extracted mark from a document is compared to the properties of the existing clusters. If the property of the mark fails to match any of the properties of the existing clusters, the mark is...

20050271282 - Method of encoding and decoding character trains: A method of coding and decoding of character trains in data sets which can be called up in computer networks, whereby the character train has an address function or serves to call up an address function, in particular serving as an email address. By conversion of clear-text character trains to...

20050271283 - System and method for the lossless progressive streaming of images over a communication network: A lossless image streaming system for the transmission of images over a communication network. The system eliminates the necessity to store a compressed version of the original image, by losslessly streaming ROI data using the original stored image. The imaging system also avoids the computationally intensive task of compression of...

20050271285 - Image display control apparatus, image display apparatus, image displaying method and program thereof: An image display control apparatus for controlling a display to display an image on the basis of coded data of an input image encoded layer by layer in a plurality of layers, includes: a decoder that decodes coded data of parts of layers composing an input image to image data;...

20050271284 - Printing quality enhancement via graphic/text detection method in compression (jpeg) image: The present invention relates to a printing quality enhancement via graphic/text detection method in compression (JPEG) image, wherein an unit of a n×n pixels of plural compressed subimages of a compressed image is taken as a minimum feature extraction unit, and the subimages are taken as input unit, and after...

20050271287 - Dynamic detection of blocking artefacts: The present invention relates to a method of processing a sequence of digital images, intended to detect, in a dynamical manner, a grid comprising blocking artefacts. Said method comprises the steps of, a) detecting (100) a current spatial grid (SG(t)) within a portion of the image constituted by a current...

20050271286 - Method and encoder for coding a digital video signal: The present invention relates to a method and an encoder for coding an input digital video signal comprising a luminance component with luminance values. The method comprises the steps of:- transforming said video sequence from the original spatial representation into fewer representation data comprising transformed luminance values;—performing a quantization on...

20050271288 - Image information encoding device and method, and image infomation decoding device and method: The present invention is directed to an image information encoding apparatus adapted for performing intra-image encoding on the basis of resolution of color components and color space of an input image signal. In the image information encoding apparatus (10), an intra prediction unit (23) serves to adaptively change block size...

20050271289 - Image region of interest encoding: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for compression include decomposing an image into wavelet transform coefficients, applying a first quantizer to the wavelet transform coefficients, and applying a second quantizer to a set of wavelet transform coefficients representing a background of the image. The method can include rounding the...

20050271290 - Lossless region of interest coding: In a method and a device for transmission of S+P transform coded digitized images a mask is calculated by means of which a region of interest (ROI) can be transmitted lossless whereby the ROI can be transmitted and received lossless and still maintaining a good compression ratio for the image...

20050271291 - Image processing method for display device: An image processing method for a display device comprises the steps of: receiving an image signal, determining the maximum brightness of the image signal, dividing the maximum brightness of an imager by the maximum brightness of the image signal to obtain a gain value, multiplying the image signal by the...

20050271292 - Lenticular imaging file manipulation method: A lenticular interlaced image file manipulation/screening method is disclosed. Frame files (which may or may not have already have been compressed) can be fractionally scaled in a coextending lenticular direction to obtain fractionally scaled frame files. Alternatively, frame files can be interlaced to create an interlaced frame file, which can...

20050271293 - Method of and system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography: A method of and a system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography are provided, wherein the photoelectric projections are generated from the projection data acquired using at least two x-ray spectra for scanned objects; wherein a neighboring scheme is provided; the method comprises computing the statistics including...

20050271294 - Image binarization apparatus, image binarization method, image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and a computer product: In a digital camera, a CPU divides a multi-valued image into blocks and selects object blocks, which are to be the object of processing. A CCD outputs luminance values of the multi-valued image. A low luminance threshold value setter sets low luminance threshold values on the basis of mean luminance...

20050271295 - Image correction apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which performs correction only to a high-brightness portion generated in a particular region, in which a decrease in brightness is necessary, and glaze is removed or reduced. A correction process in which the brightness or the lightness is decreased is...

20050271296 - Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: Input image data is divided into a plurality of blocks. The skew angle of each divided block with respect to a predetermined direction is detected. Image data input from an input unit is converted into vector data for each divided block. The vector data corresponding to the divided block is...

20050271297 - Methods using recurrence quantification analysis to analyze and generate images: Methods for identifying and quantifying recurrent and deterministic patterns in digital images are provided. The methods, which are based on Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA), generate similarity or dissimilarity distance matrices for digital images that may be used to calculate a variety of quantitative characteristics for the images. Also provided are...

20050271298 - Noise measurement apparatus for image signal and method thereof: A noise measurement apparatus and a method thereof capable of reducing an error in measuring a noise of incoming image signals. A picture of an incoming image signal is broken into at least two blocks and an average brightness value with respect to each block is calculated in a sequence....

20050271299 - Image transforming method, image transforming device and multiprojection system: An image transforming device wherein one input image or a plurality of input images captured or created under different condition are geometrically transformed to create an output image, including: an input geometrical profile calculating section to calculate an input geometrical profile directing to a coordinate relation between pixel positions of...

20050271302 - Gpu-based image manipulation method for registration applications: Exemplary systems and methods for performing registration applications are provided. An exemplary system includes a central processing unit (CPU) for transferring a plurality of images to a graphics processing unit (GPU); wherein the GPU performs a registration application on the plurality of images to produce a registration result, and wherein...

20050271300 - Image registration system and method: A method of characterizing alignment between two images includes receiving a first data set representative of a reference image, receiving a second data set representative of a target image, processing the first and second data sets that includes calculating an autocorrelation of the first data set to obtain a third...

20050271301 - Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration: A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation includes storing on the platform a reference perspective view and parameters of a primary mapping transformation corresponding to a mapping between the orthogonal photographic...

20050271304 - Methods and apparatus for automated true object-based image analysis and retrieval: The present invention is an automated and extensible system for the analysis and retrieval of images based on region-of-interest (ROI) analysis of one or more true objects depicted by an image. The system uses a Regions Of Interest (ROI) database that is a relational or analytical database containing searchable vectors...

20050271303 - System and method for managing stereoscopic viewing: Methods and systems that help control when and how stereoscopic content should be viewed, based on both geometry of the viewing system and the geometry used to generate the content are shown. One example embodiment utilizes the specifications of the system used to capture the image data to determine the...

20050271305 - Substituting images in copies based on digital watermarks: Digital watermarking is provided in a printed photograph. The digital watermarking includes an identifier. The printed photograph is scanned and the digital watermark is decoded to obtain the identifier. The identifier is used to obtain a substitute image for use when generating a copy of the printed photograph. A user...

20050265575 - Class of symmetric lattices for quantization and data embedding: Methods and systems for quantization and data embedding are described. In at least some embodiments, a transform is applied on an image that is to be watermarked and statistics associated with the image are computed. The computed statistics are quantized using a symmetric lattice, and a watermark is computed using...

20050265577 - Real-time software video/audio transmission and display with content protection against camcorder piracy: The invention presents new methods of compression, transmission, and decompression of video signals providing increased speed and image quality and for protecting against camcorder piracy. Methods based on selecting an anchor frame, wavelet transformation with decimation and time stamping can provide one-pass encoding of signals in which the amount of...

20050265576 - Video watermarking method and apparatus, and video content protecting method and apparatus using video watermarking: Provided are a video watermarking method and apparatus and a video content protecting method and apparatus using video watermarking. The method includes detecting scene transition in a video sequence, calculating an image complexity in a scene using one or more frames included in the scene and determining a watermark embedding...

20050265578 - Method for searching for a phone number in a wireless terminal: A method for searching for a phone number in a wireless terminal. Image search mode is entered when an image search is selected in phone book search mode. Preferably all or at least a subset of the image data stored in a phone book are displayed in the image search...

20050265582 - Method and system for tracking and behavioral monitoring of multiple objects moving through multiple fields-of-view: A computerized method of video analysis that includes receiving several series of video frames generated by a number of image sensors. Each image sensor has a field-of-view. The image sensors monitor a portion of a monitored environment. The computerized method also includes concurrently tracking, independent of calibration, multiple objects within...

20050265581 - Object detection: Video data processing apparatus, the video data comprising a sequence of images comprises: an object tracker operable to detect the presence of one or more objects within an image and to track a detected object across successive images; an identity associator operable to associate an identity with an object tracked...

20050265580 - System and method for a motion visualizer: A system for capturing and displaying the motion of an object includes a first equipment for capturing a first set of visual images of the object's motion over time and a computing device for receiving a signal of the first set of visual images of the object's motion and converting...

20050265583 - Three dimensional object pose estimation which employs dense depth information: Dense range data obtained at real-time rates is employed to estimate the pose of an articulated figure. In one approach, the range data is used in combination with a model of connected patches. Each patch is the planar convex hull of two circles, and a recursive procedure is carried out...

20050265579 - Vehicle lane detector: In a vehicle lane detector that detects a lane sign on a road surface, a condition for determining that the lane sign is detected is changed based on one of a frequency and a ratio of detection error of the lane sign....

20050265584 - Imaging systems and methods: Imaging systems which can operate in both visible spectrum and the near infrared spectrum, optionally incorporating the implementation of a long pass filter on an imaging camera. The imaging systems can detect edges of objects in various weather conditions, including in ambient conditions which include substantial fog, precipitation, or other...

20050265587 - Fingerprint image database and method of matching fingerprint sample to fingerprint images: A database of fingerprint images and methods of using such a database are disclosed. The database may have at least two fingerprint images that are impression images produced by a single finger. Each impression image shows a different portion of the friction ridge surface of the finger. Methods using the...

20050265586 - Multispectral biometric imaging: Methods and systems are provided for performing a biometric measurement on an individual. A purported skin site of the individual disposed relative to a platen is illuminated under distinct optical conditions during a single illumination session. At least one of the optical conditions includes illuminating the purported skin site with...

20050265585 - Multispectral liveness determination: Methods and systems are provided for determining a liveness state of purported tissue. The purported tissue is illuminated under a plurality of distinct optical conditions during a single illumination session. Light scattered from the purported tissue is received separately for each of the plurality of distinct optical conditions. A multispectral...

20050265588 - Method and system for digital image based flourescent in situ hybridization (fish) analysis: A method and system for automated digital fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) image analysis. Luminance parameters from a digital image of a biological tissue sample to which a fluorescent compound (e.g., LSI-HER-2/neu and CEP-17 dyes) have been applied are analyzed to determine plural regions of interest. Fluorescent color signals in...

20050265589 - Method for dynamic characterization of density fields in a compound structure: A method supplies a dynamic vector map of properties within a region or a unified suite of quantification functionality for property functions, such as density functions, conduction functions (e.g., thermal conduction, electrical conduction, atomic or subatomic mass conduction, macromolecular mass conduction), defined on, defined in or defining a three-dimensional space,...

20050265590 - Systems, methods and apparatus for specialized filtered back-projection reconstruction for digital tomosynthesis: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in one aspect, a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object is constructed from a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images of the object using a specialized filter. The specialized filter implements a linear ramp function, a windowing function, and/or a polynomial function. The...

20050265591 - Document processing system using full image scanning: A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits the unique identification of each bill processed. The system further comprises a customer identification means and means...

20050265592 - Image data correction method, lithography simulation method, image data correction system, program , mask and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device: An image data correction method includes preparing correction data for correcting a distortion of an image obtained by an image acquiring section, acquiring outline data of a desired pattern obtained by the image acquiring section, and correcting the outline data of the desired pattern using the correction data....

20050265593 - Indentation hardness test system: An indentation hardness test system includes a frame including an attached indenter, a movable stage for receiving a part attached to the frame, a camera, a display, a processor and a memory subsystem. The camera captures images of the part, which can then be provided on the display. The processor...

20050265594 - Board inspection apparatus and method: First and second inspection stages 2 and 3 are rotatably configured and provided with four A-side inspection suction tables 22 and four B-side inspection suction tables 32. Distances between A- and B-side inspection suction tables 22 and 32 and their corresponding rotary shaft are changed by extension/contraction operations of air...

20050265595 - Size checking method and apparatus: A pair of edges that are located at ends as viewed in the widthwise direction of a design pattern are recognized. On the basis of the edge direction in which the paired edges are recognized, edge points on the design pattern are detected as sub-pixels. The widthwise dimension of the...

20050265596 - Device for monitoring an area of coverage on a work tool: A device for monitoring an area of coverage on a work tool may comprise a lighting unit, a camera, and an evaluation unit. The lighting unit may be adapted to emit light rays for illuminating the area of coverage. The camera may be adapted to detect two-dimensional images of the...

20050265597 - Color information acquisition apparatus, color information acquisition method, and color information acquisition program product: Conventionally, acquisition of color values from a color chart takes substantial labor and time. According to this invention, when the color value of each patch composing a predetermined line is input with each line of the color chart composed of a plurality of patches as the measurement unit, a measured...

20050265598 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, shape diagnostic apparatus, shape diagnostic method and program: An image processing apparatus for correcting an image of a subject, includes: a first illuminated image acquisition unit for acquiring the first reference member image that is an image a reference member having a plurality of normal directions taken under the first illumination condition; the second illuminated image acquisition unit...

20050265599 - Methods and devices for controlling image contrast: A method for controlling the contrast of an image is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing display data of the frame, wherein the display data of the frame corresponds to a plurality of pixels; obtaining a gray-level value of at least one pixel according to the display data...

20050265600 - Systems and methods for adjusting pixel classification using background detection: A pixel classification method for classifying pixels of an image by determining a background intensity level of an image which is based on substantially all of the pixels of the image. The method also involves classifying the pixels of the image and checking the classification of the pixel based on...

20050265601 - Watershed segmentation to improve detection of spherical and ellipsoidal objects using cutting planes: In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of detecting a desired object at a candidate pixel from an image is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) selecting a representative point in the desired object; (b) determining first representative cross-sections of the desired object by passing...

20050265602 - Document processing device and document processing method: The present invention provides a document processing device including: a general feature vector memory that stores feature vectors of a shape for each of plural characters; an input unit that optically reads in a document; a extracting unit that extracts feature vectors from the shapes of characters in a document...

20050265603 - Image processing: An image processing method for selecting a subset of n (where n is two or more) images representative of a test set of images comprises the step of: detecting a degree of similarity between images in the test set of images, so that the subset of images comprises those n...

20050265604 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: An image processing apparatus for detecting, at high precision, the contours of the eyes and the lips from an image including a shot of the face is provided. The apparatus includes an image input portion used to input an image, a feature point detecting portion that detects plural feature points...

20050265605 - Object recognition system: An object recognition system utilizes a mask locator for extracting a mask area (M) from within a subject image in order to recognize the mask area (M) with a subject image. The mask locator (40) refers to density gradient directional images respectively converted from an image size template and the...

20050265606 - Method, apparatus, and program for detecting abnormal patterns: The positions of comparative tissue are more accurately set, in an abnormal pattern detecting apparatus that compares abnormal pattern candidates against healthy tissue having similar tissue structures to judge whether the candidates are abnormal patterns, to improve judgment accuracy. A comparative region image setting means searches for images that are...

20050265607 - Multimodal high-dimensional data fusion for classification and identification: A method is provided for evaluating identity of an object, the method including: converting feature information representing the object to a plurality of mathematically defined components; grouping the components into multiple modalities; producing respective first prediction information for each respective modality wherein the respective prediction information for each respective modality...

20050265608 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium thereof: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a coefficient correction unit for correcting only a high frequency coefficient situated adjacent to a tile boundary of an encoded image data divided into non-overlapping tiles. The high frequency coefficient is corrected during a process of decoding the encoded...

20050265610 - Circuit and method for decoding an encoded version of an image having a first resolution directly into a decoded version of the image having a second resolution: An image processing circuit includes a processor that receives an encoded portion of a first version of an image. The processor decodes this encoded portion directly into a decoded portion of a second version of the image, the second version having a resolution that is different than the resolution of...

20050265609 - Optical disc apparatus: In a screen saver image creation mode, a microprocessor reads, from a DVD placed on a tray, original data for a screen saver image and the contents of a text file having parameters specifying the background color, the motion, and the size of the screen saver image, and automatically creates...

20050265611 - Method and system for motion compensation in a temporal sequence of images: A method and system for performing motion compensation in a temporal sequence of images include performing a conjugate gradient maximization of a similarity measure between two images, based on the local cross-correlation of corresponding regions to obtain a displacement field for warping one of the images. The non-singularity of the...

20050265612 - 3d wavelet video coding and decoding method and corresponding device: The invention relates to a three-dimensional (3D) video coding method applied to a bitstream corresponding to an original video sequence that has been divided into successive groups of frames (GOFs). This coding method, applies to each successive GOF first a spatio-temporal analysis step, itself comprising a motion estimation sub-step, a...

20050265614 - Graphics display systems with data compression and methods of performing data compression of graphics data: Graphics display systems include a graphics data compression circuit having a data encoder therein. The data encoder is configured to compress second color graphics data to be rendered as a second pixel of a display into a data string containing a data field and a header field. The header field...

20050265613 - Image coding apparatus and method, and image decoding apparatus and method: There is provided an image encoder (10) including a difference calculator (12) which substrates a wavelet transform coefficient (D17) of a preceding frame supplied from a memory (17) from a wavelet transform coefficient (D11) of a current frame to generate a difference coefficient (D12). The image encoder (10) includes also...

20050265615 - Simplified predictive video encoder: In a video coding method, it is determined to code input video data according a technique selected from the group of: (a) intra-coding, (b) inter-coding without a residual and (c) inter-coding with a residual, wherein inter-coding codes the input video data with reference to coded video data at another time....

20050265617 - Block area wavelet transform picture encoding apparatus: In wavelet transform encoding, high-quality encoding is to be realized by enabling picture quality control from one fractional area to another. An input picture 100 is read out in an amount corresponding to a number of lines required for wavelet transform and buffered in a memory unit 6. The input...

20050265616 - Scalable predictive coding method and apparatus: A scalable predictive coder in which the current frame of data is predicted at the enhancement-layer by processing and combining the reconstructed signal at: (i) the current base-layer (or lower layers) frame; and (ii) the previous enhancement-layer frame. The combining rule takes into account the compressed prediction error of the...

20050265618 - Ordered data compression system and methods: Methods and systems are provided for encoding, transmission and decoding of vectorized input data, for example, video or audio data. A convex invariance learning framework is established for processing input data or a given data type. Each input vector is associated with a variable transformation matrix that acts on the...

20050265620 - Image display apparatus, image display method and image display program: An image display apparatus having: an image display section to display images; a data transmitting section to transmit image data to the display section; and a data processor to update images on the display section in a predetermined order by processing the image data between the display section and the...

20050265619 - Image providing method and device: Visual-field information including information on sight-line direction (theta, phi) and on field angle (gamma) in visual-field area of input fish-eye image is input in real-time. From the input visual-field information, a drawing area of a plane is calculated in real-time that is orthogonal to the sight-line direction and has an...

20050265621 - Realtime 2d deconvolution system and method: A real time 2D deconvolution system and method for processing a time sequence, or video sequence, of microscopy images. A system is provided that includes a first algorithm for processing a first image in the set of 2D images, wherein the first algorithm calculates an estimated point spread function (PSF)...

20050265622 - Contour emphasizing circuit for emphasizing contour of image: A contour emphasizing circuit according to the present invention comprises a line memory circuit 11 for retaining image data of each scanning line, an image data retaining circuit 12 comprised of a combination of delay elements for delaying the image data per pixel, a contour emphasizing signal generating circuit 13...

20050265623 - Method of coding artefacts reduction: A method to reduce coding artifacts within a discrete decoded picture includes a spatial and/or temporal filtering with respective filter characteristics dependent on an image quality value (Q). Preferably, the spatial filtering includes a deblocking filtering, wherein the deblocking filter operation decreases with an increasing image quality value (Q) and/or...

20050265624 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus provided with: an edge correction unit for, based on a level of a pixel value of an edge area of an image, correcting the pixel value of the edge area of the image; and a halftone processing unit for carrying out a first halftone processing on...

20050265626 - Image processor and face detector using the same: An image processor is provided, which has the capability of detecting an object such as a human face from an image taken against the sun with high accuracy. An image signal provided from an image pickup unit is adjusted at an analog gain by an image adjuster. An output of...

20050265625 - Systems and methods for optimal dynamic range adjustment of scanned images: A method for dynamic range adjustment of image data of a captured image by determining a white point of an image. The method also involves determining a black point of the image, classifying pixels of the image, and determining an offset value for a pixel of the image based on...

20050265628 - False contour reduction device, display device, false contour reduction method, and false contour reduction program: A false contour reduction device reduces the occurrence of false contours on a display screen. The false contour reduction device includes a false contour occurrence pixel detection circuit, a specific color pixel detection circuit, and a false contour reduction processing circuit. The false contour occurrence pixel detection circuit detect at...

20050265627 - Noise reduction apparatus: A noise reduction apparatus includes a subtracter receives a motion video signal and finds a difference signal indicative of a difference from a motion video signal preceding by 1 frame and from which noise is removed, a first multiplier executes multiplication so as to increase/decrease the difference signal corresponding to...

20050265629 - Signal processing method and system for noise removal and signal extraction: A signal processing method and system combining smooth level wavelet pre-processing together with artificial neural networks all in the wavelet domain for signal denoising and extraction. Upon receiving a signal corrupted with noise, an n-level decomposition of the signal is performed using a discrete wavelet transform to produce a smooth...

20050265630 - Illustration producing apparatus, illustration producing method, control program and readable recording medium: An apparatus for producing an illustration comprises an omnidirectional camera of capturing an omnidirectional image, a computational processing section of converting the omnidirectional image to a line image, and a display section of displaying the line image....

20050265632 - Device and method for forming an image composed of a plurality of sub-areas: The invention relates to a method of and a device for forming an image which is composed of a plurality of sub-areas, a read-out unit being associated with each sub-area and image data of adjoining image areas of neighboring sub-areas being evaluated in order to mitigate differences in amplification, which...

20050265631 - System and method for mosaicing digital ortho-images: The present invention provides a system and method for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a...

20050265633 - Low latency pyramid processor for image processing systems: A video processor that uses a low latency pyramid processing technique for fusing images from multiple sensors. The imagery from multiple sensors is enhanced, warped into alignment, and then fused with one another in a manner that provides the fusing to occur within a single frame of video, i.e., sub-frame...

20050265634 - Image transmission apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image transmission program storage medium: An image transmission apparatus comprises: a transmission section that transmits images to an image processing apparatus for applying an image processing to the images upon a decision of processing contents; an image selection section that select an image from among the images transmitted from the transmission section in accordance with...

20050265635 - Method and system for searching for images based on color and shape of a selected image: A method and system that allows a user to find images using a query by example is disclosed. Images similar to the selected image are retrieved based on color or shape. Each clip in a clip catalog is assigned a color metric and a wavelet, i.e., shape, metric. The selected...