Image analysis inventions 06/06

20060140440 - Reversible watermarking of digital signals: The invention relates to methods, devices, a system of devices and a signal where additional information is embedded in media content. The system includes a device (10) providing additional information (O, D) in a signal (y) having media content, comprising a first mapping unit (14) mapping the amplitude values of...

20060140442 - Steganographic method: A steganographic method for embedding a message in a printed digital image includes the steps of separating the color plane having a color closest to the background color of a target print sheet from the remainder of the image, constructing storage blocks including parallel lines or rectangles within the color...

20060140441 - Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities: An image is processed to encode a digital watermark, with different regions thereof processed using different levels of watermark intensity. In an image comprised of elements of differing sizes (e.g., halftone shapes of different sizes, or lines of different width), the different regions can be defined by reference to the...

20060140444 - Human face identification means in security system: A means in a security system to identify a genuine human face includes: a) generating a subject picture to be tested; b) determining if the subject picture gives features of a human face; e) if yes, the temperature in the subject picture being detected; and f) comparing the detected temperature...

20060140445 - Method and apparatus for capturing digital facial images optimally suited for manual and automated recognition: The invention details how to capture very high quality face images in demanding environments for either manual review or automated recognition algorithms. By dynamically controlling a host of imaging parameters and segmenting the field of view into regions just around the faces, or one region per face in the field...

20060140443 - Method and apparatus for distributed analyses of images: A method and apparatus for intelligent distributed analyses of images including capturing the images and analyzing the captured images, where feature information is extracted from the captured images. The extracted feature information is used in determining whether a predefined condition is met, and the extracted feature information is transmitted for...

20060140449 - Apparatus and method for detecting vehicle: A vehicle detection apparatus has a classifier that receives features of an image and judges whether the image is a vehicle. The features extracted from the picked-up image are supplied to the classifier so that judgment can be made of whether the image is the vehicle. If the judgment result...

20060140448 - Image capturing apparatus and navigation system: The present invention provides a portable image capturing apparatus having also a navigation function while preventing increase in the size and manufacturing cost of the apparatus. As a part for displaying a guide screen of a navigation system, a rear LCD capable of displaying a high-definition image of an image...

20060140446 - Method and apparatus for determining the position of a vehicle seat: Systems and methods are provided for editing an image of a vehicle interior to isolate the occupant of a vehicle seat. An image generator (102) generates an image of a vehicle interior. A contour generator (104) produces a contour image from the generated image. A model selector (106) selects a...

20060140447 - Vehicle-monitoring device and method using optical flow: Provided is a vehicle detection/tracking device that allows vehicle detection and then tracking using a camera focusing around a camera-mounted vehicle. To this end, an optical flow is acquired from video data input through a camera mounted in a vehicle during driving of the vehicle. A background optical flow, an...

20060140450 - Human tracking apparatus and method, storage medium storing program executing the method, and mobile electronic system including the apparatus: A human tracking apparatus and a human tracking method, a storing medium storing a program for executing the method, and a mobile electronic system including the apparatus. The human tracking apparatus includes: an upper body location detection module detecting at least one piece of upper body location for a human;...

20060140451 - Motion detection method: A motion detection method makes use of a reference sensor and a plurality of comparison sensors of a motion detection module to capture detection data. With the operation of a domain transformation and the use of discriminants (for direction, the number of times of movement, and speed), the number of...

20060140452 - Computer user detection apparatus and associated method: A detection apparatus is for a computer to detect the presence or absence of a computer user. The absence of a user can trigger a computer display to power down, while the detected presence of a user can trigger the display to power back up, and, optionally, require a log...

20060140453 - Three-dimensional ear biometrics system and method: A method of automatic human identification includes matching an image of a subject's ear against a database of images of ears from identified people to identify the subject....

20060140454 - Iris imaging using reflection from the eye: A rapid iris acquisition, tracking, and imaging system can be used at longer standoff distances and over larger capture volumes, without the active cooperation of subjects. The captured iris images can be used for biometric identification. Light illuminates the subjects' eyes. Eye reflection from the eyes is used to steer...

20060140455 - Method and component for image recognition: A method and system for image recognition in a collection of digital images includes training image classifiers and retrieving a sub-set of images from the collection. For each image in the collection, any regions within the image that correspond to a face are identified. For each face region and any...

20060140460 - Biometric system: A biometric system for obtaining a biometric enrolment measurement is described. The system comprises a biometric capture unit for capturing biometric data from a user and a control means for producing a biometric match template there from. The control means also analyses the template to determine if the enrolment measurement...

20060140459 - Contact image sensing module with movement detecting function: A contact image sensing module with movement detecting function has a main circuit substrate, a linear sensor array, at least a movement detecting element, a light source, a light-guiding device, and a detecting surface. The main substrate is a flex-rigid composite substrate having a structure making the linear sensor array...

20060140457 - Finger test site block: The present invention relates to a finger sampling site selector comprising a peg and an image of a hand on a base with openings in the base corresponding to sampling locations on the hand. The peg is inserted into the opening corresponding to the current sampling location and serves to...

20060140458 - Fingerprint scanning device and electronic device with fingerprint scanning function: A fingerprint scanning device and an electronic device with a fingerprint scanning function are proposed. The fingerprint scanning device has a contact image sensing module, a signal conversion controller, a module controller and an interface controller. The contact image sensing module captures a fingerprint image. The signal conversion controller converts...

20060140456 - Method of determining the living character of an element carrying a fingerprint: The present invention concerns a method of determining the living character of an element carrying a fingerprint, consisting of making impedance measurements at various points on the said element by means of electrodes. The method according to the invention is characterised in that it consists of determining whether the said...

20060140461 - Mobile communication device having fingerprint recognition sensor: There is provided a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a housing, a fingerprint recognition sensor for inputting fingerprint data, a rotational unit rotatably coupled to a portion of the housing where a keypad is located, the fingerprint recognition sensor being mounted on a top surface of the...

20060140462 - Random access high-speed confocal microscope: Disclosed herein is a confocal imaging system for imaging a specimen. The system comprises a light source, a light deflector capable of positioning a beam of light produced by the light source at one of a series of predetermined points on the specimen, an addressable spatial filter capable of selectively...

20060140463 - Three-dimensional, digitized capturing of the shape bodies and body parts using mechanically positioned imaging sensors: There is described a photogrammetric method and an arrangement for the three-dimensional digitizing of bodies and body parts (26) which are covered with a marked, elastic cover (14), which comprises high-contrast marks which are photogrammetrically analysable, and which are photographed from different shooting positions. For the purpose, at least one...

20060140464 - Transparent marker casing: A transparent marker casing for use with a tracking system, comprising a material that is transparent to radiation emanating from at least one marker, wherein the marker casing is formed such that it at least partially surrounds the at least one marker. The casing can include a moisture sensor that...

20060140465 - Ultrasonograph and method and program for generating ultrasonotomographic image: An ultrasonograph is provided with a frequency component adjuster that adjusts spatial frequency components of original image data RAW0 of an ultrasonotomographic image. The frequency component adjuster is constituted of an unsharp image data generator, a subtraction circuit, a weighting circuit, an integration circuit, a multiplication circuit and an addition...

20060140467 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an area specifying unit that specifies a closed area emitting fluorescence in a fluorescence image as a cell area in a cell population including a number of dispersed cells. The fluorescence image is generated from fluorescence emitted by the cell population irradiated with a scanning...

20060140466 - Method for setting operating condition of measuring apparatus, method for managing measurement result of measuring apparatus, measuring system, data processing apparatus for measuring apparatus, and storage medium: A data processing apparatus acquires, from a database, storage region designation data designating the storage region in which setting values of a measuring apparatus are stored and setting object designation data designating the setting object of the measuring apparatus, acquires setting values from a storage region of a first database...

20060140468 - Method and testing device for testing valuable documents: A method as well as a respective checking apparatus for checking a document of value (1), with which the document of value (1) at least in a partial area is illuminated with an intensity (IB) and at different measuring places (2) the intensity (IT) of the light transmitted through the...

20060140469 - Method for communicating and matching electronic files for financial transactions: Communicating and matching electronic files for a check adjustment case comprises communicating an electronic check adjustment message comprising key data relating to the case, communicating an electronic image of a document to follow (“DTF”) related to the case, associating the key data with the electronic DTF image, determining whether the...

20060140470 - Inspection device for mouth of container: A container mouth inspection device which can produce an ideal optical image that reliably provides information on the inner contour of the container mouth, and which enables accurate and speedy measurement of the inside diameter or the like of the container mouth. The container mouth inspection device includes a light...

20060140471 - Image processing method, substrate inspection method, substrate inspection apparatus and method of generating substrate inspection data: A color image as a combination of color data corresponding to a plural n-number of different hues is processed by extracting a target object from the image and carrying out a specified image processing. A reference image is obtained in the absence of the target object. Color data corresponding to...

20060140472 - Method for analyzing circuit pattern defects and a system thereof: A system for analyzing defects in electronic circuit patterns, including: comparing position information of structural defects with position information of electrical faults and extracting corroborated defects having common position information between the structural defects and electrical faults; classifying images of extracted corroborated defects into critical defect images and non-critical defect...

20060140474 - Apparatus and method for generating analysis data, computer-readable recording medium in which analysis data generating program is stored, analysis apparatus, analyzing method and computer-readable recording medium in which analysis program is stored: An apparatus for generating analysis data including: an analysis data generating section for generating analysis data by dividing three-dimensional design data representing an object having elements into a number of rectangular parallelepipeds for each element; a non-coincident portion extracting section for extracting, from the analysis data, a possible non-coincident portion...

20060140473 - System and method for object measurement: A technique is provided for measuring an object based on multiple views. The technique includes registering each of the plurality of images and a first model of the object with one another and reconstructing a second model of the object based on the plurality of images and the first model...

20060140475 - Network support for corrupting images captured at a prohibited location: Structures and methods are disclosed for corrupting image files of a mobile image device (e.g., picture phone) in some manner if the image files are initially captured within a designated “no image zone.” The mobile image device queries a wireless telecommunication network upon capturing an image. The network instructs the...

20060140476 - Image compression apparatus and image compression program: An image compression apparatus for compressing image data that includes luminance signal and chrominance signals includes an image judgement part that judges characterizing features of the image data on the basis of the luminance signal and/or chrominance signals, a subsampling rate setting part which sets the subsampling rate of the...

20060140477 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An image data obtaining unit obtains image data. A sampling unit samples the image data. A statistic value determining unit determines a statistic value based on statistic information in a histogram with respect to a grayscale value of image data that is...

20060140478 - Four-dimensional labeling apparatus, n-dimensional labeling apparatus, four-dimensional spatial filter apparatus, and n-dimensional spatial filter apparatus: A four-dimensional labeling apparatus that labels a four-dimensional image composed of time-sequentially juxtaposed three-dimensional images or a four-dimensional image produced with four parameters as a base, includes a four-dimensional labeling device for, when a four-dimensional domain is four-dimensionally scanned, determining the label number of a pixel concerned on the basis...

20060140479 - Mobile communications terminal and method: Handwriting recognition is performed by sensing a trace signal, where the trace represents a handwritten intended symbol. A digital representation of the trace signal is then stored and compared with a plurality of candidate symbols. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, a best candidate symbol among the candidate symbols...

20060140480 - Pen out-of-proximity handwriting-recognition trigger: In a computer system that accepts handwritten input, a digitizer tracks the location of a user's pen while the pen is not in contact with the digitizer's writing surface. The digitizer maps the pen's three-dimensional location into a two-dimensional location on the digitizer's writing surface. Handwriting-recognition is triggered for handwriting...

20060140481 - Target detecting system and method: A target detecting system and method for detecting a target from an input image is provided. According to the target detecting system and method, when a target is detected from an input image and there are moving areas in the input image, camera movement parameters are obtained, image frames are...

20060140482 - Motion compensated reconstruction technique: The long scan time in PET imaging may lead to a significant loss of resolution, due to patient or organ motion. According to the present invention, the distortion or motion may be compensated by performing a forward-projection, and/or back-projection of the intermediate image on the basis of a motion field...

20060140483 - Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting a collimation edge in digital image radiography: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which collimation edges in an X-ray image are located from information in the X-ray image....

20060140484 - Method and equipment for measuring feature points of wave signal: A measuring method and equipment for detecting quickly and with high precision feature points (peak points or trough points) of a waveform even with waveform signals with irregular feature point values or irregular distances between feature points as in the density waveform signals or the like obtained from tree ring...

20060140485 - Method and apparatus for detecting an image of a reflective object: A method of detecting an image of a reflective object includes the steps of capturing an exposure image by an image sensor while an LED is ON; down-sampling an exposure image signal from the image sensor to a first digital signal by comparing the level of the first image signal...

20060140486 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method and recording medium: A group of input image data is determined based on the distance between images of a number of representative faces, prepared from plural templates, and the input image data (correlative values C1 to C5). The number of representative faces is smaller than the number of the templates. An angle of...

20060140487 - Image compressing apparatus and image decoding apparatus and image converting apparatus and image processing method: An image compression apparatus includes a block division unit that executes block division of an image, a first compression unit that compresses the image, which is divided by the block division unit, to first compression data, a second compression unit that compresses the image, which is divided by the block...

20060140488 - Image encoding apparatus and image encoding method: In an image encoding apparatus, pattern image cut-out means cuts out partial regions of an image of image data and generates pattern images. At the same time, the pattern image cut-out means outputs position information that is representative of positions on the image data, from which the pattern images are...

20060140490 - Method and apparatus for controlling access to image data: Method and apparatus for controlling access to image data is described. In one example, a set of samples associated with said image data is frequency translated to produce coefficients. The coefficients are quantized. At least a first portion of the coefficients are shifted using first key data. At least a...

20060140491 - Method and apparatus for storing bitplanes of coefficients in a reduced size memory: A method and apparatus for storing bitplanes of coefficients in a reduced size memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for encoding coefficients comprises applying one or more wavelet transforms to generate multiple coefficients and storing N bitplanes of each of the multiple coefficients in a first memory having...

20060140489 - Motion encoding of still images: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for encoding a series of still images. The first image is captured and stored, then for each subsequent image of the series, that image is captured and compared to the first image or the previous image and difference information between...

20060140492 - Image coding method and apparatus and image decoding method and apparatus: An image coding and decoding technology for digital movie or video that provides for error checking within the digital video files. The digital video is coded in a data stream that includes key frames and correspondence data between key frames as well as additional correspondence data between somewhat separated key...

20060140493 - Video encoding techniques: This disclosure is directed to encoding techniques that can be used to improve encoding of digital video data. The techniques can be implemented by an encoder of a digital video device in order to reduce the number of computations and possibly reduce power consumption during video encoding. More specifically, video...

20060140495 - Apparatus and methods for digital image compression: Methods and systems for compression of digital images (still or motion sequences) are provided wherein predetermined criteria may be used to identify a plurality of areas of interest in the image, and each area of interest is encoded with a corresponding quality level (Q-factor). In particular, the predetermined criteria may...

20060140494 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: There are provided an image processing method and image processing apparatus, which can suitably access a necessary partial image, and can suppress wasteful data transfer by returning data with a small number of tiles for a thumbnail image of a low resolution or the like so as to reduce the...

20060140496 - Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream: Subtitling aims at the presentation of text information and graphical data, encoded as pixel bitmaps. The size of subtitle bitmaps may exceed video frame dimensions, so that only portions are displayed at a time. The bitmaps are a separate layer lying above the video, e.g. for synchronized video subtitles, animations...

20060140499 - Apparatus and method for data processing by using plurality of data processing apparatuses and recording medium storing program for executing the method: A data processing method is provided in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses share their attribute information such that an optimum data processing apparatus or an optimum combination of data processing apparatuses can optimally process input data. The method includes receiving attribute information of at least one of the...

20060140498 - Apparatus and method for processing an image: An image processing apparatus is provided for enhancing the image processing function without having to increase the circuit scale. The image processing apparatus includes an image divider, a pixel processor, and an image coupler. If the number of horizontal pixels on the width of an input image is larger than...

20060140497 - Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates an image processing device and method, recording medium, and program. A simple-type angle detecting unit 901 simply detects the angle as continuity using correlation from an input image. A determining unit 902, based on the angle thus simply obtained, connects a switch 903 to a terminal...

20060140500 - Image processing system: An image signal processing apparatus includes: data path portion for processing a raw image signal and merging and concentrating with non-linear filtering portion, color space transformation portion, geometry transformation portion, linear filtering portion and gain adjustment portion to output a processed signal; and control and judgment portion for receiving the...

20060140501 - Method, apparatus and system for multi-feature programmable tap filter image processing: Apparatus, systems and methods for providing a multi-feature, programmable tap filter architecture for image processing are disclosed. In one implementation, a system includes an image data source for providing image pixel data, an image filtering coefficient source for providing a plurality of image filtering coefficient sets, and image processing logic...

20060140502 - Active visor system for eliminating glare in field-of-vision from mobile and transient light sources and reflective surfaces: A field-of-vision processing and filtering system for eliminating glare from mobile and transient light sources and reflective surfaces, using image recording, eye-position detection, and a active matrix screen functioning as a dynamically controllable visor, for modifying the field of vision appropriately. The system filters out high light intensity points from...

20060140503 - Methods for correcting distortions of image-taking video signals and apparatus for correcting distortions of image-taking video signals: A method and an apparatus for correcting distortions of image-taking video signals and an apparatus for correcting distortions are provided. The apparatus and method thereof are capable of reducing distortion generated in a taken image caused by a hand movement and by a characteristic of an image-taking lens in an...

20060140504 - Program for correcting image distortion, apparatus for correcting image distortion, method for correcting image distortion, and recording medium storing program for correcting image distortion: A projection set of geodesic lines which are parallel with each other on a curved surface of a paper face is extracted from an image in which a paper face has been imaged by an image-pickup device, using the paper face contents as a clue; and also a projection set...

20060140505 - Suppression of ringing artifacts during image resizing: An economical method of detecting and suppressing ringing artifacts during digital image resizing is presented. The economical method substitutes costly division calculations with cost effective comparator operations. The method also includes improved image sharpening when up-sampling an image....

20060140506 - Suppression of ringing artifacts during image resizing: An economical method of detecting and suppressing ringing artifacts during digital image resizing is presented. The economical method substitutes costly division calculations with cost effective comparator operations. The method also includes improved image sharpening when up-sampling an image....

20060140507 - Image processing method and device, and program: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and program for processing an image, capable of producing a sharp image. A digital camera 1 includes an imaging device 4 formed of a single-plane sensor that provides one color signal for each pixel. A plurality of images are captured at a...

20060140508 - Image combining portable terminal and image combining method used therefor: The image combining portable terminal combines a recorded image prepared in an uncombined image recording portion (200) and a captured image captured by a camera portion (220). A plurality of sets of mask information defining at least one area in which the captured image is to be combined with the...

20060140509 - Image-processing device: The line-work path information whose coordinate position has been specified by a path processing section 3 is passed to a path control section 4, which stores and controls the path information. When there is an oblique line in the path information to be printed, a 45-degree line determining section 5...

20060140510 - Method and apparatus for enhancing the dynamic range of stereo vision system: Systems and methods are provided for producing a stereo disparity map representing an imaged subject. A plurality of sensors (102 and 104) are operative to produce a plurality of images. Each image has an associated exposure according to an exposure level of an associated sensor. A system control (106) determines...

20060140511 - Image shifting module and optical projection device: An image shifting module for shifting imaging positions of sub-images projected on a screen in each frame, and an optical projection device using the same are provided. The image shifting module includes a first vibration mechanism and a second vibration mechanism. The first vibration mechanism is disposed on the transmission...

20060140512 - Interpolation method for digital pictures: An interpolation method for processing digital pictures divides blank regions among the pixels equally into several squares. The interpolation parameter of each square corresponding to the sampling point is determined. These interpolation parameters are compressed and stored. When zooming a picture, the interpolating point is made sure to fall within...

20060140513 - Dynamic image production method and system: A system for dynamic generation of images intended to be transmitted to at least one remote terminal, comprising a server. The server includes source images and a processor for generating from the source images of said images intended for the at least one remote terminal into a format that is...

20060133642 - Image recognition facilitation using remotely sourced content: Upon determining (201) a need for image recognition facilitation content, a corresponding process (200) first determines (202 and 203) whether adequate local resources are available. When true, those local resources are used (204) to facilitate the desired image recognition. When false, however, one or more remote resources are accessed (205)...

20060133643 - Method and system for wide-area ultraviolet detection of forensic evidence: The present invention comprises a method for detecting and analyzing forensic evidence. A digital image is taken of background radiation from a suspected-evidence area suspected to contain evidence. The suspected-evidence area is exposed to a high-intensity pulse of ultraviolet radiation. Another digital image is taken of the fluorescence within the...

20060133641 - Multi-parameter highly-accurate simultaneous estimation method in image sub-pixel matching and multi-parameter highly-accurate simultaneous estimation program: In consideration of N-dimensional similarity, a multiparameter high precision concurrent estimation method and a multiparameter high precision concurrent estimation program in image subpixel matching, which can estimate a correspondence parameter between images precisely, concurrently, and stably with a small amount of computation at high speed. The method comprises the steps...

20060133644 - Recorded video broadcast, streaming, download, and disk distribution with watermarking instructions: An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to analyze an audio-video data stream to determine watermark appropriate information for the audio-video data stream. The second circuit may be configured to communicate the watermark appropriate information either in-band with or out-of-band from...

20060133645 - Steganographically encoded video, and related methods: The present invention relates to data hiding and steganographically encoding video with auxiliary information. In one implementation, a method is provided including: receiving video including picture portions and out-of-band information conveyed along with the video, wherein the picture portions of the video including auxiliary data hidden therein, with the auxiliary...

20060133646 - Video steganography: The present invention relates generally to hiding a signal in video. One form of hiding is steganographic encoding. In one implementation a method is provided including: receiving content data including a frame of image data comprised of plural pixels, each comprising at least one value; for each of plural pixels...

20060133647 - Watermarking: A watermarketing system and method is proposed for still or moving pictures in which a watermark is embedded robustly and simply into DC-values, but without causing unacceptable visible picture degradation. The watermark is secure and can be readily detected, and the method can be used to convey additional data. Also...

20060133648 - Identifying objects tracked in images using active device: Methods are disclosed for augmenting the identification of objects tracked in a sequence of images using active devices. In one embodiment, encoded information transmitted from active devices, such as a PDA, is decoded from the sequence of images to provide identifying information to a tracked region of interest. In another...

20060133649 - Visual ability improvement supporting device: A visual ability improvement supporting device includes a noise outputting device and a noise generating device. The noise generating device generates noise with intensity which is optimum to a threshold intensity of visibility. The optimum intensity is optimum to induce stochastic resonance (SR). The noise outputting device includes a room...

20060133650 - Apparatus for classifying a material by analyzing the material's surface, and related systems and method: An apparatus classifies a material, which may include identifying the material, identifying the type of the material, or identifying the type of the material's surface. The apparatus includes a detector for capturing an image of a surface of the material, and a processor classifies the material by analyzing the image....

20060133652 - Authentication apparatus and authentication method: An authentication apparatus and authentication method in which ID information and a registered facial characteristic amount of the principal and of an associated individual associated with the principal in advance are read out by the card reader. The principal and associated individual accompanying the principal are imaged by the imaging...

20060133651 - Recoverable biometric identity system and method: A method for identifying persons based on biometric data achieves enhanced security and increased accuracy compared with other systems by distorting one or more biometrics prior to detection and recognition. The method includes detecting a distorted biometric for input into an identification system, comparing the distorted biometric to one or...

20060133653 - Security identification system and method: An identification system (10) of the present invention is used at airport terminals, bus stations, government buildings, and the like. The identification system (10) includes a controller (26), a pair of spaced stations or checkpoints (12, 14) for generating a first reference and a second reference each containing scanning image...

20060133654 - Image processing device and image processing method, and imaging device: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which the cheek of a person captured in an image of a photo may be corrected to a finish with the cheek looking slimmer than in a two-dimensional photo. A face correction unit (400) calculates, in a calculation unit (411), a face length...

20060133655 - Contact image-sensing module having fingerprint scanning function: A contact image-sensing module having fingerprint-scanning function is described. The image-sensing module has a flex/rigid composite substrate having a first rigid circuit substrate, a second rigid circuit substrate, a third rigid circuit substrate, and at least one flex circuit board. The first rigid circuit substrate, the second rigid circuit substrate,...

20060133656 - System and method for counting ridges in a captured print image: A system and method for counting ridges in a captured print image frame is described. A pixel path through the captured print image frame is traversed. A hysteresis band for the pixel path is determined. A number of crossings of the determined hysteresis band is counted while traversing the pixel...

20060133658 - Method for determining organ-dependent parameters for image post-processing and image processing device: Method for determining organ-dependent parameters for image post-processing and image processing device The invention relates to a method for the automatic determination of one or more organ-dependent parameters for image post-processing, having the following steps: recording of a raw image and the execution of image preprocessing on the raw image...

20060133657 - Microscopy system having automatic and interactive modes for forming a magnified mosaic image and associated method: A scanning device for biological slides is provided, which can be operated in an interactive routine mode as well as in an unsupervised high speed automatic mode. In the first case, typical components, which the pathologist is used to operating manually, such as the microscope, the stage and the focus,...

20060133659 - Method and system for viewing image data: A technique is provided for viewing image data via a user interface. The technique includes displaying two or more selectable tabs and displaying a corresponding analysis for a selected tab. Each tab corresponds to an analysis of a set of radiological images and the corresponding analysis comprises one or more...

20060133660 - Apparatus and method for detecting defect existing in pattern on object: In a defect detection apparatus 1, in a reference image inspection circuit 42 compared are a reference image representing a pattern in a die which is determined as a reference on a substrate 9 and a plurality of supervisory images which represent patterns in selected block areas, respectively, to detect...

20060133661 - Pattern inspection apparatus: The defect confirmation screen of a pattern inspection apparatus that allows the user to create a recipe and check defects easily and quickly includes a “map display part” where a wafer map is displayed, an “image display part” where a list of defect images is displayed, a “list display part”...

20060133662 - Method for determining pick-up positions of electronic components: A device and appertaining method for picking up devices in a component placement device permits even very small components and even a first component of a new belt to be picked up by scanning the structural features of the belt directly in the proximity of the components. The positional tolerances...

20060133663 - System and method for programming interrupting operations during moving image acquisition sequences in a vision system: Methods and systems of part programming for machine vision inspection systems are provided, which permit a user to readily define multiple image acquisition operations interspersed with associated image analysis and/or inspection operations during learn mode operations and in the resulting part program image acquisition operations for at least some of...

20060133665 - Method for carving volume data based on image: Provided is an image-based volume data carving method for rapidly carving a specific area of dimensional volume data based on images. The method includes the steps of: generating a mask image to be carved from an input image; dividing a viewing transform matrix of the mask image into a shear...

20060133664 - Systems and methods for turning pages in a three-dimensional electronic document: Page turning of a three-dimensional electronic book is modeled as a dynamic animation. The page to be turned may be rotated by rotating it about a base line, and deformed by curling points of the front face of the turning page around the outer side of an imaginary geometric shape....

20060133666 - Methods and systems for feature selection: Methods and systems for feature selection are described. In particular, methods and systems for feature selection for data classification, retrieval, and segmentation are described. Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and systems for complement sort-merge tree (CSMT), fast-converging sort-merge tree (FSMT), and multi-level (ML) feature selection. Accurate...

20060133669 - Automated color control in film-to-digital transfer: A system and method for automatically adjusting color parameters during a film-to-digital transfer. An operator uses standard telecine equipment to preview scenes in order to determine a natural clustering of fields or scenes. Each cluster is processed separately. All the fields in a cluster are treated as one unit in...

20060133667 - Interactive images: A system and process for creating an interactive digital image, which allows a viewer to interact with a displayed image so as to change it with regard to a desired effect, such as exposure, focus or color, among others. An interactive image includes representative images which depict a scene with...

20060133668 - Method of detecting the base concentration of a photographic film: A method of detecting the base concentration of a film is provided including: a film image entering process of reading a developed film with an image pickup device to generate the pixel values in each of the RGB color component; a non-exposure region detecting step of detecting the edge of...

20060133670 - Stamp sheets: A method and apparatus for creating and/or using a stamp sheet is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first image of a first overview of a first collection of media objects, where the first image has graphical content representing the media objects and a first machine readable...

20060133671 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: When the content of a paper document is aiming to be recognized in an apparatus that has a scanner, an image of the paper document is subjected to region segmentation processing immediately after the paper document is read, and a recognition operation to be performed on each segmented region is...

20060133672 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer readable medium, in which an image processing program is recorded: A plurality of landmarks, which are employed in statistical models, such as an ASM, that is, a plurality of landmarks that represent the shape and the like of a predetermined subject, such as a face, within an image, are detected. Discrimination regarding whether each pixel within the image is a...

20060133673 - Apparatus and methods for hand coded image smoothing: Methods and apparatus for smoothing an image representation for printing and display purposes. The invention recognizes that for smoothing purposes, there are only a limited number of patterns that require such smoothing, normally not exceeding a few hundred. It is therefore practical to compare an input image to a plurality...

20060133674 - Image processing device, image processing method, information processing device, information processing method, information recording device, information recording method, information reproduction device, information reproduction method, recording medium: The present invention can code an I-picture that satisfies a predetermined condition using parameter information. When it is determined at step S1 that a picture type is the I-picture, it is determined at step S2 whether or not the phase of a macro block in previous coding agrees with that...

20060133675 - Image processing method, system, and apparatus for facilitating data transmission: An image processing method for facilitating data transmission is provided. An image compression method is performed to convert X-bits binary digital signals to a binary compressed data in a floating-point form of (1.n)*2m. Bit m represents the first bit with logic level “1” of the X-bits binary digital signals, and...

20060133676 - Device and method for image processing: In an image processing device, a scene-change detection unit captures first data of first pixels constituting a first picture and second data of second pixels constituting a second picture with the first and second pixels thinned out, and detects a scene change in the first picture based on differences between...

20060133677 - Method and apparatus for performing residual prediction of image block when encoding/decoding video signal: A method and apparatus for scalably encoding and decoding a video signal is provided. During encoding, prediction is performed on an image block to produce residual data of the image block, and the residual data of the image block is selectively coded into a residual difference from residual data of...

20060133679 - Data processing device capable of processing image data with small memory capacity, image processing method, and program product: In an image processing device, image data is divided into a plurality of band data including first and second band data. The first band data and the second band data have an overlap region, from which the first and second regions are extracted, respectively. The first region and the second...

20060133678 - Data transfer system: There is provided a data transfer system capable of performing reliable data transfer while suppressing increases in costs. The data transfer system includes a data compressing apparatus and a data decompressing apparatus. The data compressing apparatus includes: a CPU which performs a compression process for applying compression to uncompressed electronic...

20060133680 - Method and apparatus for coding positions of coefficients: A method and apparatus for coding positions of data such as coefficients are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises coding data in a vector of data based on indications of whether the data is zero or non-zero identified using a tree data structure and producing a bit stream based...

20060133681 - Apparatus and method for processing video data: An apparatus and methods for processing video data are described. The invention provides a representation of video data that can be used to assess agreement between the data and a fitting model for a particular parameterization of the data. This allows the comparison of different parameterization techniques and the selection...

20060133682 - Reversible overlap operator for efficient lossless data compression: An efficient lapped transform is realized using pre- and post-filters (or reversible overlap operators) that are structured of unit determinant component matrices. The pre- and post-filters are realized as a succession of planar rotational transforms and unit determinant planar scaling transforms. The planar scaling transforms can be implemented using planar...

20060133684 - Reversible 2-dimensional pre-/post-filtering for lapped biorthogonal transform: An efficient lapped transform useable in digital media codecs is realized using a reversible 2-dimensional overlap operator for pre/post filtering that is applied on a staggered grid relative to a core transform. The 2-dimensional lapped operator is based on a separably applied 1-dimensional reversible lapped operator, which is re-arranged as...

20060133683 - Reversible transform for lossy and lossless 2-d data compression: A 2D transform and its inverse have an implementation as a sequence of lifting steps arranged for reduced computational complexity (i.e., reducing a number of non-trivial operations). This transform pair has energy compaction properties similar to the discrete cosine transform (DCT), and is also lossless and scale-free. As compared to...

20060133685 - Image-adaptive quantization for jpeg compression: In a method of digital image compression, the spatial frequency content of a digital image is characterized using a relatively sparse sampling of data blocks from the image, and a quantization table is constructed based on the characterization of the spatial frequency content....

20060133686 - Film grain simulation technique for use in media playback devices: Simulation of a block of film grain for addition to a block of an image occurs by first establishing at least one parameter at least in part in accordance with an attribute of the image block At least one at least one block of film grain is simulated from at...

20060133687 - System and method for image display enhancement: A method for displaying digital images on a display device. The method includes obtaining an input image set including one or more input image, processing the input image set to generate an output image set including a number of output images, displaying the output image set in a sequence on...

20060133688 - System and process for generating high dynamic range video: A system and process for generating High Dynamic Range (HDR) video is presented which involves first capturing a video image sequence while varying the exposure so as to alternate between frames having a shorter and longer exposure. The exposure for each frame is set prior to it being captured as...

20060133689 - Adaptive filter: An adaptive filter that, in one embodiment, filters rows of pixels of an image in a vertical direction, stores the results in row vectors, and then filters the row vectors in the horizontal direction, and displays the results or stores the results for later display. Coefficients of a reference filter...

20060133690 - Methods for generating anti-aliased text and line graphics in compressed document images: A method and system for storing and generating anti-aliased text and lineart data from compressed document images files, using a MRC model that represents the image as an ordered set of mask/image pairs at resolutions appropriate to the content of each layer. The method and system provide the ability to...

20060133691 - Systems and methods for representing signed distance functions: A system and method for implicitly computing signed distance values in a graphics application. In one embodiment, rather than storing numerous distance values along a given raster scan line, only two values are stored for each interval defining the intersection of the raster scan line with the shape. These two...

20060133692 - Angle de-skew device and method thereof: An angle de-skew device and the method thereof are used in an image processing system to rotate a skewed image with respect to a reference point as a rotated center. First and second accumulator circuits respectively are used to accumulate first and second offsets for the X coordinates and Y...

20060133693 - System and method for image transformation: An image transformation system and method for transforming a source image having source image pixel data associated with a source pixel array having an origin into a target image having target image pixel data associated with a target pixel array according to an image transformation. The image transformation is applied...

20060133694 - Display device for displaying a blended image: A display device has means for controlling display of a blended image obtained by mapping a structure in a first image onto its corresponding structure in a second image by applying a geometric transformation to the first image so that the transformed first image and the second image are expressed...

20060133695 - Display controller, electronic instrument, and image data supply method: A display controller includes: an image memory; a first rotation processing section which performs processing of writing image data after first rotation processing into the image memory, the first rotation processing causing a vertical direction of an image of the image data to rotate by a first rotation angle; a...

20060133696 - Apparatus and method for processing information signal, apparatus and method for producing coefficient, apparatus and method for producing lookup table, program for performing each method, and medium recording each program: This invention relates to an apparatus for processing an information signal etc. that, when converting, for example, SD signal into HD signal, enables well to be obtained pixel data of HD signal no matter whether the dynamic range DR is large or small. DR in a class tap is detected....

20060133697 - Method and apparatus for processing image data of a color filter array: For processing image data generated for a color filter array, classifiers are generated from the image data. A predetermined color component is determined by directional-interpolating the image data depending on the classifiers. Chrominance components are generated from linear-interpolated image data and the directional-interpolated predetermined color component. The chrominance components are...

20060133698 - Method for magnifying image by interpolation based on edge and corner: Provided is a method for magnifying an image by interpolation. The method including: a) setting m×m local windows and calculating a direction of each m×m local window; b) when a linear direction exists in an m×m local window, considering an edge exists; c) when a linear direction does not exist...

20060133699 - Cognitive memory and auto-associative neural network based search engine for computer and network located images and photographs: Designs for cognitive memory systems storing input data, images, or patterns, and retrieving it without knowledge of where stored when cognitive memory is prompted by query pattern that is related to sought stored pattern. Retrieval system of cognitive memory uses autoassociative neural networks and techniques for pre-processing query pattern to...

20060126892 - Data processing apparatus and method: A data processing apparatus detects a code word, which has been embedded in a water marked image. The apparatus recovers a code word estimate from the water marked image and correlates the estimated code word with each code word from a set of possible code words. The apparatus detects whether...

20060126889 - Electronic watermark embedding device, electronic watermark detection device, method thereof, and program: A digital watermark embedding apparatus for embedding digital watermark information by superimposing macroblock patterns on an image is disclosed. The digital watermark embedding apparatus: spreads input digital watermark information to obtain an embedding series having a length corresponding to a number of pixel blocks of a macroblock pattern; selects at...

20060126887 - Method and arrangement for watermark detection: Watermark-detection in the graphics card of a personal computer, for the purpose of copy-protection, has recently started to draw a lot of attention in standardization. Detection in the graphics card has problems completely different from the formerly considered detection in the DVD-drive, having to do with high data-rates, large scale-ranges...

20060126888 - Method and arrangement for watermark detection: Watermark-detection in the graphics card of a personal computer, for the purpose of copy-protection, has recently started to draw a lot of attention in standardization. Detection in the graphics card has problems completely different from the formerly considered detection in the DVD-drive, having to do with high data-rates, large scale-ranges...

20060126891 - Method and system for watermarking: Embedding a watermark includes identifying watermark locations in the data stream, partitioning the identified watermark locations into watermark location blocks each to be embedded with a watermark value portion from the watermark value and altering a predetermined maximum number of data stream values to embed the watermark value portion and...

20060126890 - Methods and apparatus for lossless data hiding: Methods and apparatus are provided for subjecting an original, pixel domain image to an Integer Wavelet Transform (IWT) to obtain a matrix of wavelet coefficients; selecting at least one bit plane between a least significant bit plane and a most significant bit plane of the matrix of wavelet coefficients; compressing...

20060126893 - Method and system for monitoring and controlling workpieces: Methods and systems for monitoring the delivery of workpieces to a position by: storing a digital reference image of the position prior to the delivery of workpieces; storing a digital operating image of the position during delivery of workpieces; performing image arithmetic on the reference image and the operating image...

20060126900 - Image recognition method and apparatus: An image recognition apparatus has an image capture section for capturing a range image, an image deformation section for deforming the range image captured by the image capture section, and a recognition section for recognizing the presence/absence of three-dimensional motion of an object by comparing the deformed image obtained by...

20060126895 - Marker-free motion capture apparatus and method for correcting tracking error: A marker-free motion capture apparatus having a function of correcting a tracking error and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a grouping unit for grouping feature candidates located within a threshold distance on a three-dimensional space at a previous time; a feature point selecting unit for generating a...

20060126896 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus that extracts a body present in the surroundings of a vehicle as an object, based on an image captured by an infrared imaging device, which includes a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object from image data obtained by binarizing a gray scale...

20060126897 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus that extracts a body present in the surroundings of a vehicle as an object, based on an image captured by an infrared imaging device, includes: a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object from image data obtained by binarizing a gray scale images...

20060126898 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus that extracts a body present in the surroundings of a vehicle as an object, based on an image captured by an infrared imaging device, including a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object from image data obtained by binarizing a gray scale image...

20060126899 - Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus that extracts a body present in the surroundings of a vehicle as an object, based on an image captured by an infrared imaging device, including a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object from image data obtained by binarizing a gray scale image...

20060126894 - Video phone: A video phone includes an image sensing unit, face detection unit, image sensing adjustment unit, and communication control unit. The image sensing unit senses the face of a user serving as an object and generates image information. The image sensing unit has enlargement and reduction functions for the object in...

20060126901 - Device for determining the age of a person by measuring pupil size: An apparatus for determining physiological data is provided for determining age of a vehicle passenger in the context of safety apparatus deployment. For picking up the physiological data, a sensor is used. In particular, the apparatus is configured for measuring the pupil size, which is a good parameter for distinguishing...

20060126902 - Surface roughness measuring method and apparatus and turbine deterioration diagnostic method: A surface roughness measuring method including, measuring surface roughness and a surface color image information of a plurality of representative points of a surface of a first object to be measured, and preparing a calibration information indicating the relationship between color stimulus values for the surface color image information and...

20060126903 - Imaging system and method for body condition evaluation: An imaging method and system are presented for use in automatic monitoring the body condition of an animal A predetermined region of interest on the animal body is imaged, and data indicative of the acquired one or more images is processed to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the region of...

20060126904 - Method for multi-model biometric identification and system thereof: A method for multi-model biometric identification and a system thereof are provided. The method for performing multi-model biometric identification by using a plurality of single biometric identification systems includes: receiving from the single biometric identification system a single biometric comparison value generated by comparing biometric information of a user for...

20060126906 - Entrance management apparatus and entrance management method: Feature amounts of faces of visitors photographed at a first gate are registered in a registration section in relation to entrance permission time information items each of which defines a period of time during which entrance through a second gate provided inside the first gate is permitted. At the second...

20060126905 - Method and system for verifying the identity of a user: A method of verifying the identity of a user as being a user who is registered with a face recognition system includes the step of capturing an image that includes the face of the user. One or more values are extracted from the image, each value being representative of a...

20060126907 - Method and arrangement for assessing the quality of skin print images: In a method and an arrangement for assessing the quality of skin print images, and particularly fingerprint images, provision is made for gradients to be formed for the individual picture elements (pixels) of the skin print image, for a mean value to be formed from the gradients of the pixels...

20060126908 - Fingerprint recognition method: Disclosed is a fingerprint recognition method including extracting ridge information of an inputted fingerprint and determining an identity between the inputted fingerprint and a reference fingerprint by comparing the ridge information of the inputted fingerprint with the ridge information of the reference fingerprint using distance variations between adjacent ridges....

20060126910 - Method and arrangement for image representation of two-dimensional image data: In a method and an arrangement for image representation of two-dimensional digital image data acquired via a medical diagnostic modality, whereby a processing only in a region of the entire image of an electronic representation of the image data can be shifted within the entire image by the viewer for...

20060126909 - Monitoring and control of mammographic computer-aided detection processing: A system, method, and related computer program products for processing mammographic data are described. A digitizer receives a plurality of film cases arranged in a film case sequence, each film case comprising at least one mammographic film, the digitizer scanning each film case for generating a digitized version thereof. A...

20060126912 - Method for antiscatter stationary grid artifacts detection and attenuation in digital radiographic images: A method for detecting and attenuating grid artifacts in a digital radiographic image comprising; providing an input digital radiographic image; processing the input digital radiographic image with a detection algorithm based on 2-D dynamic correlation in both spatial and frequency domains to determine whether the input digital radiographic image has...

20060126911 - X-ray diagnostic apparatus and method for operating an x-ray diagnostic apparatus for determining quality values: The invention relates to an angiographic x-ray diagnostic apparatus with an x-ray radiator having an x-ray tube, with a patient positioning table having a radiation-transparent positioning plate and mattress, with an x-ray detector, with an imaging system, an image processing unit and a measuring device to which the output signals...

20060126913 - Bill discriminating device: The bill discriminating device comprises: a bill discriminating portion (2) that discriminates inserted bills; a bill accommodating portion (7) that accommodates bills determined as effective and includes a lift member (4) that aligns and presses the effective bills; and a body (1) to which the bill discriminating portion (2) and...

20060126914 - Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus, and appearance inspection apparatus: In an image defect inspection method and apparatus which detects a gray level difference between corresponding portions of two images, automatically sets a threshold value based on the distribution thereof, compares the gray level difference with the threshold value, and judges one or the other of the portions to be...

20060126915 - Method and system for determining dimensions of a structure having a re-entrant profile: Methods and systems for determining dimensions of a structure that has a re-entrant profile are disclosed. A method includes imaging at least a portion of a top surface of the structure. Subsequently, a second portion of the structure is imaged from a plurality of perspectives. A third portion of the...

20060126916 - Template generating method and apparatus of the same, pattern detecting method, position detecting method and apparatus of the same, exposure apparatus and method of the same, device manufacturing method and template generating program: A method enabling easy generation of a template handling pattern deformation due to optical conditions or process conditions and suitably detecting pattern position is disclosed. A first method extracts a feature component, that is, symmetry, not affected by optical conditions etc. from the pattern image information and uses it as...

20060126917 - Method and system for measuring geometrical characters of a figure: A system for measuring geometrical characters of a figure includes an application server (1), client computers (3), and a database (5). The application server includes: a figure inputting module (10) for inputting a figure of a workpiece and displaying the figure, which constituted by different kinds of objects; an object...

20060126918 - Target object detection apparatus and robot provided with the same: A target object detection apparatus for identifying a target object by using at least a camera and a wireless tag provided on the target object which exists outside of the target object detection apparatus, comprising: a target detector for reading a first identification information documented in the wireless tag; an...

20060126919 - 3-d image display unit, 3-d image recording device and 3-d image recording method: Disclosed herein is a 3-D image display unit that can be controlled flexibly to protect the user from eyestrain and operated easily. The 3-D image display unit includes measuring means for measuring a display time of a 3-D image, parallax adjusting means for instructing 3-D image forming means to adjust...

20060126929 - Apparatus and method for reconstructing 3d shape of object with depth discontinuity using helmholtz stereopsis: Provided is an apparatus for reconstructing a 3D shape of an object by using Helmholtz stereopsis. The apparatus includes: an image capturer for capturing two pairs of images satisfying Helmholtz reciprocity condition; a preprocessor for estimating optical and geometrical characteristics of a camera used for the image capturing; and a...

20060126925 - Horizontal perspective representation: The present invention discloses a method to represent the data into realistic, hands-on 3D images using horizontal perspective. The present invention horizontal perspective representation takes the raw data, information and knowledge and renders them into horizontal perspective 3D images. The horizontal perspective images are projected into the open space with...

20060126926 - Horizontal perspective representation: The present invention discloses a method to represent the data into realistic, hands-on 3D images using horizontal perspective. The present invention horizontal perspective representation takes the raw data, information and knowledge and renders them into horizontal perspective 3D images. The horizontal perspective images are projected into the open space with...

20060126927 - Horizontal perspective representation: The present invention discloses a method to represent the data into realistic, hands-on 3D images using horizontal perspective. The present invention horizontal perspective representation takes the raw data, information and knowledge and renders them into horizontal perspective 3D images. The horizontal perspective images are projected into the open space with...

20060126920 - Interactive virtual endoscopy: The invention relates to a method for processing of a three-dimensional image data set, wherein the three-dimensional image data set is converted to a data set suitable for a two-dimensional image reproduction. The invention further relates to apparatuses for performing the required calculations and/or for reproduction of the data representations....

20060126921 - Method and device for 3 dimensional imaging of suspended micro-objects providing high-resolution microscopy: A method for high-resolution image recording of at least one object with a microscope, includes the steps of: (a) positioning the object in a receptacle being arranged in the optical axis of the microscope, (b) generating at least two first data sets per object which represent intermediate images of the...

20060126928 - Method and system for cleaning motion capture data: A system and method for cleaning a set of motion capture data, wherein the data correspond to a set of point coordinates relating to a model but may include missing or inaccurate values. A subset of the motion capture data is identified that corresponds to valid points matching locations of...

20060126923 - Method for preparing stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation system: A method for preparing stereo images by using a surveying instrument, which comprises an image pickup means for acquiring an image in a collimating direction, and a distance measuring and angle measuring means for measuring a distance and angle of a collimating point, comprising a step of measuring distances and...

20060126922 - Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure: The invention relates to a method for segmentation of a three-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional data set, especially a medical data set. The method uses a three-dimensional deformable model, wherein the surface of the model consists of a net of polygonal meshes. The meshes are split into groups, and a...

20060126924 - Rapid computer modeling of faces for animation: Described herein is a technique for creating a 3D face model using images obtained from an inexpensive camera associated with a general-purpose computer. Two still images of the user are captured, and two video sequences. The user is asked to identify five facial features, which are used to calculate a...

20060126930 - Data processing apparatus and data processing method: A data processing apparatus processes input data and outputs the processed data. The data processing apparatus includes a data processing section and a real-time learning section. The data processing section processes the input data by a predetermined processing method and outputs the processed data. The real-time learning section controls such...

20060126931 - Image processor for and method of performing tonal transformation on image data: A method of performing tonal transform on image data. The method includes extracting a portion of the image data, assigning one of a plurality of labels to the extracted portion, performing a first tonal transformation on the extracted portion if a first label is assigned to the extracted portion, and...

20060126933 - Foreground detection using intrinsic images: A temporal sequence of images is acquired of a dynamic scene. Spatial gradients are determined using filters. By taking advantage of the sparseness of outputs of the filters, an intrinsic background image is generated as median filtered gradients. The intrinsic background image is then divided into the original sequence of...

20060126932 - Method for automatically determining a region of interest for text and data overlay: Provided is a method for the automatic determination of a region of interest in an image, comprising the steps of: segmenting the image into a plurality of smaller regions, each region extending over a plurality of pixels; performing an analysis on each of said regions to characterize an aspect of...

20060126935 - Method and system for identifying multiple questionnaire pages: A method and system for identifying multiple questionnaire pages. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a set of coordinates from a capture device, the set of coordinates indicating shapes made on multiple pages of a questionnaire without the use of a graphical user interface, and mapping each shape to...

20060126934 - Optimized lighting method for slider serial reading using class variance: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for setting a light source parameter in order to recognize an identification mark on an object surface. In one embodiment, a grayscale image is generated by setting the light volume of the light source to a given value. Plural thresholds each for binarizing...

20060126936 - System, method, and apparatus for triggering recognition of a handwritten shape: A technique that uses repetitive and reliably recognizable parts of handwriting, during digital handwriting data entry, to trigger recognition of digital ink and to repurpose handwriting task area properties. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by drawing one or more delayed strokes of a desired sub-word unit using a...

20060126937 - On-line handwriting recognition: The invention relates to on-line handwriting recognition. At least one auxiliary line is displayed on a touch sensitive panel. Each of the auxiliary lines constitutes a portion of more than one character of a character set. A character of the character set is drawn on the touch sensitive panel by...

20060126940 - Apparatus and method for detecting eye position: A method of detecting an eye position in a face image, and an apparatus to use the method, the method including detecting eye candidates in eye regions normalized to a predetermined size from the face image; detecting an eye pair candidate from the detected eye candidates; and determining the eye...

20060126939 - Apparatus and method for recognizing an image: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for recognizing a specific subject from a still image or a moving image at a high speed. An object of the apparatus and the method is to reduce the amount of information required for image recognition. One feature vector value is extracted by...

20060126938 - Apparatus, method, and medium for detecting face in image using boost algorithm: An apparatus, method, and medium for detecting a face in an image using classifiers generated by a boost algorithm are provided. The apparatus may include an image dividing unit dividing a black and white image into sub-windows; a sub-window detection unit detecting a sub-window corresponding to a face image in...

20060126941 - Face region estimating device, face region estimating method, and face region estimating program: The invention provides a face region estimating device capable of extracting a person's face region even when an illumination environment, for example, is changed and persons with different skin colors are contained in a picked-up image taken by a camera. The face region estimating device includes: a mobile body detecting...

20060126942 - Method of and apparatus for retrieving movie image: The movie image retrieving apparatus includes an image input device 13 to which the movie images are inputted in a time-series manner, a feature value calculation device 14 which includes a feature value deriving section 16 for deriving the feature value and a quantization section 17 which quantizes the feature...

20060126943 - Geometric hashing method for model-based recognition of an object: A method of pattern matching for recognition of objects within an image, uses a model defined by a set of one or more model primitives representative of large scale structures of an archetype. The image is analyzed to derive at least one target primitive representative of a large scale structure...

20060126944 - Variance-based event clustering: In an image classification method, a plurality of grouping values are received. The grouping values each have an associated image. An average of the grouping values is calculated. A variance metric of the grouping values, relative to the average is computed. A grouping threshold is determined from the variance metric....

20060126945 - Information-theoretic method for clustering and merging imprecise data: An information-theoretic method clusters and merges bi-variate normal data or ‘error ellipses’ lying in a plane. Two or more error ellipses are clustered and then merged into a single error ellipse if the information lost in the merging process is sufficiently small. This criterion is numerically implemented and tested in...

20060126946 - Systems and methods for automatic graphical sequence completion: A possible portion providing method involving receiving a pattern provided using a movable member, the pattern corresponding to a traveling path of the movable member, and the provided pattern corresponding to a portion of an intended sequence, determining at least one possible sequence which includes the received pattern, and displaying...

20060126948 - Image compression apparatus and method, and program and recording medium: An image compression apparatus and method which compression-encode an input moving image signal according to a JPEG2000 system and record the acquired encoded code stream in an MXF file, are provided. The image compression apparatus includes an encoding unit that compression-encodes each frame constituting an input moving image signal according...

20060126950 - Method for managing image files in mobile communication terminal: Disclosed is a method for managing image files in a mobile communication terminal capable of classifying a compressed image file in each field unit and then restructuring the compressed image file only with a field including essential information among the classified fields, thereby storing and managing the files. The method...

20060126947 - Method for the transmission of additional information when using a method for compressing data by means of prioritizing pixel transmission: The invention relates to a method for the transmission of additional information when using a method for compressing data by means of a prioritizing pixel transmission, said data consisting of individual pixel groups, each of which comprises a positional value within an image array and at least one pixel value....

20060126949 - Method of coding and decoding still picture: A method of coding and decoding a still picture is provided. The method of coding and decoding a still image includes: constructing a coded data configured with a region consisting of a first information expressible in bit and a second information expressible in byte by using separate output buffers; and...

20060126951 - Method of coding and decoding still picture: A method of coding/decoding a still picture is provided. The coding method includes transforming color components of image data based on a first color space into components on a first color space using an integer-integer color transform, and constructing frames for the transformed components on the second color space and...

20060126953 - Data processing apparatus and method and recording medium: JPEG encoded data are entropy-decoded to quantized DCT coefficients which are sent to a prediction tap extraction circuit (41) and to a class tap extraction circuit (42). The prediction tap extraction circuit (41) and the class tap extraction circuit (42) extract what is needed from the quantized DCT coefficients to...

20060126952 - Image decoding apparatus, image decoding program, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, image encoding program, and image encoding method: An image decoding apparatus has a video data decoder for receiving and decoding encoded video data to acquire a plurality of reconstructed images; a subsidiary data decoder for receiving and decoding subsidiary data to acquire subsidiary motion information; and a resolution enhancer for generating motion vectors representing time-space correspondences between...

20060126954 - Image compression apparatus and method capable of varying quantization parameter according to image complexity: Disclosed herein is an image compression apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal. The image compression apparatus includes an image sensor unit, an Image Signal Processor (ISP), an auto focus Digital Signal Processor (DSP), and a compression module. The image sensor unit converts an optical signal into an electrical...

20060126955 - Spatial extrapolation of pixel values in intraframe video coding and decoding: Techniques and tools for spatial extrapolation of pixel values in intraframe video encoding and/or decoding are described.