Image analysis inventions 09/06

20060210108 - Halftone watermarking and related applications: A method of embedding a digital watermark into a halftone image. The method redundantly encodes a multi-bit message, and transforms the encoded message to a multilevel per pixel watermark image. It then derives halftone thresholds from the multilevel per pixel watermark image. These thresholds are then used to convert target...

20060210109 - Multiple watermarks in content: Image, video, and/or audio data is encoded with at least first and second watermarks. In one implementation a method includes: receiving content; embedding a first watermark signal in the content; compressing the content; embedding a second watermark signal in the content. The first watermark signal and the second watermark signal...

20060210112 - Behavior recognition system: A system for recognizing various human and creature motion gaits and behaviors is presented. These behaviors are defined as combinations of “gestures” identified on various parts of a body in motion. For example, the leg gestures generated when a person runs are different than when a person walks. The system...

20060210110 - Monitoring device: The invention concerns a monitoring device with a multi-camera device and an object tracking device for the high resolution observation of moving objects. Hereby it is provided that the object tracking device comprises an image integration device for the generation of a total image from the individual images of the...

20060210111 - Systems and methods for eye-operated three-dimensional object location: In an embodiment of the invention, a stereoscopic image of an object is obtained using two cameras. The locations and orientations of the two cameras are obtained. The stereoscopic image of the object is displayed on a stereoscopic display. A first gaze line from a right eye and a second...

20060210114 - Drive assist system and navigation system for vehicle: Front left and right cameras are arranged at front left and right end parts, respectively, of a vehicle to capture a corresponding peripheral image around the vehicle. A control circuit controls a displaying operation of a display device based on a sensed current position of the vehicle and road map...

20060210116 - Lane recognition apparatus: A lane recognition apparatus that recognizes a lane from an input image sequence captured from a visual sensor mounted on a vehicle at a fixed time interval, includes a time series smoothing part for generating a smoothed feature image based on a feature image extracted from the input image sequence...

20060210113 - Object detector for a vehicle: An on-vehicle object detector has both a relative position measuring device and an image-taking device. The relative position measuring device is for scanning a frontal area with a beam of electromagnetic waves and measures distance L1 and direction to an object that reflects the waves. The image-taking device is for...

20060210115 - System for, method of generating and organizing a warehouse database and using the database to provide and/or present required information: A system is disclosed for generating a warehouse database containing information relating to the identity and location of certain items stored in the warehouse. Each of the certain items has optical identifiers thereon. A plurality of markers providing location data indicating their own location are distributed around the warehouse. The...

20060210117 - Method and apparatus for ground detection and removal in vision systems: A vision system that forms a map of a scene proximate a platform, e.g., a vehicle, that determines the actual ground plane form the map, and that corrects the map for differences between the actual ground plane and an assumed ground plane. The vision system may remove the actual ground...

20060210120 - Biometric sensor: Methods and systems are provided for biometric sensing. An illumination subsystem provides light at discrete wavelengths to a skin site of an individual. A detection subsystem receives light scattered from the skin site. A computational unit is interfaced with the detection system. The computational unit has instructions for deriving a...

20060210119 - Multimodal biometric analysis: A biometric system that uses readings from a plurality of biometrics of a user is disclosed. The biometric system includes a first and second biometric readers, a first and second biometric matching engines and a processor. The first biometric reader producing a first measured biometric that is processed by the...

20060210118 - Personal identification apparatus: A personal identification apparatus includes an image sensing device, collation determination circuit, and recognition unit. The image sensing device senses at least part of the face of an identification target. The collation determination circuit collates image pattern information output from the image sensing device with registered pattern information of at...

20060210121 - Eye opening degree estimating apparatus: The present invention is directed to provide an eye opening degree estimating apparatus capable of properly estimating the opening degree of an eye. In an eye opening degree estimating apparatus, a search axis used for estimating the eye opening degree is set in an eye region image. By integrating luminance...

20060210123 - Personal authentication method and device: During registration, an iris image taken is frequency-analyzed using a plurality of frequencies f1 to fn to generate features for the respective frequencies f1 to fn. During authentication, frequencies f2 to fn are selected from the frequencies f1 to fn for use in frequency analysis for authentication. An iris image...

20060210122 - System and method for eyeball surface topography as a biometric discriminator: An embodiment of the present invention is a system for identifying a user by observing irregularities on the surface of an eyeball of the user includes a topography system and a gaze tracking system. The topography system obtains one or more discernable features of the eyeball and stores the one...

20060210125 - Face matching for dating and matchmaking services: A method is disclosed which matches a description of a face with face images in a database. A service/system for dating/matchmaking is disclosed in which a partner profiles comprises a description of a face and a member profile comprises one or multiple image/s of a face. The matching between partner...

20060210124 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An object of the present invention is to ensure that facial images can be recognized easily and accurately. A image pickup apparatus photographs the face of a user and outputs pixel values substantially proportionate to the logarithm of the amount of incident light. A difference image calculating unit calculates a...

20060210126 - Apparatus and method of fingerprint recognition for a mobile terminal: An apparatus for recognizing a fingerprint includes a fingerprint sensing unit for scanning a fingerprint of a user; a storage using for storing a comparison model of the fingerprint of the user and various threshold values; a control unit for obtaining similarity between the fingerprint of the user scanned by...

20060210127 - Communication terminal and method of inserting symbols thereof: A mobile communication terminal and method of inserting symbols thereof are disclosed, by which a convenient symbol input system is provided and by which a user is facilitated to input a symbol using a fingerprint pattern of the user. The present invention includes a fingerprint recognizer, a control unit searching...

20060210128 - Linear image sensing device with image matching function and processing method therefor: In a linear image sensing device with image matching function, a linear sensors array senses a finger, which is moving over it, to obtain fragment image analog signals, which are amplified, by a programmable gain amplifier, into amplified signals. An analog-to-digital converter sequentially converts the amplified signals into digital image...

20060210132 - Devices and methods for identifying and monitoring changes of a suspect area on a patient: A device for acquiring first and subsequent images of a suspect area on a patient and methods for monitoring or detecting changes of the suspect area over time and providing notification when the changes exceed a threshold. The device may be an imaging device, such as a digital camera, possibly...

20060210129 - Method and apparatus for multiple labeling detection and evaluation of a plurality of particles: The invention relates to a transmission electron microscope equipped with a 2k−2k pixel area Slow Scan Cooled Charge Coupled Device Camera connected to an image processing software for generating an image of a sample. A segmentation of gold particles in the sample is achieved by the separation from specimen structure...

20060210133 - Performance adjustments in medical decision support systems: A user adjusts the performance for assisted diagnosis. The sensitivity, specificity or both are adjusted as desired by the physician or end-user. By adjusting the trade-offs, a decision support system may be optimized by each user or for each case, possibly avoiding a one-fits-all approach or requiring purchase of different...

20060210131 - Tomographic computer aided diagnosis (cad) with multiple reconstructions: A method for performing a computer aided detection (CAD) analysis of images acquired from a multiple projection X-ray system is provided. The method comprises accessing the projection images from the multiple projection X-ray system and applying a plurality of reconstruction algorithms on the projection images to generate a plurality of...

20060210130 - Ultrasonic doppler system for determining movement of artery walls: The invention relates to an ultrasonic viewing system, for displaying images of an artery using a curved array of transducer elements, comprising means for acquiring (51) of an ultrasonic image sequence and a Doppler color sequence of a segment of artery explored along its longitudinal axis and having walls moving...

20060210134 - Method and device for flow reconstruction: The invention relates to a method and a device for the three-dimensional reconstruction of the flow conditions in a vascular system (3), in which, in a first phase after the beginning of a contrast-medium injection, X-ray projection pictures are produced from the same direction (A) at a high picture-taking rate...

20060210135 - Method and apparatus for correcting radiographic images: Structural noise is accurately removed by a radiographic image correcting apparatus. A correction image data set, generated from a reference image data set obtained from a stimulable phosphor sheet onto which radiation has been uniformly irradiated, that includes at least four times the amount of structural noise compared to quantum...

20060210136 - Image processing and analysis of array data: Disclosed are methods of processing images, and in particular aligning and orienting grids from a fluorescent array of signal sources, by linking nearest neighbor sources to form a hexagon, and then using the hexagon lines for alignment and orientation of the grid. Also disclosed are methods and algorithms for aligning...

20060210137 - Method and apparatus for currency discrimination: An improved method and apparatus for discriminating between currency bills of different denominations uses an optical sensing and correlation technique based on the sensing of bill reflectance characteristics obtained by illuminating and scanning a bill along one of its dimensions. A series of detected reflectance signals are obtained by sampling...

20060210138 - Verification of authenticity of check data: The invention recognises that both human readable data printed on a check and machine readable data added to the check at the time of check printing to graphically encode the human readable data are subject to errors and artefacts during the initial printing and subsequent scanning processes: if, after scanning,...

20060210140 - Apparatus and method for automated stress testing of flip-chip packages: An apparatus for testing flip-chip packages has a programmed computer, a test-engine stage for applying an impact to at least one package under test, and a monitoring stage. The test-engine stage causes an impact on the package on the side opposite its ball-grid array. The test-engine stage has actuators connected...

20060210139 - Foam assessment: There are described methods and apparatus for assessing foams generated from liquids. Existing methods are slow and labour intensive. The new methods involve generating foams from liquids and optically obtaining information to enable parameters relating to the generated foam to be measured. Although single samples of liquids may be processed...

20060210141 - Inspection method and inspection apparatus: An inspection method and an inspection apparatus are disclosed, wherein the appropriate inspection can be conducted in accordance with the situation change of a nonconforming product from an initial stage, an adjust stage and a stable stage. The conformity/nonconformity is discriminated according to a MTS model and a one class...

20060210143 - Method and apparatus for measuring shape of a specimen: In the past, when a shape was corrected by adjusting parameters of a shape calculating equation proper for a measuring method used in measuring a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape by correlating the parameters and a shape index value, the degree of freedom of modifying a shape by correction depended on...

20060210142 - Pattern inspection method and apparatus: A color image of an inspection object is taken by an imaging means capable of taking a color image to obtain color information of an RGB color space. A gray-scale image of a color component of the RGB color space or another color space is generated, and the inspection object...

20060210144 - Method and apparatus for reviewing defects: A reviewing apparatus, for enabling to conduct detailed review (ADR) and/or defect classification (ADC), effectively, through making alignment of defects detected in an upstream inspecting apparatus into the reviewing apparatus, with certainty and at high accuracy, and further within a short time-period, comprises a defect selecting portion 240 for selecting...

20060210146 - Creating 3d images of objects by illuminating with infrared patterns: According to a general aspect, processing images includes projecting an infra-red pattern onto a three-dimensional object and producing a first image, a second image, and a third image of the three-dimensional object while the pattern is projected on the three-dimensional object. The first image and the second image include the...

20060210147 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a memory unit which stores data of a first projection image and data of a second projection image, which are associated with the same object and are captured in different imaging directions, a display unit which displays the data of the first projection image and...

20060210145 - Method and system of structural light-based 3d depth imaging using signal separation coding and error correction thereof: A 3D depth imaging method and system are disclosed. The 3D depth imaging method involves radiating light at a measurement target object using a projection means and imaging the light using an image receiving means, and includes the steps of assigning a unique transmitting side address to a signal corresponding...

20060210148 - Three-dimensional model generating apparatus, method and program: An apparatus for generating a three-dimensional model of an object includes a storage unit that stores three-dimensional coordinates of plural vertices on a standard model of the object, an image input unit that inputs plural input images acquired by photographing the object, a first detection unit that detects a coordinate...

20060210152 - Interface method and system for blending regions in an image: A computer implemented method and interface for modifying images on a computing device is provided. The interface used for modification covers a region of an image having a range of intensities with an inner geometric shape to receive a continuous image processing effect, surrounds the inner geometric shape with an...

20060210151 - Interface method and system for finding image intensities: A method and interface for finding image intensities of an image on a computing device is provided. Finding these image intensities includes displaying an image on a display device having a range of intensities, identifying one or more regions of the image according to the intensity values in each of...

20060210150 - Interface method and system for mapping image intensity: Provided is a computer implemented method and interface for mapping image intensities on a computing device. The processing method includes displaying an image on a display device having a range of intensities, subdividing the range of intensities from the image on the display device into a set of intensity zones,...

20060210149 - Method and device for processing colour information of a pattern having cluttered and useful information characters: In a method for processing of color information of a document provided with noise characters and usable characters, a digital image of the document is generated comprised of image points. At least one image region of a first type is selected which is known to correspond to a region of...

20060210153 - Digital method for matching stains: The present invention relates to color matching and, more specifically, an apparatus and method for preparing a stain to match a target color of a selected substrate (e.g., wood species). In one embodiment a system is provided that comprises (i) a computer (e.g., a stand-alone PC or a networked computer),...

20060210154 - Skin tone measurement device and method: A device for evaluating skin tone may include a measurement head configured to be applied against skin. The measurement head may include: an outlet window through which light is to be emitted into the skin; and a detection window configured to receive the light emitted through the outlet window. A...

20060210155 - Residual color transform for 4:2:0 rgb format: A Residual Color Transform (RCT) technique directly encodes 4:2:0 Red-Green-Blue (RGB) data without data loss prior to compression. After transmission or storage, the coded 4:2:0 RGB data is directly decoded and interpolated to generate missing RGB data prior to display....

20060210156 - Video compression for raw rgb format using residual color transform: A Residual Color Transform (RCT) technique directly encodes raw Red-Green-Blue (RGB) data directly without first performing a color transform. After transmission or storage, the coded raw RGB data is directly decoded and then interpolated to generate missing RGB data....

20060210161 - Digital signal coding with division into tiles: R

20060210159 - Foreground extraction approach by using color and local structure information: A method for extracting a foreground object from an image comprises selecting a first pixel of the image, selecting a set of second pixels of the image associated with the first pixel, determining a set of contrasts for the first pixel by comparing the first pixel with each of the...

20060210157 - Method and apparatus for summarizing a music video using content anaylsis: A method and apparatus are provided for segmenting and summarizing a music video (507) in a multimedia stream (505) using content analysis. A music video (507) is segmented in a multimedia stream (505) by evaluating a plurality of content features that are related to the multimedia stream. The plurality of...

20060210160 - Model based adaptive multi-elliptical approach: a one click 3d segmentation approach: A seed point is selected inside a structure that is to be segmented in image data. An adaptive model is defined around the seed point, and a preprocessing filter is applied only within the bounding region. A presegmentation of the preprocessed result is performed, and the bounding region is expanded...

20060210158 - Object-specific segmentation: The invention relates to the field of efficient segmentation of collections of anatomical structures in medical imaging. For example, in radiotherapy planning, the segmentation of a collection of several anatomical structures, which represent the target volume in risk organs is required. When using model based segmentation, organ models represented by...

20060210162 - Image processing apparatus and its method: Upon searching for a digital document of a document image, if information indicating a security level “vector conversion of objects is NG” is embedded in the document of interest, information of objects to be used in the search is deficient, thus disturbing satisfactory search processing. To solve this problem, a...

20060210163 - Word or character boundary-based scratch-out gesture recognition: Described is a computer-implemented system and method that detects and differentiates scratch-out gestures from other electronic ink, e.g., entered via a pen. The system and method compare boundary-based criteria to differentiate, which eliminates the need to have a specially-shaped scratch-out pattern, instead allowing a wide variety of scratch-out styles to...

20060210167 - Display device, control method thereof, electronic device including display device, display device control program, and recording medium on which display device control program is recorded: An ATM has a display section of a touch panel and a security camera that takes an image of at least an area from which display information on the display section is viewable. After a predetermined waiting time, the security camera takes an image. From the taken image, human faces...

20060210165 - Image extracting apparatus, image extracting method, and image extracting program: The image extracting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a candidate image extracting section for extracting a moving image component including the facial image of a predetermined person from a moving image; and a representative image extracting section for extracting the moving image component including the facial image of...

20060210166 - Image extracting apparatus, image extracting method, and image extracting program: An album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes an object extracting section that extracts an object from a moving image, an object acceleration computing section that computes acceleration of the object extracted from the object extracting section to a background based on a change of position in a...

20060210164 - Image processing device: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of counting objects to be counted with high accuracy. In the image processing apparatus of the present invention, a feature image generating unit (2) provided upstream of a binarizing unit (3) applies spatial filtering to a monochrome picture for emphasizing a...

20060210168 - Apparatus and method for generating shape model of object and apparatus and method for automatically searching for feature points of object employing the same: An apparatus and method for generating a shape model of an object and an apparatus and method for automatically searching for feature points of an object employing the same. The apparatus for automatically searching for feature points of an object includes: a shape model generation unit which generates a shape...

20060210169 - Apparatus and method for simulated sensor imagery using fast geometric transformations: The invention pertains generally to image processing. More specifically, the invention relates to the processing of sensor imagery using generated imagery. Embodiments of the invention include receiving sensor data, vehicle data, GPS data and accessing a database to obtain a pre-stored image of a target area. The pre-stored image of...

20060210170 - Image comparing apparatus using features of partial images: An image comparing apparatus receives two images to be compared with each other. For each of the two images, respective feature values of partial images in the image are determined. With respect to each partial image in one of the images, the position of a partial image that is in...

20060210173 - Analysis hints: A system and method for assisting with analysis and recognition of ink is described. Analysis hints may be associated with a field. The field may receive electronic ink. Based on the identity of the field and the analysis hint associated with it, at least one of analysis and recognition of...

20060210171 - Image processing apparatus: When an image processing apparatus receives bitmap information, which includes image information, whose structural element unit is a chapter or a paragraph, first discrimination information and second information that differs from the image information and the first discrimination information, an OCR section outputs text information and meta-information written in the...

20060210172 - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for fast neighborhood determinations in dynamic environments: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for ascertaining neighborhood information in a dynamically changing environment, such as an electronic ink environment may include: (a) receiving data representing plural electronic ink strokes; (b) defining a first vertex associated with a first ink stroke; and (c) determining neighboring vertices to the first vertex,...

20060210180 - Device and method for processing a signal having a sequence of discrete values: When processing a signal having a sequence of discrete values, wherein there is a first frequency range, in which the signal has a high energy, and wherein there is a second frequency range, in which the signal has a low energy, the sequence of discrete values is first manipulated to...

20060210181 - Digital image coding system having self-adjusting selection criteria for selecting a transform function: In a digital signal processing system, a method for selecting a transform function to apply to an input signal based on characteristics of the signal, and for self-adjusting criteria which are used in selecting a transform function to apply to a subsequent signal. Characteristics are obtained from the signal. The...

20060210178 - Image codec engine: An image processing system including an image encoder and image decoding system is provided. The image encoder system includes an image decomposer, a block encoder, and an encoded image composer. The image decomposer decomposes the image into blocks. The block encoder, which includes a selection module, a codeword generation module...

20060210176 - Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: According to this invention, while the encoding efficiency of image data (e.g., a natural image) substantially maintains the conventional one, an image (e.g., a CG image or text document) having a small number of appearance colors is losslessly encoded at higher compression ratio. For this purpose, pixel data are input...

20060210177 - Image transmission apparatus, image transmission method and image transmission program: In an image transmission apparatus an image data generator generates image data that represents an image. An updated image data generator generates updated image data that represents an updated image of an updated region of the image. A compressor compresses the updated image data. A transmitter stores the updated image...

20060210175 - Method and apparatus for detecting motion in mpeg video streams: A method of detecting motion in a video image comprising the steps of connecting an MPEG compliant encoder to a video source that provides video images, compressing the video data in the video images and generating a compressed video image bit stream having a motion compensation component, receiving the generated...

20060210179 - Methods and apparatus for data compression: A plurality of compression schemes are provided that achieve improved compression ratios. A first embodiment provides for compression of each pixel by one of a plurality of different entropy-based compression schemes based upon a probability cost analysis. A second embodiment provides for compression of each pixel based on a hybrid...

20060210174 - System and method for transforming graphics data: A system 10 for transforming graphics data comprising graphics data 12; and a transformation processor 14 for creating transformed graphics data 24, where the graphics data 12 and transformed graphics data 24 each comprise a set of frames 16, 26, each frame 18, 26 in the set of frames comprising...

20060210182 - Decoding apparatus, decoding method and program product therefor: A decoding apparatus for decoding compression data has a reference value extracting unit and a decoded data generating unit. The reference value extracting unit extracts reference compression data to be referred for the compression data to be processed. The decoded data generating unit generates decoded data corresponding to the compression...

20060210183 - Decoding apparatus, dequantizing method, and program thereof: A decoding apparatus includes a dequantization-value generating section, distribution-information acquiring section, and a correcting section. The dequantization-value generating section generates a plurality of dequantization values for each quantization index value. The distribution-information acquiring section acquires distribution information of original data corresponding to each quantization index. The correcting section corrects at...

20060210184 - Method for adaptively encoding motion image based on temporal and spatial complexity and apparatus therefor: A method and an apparatus adaptively encode a motion image based on temporal and/or spatial complexity. In the method, encoding is performed with different temporal and spatial resolutions at frame rates based on the temporal and/or spatial complexity of an input image so that image data is stored with high...

20060210185 - Methods and systems for picture up-sampling: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for picture up-sampling using direct interpolation. Some embodiments of the present invention provide an up-sampling procedure designed for the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC....

20060210186 - Multiscale sharpening and smoothing with wavelets: A method and apparatus for processing image data are described. In one embodiment, a method of processing image data comprises decomposing the image data into multiple decomposition levels by applying a wavelet transform to the image data, and modifying coefficients in at least two of the decomposition levels by scaling...

20060210188 - Image correcting method, image correcting apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon: An image correcting method includes: (a) acquiring original image information to be corrected; (b) setting a confirmation range for confirming an effect of a correction; (c) producing corrected image information; and (d) displaying, on an image display section, an original image based on the original image information and a corrected...

20060210187 - Method for enhancing image quality by saturation: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing an image quality by saturation. The method includes the step of: determining a minimum gain value ‘SatGainMin’ and a maximum gain value ‘SatGainMax’ of a gain value ‘PGain’ of a pre-amplifier; defining a first to a third ranges based on the...

20060210189 - Techniques to filter media signals: A system, apparatus, method and article to filter media signals are described. The apparatus may include a media processor. The media processor may include an image signal processor having multiple processing elements to concurrently process a pixel matrix by executing single instruction stream, multiple data streams instructions to determine a...

20060210190 - System and method for enhancing an image: A system and method for enhancing the contrast within an image. An enhanced image can be generated in a real-time or substantially real-time manner from an initial image. The pixel values of the initial image can be used to populate a histogram or otherwise serve as the basis for subsequent...

20060210191 - Artifact reduction in a digital video: A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises performing a first set of correlations between a first plurality of pixel values in a first frame and a target pixel value in a target frame of a digital video across all of a plurality of color channels...

20060210192 - Automatic perspective distortion detection and correction for document imaging: A method and apparatus for detecting and correcting perspective distortion for document imaging is described. The document template of the present invention contains special markers that define the corners of the document. One of these markers, different from the others, uniquely identifies a particular corner. When an image of a...

20060210194 - Method and apparatus for reducing image acquisition time in a digital imaging device: A method and apparatus for reducing the image acquisition time in a digital imaging device by processing segments of the image through an image processing pipeline and storing the processed image segments. Processing segments of the image allows the digital imaging device to write processed data segments to a storage...

20060210193 - Protecting document from undesired alteration and undesired reproduction: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of protecting a document from undesired alteration and undesired reproduction are disclosed. A protected document may be generated from an original document, which is embedded with a first pattern and a second pattern. The first pattern is used for detecting...

20060210195 - Detecting an orientation of characters in a document image: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of detecting an orientation of characters in a document image are disclosed. The orientation of the characters is determined based on a detection result, which indicates the degree of similarity between a character line of the document image having a...

20060210196 - Method and system using non-uniform image blocks for rapid interactive viewing of digital image over a network: Apparatus and method for rapid interactive viewing of a digital image over a network. A client computer displays a view of an image. The image is originally resident on a server computer. The client computer maintains a cache, initially empty, of image blocks already obtained from the server. When the...

20060210197 - Ocr apparatus and ocr result verification method: An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a document into image information, an OCR-processing unit configured to...

20060210198 - Optical-character-recognition system and optical-character-recognition method: An OCR system includes an operation-and-display unit having an operation unit that receives input-operation information transmitted from a user and a display unit that visually presents information to the user that are integrated with each other, a read unit that converts information provided on a document into image information, an...

20060204030 - Digital watermark detecting device and method thereof: There is provided a digital watermarking detecting device that can accurately detect watermarking information weakened by an attack such as image cut-out, scaling or the like without increasing a calculation amount and a circuit scale. The digital watermarking detecting device includes an extractor 10 for extracting a signal of a...

20060204031 - Digital watermark embedding apparatus and digital watermark detection apparatus: A digital watermark embedding apparatus includes a scaling unit configured to scale at least a specific frequency component of an input image signal to generate a scaled image signal, a control unit configured to control at least one of a phase and amplitude of the scaled image signal in accordance...

20060204032 - Digital watermark embedding method, digital watermark embedding apparatus, and storage medium storing a digital watermark embedding program: A method for embedding a watermark into digital data, when the watermark is to be embedded in a digital image, independently changes real number components and imaginary number components of each of coefficient values of a complex watermark coefficient matrix using key, from the watermark to be embedded in the...

20060204033 - Conversation assisting device and conversation assisting method: According to the present invention, since a first display section 22 and a second display section 32 can be placed at different angles, while a first user is watching the second display section 32 and a second user is watching the first display section 22, they can smoothly converse with...

20060204035 - Method and apparatus for tracking a movable object: A method and apparatus for tracking a movable object using a plurality of images, each of which is separated by an interval of time is disclosed. The plurality of images includes first and second images. The method and apparatus include elements for aligning the first and second images as a...

20060204036 - Method for intelligent video processing: The present invention discloses a method that integrates space and time analysis methods in intelligent video processing, and complements their advantages. The present invention discloses a method for implementing intelligent video detection. The method comprises pre-processing video frames, estimating foreground objects, generating motion signals, and using a fuzzy system to...

20060204034 - Modification of viewing parameters for digital images using face detection information: A method of modifying the viewing parameters of digital images using face detection for achieving a desired spatial parameters based on one or more sub-groups of pixels that correspond to one or more facial features of the face. Such methods may be used for animating still images, automating and streamlining...

20060204038 - Vehicle mounted stereo camera apparatus: A vehicle mounted stereo camera apparatus including a plurality of imaging units for generating image data sequentially based on optical information from an object, and an image processing unit for importing the image data generated by the plurality of imaging units respectively, processing the imported image data individually, and then...

20060204039 - Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus: A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus is comprised of a camera installed in the front or rear of a vehicle, for picking up images of side view of the vehicle; a feature point detecting section that detects feature points in the side images and calculates the motion vectors of the detected...

20060204037 - Vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus: A right infrared camera produces a right gray-scale image by imaging aiming targets disposed in a right position, and a left infrared camera produces a left gray-scale image by imaging aiming targets disposed in a left position. An average value of coordinates of the aiming targets in a preset clipping...

20060204044 - Image output apparatus, image output method, image output program, image trimming apparatus, image trimming method, and image trimming program: An image output apparatus according to the present invention includes: a moving image constituting image extracting section that extracts a moving-image constituting image from a moving image having a plurality of moving-image constituting images; a moving direction specifying section that specifies a moving direction, in the moving image, of an...

20060204043 - Image processing apparatus and method, computer program, and storage medium: The image processing apparatus includes obtaining unit for obtaining moving image data having been obtained in shooting unit for shooting an object and shooting information relating to a condition of the shooting unit during the shooting, encoding unit for executing motion detection on the moving image data by unit of...

20060204046 - Method and apparatus for motion estimation in video signal decoding: Efficient search window storage schemes for motion estimation in video signal processing are disclosed. According to one embodiment, motion estimation is carried out as follows: allocating a ring buffer to store at least critical number of macro-blocks of luminance data from a reference frame on the motion estimator, establishing a...

20060204040 - Occluding contour detection and storage for digital photography: Described are techniques used in occluding contour detection. Cues obtained from a static image are combined with cues obtained based on motion disparity of objects in the image to determine occluding image contours. Two images of a same scene are obtained. Local pixel-wise flow fields are obtained using the Lucas-Kanade...

20060204042 - System and method for determining eye closure state: A system and method are provided for monitoring an eye to determine eye closure. The system includes a video imaging camera oriented to generate images of an eye. The system also includes a video processor for processing the images generated with the video imaging camera. The processor includes an edge...

20060204045 - System and method for motion performance improvement: A system for improving performance and reducing injuries due to improper body mechanics in sports such as baseball, football, and tennis includes equipment for capturing visual images of the person's physical motion over time and a computing device for receiving these visual images and converting them into a graphical representation...

20060204041 - System and method of detecting eye closure based on edge lines: A system and method are provided for monitoring an eye to determine eye closure. The system includes a video imaging camera oriented to generate images of an eye, and a video processor for processing the images. The processor includes an edge detector for detecting edges of the eye in the...

20060204050 - Face authenticating apparatus and entrance and exit management apparatus: A pedestrian moves in a direction indicated by the arrow “a”, and the face of the pedestrian M facing a door provided in an entrance and exit target area is captured by cameras. Specifically, while the pedestrian M exists between a position C and a position A in the walking...

20060204051 - Method and system for managing account information: A method and system for authenticating the identity of a consumer is disclosed. After the consumer is authenticated by a trusted third party, the consumer designates accounts that the consumer wishes to “lock.” When a party requests access to that account, the consumer is notified through the consumer's phone and...

20060204049 - Multimodal fusion decision logic system: The present invention includes a method of deciding whether a data set is acceptable for making a decision. A first probability partition array and a second probability partition array may be provided. A no-match zone may be established and used to calculate a false-acceptance-rate (“FAR”) and/or a false-rejection-rate (“FRR”) for...

20060204047 - Portable memory storage device with biometric identification security: A portable memory storage device is disclosed where access to information on the device is granted only upon proper biometric authentication of a user. The device includes a controller, a non-volatile memory which may be a flash memory, and a biometric scanner system for controlling access to the information within...

20060204048 - Systems and methods for biometric authentication: In one embodiment, an authentication system includes: a sensor for sensing a biometric and for providing a first code in response to sensing the biometric; and a processor for evaluating the first code to authenticate a user of the sensor independent of said sensor sensing the biometric. The biometric may...

20060204052 - Method, apparatus, and program for detecting red eye: A process for detecting red eyes within faces included within photographic images and the like includes the steps of: detecting red eye candidates, which may be estimated to be red eyes, by searching the entire image (red eye candidate detecting process); detecting a face that includes the detected red eye...

20060204059 - Apparatus for authenticating vehicle driver: An authenticating apparatus has an image capturing section, such as camera, and a controller. The image capturing section captures a facial image of a first person such as a potential driver in a driver seat and a second person such as a passenger in a passenger seat. The controller compares...

20060204057 - Digital image adjustable compression and resolution using face detection information: A method of adjustable spatial and/or temporal compression of an image including a face includes identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image. A first compression portion of the image including the group of pixels is determined. A second compression portion of the image...

20060204054 - Digital image processing composition using face detection information: A method of automatic or assisted recomposing of digital image processing uses face detection. Pixels that correspond to a face within a digital image are identified. A re-compositioned image is based on spatial or other parameters of the detected image, particularly in relation to the entire digital image or other...

20060204055 - Digital image processing using face detection information: A method of processing a digital image using face detection within the image achieves one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that correspond to an image of a face within the digital image. Default values are determined of one or more parameters of at...

20060204053 - Pattern identification method, device thereof, and program thereof: In a pattern identification device performing pattern identification of data which has been input by hierarchically extracting features, a primary feature is extracted and distribution of at least one feature extraction result extracted is analyzed, a secondary feature is extracted according to this analysis result. Thus, it is possible to...

20060204056 - Perfecting the effect of flash within an image acquisition devices using face detection: Within a digital acquisition device with a built in flash unit, the exposure of an acquired digital image is perfected using face detection in the acquired image is provided. Groups of pixels that correspond to plural images of faces are identified within a digitally acquired image, and corresponding image attributes...

20060204060 - System and method for real time lip synchronization: A novel method for synchronizing the lips of a sketched face to an input voice. The lip synchronization system and method approach is to use training video as much as possible when the input voice is similar to the training voice sequences. Initially, face sequences are clustered from video segments,...

20060204058 - User recognition system and method thereof: In realizing a user recognition system and a method thereof, a user feature vector is extracted from an input facial image, and at least one cluster is generated and a user feature template is enrolled. The cluster includes the feature vector as a member of it. When a user facial...

20060204062 - Image input apparatus, subject identification system, subject verification system and image input method: The present invention provides high-accuracy image input capable of correcting for uneven lighting due to the shape of the subject, its reflectivity, its positioning and ambient light conditions, without increasing the scale of the circuitry or its costs. The image input apparatus of the present invention has an LED that...

20060204061 - Method for the acquisition of an image of a finger print: The invention relates to the recognition of digital finger prints, more particularly to recognition by an elongate bar of sensors able to detect crests and valleys of finger prints when a finger is passed in a relative manner in front of a sensor in an essentially parallel manner in relation...

20060204063 - Apparatus and method of supporting diagnostic imaging for medical use: A medical image diagnosing support apparatus comprises: a first extraction means which extracts a body region of a subject from a tomographic image of the subject acquired by a medical tomographic apparatus; a second extraction means which extracts a non-adipose region from the body region; a third extraction means which...

20060204064 - Automatic registration of intra-modality medical volume images using affine transformation: A current diagnostic image and an archived diagnostic image of a common region of patient are loaded into a first memory (14) and a second memory (18). The diagnostic images are converted into feature images (24), scaled (40), and normalized (42). An affine transform determining processor (50) generates an affine...

20060204067 - Determining shaft and femur neck axes and three-dimensional reconstruction: A method for determining a characteristic axis of a body structure includes generating at least two two-dimensional recordings of an area of the body structure; comparing each of the at least two recordings of the area with a generic model of the area in question, said generic model containing information...

20060204065 - Method and system for providing defective cell correction in a medical imaging device: Methods and systems for scanning a patient by using a medical imaging device are provided. The methods include determining a defective cell in a row n of a detector of the medical imaging device, determining a mode of operation of the medical imaging device, estimating the output of the defective...

20060204066 - Monitoring image inspection: A method of monitoring the inspection of a digital image by a viewer using a digital image viewing device. The method comprises recording data defining versions of the digital image inspected by the viewer such that each recorded version can be reproduced....

20060204068 - Method for quantitative video-microscopy and associated system and computer software program product: A method of determining an amount of at least one molecular species in a sample from an image of the sample captured by an image acquisition device is provided, each molecular species being indicated by a dye. A dye space representation of a plurality of dyes is formed by orthogonally...

20060204069 - Method and device for radiographic imaging: Method for radiographic imaging, in particular for measuring the bone mineral density of an osseous body, this method involving an operation which consists in determining the value of a composite index using, on the one hand, digitized radiological data, and, on the other hand, a three-dimensional generic model of said...

20060204070 - Three-dimensional x-ray imaging with fourier reconstruction: This invention is a method of generating images of the interior of an object through the use of x-rays or other radiation that is attenuated upon passing through the object. This technology is known as computed tomography, or CT. In the prior art, the x-ray source is moved around or...

20060204071 - Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer: Multimodal/multispectral images of a population of cells are simultaneously collected. Photometric and/or morphometric features identifiable in the images are used to separate the population of cells into a plurality of subpopulations. Where the population of cells includes diseased cells and healthy cells, the images can be separated into a healthy...

20060204072 - System for creating microscopic digital montage images: An imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus may find an area in which a specimen is present, then focus on the specimen and capture images of the specimen during continuous stage motion....

20060204073 - Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements: An overlay mark for determining the relative shift between two or more successive layers of a substrate is disclosed. The overlay mark includes at least one test pattern for determining the relative shift between a first and a second layer of the substrate in a first direction. The test pattern...

20060204074 - Pc board inspecting method and apparatus and inspection logic setting method and apparatus: A PC board inspecting method capable of detecting deviation of an IC component at high speed with small storage capacity utilizes inspection logic particular to a component to be inspected. The inspection logic includes a color condition for specifying a color appearing in the body of the component to be...

20060204078 - Method for obtaining a position match of 3d data sets in a dental cad/cam system: Disclosed is a method for designing tooth surfaces of a digital dental prosthetic item existing as a 3D data set using a first 3D model of a preparation site and/or of a dental prosthetic item and a second 3D model, which second model comprises regions which match some regions on...

20060204079 - Pattern recognition apparatus and method: A pattern recognition apparatus compares an image including a photographed object to be recognized with a model previously registered in a table and recognizes the object to be recognized, and the pattern recognition apparatus includes an image input part 1, a feature point extraction part 2, a triangulation part 3,...

20060204075 - Stereoscopic video creating device and stereoscopic video distributing method: When “0” indicating that intensity of a stereoscopic effect is the lowest is applied as a stereoscopic effect tag, a stereoscopic image is allowed to be displayed as it is. On the other hand, when “1, 2, and 3” are applied as the stereoscopic effect tag, a reduction ratio is...

20060204077 - System and method for fast illumination-invariant background subtraction using two views: A method for eliminating errors in foreground object detection in digitized images comprises providing a reference camera and a secondary camera, vertically aligning each said camera with a baseline that is approximately perpendicular to a ground plane, wherein said reference camera is placed lower than said secondary camera, selecting a...

20060204076 - Systems, methods and apparatus for filtered back-projection reconstruction in digital tomosynthesis: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a specialized back-projection process reconstructs a finely detailed and crisp three-dimensional image (3-D ) from a series of two-dimensional (2-D) images by pre-filtering the 2-D images with a first group of settings before back-projecting the 2-D images into a 3-D image, and...

20060204080 - System and methods for rogue can detection: A vision system and methods to detect rogue objects on a product processing line are disclosed. The vision system includes a camera, a source of illumination, a user interface, and a computer-based platform including a memory. The vision system captures images from objects on the product processing line as the...

20060204081 - Method and system for incrementally learning an adaptive subspace by optimizing the maximum margin criterion: A method and system for generating a projection matrix for projecting data from a high dimensional space to a low dimensional space. The system establishes an objective function based on a maximum margin criterion matrix. The system then provides data samples that are in the high dimensional space and have...

20060204083 - Color processing apparatus and its method: In gamut mapping, when saturation is linearly compressed, a saturation drop of a low-saturation part is considerable. Linear compression based on zone division produces discontinuous points. Nonlinear compression cannot automatically and uniquely calculate a conversion curve. To combat these problems, first and second gamut data are obtained, the lightness ranges...

20060204084 - Color processing apparatus and method: Color data which is obtained by capturing an image of a color chart by an image capturing apparatus under a first light source, and depends on the first light source is acquired. Target data which is based on colorimetry data of the color chart under a second light source, and...

20060204085 - Controlling processor-based systems using a digital camera: A processor-based system may be controlled using a digital camera. The digital camera can provide luminance and motion information which may be analyzed to determine whether to alter one or more of the power consumption state, the operation of system utilities, or the operation of a screen saver....

20060204082 - Fusion of color space data to extract dominant color: A system and a method to extract dominant color information using fusion of color space data may include Red, Green, Blue (RGB) color space data and may include (H), Saturation (S), and Intensity Value (V) color space data. Red, Green and Blue color space histograms may be computed and maximum...

20060204086 - Compression of palettized images: In a method of compressing a palettized image having colors, the colors of the palettized image are arranged in a palette table in a hierarchical manner to form a hierarchical color palette. In addition, bit values for the colors are defined in accordance with the arrangement of the colors, such...

20060204089 - Method and apparatus for compensating for dot gain in stochastic printing: A method for compensating for dot gain in printing with stochastic screens comprises obtaining continuous tone CMYK files and screening the files at a resolution that is lower than the resolution of an output device that will be used to print the files. The lower resolution stochastically screened files are...

20060204088 - Method and apparatus of image processing: An image processing method for adjusting color data of an image is disclosed. The color space of the image is divided into a plurality of color grids and the method includes: providing a first table recorded a plurality of parameters corresponding to the plurality of color grids, respectively; receiving color...

20060204087 - Method of color correction: A color defined by a chroma point and by a luma value is adjusted by defining a reference chroma point and shifting the chroma point towards the reference point if the chroma point is within a predefined tilted rectangle in the chroma coordinate plane that encloses the reference point; or...

20060204090 - Method, program product and apparatus for optimizing illumination for full-chip layer: Optimization of illumination for a full-chip layer is disclosed. A pitch frequency of the full-chip layer is determined so as to generate a pitch frequency histogram of the full-chip layer. The pitch frequency indicates how often a given pitch occurs in the full-chip layer. The pitch frequency histogram is equated...

20060204091 - System and method for analyzing and processing two-dimensional images: A system for analyzing and processing two-dimensional images includes a computer (1). The computer includes: an image accessing unit (11) for accessing a two-dimensional image; a parameter setting unit (12) for setting corresponding parameters needed for analyzing and processing the two-dimensional image; a gray value obtaining unit (13) for obtaining...

20060204092 - Reproduction device and program: An optical disc stores an AVClip including a video stream and a graphics stream showing a subtitle. A resolution for the AVClip is obtained from Clip information. After this, a ratio is calculated between the obtained resolution and a resolution of a display apparatus that can be connected to a...

20060204095 - Document layout analysis with control of non-character area: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of applying document layout analysis to a document image with control of a non-character area. A non-character area is extracted from a document image to be processed. A character image is generated from the document image by removing the non-character...

20060204093 - Method of extracting a textual area in a digital image: A method of extracting a textual area in a digital image, in which the digital image is divided into a plurality of blocks, each being computed to obtain a number of edges, each having a higher contrast in the block at a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. Based on...

20060204094 - Translation device, translation program, and translation method: A translation device has a translation processing unit that outputs character-area-character data by performing a translation process on the character-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document, and outputting figure-area-character data by performing a translation process on the figure-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document,...

20060204096 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for analyzing document layout: A document layout analysis program capable of extracting an appropriate set of text blocks from a given document image even in the case where the document layout is so complicated that conventional extraction methods with a single extraction condition would not work well. A plurality of different extraction conditions are...

20060204097 - Method and system for implementing n-dimensional object recognition using dynamic adaptive recognition layers: In a method and a system for the implementation of multi-layered network object recognition in N-dimensional space, the structure of a neural recognition network is dynamically generated and adapted to recognize an object. The layers of the network are capable of recognizing key features of the input data by using...

20060204099 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus includes image memory that stores an image; character recognition rate acquisition unit that segments the image stored in the image memory into a plurality of partial images and acquiring a character recognition rate for each partial image; image quality assessment unit that calculates a parameter showing...

20060204098 - Wireless telecommunications terminal comprising a digital camera for character recognition, and a network therefor: A wireless telecommunications terminal is provided comprising a digital camera and a processor. The digital camera is configured to take a digital photograph of an item showing a character string. The processor is configured to receive data of or relating to the character string read by an optical character recognition...

20060204100 - Chinese character search method and apparatus thereof: The present invention provides a Chinese character search method. According to the method, the user first inputs the notation of the known character. When the input notation is received, some corresponding Chinese characters are shown in the display. Then, the user chooses the correct character for which he is searching....

20060204101 - Spatial transforms from displayed codes: A method and apparatus for performing EIC pattern analysis is described. Pattern feature extraction is performed followed by EIC symbol segmentation. A system may later use the result from the pattern analysis to determine a location of a captured image in relation to a larger array of EIC symbols....

20060204102 - Image processing device, image forming device, image processing method and program: An image processing device has a division determination unit. The division determination unit determines the partition number of an image in input image data. The division determination unit calculates the image features of the image in the image data, the features existing in reference areas, and, on the basis of...

20060204103 - Object detection apparatus, learning apparatus, object detection system, object detection method and object detection program: Object detection apparatus includes storage unit storing learned information learned previously with respect to sample image extracted from an input image and including first information and second information, first information indicating at least one combination of given number of feature-area/feature-value groups selected from plurality of feature-area/feature-value groups each including one...

20060204104 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, program and recording medium: An image processing method and apparatus is disclosed which can produce parallax data between a plurality of image data with a high degree of accuracy. Probability density functions are updated successively, and a corresponding relationship which minimizes the energy in each of the probability density functions is specified. Then, that...

20060204105 - Image recognition method: In a pattern recognition section of a digital color copying machine, a position analysis section successively selects, in units of a predetermined number, position data of rectangular regions stored in a position information memory, calculates distances between the rectangular regions, and determines whether a combination of the distances coincides with...

20060204106 - Imaging device, imaging method and imaging program: The present invention provides an imaging device comprising an imaging unit for photographing an image, a face extracting unit for extracting a face region including a person's face part from said image, a rating calculation unit for calculating a rating from said extracted face region, a threshold setting unit for...

20060204107 - Object recognition system using dynamic length genetic training: The present invention is directed to an object recognition system. The system includes a database having stored therein a trained reference vector. The trained reference vector includes a finite string of weighted reference feature elements optimized using a genetic algorithm which uses a dynamic length chromosome. The trained reference vector...

20060204108 - Method and device for the automated recognition of semi-finished products: Semifinished products, especially strand sections that are cut off from continuous cast strands, are marked in steel mills and rolling mills so that individual pieces can be tracked. The marks applied or attached to the pieces have to be machine-readable in a sorting station. Marking and reading devices are expensive...

20060204109 - Method for detecting defects in images: A method of determining defects in a plurality of images having essentially the same image contents is disclosed. A comparison operation is carried out once three fully comparable images having essentially the same image contents are present in the intermediate memory. The stored individual images are accessed randomly. A paired...

20060204110 - Detecting orientation of digital images using face detection information: A method of automatically establishing the correct orientation of an image using facial information. This method is based on the exploitation of the inherent property of image recognition algorithms in general and face detection in particular, where the recognition is based on criteria that is highly orientation sensitive. By applying...

20060204111 - Translated document image production device, recording medium and translated document image production method: A translated document image production device has an extraction section, a translation section and a region backfill section. The extraction section extracts a group of pixels to be processed, the group of pixels having pixels for constituting a character or a character string. The translation section translates the character or...

20060204112 - Video coding and video decoding apparatus: A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes a binary picture reduced by the resolution converting section. The reduction...

20060204113 - Content-adaptive background skipping for region-of-interest video coding: The disclosure is directed to techniques for content-adaptive background skipping for region-of-interest (ROI) video coding. The techniques may be useful in video telephony (VT) applications such as video streaming and videoconferencing, and especially useful in low bit-rate wireless communication applications, such as mobile VT. The disclosed techniques analyze content information...

20060204114 - Multi-resolution motion estimator and method for estimating a motion vector: A hierarchical motion estimator and a motion vector generating method for compressing image data, having both a high frequency component and a low frequency component, rapidly and correctly compress the image data without increasing memory requirements. The motion estimator includes a first data processing block, a second data processing block...

20060204115 - Video encoding: The invention relates to a video encoding apparatus (100) comprising a video analysis processor (101) and a video encoder (103). The video analysis processor (101) comprises a segmentation processor (109) which divides a picture into a plurality of picture regions. A picture characteristic processor (111) determines picture characteristic, such as...

20060204116 - Image coding device and method thereof and image decoding device and method thereof: A predetermined area of input image data (100) is read and stored into a memory section (1). As soon as data is stored in the data read memory section (1), wavelet conversion filtering is performed on the image area, in the horizontal or vertical direction, by a wavelet conversion section...

20060204117 - Encoding device, encoding method, and program: An encoding device has a shape encoding unit and a pattern encoding unit. The shape encoding unit encodes a shape of an image element. The pattern encoding unit encodes a binary pattern of the image element and the shape of the image element is related to the binary pattern of...

20060204118 - Method, device, and system for processing of still images in the compressed domain: The present invention concerns the manipulation and especially the filtering of image data in the compressed domain. A method and a device is provided which allows for manipulating image data in the compressed domain transformed from image data in the spatial domain with the help of a wavelet-based transform algorithm....

20060204119 - Efficient implementation of block-based transform on graphics processing unit: Implementations of transforms, such as a discrete cosine transform (DCT) and inverse DCT on a graphics processing unit (GPU), use direct matrix multiplication. GPU features such as parallel graphics pipelines, multi-channel capability, and multiple render targets are used to obtain significantly faster processing speeds than on a conventional central processing...

20060204120 - Image evaluation method, image evaluation device, and storage medium having program stored thereon: In the present invention, an image evaluation method includes: (a) a step of acquiring image information to be evaluated; (b) a step of setting an evaluation area for the acquired image information, the evaluation area being smaller than an area corresponding to the image information; (c) a step of obtaining...

20060204122 - Camera with autofocus function: A camera includes a first transfer unit which transfers, in a first transfer time, pixel data of a first pixel range of a plurality of pixel data, a second transfer unit which transfers, in a second transfer time that is shorter than the first transfer time, pixel data of a...

20060204121 - System and method for single image focus assessment: An image focus assessment method is provided that works reliably for images of a variety of relatively dissimilar workpieces or workpiece features. The focus assessment method is based on analysis of a single image (without the benefit of comparison to other images). The robustness of the focus assessment method is...

20060204123 - System and method for sharpness filter for picture-smoothing architectures: According to teachings of the present invention, a system and method for a sharpness filter for picture-smoothing architectures are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a finite impulse response filter to a brightness channel of an image prior to applying a picture-smoothing algorithm to the image, determining a...

20060204124 - Image processing apparatus for correcting contrast of image: In a contrast correcting apparatus 1 which divides an image into unit regions and carries out a contrast correction for each of unit regions, a gray level histogram calculation section 201 generates gray level histograms of the image, and a scene judgment section 202 makes a judgment on the state...

20060204127 - Method and apparatus for digital processing of images: A method and apparatus for processing defects in a digital image include defining a defect map, having defect and non-defect entries, as a defect bounded by an expanded defect region and an outer analysis region of a different defect map values. By choosing suitable values and performing a bitwise logical...

20060204125 - Multi-dimensional keystone correction image projection system and method: A digital circuit, system, and method for keystone correction of a projected image utilize a digital compensation engine to resize a digital image prior to projection. Preferred embodiments of the present invention utilize a compensation engine with a separable architecture in which the two-dimensional image-resizing task is partitioned to use...

20060204126 - Noise reduction apparatus: A noise reduction apparatus is disclosed. A noise amount estimating unit estimates a noise amount in a focused pixel. A smoothing unit smoothes the focused pixel. A control unit controls the smoothing unit on the basis of the noise amount and information on the focused pixel and neighboring pixels thereof....

20060204128 - System and method for correcting image vignetting: A method of correcting vignetting in an image. The image inlcudes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an intensity. The image is flattened by adjusting the intensity of each pixel based on a vignette function representative of vignetting characteristics of the image, the vignette function having a plurality of...

20060204129 - Apparatus and method for laying out images and program therefor: A layout image is generated by laying out images in a background area according to a predetermined rule. An instruction to edit the layout image is received from a user, and the layout image is edited. Based on a result of editing according to the instruction, user preference information representing...

20060204131 - Bandlimited texture slicing for computer graphics: Slices of N dimensions can be extracted from bandlimited data sets of M dimensions. N is any arbitrary value less than N. A value of a slice is defined by an evaluation of an integral of the bandlimited data set weighted by a filter scaling function orientated along the normal...

20060204130 - Using super-pixels for efficient in-place rotation of images: Rotation in the storage domain is a one-one function with the domain equal to the range. This permits an image to be rotated in place. Each image size implies at least one garland of closed chains of tiles. Each image includes a spanning set of these garlands. Rotation in place...

20060204132 - Method and apparatus for acquiring image of internal structure, and computer product: An apparatus for acquiring an internal-structure image of an object from a plurality of images of the object photographed by a photographing unit includes a control unit that controls the photographing unit to obtain the images under different photographing conditions; and an extracting unit that extracts a portion common to...

20060204133 - Method and system for transforming spatial data: A method for transforming spatial data includes displaying a first graphical representation that represents spatial data formatted in a first coordinate system and displaying a second graphical representation that represents spatial data formatted in a second coordinate system. The data represented by the first graphical representation is transformed into the...

20060204135 - Image output apparatus, image output method and image output program: An image output apparatus for automatically laying out a number of captured images in a composition without uncomfortable feeling and outputting the same is provided. The image output apparatus includes: an object orientation identification section for identifying the orientation of an object in an image; an image layout section for...

20060204134 - Method and system of viewing digitized roll film images: One example embodiment provides a method and system presenting digital images files output from a roll scanner in a roll format. A viewer receives a meta-data file including orientation, positioning, presentation and/or identification information of image objects and associated image files. Presentation, orientation, and/or identification information is extracted from the...

20060204136 - System and method for aligning sub-images projected on screen: A system for projecting an image onto a screen divided into N regions is provided, wherein N is an integer larger than 1. The system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention includes a processing apparatus, N projecting apparatuses and at least one sensing device. The processing apparatus divides...

20060204139 - Image processing device, image processing method, display controller, and electronic instrument: An image processing including: a scale factor setting register in which a reciprocal of a scale factor at which the input image is scaled up or scaled down is set; and a seamless pixel processing section which performs the scale-up or scale-down processing of an image based on the reciprocal...

20060204138 - Image scaling device using a single line memory and a scaling method thereof: An image scaling device and scaling method for scaling down image data by using a single line memory are provided. The image scaling device includes: a pre-scaling unit for receiving first data of M lines each of the M lines having L pixel data, calculating a first average value for...

20060204137 - Portable terminal and information-processing device, and system: The portable terminal of the present invention has an imaging unit and produces a background picture and an object picture by using the pictures of a room etc. and an object to be placed in the room outputted from the imaging unit. Then, the portable terminal combines the background and...

20060204143 - Electronic album editing system, electronic album editing method, and electronic album editing program: An electronic album editing system for editing an electronic album in consideration of categories into which images are classifies is provided. The electronic album editing system includes: a first storage section for classifying a plurality of images included in a first electronic album into a plurality of categories and storing...

20060204144 - Image processing apparatus: After images are read, a user designates an image data for identifying a file, stores and registers the designated image data as a representative image data associating with the file. When a print request is made, the representative image data is displayed on the image processing apparatus. The representative image...

20060204141 - Method and system of converting film images to digital format for viewing: One example embodiment provides a method and system converting image files from a roll scanner into a file format suitable for viewing the images in a roll format. The image processor receives the output files from the roll scanner. The image processor determines the orientation of the output images in...

20060204140 - Program with copy function and information recording medium recording the program thereon: User 2 can obtain first information recording medium 10 in which a copying program is recorded, whereby the copying program copies image data specified by signals from specified image data copy signals, and an image data display program and setting information to display the image data by a predetermined method,...

20060204142 - Ranking of images in the results of a search: A method is provided for determining a ranking score for an image or group of related images among a plurality of images accessible by a search engine, such that the ranking score is usable to determine the order in which the images are presented in the results of a search...

20060204145 - Method and device for the authentication of documents and goods: The invention discloses a method and a device for the authentication of a document, a valued good or a packaging, carrying a marking (M) exhibiting a viewing-angle dependent light reflection spectrum. The authentication method is based on a measurement of the intensity of light reflected by the marking at least...

20060198549 - Method of detecting watermarks: It is difficult to detect a watermark (40) in a video image sequence (20) if the image has been subjected (possibly by a hacker) to affine transforms such as scaling, rotation, flipping, etc. The transform carried out is generally unknown. Therefore, one or more inverse transforms (60) are performed to...

20060198550 - Image mapping to provide visual geographic path: Provided is a computer system and method for mapping a visual path. The method includes receiving one or more images included in a predefined area; receiving one or more parameters associated with the image; and integrating the images and parameters into a map of the predefined area to enable mapping...

20060198551 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope comprising an imaging device that forms a color image signal of a body to be observed; a storage portion that stores matrix data for forming a spectral image based on the color image signal; a spectral image-forming circuit that conducts matrix calculation based on...

20060198552 - Image processing method for a digital medical examination image: Image processing method for a digital medical examination image, the pixels of which are assigned a gray-scale value in each instance, with a minimum and a maximum gray-scale value being defined as limit values for the purpose of displaying the examination image, with the pixels being subjected to an evaluation...

20060198553 - Digital flat detector for detecting x-radiation: To protect a digital flat detector, especially a mobile detector, against being damaged by the effect of impact, an automatically triggering device is provided. The automatically triggering device, including an airbag for example, is provided for protection against the effect of external mechanical impact....

20060198554 - Face detection: Face detection apparatus in which an image region of a test image is compared with data indicative of the presence of a face comprises: a pre-processor operable to identify low-difference regions of the test image where there exists less than a threshold image difference across groups of pixels within those...

20060198556 - Interpolation processing apparatus and recording medium having interpolation processing program recording therein: A first interpolation processing apparatus that engages in processing on image data which are provided in a calorimetric system constituted of first˜nth (n≧) color components and include color information corresponding to a single color component provided at each pixel to determine an interpolation value equivalent to color information corresponding to...

20060198555 - Layout control apparatus, layout control method, and layout control program: In a case where a link associating a plurality of partial display areas with one another is not set, the partial display areas overlap with one another. There is a fear that appearance is deteriorated. In a case where a link for preventing overlap is set in the partial display...

20060198557 - Fragile audio watermark related to a buried data channel: The present invention relates to methods, devices, a signal and recorded medium relating to a fragile watermark (WM) in a media signal. According to the invention a fragile watermark is provided in or in coding related to a buried data channel (40, 42, 44, 46) provided in the audio samples...

20060198558 - Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging: A multi-channel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a portion of the signal...

20060198559 - Method for automatically organizing a digitized hardcopy media collection: A method, system and software program for automatically organizing digital images obtained from a plurality of hardcopy media. A plurality of hardcopy media are scanned so as to obtain both the image side and non-image side the of hardcopy media including capturing any watermark present on non-image side. The watermark...

20060198549 - Method of detecting watermarks: It is difficult to detect a watermark (40) in a video image sequence (20) if the image has been subjected (possibly by a hacker) to affine transforms such as scaling, rotation, flipping, etc. The transform carried out is generally unknown. Therefore, one or more inverse transforms (60) are performed to...

20060198550 - Image mapping to provide visual geographic path: Provided is a computer system and method for mapping a visual path. The method includes receiving one or more images included in a predefined area; receiving one or more parameters associated with the image; and integrating the images and parameters into a map of the predefined area to enable mapping...

20060198551 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope comprising an imaging device that forms a color image signal of a body to be observed; a storage portion that stores matrix data for forming a spectral image based on the color image signal; a spectral image-forming circuit that conducts matrix calculation based on...

20060198552 - Image processing method for a digital medical examination image: Image processing method for a digital medical examination image, the pixels of which are assigned a gray-scale value in each instance, with a minimum and a maximum gray-scale value being defined as limit values for the purpose of displaying the examination image, with the pixels being subjected to an evaluation...

20060198553 - Digital flat detector for detecting x-radiation: To protect a digital flat detector, especially a mobile detector, against being damaged by the effect of impact, an automatically triggering device is provided. The automatically triggering device, including an airbag for example, is provided for protection against the effect of external mechanical impact....

20060198554 - Face detection: Face detection apparatus in which an image region of a test image is compared with data indicative of the presence of a face comprises: a pre-processor operable to identify low-difference regions of the test image where there exists less than a threshold image difference across groups of pixels within those...

20060198556 - Interpolation processing apparatus and recording medium having interpolation processing program recording therein: A first interpolation processing apparatus that engages in processing on image data which are provided in a calorimetric system constituted of first˜nth (n≧) color components and include color information corresponding to a single color component provided at each pixel to determine an interpolation value equivalent to color information corresponding to...

20060198555 - Layout control apparatus, layout control method, and layout control program: In a case where a link associating a plurality of partial display areas with one another is not set, the partial display areas overlap with one another. There is a fear that appearance is deteriorated. In a case where a link for preventing overlap is set in the partial display...

20060198557 - Fragile audio watermark related to a buried data channel: The present invention relates to methods, devices, a signal and recorded medium relating to a fragile watermark (WM) in a media signal. According to the invention a fragile watermark is provided in or in coding related to a buried data channel (40, 42, 44, 46) provided in the audio samples...

20060198558 - Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging: A multi-channel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a portion of the signal...

20060198559 - Method for automatically organizing a digitized hardcopy media collection: A method, system and software program for automatically organizing digital images obtained from a plurality of hardcopy media. A plurality of hardcopy media are scanned so as to obtain both the image side and non-image side the of hardcopy media including capturing any watermark present on non-image side. The watermark...