Image analysis inventions 03/07

20070071277 - Apparatus and method for embedding a watermark using sub-band filtering: The invention relates to a system for embedding a watermark into an input media signal. A plurality of sub-band signals of a sub-band encoded input signal is obtained; preferably by de-multiplexing of the corresponding bitstream. A set of sub-band signals is filtered by a sub-band filter (507) which has a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070071282 - Digital watermark embedding apparatus and method, and digital watermark detection apparatus and method: A digital watermark embedding apparatus includes a watermark providing unit configured to provide a digital watermark, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image component from a plurality of frames of video contents based on image data of the plurality of frames, the image component affecting an error occurring at... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070071279 - Embedding data reproduce apparatus: An image having embedded data embedded therein is read to output an image signal, spectral analysis is executed for the image signal, and the embedded data embedded in the image signal is extracted based on a result of the spectral analysis and preset data.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070071283 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: For detecting tampering made on a paper document, by carrying out image processing on grayscale image data optically read from the paper document, amplifying a predetermined grayscale value on the grayscale image data, and also, reducing the other grayscale values; and detecting whether or not the paper document has been... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070071280 - Lossless embedding of data in digital objects: Current methods of embedding hidden data in an image inevitably distort the original image by noise. This distortion cannot generally be removed completely because of quantization, bit-replacement, or truncation at the grayscales 0 and 255. The distortion, though often small, may make the original image unacceptable for medical applications, or... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20070071281 - Method and apparatus for determining encoding availability, and computer product: An embedding-availability determining unit determines an availability of embedding data into an image based on an input/output characteristic of a predetermined feature amount related to a combination of an output device that outputs an image in which the data is embedded to a medium and an input device that inputs... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070071278 - Method and computer-readable medium for shuffling an asian document image: A method, system, and computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions are provided, for randomly relocating text character images of a scanned-in Asian character document to produce a shuffled image, wherein the meaning of text in the shuffled image is not understandable although individual characters forming the text in the shuffled image... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070071284 - Method of detecting bunched-together poster items by analyzing images of their edges: A method of detecting bunched-together overlapping postal items includes the steps of moving the postal items on edge above a camera, forming grayscale images including the bottom sides of the postal items, and analyzing the image for the purpose of detecting the presence of any overlapping postal items. The method... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071285 - Apparatus and method for trajectory-based identification of digital data content: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive an input trajectory of serially selected points of interest within a source digital image. Trajectory mismatch errors are computed between the input trajectory and trajectories within target digital image data. The best target digital image data is selected based upon... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070071286 - Multiple biometric identification system and method: A multiple biometric identification system and method are provided. In the multiple biometric identification system and method, a plurality of unified comparison values are generated for respective corresponding candidates who may have different combinations of biometric identification information so that the comparison value vectors of the candidates can be effectively... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070071287 - Pupil detection device and iris authentication apparatus: A pupil detection device according to the present invention includes an image data extraction unit (220) for setting a plurality of concentric circles on an eye image respectively as integrating circle, and extracting the eye image data along the integrating circle, a contour integrating unit for integrating the image data... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070071288 - Facial features based human face recognition method: A method of facial features based human face recognition is disclosed. A human face and facial features thereof with respect to an input image corresponding to a person are first detected person by person by image processing technology. Then, each of such facial features for a plurality of persons are... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P. C.

20070071289 - Feature point detection apparatus and method: A first template of a first feature point of an object, a second template of a second feature point of the object, and a third template of a combination of the first feature point and the second feature point are previously stored. A candidate detection unit detects a plurality of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070071290 - Image classification and information retrieval over wireless digital networks and the internet: A method and system for matching an unknown facial image of an individual with an image of a celebrity using facial recognition techniques and human perception is disclosed herein. The invention provides a internet hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar characteristics among two or more individuals using... Agent: Clause Eight Intellectual Property Services

20070071291 - Information generating apparatus utilizing image comparison to generate information: An image comparison apparatus is assumed to receive fingerprint data in accordance with one of a sweep sensing method and an area sensing method. In operation when the image comparison apparatus receives an image the apparatus calculates a value of an accumulation of movement vectors obtained between such input images... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071293 - Method and apparatus for image processing: The present invention relates to apparatus and method, which are capable of achieving free layout editing/printout in a state of mixing image data having different format in the same page. Specifically, predetermined (different/same) image processing using block data as a unit is carried out according to the result of reading... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070071297 - Method and system for displaying unseen areas in guided two dimensional colon screening: A method and system for displaying unseen areas in guided two dimensional (2D) colon screening, includes calculating segmentation and colon surface for a colon; calculating a centerline for the colon; designating as a current focus point a current point of intersection of a current portion of the centerline and a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071299 - Method of processing radiographic image and processing apparatus: Frame image data sets obtained in sequence by computer tomographic (CT) imaging, and a difference value between pixel values of corresponding pixels in two consecutive frames included in the frame image data sets. Then, the difference value is compared with a threshold value. If the difference value is smaller than... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070071295 - Orientation-based assessment of cardiac synchrony in medical imaging: Cardiac synchrony information is provided for medical imaging. Multidimensional motion is determined, such as by tracking tissue locations of the heart through a sequence of images. An approximate orientation of the heart is identified. The identification may be automatic or performed by a processor. A component of the multidimensional motion... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071296 - Radiographic image processing apparatus for processing radiographic image taken with radiation, method of radiographic image processing, and computer program product therefor: A radiographic image processing apparatus includes a radiographic image inputting unit, an intermediate image generating unit, a large object image generating unit, and a small object image generating unit. The radio graphic image inputting unit inputs a radiographic image which is a frame of moving picture taken radiographically. The intermediate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070071292 - Speckle adaptive medical image processing: Image processing adapts to speckle. Speckle is identified from signal transitions. For example, peaks, valleys or mean crossings of image signals as a function of space or spatial location are identified. A speckle characteristic, such as speckle size, is estimated from the signal transitions. The estimation may be limited to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071294 - System and method for medical diagnosis and tracking using three-dimensional subtraction in a picture archiving communication system: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for medical diagnosis and tracking. In an embodiment, a medical diagnosis and tracking system includes one or more medical imaging devices adapted to create one or more current images. The medical diagnosis and tracking system also includes a historical images... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070071298 - System and method for polyp detection in tagged or non-tagged stool images: A method for detecting polyp candidates in tagged stool or non-tagged stool images without performing stool subtraction, includes: applying a filter to locations in image data of a colon including tagged or non-tagged stool to generate a response image based on a gradient magnitude, angle, and radius in relation to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071300 - Method and system for automatic vision inspection and classification of microarray slides: The present invention provides a unique low cost vision inspection and classification system and methods for automatic inspection and classification of a microarray slide without manual intervention. The method first performs morphological dilation operation several times such that internal microarray spots are merged as a big connected component; then, the... Agent: Lawrence Y.d. Ho & Associates Pte Ltd

20070071301 - System and method for visualizing airways for assessment: A method for visualizing airways in chest images, includes: computing a distance map of a segmented bronchial tree; extracting data from the segmented bronchial tree using the distance map; and visualizing a three-dimensional (3D) image of the segmented bronchial tree color-coded according to the extracted data.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071302 - Automatic currency processing system: An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for producing respective output signals. The bill travels along the transport path... Agent: Cummins-allison Corp. C/o Jenkens & Gilchrist

20070071304 - Defect detecting device, image sensor device, image sensor module, image processing device, digital image quality tester, and defect detecting method: A defect detecting device includes: a block generating section dividing an inspection image in which a defective region will be detected into a plurality of blocks; an intra-block sum calculating section calculating an intra-block sum for each of the blocks generated by the block generating section, the intra-block sum being... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071303 - Optical system and method for improving imaging properties thereof: An optical system has at least two optical elements whose spatial relation with respect to each other can be changed. At least one of the optical elements comprises a plurality of optical components. The optical system comprises first measuring means for individually measuring an image defect of each optical component,... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070071305 - Process for identifying objects and object with electronic data carrier: Transponders are used for identifying objects such as packaging, packaging material or machines and machine elements and are attached to the object to be identified. The transponders contain data which are provided by an electronic write unit and which can be recognized by a read unit. The transponders are provided... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071306 - Inspection method and photomask: An inspection method, includes obtaining a first optical characteristic of a projection optical system by transferring an image of an aberration measurement unit of a photomask on a first resist film coated on a first wafer by use of a first polarized exposure light; obtaining a second optical characteristic of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070071307 - Pattern inspection apparatus, pattern inspection method and program: A pattern inspection apparatus which compares a plurality of partial optical image data of a same target plate to be inspected, the target plate being formed as a pattern, includes an optical image data acquiring unit which acquires optical image data of the target plate to be inspected, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071308 - Workpiece inspection apparatus, workpiece inspection method and computer-readable recording medium storing program: A workpiece inspection apparatus includes a search unit for finding from an input reference image a first pixel group which contains a certain pixel and a second pixel group having grayscale values within a threshold, and a probability acquisition unit responsive to receipt of an optical image of a workpiece... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071309 - Method for measuring micro meshes: A method for measuring micro meshes includes steps of measuring a diameter of each micro mesh and an edge distance between two adjacent micro meshes, and illustrating the measuring result with a mesh code which is defined to include a diameter code and an edge distance code. The diameter code... Agent: Hdsl

20070071310 - Robot simulation device: A simulation device, for a robot, capable of judging off-line whether an article around an object to be detected interferes with the scope of a vision sensor during a measurement operation using the vision sensor, whereby the workload on an operator in the field may be reduced. Models of the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070071312 - Method and system for signal processing, for instance for mobile 3d graphic pipelines, and computer program product therefor: A system renders a primitive of an image to be displayed, for instance in a mobile 3D graphic pipeline, the primitive including a set of pixels. The system locates the pixels in the area of the primitive, generates, for each pixel located in the area, a set of associated sub-pixels,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070071311 - Method for processing stereo vision data using image density: An image collection system collects stereo image data comprising left image data and right image data of a particular scene. An estimator estimates a reference three dimensional image density rating for corresponding reference volumetric cell within the particular scene at a reference range from an imaging unit. An image density... Agent: Deere & Company

20070071313 - Method for performing image based regression using boosting: A method for performing image based regression using boosting to infer an entity that is associated with an image of an object is disclosed. A regression function for a plurality of images is learned in which for each image the associated entity is known. The learned regression function is used... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071314 - Capture and systematic use of expert color analysis: Embodiments of the present invention recite a method of compiling color analysis parameters. In one embodiment of the present invention, a corrected color description of at least one test subject is constructed. The corrected color description of at least one test subject is then accessed. The at least one test... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070071315 - Color target layout: A printer is configured to print a color target that associates colors to which humans are most sensitive to color variance with areas of the color target within which color measurement is less prone to meassurement error. The printer then prints the color target according to the association. In an... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070071316 - Image correcting method and image correcting system: The image correcting method apparatus extract face regions of persons in an image inputted using image data, calculate correction amounts with respect to a predetermined target color for the extracted face regions, respectively, display the image on a display unit, as well as show the extracted face regions in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071317 - Method and an apparatus for correcting images: The method and the apparatus for correcting images extract one or more features including information about face region for each of photographed images, classify the photographed images into groups of particular photographed images having at least one common feature in accordance with at least one of the extracted one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071318 - Visual processing device, visual processing method, visual processing program, and semiconductor device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a visual processing device that achieves gradation processing that further enhances the visual effect. The visual processing device 1 is a visual processing device that performs gradation processing for each image region of an input signal IS, and is provided... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070071319 - Method, apparatus, and program for dividing images: Segmentation of the faces and facial parts, such as eyes, mouths, and noses included in an image is avoided as much as possible, when the image is divided to perform divided printing, for example. Whether the size of each of a specified number of smaller regions is greater than the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071320 - Detection method of two-dimensional code, detection device for the same, and storage medium storing detection program for the same: A method for detecting a two-dimensional code in which three position detection patterns are provided in positions corresponding to respective apices of a right angled isosceles triangle, and a data region is provided in a region defined by the position detection patterns is provided. The method includes detecting plural position... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070071322 - Pattern-based encoding and detection: A method and system for encoding a content signal having one or more content segments. The one or more content segments of the content signal are identifying or obtained. One or more encoded patterns are superimposed or inserted in a segment portion of at least one of the one or... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070071321 - Recognizing apparatus and method, recording media, and program: The present invention enables a user's movement indicating his or her intention to be recognized easily and accurately. On the basis of image data taken by a camera 13, a face direction detecting section 14 senses the direction of a user's face and a line-of-sight sensing section 15 senses the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070071323 - Apparatus and method for processing user-specified search image points: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to define an input user interface to receive a group of user-specified search image points within a digital image. An image recognition module compares the user-specified search image points to corresponding image points in digital image data to produce digital image search... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070071324 - Method for determining corners of an object represented by image data: A method for determining corners of an object represented by image data includes determining edge data associated with the object; finding estimated corners for the edge data; determining segment data of the edge data by ignoring data within a predetermined distance from the estimated corners; extending the segment data to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070071326 - System and method for vascular border detection: A system and method is provided for using the frequency spectrum of a radio frequency (RF) signal backscattered from vascular tissue to identify at least one border (e.g., tissue interface, etc.) on a vascular image. Embodiments of the present invention operate in accordance with a data gathering device (e.g., an... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070071325 - Systems and methods for recognizing objects in an image: An image is analyzed to locate an object appearing in the image. A contour of that object is extracted from the image and normalized. Based on the normalized contour, one or more summation invariant values are determined and compared to templates comprising one or more summation invariants for each of... Agent: Lathrop & Clark LLP

20070071327 - Method for analyzing signal waveform and analyzing vehicle dynamic characteristic: A signal waveform analysis method includes: determining a trend component of an object signal by applying a zero-phase filter to the object signal; determining an oscillatory component of the object signal by removing the trend component from the object signal; determining a wavelet scalogram by performing a wavelet analysis on... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070071329 - Apparatus and program for detecting faces: Usability of a face detecting apparatus is improved, by enabling selection of a detecting mode optimal for an intended purpose, when detecting facial images from within images. During detection of images of forward facing faces, switching of the detecting mode to one of: a detection rate mode; a false positive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071328 - Systems and methods for automatically determining object information and systems and methods for control based on automatically determined object information: An image of high-aspect-ratio objects is analyzed to locate linear features within the image. The gradient direction for each pixel is determined, and connected pixels having similar gradient directions are grouped into line support regions. A linear feature is determined for each line support region. The linear features are analyzed... Agent: Lathrop & Clark LLP

20070071330 - Matching data objects by matching derived fingerprints: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for matching a query data object with a candidate data object by esetracting and comparing fingerprints of said data objects. In an embodiment of the invention apparatus comprising a fingerprint extraction module (110), a fingerprint matching module (210), a statistical module (120) and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070071331 - Image compression by economical quaternary reaching method: In wavelet-based image compression schemes, a very sparse representation of the image signal may be obtained after quantization to transform coefficients. In addition, the nonzero coefficients 2-dimensionally cluster around the edge or texture areas. In existing systems, for example JPEG2000, in the bit-plane coding process, coefficients are repeatedly scanned and... Agent: Xiteng Liu

20070071332 - Image decoding apparatus and image decoding method: An image decoding apparatus includes an analyzing section and an image decoding section. The analyzing section determines a process quantity of a coded image data to each of a plurality of image decoding processes within a unit process time based on a parameter of the coded image data, prior to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070071336 - Apparatus and method for processing image data: A computer system and methods for processing image data, such as 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... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070071334 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus extracts DC components of an image, generates a histogram of the extracted DC components, and detects a background level of the image based on the histogram.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070071333 - Multi-mode image processing: An image encoding and decoding scheme operable according two different modes depending on properties of the processed image is disclosed. In the encoding, an image is decomposed into image blocks (600) comprising image elements (610). The blocks (600) are compressed into block representations (700A, 700B) according to one of two... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070071335 - Quality based image compression: A system and method for quality-based image compression utilizing adaptively sized blocks and sub-blocks of discrete cosine transform coefficient data and a quality based quantization scale factor is claimed. A block size assignment element in an encoder element selects the block or sub-block of an input block of pixel data... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070071337 - Adaptive method and system for encoding digital images for the internet: A system and method comprise defining a current rectangular region of the image bitmap, quantifying spectral characteristics of the current rectangular region, dividing the current rectangular region into four rectangular sub-regions in response to the spectral characteristics being greater than a predetermined threshold value, tagging the current rectangular sub-region as... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070071338 - Method or apparatus for processing performance data from a communications network: A method and apparatus is disclosed for processing performance data from a communications network in which the performance data is converted from a time-series format into a time-frequency format and one or more frequency components removed prior to the data being utilised to monitor the network.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070071339 - Method, system and computer program product for providing entropy constrained color splitting for palette images with color-wise splitting: A method, system and computer program product for progressively encoding a digitized color image with M distinct colors allocated to a set of pixels using a data processing system, the digitized color image being provided by assigning each of the M distinct colors to an associated subset of pixels in... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070071340 - Image processing device, method and recording medium for compressing image data: An image processing device for compressing image data using conversion to spatial frequency components may include a dividing section that divides the image data into a plurality of pixel blocks and computes spatial frequency components of each pixel block; a segmenting section that computes an intensity of predetermined high frequency... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070071345 - Device and method for enhancing image contrast: We describe a device that dynamically increases the contrast of the effective gray level based on the gray level distribution of serial images, performs soft-transfer of dynamic contrast adjustment curve when a scene switch occurs thereby realizing adaptive contrast enhancing while effectively avoiding image flicker. A device and associated method... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070071347 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program: An unnecessary component such as acne is removed completely from a predetermined structure such as a face in a photograph image without manual operation and skills. An acne removal unit fits to a face region as the structure in the image a mathematical model generated according to a statistical method... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071348 - Method and apparatus for bit resolution extension: A bit resolution-extension method is provided. The bit resolution-extension method includes acquiring the shortest distance from a central pixel to a positive contour and the shortest distance from the central pixel to a negative contour in a filtering region which scans the positive contour comprising large pixels of a fixed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071346 - Method and apparatus for judging direction of blur and computer-readable recording medium storing a program therefor: Without use of special hardware such as an angular rate sensor, a direction of blur can be judged with high accuracy. A parameter acquisition unit obtains weighting parameters for principal components representing directions of blur in a predetermined structure in an image by fitting to the structure a mathematical model... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071341 - Method for combining two images based on eliminating background pixels from one of the images: Two or more images are combined by designating one image as a threshold image based on information within the images themselves. Pixels in this threshold image are then segregating into foreground and background pixels according to some criteria. An alpha value is set to zero for background pixels indicating that... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070071342 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing: Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070071343 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing: Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070071344 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing: Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070071349 - Focus adjustable method of optical image: A focus adjustable method of an optical image is implemented by a numerical analysis. An external light beam is allowed to pass through a lens module, thereby generating an optical image. The focus values of the optical image at four corners thereof are computed according to specified formulas to obtain... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070071350 - Image enhancement method using local illumination correction: An image processing system for implementing a variant of Retinex algorithm based on local illumination correction is provided to improve an intensity value of each position of an input image. The image processing system provides the ability to distinguish details when compressing dynamic range of a given image. Specifically, first... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070071352 - Conversion of a sub-pixel format data to another sub-pixel data format: A method of producing a plurality of filter kernels comprised of filter coefficients for use in a sub-pixel rendering operation comprises calculating a plurality of filter coefficients for each filter kernel by dividing a spatial area of an input image that is overlapped by a portion of a spatial rendering... Agent: Clairvoyante, Inc

20070071351 - Television image filtering: A digital image filtering method and system are provided. A first matrix of a plurality of pixels is selected from a digital image to be displayed. The luminosity values of each of the pixels in the pixel matrix are analysed and the luminosity difference between the maximum and minimum luminosity... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071353 - Denoising method, apparatus, and program: A blurred image generating section generates a plurality of blurred images Sm (where m=1 to n and n≧2) different in frequency response characteristic from one another, based on an original image S0. A band-limited image generating section generates a plurality of band-limited images Tm by performing a subtraction between images... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071355 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The image processing apparatus and method process image data of an original image by compressing a dynamic range of the original image. The apparatus and method process the image data of the original image by continuous filtering with at least two edge preserving smoothing filters having different characteristics to generate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071354 - Medical imaging system with temporal filter: The invention relates to an image processing system for reduction of the noise and enhancement of edges in images of a sequence, comprising means of decomposition of spatial image signal yielding slices of different content; means of temporal filtering for differently filtering the slices according to the content; and means... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070071356 - Method and apparatus for blocking artifact detection and measurement in block-coded video: A method includes detecting vertical edge pixels in an image and analyzing the detected vertical edge pixels by horizontal location in the image to detect a spatial periodicity in the detected vertical edge pixels. The method further includes detecting horizontal edge pixels in the image, and analyzing the detected horizontal... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20070071357 - Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views: An apparatus and method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views during optical tomographic imaging in three dimensions. An object of interest is illuminated to produce an image. A lateral offset correction value is determined for the image. An axial offset correction value is determined for the image.... Agent: George A Leone, Sr Patent Attorney

20070071358 - Digital image data processing apparatus: The present image processing apparatus includes a pixel arrangement controller and two data unit buffers coupled with the pixel arrangement controller. This controller can rearrange the addresses of the pixels in the corresponding data unit buffer according to the size of the block. Accordingly, the pixel data of the same... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070071359 - Image collating apparatus, image collating method, image collating program product, and computer readable recording medium recording image collating program product: An image collating apparatus includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores data representing a sensing image, data representing a template image, and a program. The processor detects exclusion areas in the sensing image to be excluded from the image collation operation based on classification of image... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070071361 - Image display apparatus and image display method: The system control section 50 displays the entire original image as a display image, or scrolls a display image with a part of the original image being the display image, depending on relationship between the aspect ratios of the original image and the display area.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070071360 - Image processing apparatus and method for image resizing matching data supply speed: An image processing apparatus includes a data supply node to receive line data scanned in a main scan direction of an image, an image enlargement unit coupled to the data supply node to apply to the line data an enlargement process for enlarging the image by an enlargement factor equal... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070071362 - Dynamic reconstruction of high-resolution video from color-filtered low-resolution video-to-video super-resolution: A method is provided of solving the dynamic super-resolution (SR) problem of reconstructing a high-quality set of monochromatic or color superresolved images from low-quality monochromatic, color, or mosaiced frames. The invention includes a joint method for simultaneous SR, deblurring, and demosaicing, this way taking into account practical color measurements encountered... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070064973 - Adaptive mark placement: A method of encoding a message into a document containing known information is disclosed. The method comprises identifying (1502) a plurality of logical information content categories associated with the known information, establishing (1503) a priority order in which said message is to be added to each of the categories, determining... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070064975 - Moving object measuring apparatus, moving object measuring system, and moving object measurement: A moving object measuring apparatus includes: a movement trajectory information acquisition portion that obtains movement trajectory information indicating a movement trajectory of a moving object from images included in two or more video sequences that are stored, for each of the two or more video sequences separately; a three-dimensional trajectory... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070064974 - Video data management: An improved solution for managing video data is provided. In particular, for each instance of a tracking object in video, an encapsulation asset is generated. The encapsulation asset includes a set of tracking object metadata, a set of background images from the video, a set of object images for the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070064976 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional range information: Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional range information are disclosed. According to one aspect, acquiring three-dimensional range information of a scene includes obtaining multiple pixel-shifted images of a scene, where at least one of the images being shifted by a non-integer pixel value with respect to another... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070064977 - Image capture device and method: An image capture device, including: a motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector of a plurality of successive images; a determination unit that determines whether the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit is of a predetermined amount or more in a fixed direction; and a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070064978 - Method and system for automatic identification using digital images: The present invention provides a method and system for automatic identification (auto-identification). In one embodiment, a method for automatically identifying a person comprises acquiring white-light and UV images of a portion of the person's skin, generating a skin mask from the white-light image, and comparing the skin mask with a... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070064979 - Systems and methods for automatic skin-based identification of people using digital images: Systems and methods are provided for automatic identification of a person based on an analysis of the person's skin. In one embodiment, a method for automatically identifying a person comprises acquiring white-light and UV images of a portion of the person's skin, generating a skin mask from the white-light image,... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070064982 - Clinical review and analysis work flow for lung nodule assessment: An image display system includes user configurable viewports for the review and analysis of image data. The user configurable viewports include a review viewport and an analysis viewport. The review viewport displays in a review mode, a plurality of image views of the image data. The analysis viewport displays in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070064985 - Method and system for analyzing skin conditions using digital images: The embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for analyzing skin conditions using digital images. The method comprises acquiring a white-light image and an ultraviolet (UV) image of a portion of a body surface, such as a person's face, each of the white-light and UV images including... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070064983 - Method for automatically detecting nasal tumor: The present invention discloses a method for automatically detecting a nasal tumor from the MR (magnetic resonance) images. First, the pixels that have specific trends and are affected by contrast agents with specific level will be filtered according to the developing coefficient and control coefficient of grey prediction. Then the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070064990 - Methods and systems for image data processing: Methods, storage mediums, and systems for image data processing are provided. Embodiments for the methods, storage mediums, and systems include configurations to perform one or more of the following steps: background signal measurement, particle identification using classification dye emission and cluster rejection, inter-image alignment, inter-image particle correlation, fluorescence integration of... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20070064980 - Particle detector: A smoke detector (10) is disclosed which uses a beam of radiation such as a laser (16), to monitor a region, such a room (12). A camera (14) is used to capture images of part of the room (12), including a path of the laser beam. Particles in the laser... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064981 - Repeated examination reporting: A plurality of diagnostic images of a region of interest of a subject are generated and stored in a patient database (10). In one of the images, a region of interest, such as a tumor, is identified. The database is searched for the other images of the same region of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070064984 - System and method for dynamic configuration of pacs workstation displays: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for dynamic configuration of PACS workstation displays. Certain embodiments include automatically detecting a number of display(s) in communication with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and a display resolution associated with each of the display(s). An application window... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070064988 - System and method for grouping airways and arteries for quantitative analysis: A method for grouping airway and artery pairs, includes: computing a two-dimensional (2D) cross-section of an airway; identifying regions of high-intensity in the 2D cross-section; computing a first indicator for each of the high intensity regions, wherein the first indicator is an orientation measure of the high intensity region with... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070064987 - System for processing imaging device data and associated imaging report information: A system uses imaging device orientation, location and inclination data to create a link between a medical report statement and a specific image or series of images enabling a user to view a patient imaging report of a patient automatically associating a patient image and a corresponding report statement. A... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070064989 - Systems and methods for analyzing skin conditions of people using digital images: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing skin conditions using digital images. The method comprises acquiring a white-light image and an ultraviolet (“UV”) image of at least a portion of a body surface, such as a person's face, each of the white-light and UV images including a plurality of pixels... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070064986 - Touchless identification in system for monitoring hand washing or application of a disinfectant: A system and method for monitoring hand washing or application of a disinfectant wherein a pattern recognition algorithm executed in a computer compares one or more digitized images of a user going through hand washing or disinfectant application motions with a reference set of images and creates a pass/fail report.... Agent: Grace J Fishel

20070064991 - System and method for detecting cheque fraud: A system and method for detecting cheque fraud includes a cheque scanning module and a detection module. The cheque scanning module scans cheques and matches the encoded Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data (i.e. serial number, Customer Account Number and amount) from the scanned digital electronic images with items in... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070064992 - Process for the inspection of a variety of repetitive structures: A process is provided for inspection of a variety of structures on the basis of a golden template, that was attained by recording and statistical analysis of greyscale pictures and is compared to the greyscale picture of the structure to be evaluated based on position. The underlying task is to... Agent: Jeff Rothenberg, Esq.

20070064995 - Image density-adapted automatic mode switchable pattern correction scheme for workpiece inspection: An image correction device for use in a pattern inspection apparatus is disclosed, which has automatic adaptability to variations in density of a pattern image of a workpiece being tested. The device is operable to identify a two-dimensional (2D) linear predictive model parameters from the pattern image of interest and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064997 - Mask defect inspecting method, mask defect inspecting apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mask defect inspecting method including setting, for a mask to be inspected, an optical defect inspection sensitivity for defect inspection using light, setting, for the mask to be inspected, an EB defect inspection sensitivity for defect inspection using electron... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070064996 - Pattern inspection method and apparatus using linear predictive model-based image correction technique: An image correction device for use in pattern inspection apparatus is disclosed. This device includes a pattern extraction unit for extracting a pattern, as a cut-and-paste pattern, from a pattern existence region of an inspection reference pattern image and a pattern image of a workpiece being tested. The device also... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064994 - Pattern inspection method and apparatus with high-accuracy pattern image correction capability: A high-accuracy image correction device adaptable for use in pattern inspection apparatus is disclosed. The device includes a correction region designation unit which designates a correction region including a pattern and its nearby portion within each of an inspection reference pattern image and a pattern image under test. The device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064993 - Pattern inspection system using image correction scheme with object-sensitive automatic mode switchability: An image correction device for use in a pattern inspection apparatus is disclosed, which has automatic adaptability to variations in density of a pattern image of a workpiece being tested. The device is operable to identify a two-dimensional (2D) linear predictive model from the pattern image of interest and determine... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064998 - Pattern inspection apparatus, pattern inspection method, and inspection sample: A pattern inspection apparatus for inspecting a pattern of a plurality of dies formed on an inspection sample, includes: a stream image memory device, which stores a stream image of the inspection sample; and a DD comparison unit which performs DD comparison, mutually comparing the pattern of each of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064999 - Auto distinction system: An auto distinction system images an assembled fiber band such as a filter tow which continuously moves on the front side of a background plate by a video camera, applies sync-separating to a video signal by a sync-separating circuit 5a, and clamps the video signal by a clamping circuit 5b.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065002 - Adaptive 3d image modelling system and apparatus and method therefor: A system which resolves accuracy problems with 3D modeling techniques by using a 3D computer model that is updated using views provided by, say, a camera unit or camera system. The 2D images provided by matching the perspective view of an image within the model to that of an image... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070065000 - Apparatus and method for producing character sculpture: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for producing a character sculpture, wherein, when a user selects a predetermined image among 3-dimensional (3D) images with various garments or body-shapes stored in a database, it is capable of sculpturing a character sculpture corresponding to a mixed image of a user's face,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070065001 - Optimization and view dependency reduction for processing slice-based volumes: This invention describes an optimization and view dependency reduction method for multiplanar reformatting (MPR) of slice-based volume images. This method utilizes a traversal scheme that allows for efficient access of the computer memory layout of a sliced based volume, and therefore optimizes overall processing time. This method does not require... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070065003 - Real-time recognition of mixed source text: Methods and computer program products are disclosed for the real-time classification of text from a region of interest within an image sample. A feature extractor extracts feature data associated with a plurality of region features from the region of interest. The plurality of region features are selected as to minimize... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070065004 - Three-dimensional measurement system and method of the same, and color-coded mark: This invention provides a three-dimensional measurement system that improves the efficiency of and enables the automation of non-contact three-dimensional measurement over a wide range using a coded target. A measuring object 1 is photographed in stereo such that the resulting images include four coded marks CT each having a position... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070065005 - Color space scalable video coding and decoding method and apparatus for the same: A color space scalable video coding and decoding method and an apparatus for the same are disclosed that can adjust color components or color depth according to the performance of a decoder side. The color space scalable video coding method includes generating transform coefficients by removing the temporal redundancy and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065006 - Color correction based on skin color: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for performing color correction. One product can receive a digital image that includes a region depicting human skin; obtain a skin color value based on a sample; receive a skin parameter value that is a tan or a blush value; use the skin... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070065007 - Image processing method and apparatus and storage medium: Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not performed for an image different from the image picture. An image processing condition is set in accordance... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070065008 - Method and apparatus for dynamic image contrast expansion: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for applying a dynamic contrast expansion technique to plasma display panels through performing a gamma conversion for the inputted image to convert the relationship of the brightness and gray level of the inputted image into a linear relation, performing a subtraction... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070065010 - Method for segmenting an image: A method for segmenting an image, which divides an image into several sub-images and outputs the same onto an N×N display respectively. (A) identifying coordinates of each of the four corners of the input image and calculating the resolution of the input image; (B) calculating respective sampled positions and resolutions... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070065009 - Ultrasound image enhancement and speckle mitigation method: A method for enhancing an ultrasound image is provided, wherein the ultrasound image is segmented into a feature region and a non-feature region, while sufficiently utilizing features contained in the ultrasound image, in particular including some inconspicuous features. The enhanced image according to present invention is not susceptive of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065011 - Method and system for collecting data from a plurality of machine readable documents: In a method and system for collection of data from documents present in machine-readable form, at least one already-processed document stored as a template and designated as a template document is associated with a document to be processed designated as a read document. Fields for data to be extracted are... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070065012 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program product: An image processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores a background image and a character image that is separate from the background image and overlaps the background image; a processing target area determining unit that determines a processing target area in the background image, the processing target area being in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070065013 - Method and apparatus to convert digital ink images for use in a structured text/graphics editor: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, disclosed is an image analysis and conversion method and system, where digital ink images are converted to structured object representations of the digital ink images, capable of being edited by a structured text/graphics editor.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20070065015 - Image processing apparatus and method: An object recognition apparatus in an embodiment includes an image input unit, an object detection unit, a diffuse reflection image generation unit, an object model storage unit, a difference image generation unit, a weight calculation unit, a weighted Gaussian filter application unit, a filter processing unit, and an identification unit.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070065014 - Method for warped image object recognition: A computer vision system includes distorting optics producing distorted or warped input images. The system includes an integral feature object classifier trained using an undistorted image space. Undistorted integral feature values are calculated directly from distorted input images without undistorting or dewarping the distorted input image.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070065016 - Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system, and computer-readable storage medium for representing and searching for an object in an image: A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a plurality of numerical values associated with features appearing on the outline of an object starting from an arbitrary point on the outline and applying a predetermined ordering... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065017 - Genetic family-tree object recognition: Genetic family-tree object recognition is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes processing an image to identify a genetic object in the image and a connector associated with the genetic object; and associating at least one other object to the genetic object based on the connector. The method may be... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070065018 - Compressing image data: A method for compressing image data of an image, comprising: transforming the image data into a bit plane of first and second values; comparing each image element with a previous image element and if they are equal, recording a first value into a bit plane; and if they are not... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070065023 - Image display encoding and/or decoding system, medium, and method: A display image encoding and/or displaying apparatus, medium, and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a transform unit, a quantizer, a clipper, and an entropy encoder. The transform unit converts image data to generate a transform block and the quantizer quantizes the transform block from the transform unit. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070065020 - Image procession method and device: An image compression/decompression method is provided for compressing/decompressing image data. First, each pixel of the raw image data is received. Then, each pixel of the raw image data is compared with a default transparent code to recognize whether the pixel in the raw image data is a transparent code pixel.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065022 - Image signal processing apparatus and method: To provide an image signal processing apparatus and method capable of reducing a memory capacity necessary for temporarily storing image data and suppressing an image processing delay. An image signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a filter that executes an image processing on captured image... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070065021 - System for encoding signatures for compressed storage using a signature encoding algorithm: A method of encoding markings, such as handwritten signatures includes the steps of mapping the markings for each line by creating a line profile for each line, sorting the line profiles into at least two arrays distinguished from each other by at least one characteristic contained in each line profile,... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070065019 - Two-dimensional coding method: A two-dimensional coding method includes: using a two-dimensional image containing plural reference pixels each having a different brightness and data pixels representing data in accordance with brightness; and coding a binary sequence of plural bits to be recorded as a hologram by matching the brightness level of the data pixel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065024 - Decoding method and decoding apparatus: A decoding method and apparatus for decoding compressed main data and, after that, outputting the decoded main data with other data being superposed thereon. The decoding apparatus consists of an input unit for inputting the compressed main data, a memory unit for storing compressed sub data, a switch unit for... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070065025 - Extracting a moving object boundary: A method of extracting a moving object boundary includes estimating an initial motion vector for an object whose motion is represented by a change in position between a target image and a reference image, estimating an initial vector for a background area over which the object appears to move, using... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070065026 - Method of and apparatus for lossless video encoding and decoding: Provided are a method of and apparatus for lossless video encoding and decoding, in which a differential residual block generated by calculating a difference between pixels of a residual block resulting from interprediction is encoded, thereby improving the compression rate. The method of lossless video encoding includes performing interprediction between... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065027 - Image predictive coding method: There is disclosed image predictive coding apparatus and method, image predictive decoding apparatus and method, and recording medium which stores therein the image predictive coding method or the image predictive decoding method, of which the transform efficiency is remarkably improved in comparison with the prior art. According to the image... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack Suite 800

20070065028 - Image predictive coding method: There is disclosed image predictive coding apparatus and method, image predictive decoding apparatus and method, and recording medium which stores therein the image predictive coding method or the image predictive decoding method, of which the transform efficiency is remarkably improved in comparison with the prior art. According to the image... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070065029 - Image predictive coding method: There is disclosed image predictive coding apparatus and method, image predictive decoding apparatus and method, and recording medium which stores therein the image predictive coding method or the image predictive decoding method, of which the transform efficiency is remarkably improved in comparison with the prior art. According to the image... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

20070065030 - Image predictive coding method: There is disclosed image predictive coding apparatus and method, image predictive decoding apparatus and method, and recording medium which stores therein the image predictive coding method or the image predictive decoding method, of which the transform efficiency is remarkably improved in comparison with the prior art. According to the image... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

20070065031 - Image processing device, method and recording medium for compressing image data: An image processing device for compressing image data using conversion to spatial frequency components may include a dividing section that divides the image data into a plurality of pixel blocks and computes spatial frequency components of each pixel block; a segmenting section that computes an intensity of predetermined high frequency... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065033 - Method and apparatus for adjustable image compression: A compression rate is selected for a data file representing an image wherein an image source and an image characterization is identified. Selection of a compression rate can be based upon the image source and the image characterization. The image source can be medical imaging device such as x-ray, CT... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070065032 - Method and apparatus for boundary-based image compression: Compressing a data file representing an image wherein one or more regions within the image are identified. At least one of the regions is selected and the data corresponding to the selected region is compressed at a different rate that the data corresponding to non-selected regions of the image. The... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070065034 - Wavelet matching pursuits coding and decoding: Embodiments related to coding and/or decoding data, including for example image data, using wavelet transform and matching pursuits are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070065035 - Image processing method and two-dimension discrete cosine transformation device using the same: An image processing method and a two-dimension discrete cosine transformation device using the same method are provided. The method includes steps of reading an image pixel data block, converting the data of the image pixel data block in the form of a frequency domain, limiting the converted data in the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070065036 - Image edge enhancement apparatus and method thereof: An image edge enhancement apparatus and a method thereof used for adjusting the brightness of a pixel are provided. The image edge enhancement apparatus comprises a first edge judgment circuit, a second edge judgment circuit and a process circuit. The first edge judgment circuit retrieves the edge data of the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070065037 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, operable to read an image corresponding to an original and a back pad, the original being placed on the back pad so that outside of the original contains an area extending in overall width of the back pad; a first data generator,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070065038 - Method for correcting an image data set, and method for generating an image corrected thereby: In a method for correction of an image data set that was acquired with a planar image detector using at least two calibration images that were acquired in a preliminary procedure, as well as a method for generation of an image from a raw image data set that was acquired... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070065039 - Image capturing apparatus with image compensation and method thereof: An image capturing apparatus with image compensation and a method thereof, which can perform compensation of a user's facial image that is distorted in accordance with the position of an image capturing device such as a camera. The image capturing apparatus with image compensation includes an image capturing unit capturing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070065041 - Map image matching method and apparatus: The present application relates to an image processing apparatus which can match and combines two map images correctly.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070065040 - Photo image matching method and apparatus: The present application relates to an image processing apparatus which can match and combines two images including text correctly.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070065042 - Method for measuring dimensions by means of a digital camera: The distance between a first detectable point (5) and a second detectable point (6) on an object (2) is measured by means of a digital camera (1) by making a first image (7) comprising said first detectable point (5), then displacing the camera (1), and subsequently making an other image... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070065043 - Image processing method, image processing device and program: The present invention relates to an image processing method, image processing device and program which make it possible to shorten the processing time, and which also make it possible to set tile regions in appropriate ranges, by dividing one image into a plurality of regions and performing a transformation for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065045 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and computer program product: A feature-amount extracting unit extracts a first feature amount of information to be registered, from the information. A searching unit searches for a second feature amount of information from a feature-amount storing unit. A similarity calculating unit calculates a similarity between the first feature amount and the second feature amount.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070065044 - Method, medium, and system with a combinational photograph thumbnail: A system, medium, and method providing a thumbnail visualizing a plurality of features representing an event to facilitate a search of images. In the system, medium, and method, photographs may be classified into groups based on metadata, e.g., embedded in a photograph file, and a thumbnail may be generated by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070065046 - Data capture apparatus with handwritten data receiving component: A data capturing module combined with a portable data terminal of the hand-held type to record handwritten data. Using a digitized pad, the module can provide for direct input of handwritten data into the system, or a peripheral digital scanner can be employed to provide for data entry. Depending upon... Agent: John H. Sherman C/o Legal Department

20070058835 - Screen image authentication: A method of verifying the authenticity of an image (1) rendered on a display screen (10) involves using a graphical representation of an authentication code (2) associated with the image. The graphical representation of the authentication code is also rendered on the display screen, while optional guide marks (3) may... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070058836 - Object classification in video data: A method to classify objects labels objects as human, vehicle, multiple human, or other based on output from a motion detection algorithm. Features that are extracted from the blob, such as size, shape, and area, form a basis of the classification. The extracted features are subjected to various mathematical analyses... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070058838 - Object position detecting apparatus, map creating apparatus, autonomous mobile apparatus, object position detecting method, and computer program product for object position detection: An object position detecting apparatus includes range sensors, each sensing an object within a sensing region and obtaining an object information indicating existence of the object, image capturing units, each capturing an image data for the sensing region, a distance calculating unit that calculates approximate values of distances from the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058839 - System and method for capturing facial and body motion: A system and method for capturing motion comprises a motion capture volume adapted to contain at least one actor having body markers defining plural body points and facial markers defining plural facial points. A plurality of body motion cameras and a plurality of facial motion cameras are arranged around a... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070058837 - Video motion detection using block processing: A system detects motion in video data. In an embodiment, a difference frame is created by comparing the pixels from a first frame and a second frame. The difference frame is divided up into blocks of pixels, and the system calculates standard deviations on a block basis. A threshold value... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070058840 - Cascading inspection system and process: A process is provided for inspecting an absorbent article constructed from multiple components. A filtered image is produced from the absorbent article. In the image of the absorbent article, a nonlinear first edge and a second edge are identified at a location where there is a course change in contrast.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070058841 - Personal identification and method: Personal identification is implemented by picking up finger vein patterns when the user naturally grasps a grip such as doorknob. The device for personal identification has a light source provided to irradiate light on the finger from the palm side, a camera to pick up the vessel image of the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070058842 - Storage of video analysis data for real-time alerting and forensic analysis: A method and apparatus for storing video data is provided. Video data, that comprises a series of frames, is received. Information about changes that are detected in the series of frames is generated. The information is aggregated to generate a plurality of video data change records. Each video data change... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070058843 - Secure identification device for verifying operator identity: A fingerprint registration and verification device and system for a public amusement ride to prevent unauthorized persons from starting and operating the ride. The device can, with the addition of the required number of power relays, can be used on rides having any operating voltage. The device consists of a... Agent: Robert V Van Gils

20070058844 - System and method for implementing algorithmic correction of image distortion within a fingerprint imaging system: A software implemented system and method for algorithmic correction of systematic image distortions within fingerprint imaging systems. The system and method may implement a three dimensional geometric model of a fingerprint imaging system to discover where a configuration prescribed by a conceptual fingerprint imaging system and an actual configuration of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070058847 - Image processing method: A method for processing a medical image represented by a digital image signal and accompanying image identification data wherein upon processing of one of the image and the image identifying data, a corresponding change of the other is effectuated.... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070058845 - Method for detecting abnormalities in medical screening: A computer-aided detection process for interpreting body images using knowledge based SMART algorithms. The process interprets, in real time, body scan images submitted from screening centers and other certified medical practitioners around the world, and then renders an accurate, reliable and reproducible analysis of each patient's health status relative to... Agent: Nicholas A. Diakides

20070058848 - Method of determining and correcting non-linear detector pixels: A method of determining and correcting non-linear detector pixels by: recording a test image illuminated by X-ray beams with a detector constructed pixel by pixel; performing offset correction and gain correction of the recorded test image to establish a corrected test image; filtering the corrected test image with a suitable... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070058846 - Three-dimensional image processing apparatus, three-dimensional image processing method and control program used in three-dimensional image processing apparatus: A 3D-image processing apparatus comprising a first acquisition device, a second acquisition device, and a computing unit. The first acquisition device acquires displacement information about first 3D-imaging data and second 3D-imaging data different from the first 3D-imaging data. The first 3D-imaging data represents one of three-dimensional images different in diagnostic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058849 - Region delineation in computer tomographic angiography: The semi-automatic extraction and delineation of the cardiac region of interest in computer tomographic angiography images is time consuming and requires an experienced operator. According to the present invention, a completely automatic delineation and extraction of the CROI is provided, wherein the chest wall is detected and the region where... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070058850 - Method for automatic construction of 2d statistical shape model for the lung regions: A method for automatic construction of 2D statistical shape models for the lung regions in chest radiographic images. The method includes: extracting the anatomical structure contours from a chest radiograph image; generating a polygonal shape approximation for each contour; aligning a plurality of polygonal shape approximations by minimizing their distance;... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070058851 - Confirming cancellation of truncated checks: A method of operating a check processing system includes scanning a check on a first occasion to generate a first image of the check. The first image is transmitted to a financial institution. The check is scanned on a second occasion later than the first occasion to generate a second... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070058852 - Reference image generation from subject image for photolithography mask analysis: A reference image is generated from a subject image of at least a portion of a photolithography mask to enable a photolithography mask inspection and analysis system that otherwise cannot generate a reference image from a reference die or digitized design data, for example, to perform a mask analysis using... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20070058853 - Substrate inspection system: A substrate inspection system is formed with an inspection device associated with a reflow process at the end of a series of production processes for substrates, image collectors each associated with a different one of the production processes upstream to the reflow process and an image display device for receiving... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070058854 - Gear pattern inspection system: A method and apparatus for evaluating gears includes an imaging system that provides a non-contact method of evaluating gear meshing using technology that is quick, robust, and provides information not available at production rates from human inspection. The method and apparatus includes one or more imaging devices, illumination, and a... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070058855 - Method for rapidly establishing image space relation using plane filtering constraint: A method for rapidly building image space relation using plane filtering limitation is provided. The method comprises first getting a plurality of continuous image data taken from different shooting angles. Then, a plurality of feature points of the image data is initialized. Next, a number of feature points of those... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070058856 - Character recoginition in video data: An example method of recognizing characters in video data includes (i) Obtaining a binary image from a scene in video data; (ii) segmenting characters in the binary image (e.g., by using region labeling); and (iii) using a character recognition model to recognize the segmented characters. The method may be incorporated... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070058857 -