Image analysis inventions 06/07

20070147656 - Method and system to provide support for digital watermarks in a database: A method, computer program and database system are disclosed for protecting data using a relational database management system supporting digital watermarking. The support for digital watermarking in a database provides an additional means for protecting copyrighted data. Having the support built-in to a database simplifies the development of applications that... Agent: Harden E. Stevens, Iii Intellectual Property Section, Law Department

20070147655 - Method for protecting content of vector graphics formats: A method for protecting content of vector graphics formats is provided. A first vector graphics is scrambled to generate a second vector graphics. Then a plurality of pixel samplings are performed by the first vector graphics which generating at least a recovery information object according to a predetermined graphics. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070147653 - Digital watermark detection using predetermined color projections: The present invention relates to digital watermarking. In one implementation, a system is provided to read a digital watermark from digital imagery which includes data representing a number of pixels. Each pixel of the number of pixels is defined by a set of values representing color components of the particular... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070147657 - Electronic watermarking method and apparatus for color image data: Multi-color image data received from a host device are divided into blocks. The brightness of at least a first color in each block is tested to determine whether the block is watermarkable. An electronic watermark is embedded into each watermarkable block by modifying the image data of at least a... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070147658 - Image search apparatus, image search method, image production apparatus, image production method and program: Image identifier information specific to image data to be input to an image search apparatus is embedded in the image data as a steganography in advance. Meanwhile, the side of an image search apparatus decodes the steganography contained in image data, detects the image identifier information, compares the detected image... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070147654 - System and method for translating text to images: A method comprises receiving input text; decomposing the input text into segments, e.g., single line segments; using a dictionary to identify at least one object in one of the segments for inclusion in a frame; and using cinematic conventions, e.g., proxemics, to arrange the at least one object in the... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070147659 - Method for verifying an intended address by ocr percentage address matching: An OCR percentage matching algorithm achieves a significant reduction in false mismatches accounting for combinations of unprocessed spaces, missing characters, extra characters and character substitution errors during the OCR scanning processing and allows for a specified percentage of the OCR character scan rather the entire OCR character scan to be... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070147661 - Estimation device: An estimation device estimates a hidden state of an estimation subject from an observable state in a manner of a time series. The observable state is observed from the hidden state of the estimation subject under a procedure that has a hierarchical structure, which includes the hidden state of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070147660 - Image processing system for motor vehicles: An image processing system for a motor vehicle, includes a camera system, an image processing module having a data interface for receiving image data produced by the camera system, a memory unit for storing an image processing program, an image processor unit for processing the image data, a display unit... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070147662 - Vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus: A vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus of a small scale includes an image pick-up unit (1) mounted on a motor vehicle for picking up images of scenes making appearance in front of the motor vehicle, an image data selecting unit (2) for selecting image data only of a predetermined region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070147663 - Vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus: A vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus of a small scale includes an image pick-up unit (1) mounted on a motor vehicle for picking up images of scenes making appearance in front of the motor vehicle, an image data selecting unit (2) for selecting image data only of a predetermined region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070147664 - Driving assist method and driving assist apparatus: A driving assist apparatus obtains image data from a camera mounted on a vehicle and stores the image data in an image memory. The driving assist apparatus further obtains a relative distance between the vehicle and an obstacle on the basis of input from a sonar device mounted on the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070147667 - Biometrics information processing device and method: A sensing device includes first sensor elements allocated on a two-dimensional plane, and a second sensor element allocated on the same plane as the first sensor element and operating according to a manner different from that of the first sensor element. A signal processing unit generates a fingerprint image based... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070147666 - Continuous fingerprint image retrieval device: A continuous fingerprint image retrieval device includes an electronic product, a finger ball runway provided externally to the electronic product, and a continuous fingerprint sensor disposed in the finger ball runway; an initial protrusion being provided on the surface of the runway at one end of the sensor; multiple scraper... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070147670 - Image connection method, and program and apparatus therefor: Fingerprint section images of a finger are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a fingerprint sensor, and characteristic shapes such as ridge shapes, edge lines, and portions where changes of tangent directions are large are extracted from the fingerprint section images. Common areas in which character shapes match... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070147668 - Image pickup apparatus and fingerprint recognition apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is provided which performs correction of shading without performing correction of an image signal with a complicated algorithm or a large-scale correction circuit. The image pickup apparatus includes light irradiation unit that irradiates light on an object of image pickup and an image pickup element that... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070147665 - Method and apparatus for access point control using digital encoding of images of skin-covered body parts: Methods and apparatus operative to control a state of an access point. The apparatus includes a biometric module adapted to acquire an image of a skin-covered body part submitted thereto and a processing module adapted for producing, responsive to acquisition of an image by the biometric module, a candidate code... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070147669 - Method and device for preventing false acceptance of latent fingerprint images: Disclosed is a method for detecting a latent fingerprint image provided to a biometric input device of a fingerprint based security system. First and second images of the fingerprint are captured during a time period interval Δt. At least one of the first and second images are analyzed to identify... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070147671 - Analyzing radiological image using 3d stereo pairs: A system for analyzing radiological images using three-dimensional (3D) stereo pairs comprises capturing 3D image data; storing the 3D image data; segmenting the 3D image data; creating a model from the segmented 3D image data; creating a first 3D volumetric monocular-view image for the current model position; rotating the model... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070147672 - Medical image processing: In one aspect, the invention is a method of medical image processing. The method includes receiving data representing a medical image. The method also includes generating the medical image based on a model. The model characterizes the medical image as a composition of at least two components having processing constraints.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070147673 - System and method for single optical axis multi-detector microscope slide scanner: Systems and methods for microscope slide scanning using multiple sensor arrays that receive imagery data from a single optical axis are provided. A single, high quality, easily obtained microscope objective lens is used to project an image onto two or more sensor arrays. The sensor arrays can be linear or... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070147674 - Method and system for computer aided detection of high contrast objects in tomographic pictures: At least one nonlinear filter is used, in at least one embodiment, on reconstructed tomographic display data of a patient. The display data thus filtered serves the purpose of computer aided detection of high contrast objects. Moreover, in at least one embodiment, a system is disclosed for computer aided detection... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070147675 - Image detection system, comprising an x-ray sensor and an image detecting unit, and method of operating same: The invention relates to an image detection system, comprising an X-ray sensor 1 and an image detecting unit 5 which is connected to said sensor 1 via a cable 6 and which reads out data produced in the sensor and also exhibits a computer interface 5.1 to a computer 7... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070147676 - Substrate inspection device: In the substrate inspection apparatus 2 for inspecting a formation state of the pattern area 20 formed on the printed circuit board 1, since the inside area data generation means 7 for generating inspection data of the inside area 21b of the pattern area 20 to be inspected, the outside... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070147677 - Determining intensity similarity in low-light conditions using the poisson-quantization noise model: A Poisson-quantization noise model for modeling noise in low-light conditions is described. In one aspect, image information is received. A Poisson-quantization noise model is then generated from a Poisson noise model and a quantization noise model. Poisson-quantization noise is then estimated in the image information using the Poisson-quantization noise model.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070147678 - Adaptive scene dependent filters in online learning environments: A method and a system for determining an object segment in an electronic image. Preferably the method or system is sufficiently fast to allow real-time processing. A method for determining an object segment in an electronic image may comprise the steps of unsupervised learning of a multi-feature segmentation and of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070147679 - Network display apparatus, computer, and method of controlling the computer: A network display apparatus, a computer and a method of controlling the computer, wherein text information inputted to the computer is delivered to the network display apparatus. The computer includes a transceiving unit to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from at least one external network display apparatus, a user... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070147680 - Automated docketing system: The present invention includes a method for docketing an action or event, such as an action or event defined in a form received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The method includes scanning the form having written information thereon, the written information comprising a date and indicia defining... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070147683 - Method, medium, and system recognizing a face, and method, medium, and system extracting features from a facial image: Methods, mediums and systems recognizing a face by extracting features from a facial image. According to the method recognizing the face, multiple subimages of a query facial image and one or more target facial images are generated, Fourier transforms on the multiple subimages are performed, and Fourier features from the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070147681 - System and method for extracting a face from a camera picture for representation in an electronic system: A system and method for representing a person in an electronic system. An image is obtained including an image of a target person. The image or a digital representation thereof, is processed to recognize a facial feature associated with the target person in the image. The target person's facial portion... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070147682 - System and method for feature detection in image sequences: A method for processing image data includes inputting image data, determining a plurality of quadrature filter pairs based on filter parameter values to detect features of interest in the image data, applying the quadrature filter pairs to the image data to obtain a set of filter responses, and processing the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070147684 - Edge pixel identification: The teachings provided herein disclose a method for the identification of edge pixels within a digital image. The method operates by generating edge-state codes for a plurality of pairs of neighboring vectors of pixels within a given observation window, and generating an edge-identification code from the plurality of edge-state codes... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070147685 - User interface for statistical data analysis: In general, the invention is directed to data exploration and visualization techniques that allow a user to more easily apply multivariate statistical analysis to a dataset. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising identifying a set of data clusters associated with two or more components of resolved data... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070147689 - Image processor, image processing method and storage medium: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention has a determining unit for determining a size of an image, a resolution-setting unit for setting a resolution based on the size of the image, and a recognizing unit for recognizing whether text is included in the image having the determined... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070147687 - Image data processing system and method: The image data processing system and method disclosed, processes intermediate compressed binary data representing images scanned for copy or exporting, thereby enabling storage of the copy or export file to a common memory storage device. According to an exemplary embodiment, the image data processing system comprises a binary lossless decompress... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070147688 - System and method for power reduction when decompressing video streams for interferometric modulator displays: A system and method for processing image data to be displayed on a display device, where the display device requires more power to be driven to display image data comprising particular spatial frequencies in one dimension than to be driven to display image data comprising the particular spatial frequencies in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070147686 - System and method for rendering an oblique slice through volumetric data accessed via a client-server architecture: A system renders oblique slices through volumetric data accessed via a network using a client-server architecture. The system includes a server for processing and storing volumetric data comprising axial slices obtained from a diagnostic scanning system, a client for processing user requests related to specific views of the volumetric data,... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070147690 - Video coding device, video decoding device and video encoding method: A video coding device includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a foreground region, a background image and a shadow region reflected on the background image by the foreground region in an input picture; a shadow information compressing unit configured to perform a compression process to compress the information quantity... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070147691 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, program of image processing method and recording medium recording program of image processing method: An image processing method for decoding input encoded image data, which has undergone encoding processing by a predetermined format, image processing the decoded image data, and encoding the image-processed data to create output encoded data includes repeating the process of decoding, image processing and encoding processing and outputting the image... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070147692 - Match msb digital image compression: Methods, apparatus and computer readable medium are described that compress and/or decompress a digital image in a lossless or a lossy manner. In some embodiments, a display controller may compress a digital image by generating a symbol for each pel of the digital image. In particular, the symbol may represent... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070147693 - Image coding method and image coding device: In a first step, an input image constituted of a region of interest and a region of non-interest is transformed into plural frequency component images through plural wavelet transforms. In a second step, part of the plural frequency component image is selected as control target images and a region corresponding... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070147694 - Block decoding method and apparatus capable of decoding and outputting data in a longitudinal direction: A block decoding method and apparatus capable of decoding and outputting data in a longitudinal direction, which scans a compressed datastream and accordingly obtains a start address in the compressed datastream for each MCUR of a decompressed image, such that the apparatus can obtain blocks rotated with 90 degrees by... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070147696 - Medical image processing: In one aspect, the invention is a method to reduce a blooming effect of a bright object in a medical image generated from a low-dose imaging system. The method includes characterizing an ideal image as a composition of a first component and a second component. The first component is characterized... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070147695 - Interpolation of image correction parameters: Apparatus are provided, including a macrouniformity compensation mechanism to modify data exchanges between device-independent image data and a one-dimensional imaging device, to compensate for a lack of macrouniformity caused by the one-dimensional imaging device. The macrouniformity compensation mechanism includes an input-output value converter to convert an input intensity value for... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070147697 - Method for removing noise in image and system thereof: Disclosed are a method for removing noise in an image, including the steps of: dividing image data contained in the image into predetermined unit areas; calculating each threshold corresponding to the unit area by using values of pixels contained in the unit area; detecting whether a first pixel containing impulsive... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070147698 - Image sharpening using diffusion: An improved sharpening technique sharpens an image using diffusion rather than a Gaussian blur in the smearing phase. After an appropriate radius or number of passes is determined for the pixels of an image, a diffusive process is applied to the image in the smearing phase to generate a blurred... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Inc.

20070147699 - Corner sharpening using look-up table edge pixel identification: The teachings provided herein disclose a method for corner sharpening in the display of a bitmapped digital image. The method includes the steps of selecting a target pixel location within the digital image; observing a set of pixels within a pixel observation window superimposed on the digital image relative to... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070147700 - Method and apparatus for editing images using contour-extracting algorithm: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for editing an image using an object contour extracted from an input image. The method of editing an image using a contour-extracting algorithm includes: inputting image data; extracting an object contour from the input image data; optimizing the extracted contour using the characteristics... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070147701 - Digital camera with face detection function for facilitating exposure compensation: A camera is provided that includes a face detection means, an AE&AWB detection circuit, and a processor. The face detection means detects a face from an input image signal and extracts a facial region comprising the face and an upper body region. The AE&AWB detection circuit calculates a brightness appraisal... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070147702 - Method and apparatus for resolving individual signals in detector output data: A method and apparatus for resolving individual signals in detector output data, the method comprising determining a signal form of signals present in the data, making parameter estimates of one or more parameters of the signals, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least signal temporal position, and determining... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070147703 - Blending a digital image cut from a source image into a target image: Method for blending a foreground object of a first image into a second image in which the transition boundary region between the foreground object and the background comprises a linear color transition based on the colors of the foreground object and the background, respectively.... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070147704 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method according to sheet scanning system: It is an object to provide image processing apparatus and method which can execute a drawing combining instruction and a trimming instruction of illustration/characters or the like on the basis of a disclosure on one sheet in a composite print of a sheet scanning system. When a trimming instruction command... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070147705 - Methods and systems for correcting image misalignment: The invention provides methods of determining a correction for a misalignment between at least two images in a sequence of images due at least in part to sample movement. The methods are applied, for example, in the processing and analysis of a sequence of images of biological tissue in a... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070147706 - Image processor and camera system, image processing method, and motion picture displaying method: A similar-image detecting part detects similar image regions similar to one another in a plurality of frame images captured by rolling shutter type exposure. A displacement-vector detecting part detects a displacement vector of each of the similar image regions with respect to a reference position in each of the plurality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070147708 - Adaptive image size conversion apparatus and method thereof: An image size conversion apparatus and an image size conversion method are provided. The image size conversion apparatus includes an area detector which detects an interested area having a certain image distinguished over a general image from an input image, a scale ratio adjustor which adjusts a scale ratio for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070147707 - Device and method for superimposing patterns on images in real-time, particularly for guiding by localisation: The invention relates to a device (DS), for superimposing known patterns, characteristic of a region, on (real) images of said region. The device (D) comprises, a memory (21) in which patterns are stored, which are representative of a selected region, of known position and orientation with relation to a common... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070147709 - Adaptive resolution conversion apparatus for input image signal and and a method thereof: A resolution conversion apparatus and method. The apparatus includes an image analysis unit analyzing frequency characteristics of an input image signal, a filter coefficient determination unit setting a filter coefficient according to the frequency characteristics, and a noise shaper unit performing noise shaping with respect to an error generated by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070147710 - Medium processing apparatus, medium processing method, medium processing system and computer readable recording medium with medium processing program recorded thereon: The present invention comprises, in order to allow recognition of content of information indicated in a medium accurately, based on an image data obtained by reading a medium, an extraction unit for extracting each of plural information items from an image data obtained by reading a medium in which each... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070147711 - Power supply apparatus with image scanning function: A power supply apparatus with image scanning function is provided. The power supply apparatus is installed to a portable electronic device to supply power and scan documents, and it is also able to be handheld independently to scan documents. The power supply apparatus includes a battery pack and a scanning... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070140524 - Image watermarking based on sequency and wavelet transforms: This invention is a new approach for the image watermarking in the wavelet transform domain based on sequency of the host and watermark image. For each sub-band a first transform level of the host image is thresholded and binarized. Sequencies of thresholded and binarized data host image are compared with... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070140523 - Image-watermarking method and device: The invention concerns a method of inserting a watermark in an image comprising at least three components, the method comprises the steps of decomposing at least one component of the image into detail sub-bands in various directions and comprising coefficients, each coefficient being characterized by its position in the detail... Agent: Gerald E Helget

20070140526 - Image processing method: A method and apparatus for localizing an area in relative movement and for determining the speed and direction thereof in real time is disclosed. Each pixel of an image is smoothed using its own time constant. A binary value corresponding to the existence of a significant variation in the amplitude... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070140525 - System and method for improved media identification in a storage device: Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event that the scanner reads the identifier incorrectly due to a defect in the barcode, such as a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070140527 - On-board image-recognizing apparatus, on-board image-shooting apparatus, on-board image-shooting controller, warning apparatus, image recognizing method, image shooting method, and image-shooting controlling method: An image shooting unit is installed on a vehicle and shoots an image of an area around the vehicle at a set frame rate. A recognizing unit performs image recognition on the image to check whether an object is present in the image. A frame rate setting unit increases the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070140528 - Image processing device and method: A technique is provided that can precisely measure the photographing position and posture of a photographing device and the coordinates of an object from moving images or photographed images that sequentially change gradually, even in the case with the need to process the sway of the photographing device and the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070140529 - Method and device for calculating motion vector between two images and program of calculating motion vector between two images: A reference image is cut out from a first image and a comparison image is cut out from a second image while shifting a cutting block by n pixels and correlation between each of the comparison images. The reference image is calculated to obtain a motion vector of the second... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070140530 - Method and apparatus for providing fingerprint authentication and actuation: A method and apparatus of providing combined secure access and command execution for an electronic device is disclosed. Fingerprint representation data from a user is received. The user is authenticated when the fingerprint representation data received from the user matches user fingerprint data. A determination is made as to whether... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070140531 - standoff iris recognition system: An iris recognition system having pupil and iris border conditioning prior to iris mapping and analysis. The system may obtain and filter an image of an eye. A pupil of the mage may be selected and segmented. Portions of the pupil border can be evaluated and pruned. A curve may... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070140532 - Method and apparatus for providing user profiling based on facial recognition: A method and system of providing user profiling for an electrical device is disclosed. Face representation data is captured with an imaging device. The imaging device focuses on the face of the user to capture the face representation data. A determination is made as to whether a facial feature database... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070140533 - Input device with a fingerprint recognizing mechanism: An input device with a fingerprint recognizing mechanism is provided. The input device has a storage unit, a fingerprint input interface, and a microcontroller. The storage unit is for storing information, typically private, sensitive files/documents. Furthermore, the information is not allowable for access when the storage unit is in a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070140538 - Method for processing unenhanced medical images: A method for distributing digital medical images between an capture device and a image display device remote from the capture device when a user desires to reprocess an enhanced digital medical image at the image display device. The user initiates a request from the image display device for the unenhanced... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070140540 - Automated detection of objects in a biological sample: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for automated light microscopic for detection of proteins associated with cell proliferative disorders.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070140539 - Image combining apparatus: The color of a measurement object, such as a vital tooth, and the color of a comparison object to be compared with the measurement object are displayed to a user in an easily comparable manner. The invention provides an image combining apparatus including an image extracting unit for extracting an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070140536 - Medical image processing method and apparatus: A method for processing digital x-ray images to maximize diagnostic information. The method includes accessing a raw digital image signal generated by imaging a patient with an imaging modality and transmitting the raw image to an acquisition workstation. The acquisition workstation classifies the image and assigns a plurality of image... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070140535 - Method and apparatus for reducing cone beam artifacts using spatially varying weighting functions: A method for combining images acquired using helical half-scan imaging comprises identifying an image plane within an overlap region comprising data from first and second view streams representative of first and second cycles of acquired image data. The image plane comprises the same anatomical structure. First and second weighting functions... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070140534 - Method for determining a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional image, in particular a bone structure: The object of the invention is a process for determining the mechanical resistance of a bone from a digitized two dimensional image, obtained by imaging, characterized in that there is carried out a correlation between the bone mineral density determined from this two dimensional image by any means suitable to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070140537 - Simultaneous generation of different data sets from a single acquisition run and dual rendering of images: In a method and system for dual rendering of images, a first volume image is reconstructed with a computer. A second volume image is reconstructed with the computer. The first reconstructed volume image is adjusted for a desired rendering. The second volume image is adjusted for desired rendering. A dual... Agent: Schiff Hardin LLP Patent Department

20070140541 - Method and apparatus for automated detection of target structures from medical images using a 3d morphological matching algorithm: A method for the detection of target structures shown in digital medical images, the method of comprising: (1) generating a three dimensional (3D) volumetric data set of a patient region within which the target structure resides from a plurality of segmented medical image slices; (2) grouping contiguous structures that are... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070140542 - Method and unit for refining digital x-ray images: Method for simplifying the adjustment of a digital x-ray device for the refinement of the x-ray images, and to an image refining unit for carrying out said method. According to the invention, a pre-determined modification is performed on the image data of the x-ray image by at least one image... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070140543 - Systems and methods for enhanced cytological specimen review: A system for prescreening and reviewing cytological specimens includes an imager for obtaining and processing image data of a specimen slide, which identifies cellular objects of interest in the specimen, calculates object values for the identified objects based on one or more of their respective physical attributes, and selects fields... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070140544 - Detection level calibration method and apparatus for counterfeit detectors: A detection level calibration method and an apparatus thereof for counterfeit detectors includes a recognition module in a counterfeit detector to scan and detect a calibration object fed into the counterfeit detector to get an actual recognition characteristic value. Through the actual recognition characteristic value, an actuation setting value of... Agent: Frenkel & Associates

20070140545 - Computer-implemented method of processing a substitute check and an apparatus therefor: A computer-implemented method is provided of processing a substitute check which has been made from an original check. The computer-implemented method comprises (a) reading from the substitute check a printed magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline, (b) reading from the substitute check an imaged MICR codeline, and (c) comparing the... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070140546 - Methods and apparatus for testing a component: A method for inspecting a component having a surface profile that includes a local minima and a local maxima. The method includes generating a raw image of a component under test utilizing an eddy current inspection system, decomposing the raw image into a plurality of images wherein each image includes... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070140547 - System and method for prediction of pitting corrosion growth: A system and method predicts pitting corrosion growth using imaging technology. In an embodiment, a first module preprocesses images to locate seed points, and a second module models a corrosion life cycle of the seed points. In another embodiment, the seed points are identified with defined confidence levels, and the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070140548 - System and method for determining reticle defect printability: A method and software program for determining printability of a defect on a reticle or photomask onto a substrate during processing. That is performed by creating a pixel grid image having a plurality of individual pixel images showing the defect. A gray scale value is assigned to each pixel image... Agent: Allston L. Jones Peters, Verny, Jones, Schmitt & Aston, L.L.P.

20070140549 - Three-dimensional image capture system: An image capturing system utilizes a plurality of image capturing apparatus to capture first image data for an object. A processor is utilized to combine the first images to produce first three-dimensional digital image data. The processor then utilizes a second algorithm to combine the intermediate digital image information to... Agent: Donald J. Lenkszus

20070140551 - Banknote validation: A method of creating a classifier for banknote validation is described. Information from all of a set of training images from genuine banknotes is used to form a segmentation template which is then used to segment each of the training set images. Features are extracted from the segments and used... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070140550 - Method and apparatus for performing object detection: An object detection algorithm that generates a two-layer Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) during a training session, and subsequent to the training session, uses the two-layer GMM to perform face detection. No labeling of local features is needed. The only input that is provided by a user is the setting of... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070140553 - Dental colorimetry apparatus: An object is to represent the difference of colors of a vital tooth and a tooth sample in a highly precise manner and to compare the colors in a relatively easy manner. The invention provides a dental colorimetry apparatus including a shade-guide-information storage unit configured to store acquired image data... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070140552 - Optimal test patch level selection for systems that are modeled using low rank eigen functions, with applications to feedback controls: A method and system for selecting an optimal set of S number of calibration patches for an image producing system. The method of selecting the S number of calibration patches includes acquiring a set of K number of basis eigen vectors and model parameters which represent the image producing system... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070140554 - Image processing: In an image-encoding scheme, an input image is decomposed into several image blocks (600) comprising multiple image elements (610), e.g. pixels or texels. The image blocks (600) are then encoded into encoded block representations (700). Such a block representation (700) comprises a color codeword (710), an intensity codeword (720) and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070140557 - Data communication system, device, and method: A data communication device that communicates with a storage device via a network includes an input unit for inputting user identification information, a log-in processing unit configured to enable a user to log in to access a storage area of the storage device associated with the user identification information, an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070140558 - Enhanced color correction circuitry capable of employing negative rgb values: Disclosed is a system for adjusting a plurality of component color signals for expanded color gamut displays. The disclosed system comprises an input for receiving the component color signals, a detection circuit (502) connected to the input and configured to detect at least one characteristics of the received component color... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070140555 - Facial image processing system: A facial image processing system for conducting an image process onto a photographed facial image, including a changing means which is at least one of a facial expression changing means to change the expression of a photographed facial image, a skin color tone changing means to change the color tone... Agent: Cameron Kerrigan Squire Sanders & Dempsey

20070140556 - Red eye detection and correction: A system suited to correction of red eyes in images includes a detection module which, for a plurality of pixels in a digital image, assigns a probability that a pixel is within a red eye. The probability has a value which may vary from a minimum value to maximum value.... Agent: Ann M. Skerry, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070140559 - Compressing images in documents: Images that are contained within documents are compressed to reduce the file size of the document. The compression may occur such that compression steps occur to the image automatically. The compression steps performed are determined based on the information available about the images in a document. The information is used... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070140560 - Layout analysis program, layout analysis apparatus and layout analysis method: A layout analysis program, a layout analysis apparatus, layout analysis method and a medium can highly accurately extract a text block from an image if the image is a color image. The layout analysis program causes a computer to execute a divided region extracting step that extracts a region partitioned... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070140561 - Allograph based writer adaptation for handwritten character recognition: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates analyzing and/or recognizing a handwritten character. An interface component can receive at least one handwritten character. A personalization component can train a classifier based on an allograph related to a handwriting style to provide handwriting recognition for the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070140562 - Recordation of handwriting and hand movement using electromyography: Handwriting activity is recorded by use of electromyography (EMG) signals detected from muscles at several locations on the hand. The EMG signals are sensed and registered. The sensed signals are processed and stored, after which the signals are analyzed to reconstruct handwriting activity into a digital format. Machine edible text... Agent: Nath & Associates, PLLC

20070140563 - Print inspecting apparatus: A print inspecting apparatus which can perform print inspection flexibly at high precision at high speed without requiring a character recognizing processing is provided. The print inspecting apparatus 1 has a main unit 10 which reads images on a continuous business form conveyed in one direction, and a processing unit... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070140564 - 2-dimensional code region extraction method, 2-dimensional code region extraction device, electronic device, 2-dimensional code region extraction program, and recording medium containing the program: A 2-dimensional code region extraction device (FIG. 2) includes: a scan unit 11 for scanning image data containing a 2-dimensional code vertically and horizontally; a blank space detection unit 12 for detecting a blank space portion by determining the white/black gradation of scanned pixels; a non-blank space information calculation unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070140566 - Framework for detecting a structured handwritten object: Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions and apparatuses detect a structured handwritten object is detected in a handwritten document. A primitive structure, which is associated with a set of component objects, is formed. A candidate handwritten object is identified by detecting a corresponding logical structure. A classifier for the candidate handwritten... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070140565 - Table detection in ink notes: Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions and apparatuses detect a table in a handwritten document. Line segments are derived from drawing strokes so that a bounding frame of a candidate table is obtained. An associated table structure is consequently recognized from the bounding frame, lines segments within the bounding frame, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070140567 - Method, system and computer program for encoding and decoding a pixelized target graphic symbol: Method, system and computer program product for encoding a pixelized target graphic symbol by obtaining an encoded pixel cluster that is encoded with a code that is characteristic of the target graphic symbol and pixelizing the target graphic symbol using at least one encoded pixel cluster. A document having printed... Agent: Jonathan Topper

20070140568 - History control apparatus: A history management apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects a character or a word included in image data which is processed in an image processing apparatus; and a storage unit that stores information to specify a detection position of the detected character or word in the image data and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070140570 - Compressed image data enhancement: An image background remover is disclosed that performs background removal of JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compressed image data without first performing a complete decompression of the compressed image data.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070140569 - Image compression apparatus: [PROBLEMS] To improve the data compression ratio in the data compression/decompression method utilizing the down-sampling process. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Image data in a DS area division unit (130) is divided into a plenty of DS areas and DS areas which are not important are converted into contracted data of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070140571 - Method for image segmentation from proved detection of background and text image portions: A method is provided for segmenting scanned image data in accordance with mixed raster content processing, further including windowing for purposes of extracting particularly classifiable objects, i.e., text, graphics or pictures. Application of predetermined parameter sets selected for more precise identification of the extracted objects are applied to the data... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070140574 - Decoding apparatus and decoding method: A decoding apparatus having a de-ringing filter to filter image data decoded from encoded image data by orthogonal transformation encoding. In the de-ringing filter, a subtracter generates an absolute value of difference between a value of a filter object pixel and a value of at least one pixel selected from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070140572 - Decompression for printing and display systems: A method for decompressing a job in a document management system, such as a printer, scanner or display device, is provided. The method includes buffering the compressed image data, and decompressing the buffered compressed image data such that the decompressing varies as a function of a resolution level and either... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070140573 - Decompression for printing and display systems: A method for decompressing a job in a document management system, such as a printer, scanner or display device, is provided. The method includes buffering the compressed image data, and decompressing the buffered compressed image data such that the decompressing varies as a function of a resolution level and either... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070140575 - System and method for monochrome binary compression on legacy devices: Disclosed is a system and method for monochrome or binary compression, and more particularly compression of binary images segmented in a binary domain into at least two regions of different image types, where the regions are compressed using different compression techniques.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070140576 - Data processing apparatus, the method and coding apparatus: From an MPEG image data (S11), an MPEG2 encoder circuit (51) extracts a quantum scale (Qm) of each macro block (MB) which has been used for quantization of the MPEG2 in the encoding process. An activity calculation circuit (53) calculates an activity (Nact), based on the quantum scale (Qm), A... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070140577 - Background intensity correction of a scan of a document: One exemplary method of the present invention is for background intensity correction of a scan of pixel values of a document, wherein the scan has at least one background pixel area and at least one non-background pixel area. The method includes segmenting the scan into the at least one background... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc.

20070140578 - Image adjustment apparatus, image adjustment method and computer readable medium: An image adjustment apparatus includes: a feature information acquisition part that acquires feature information concerning a target image to be adjusted with respect to an adjustment item; an item decision part that selects an item as the adjustment item from among a plurality of predetermined adjustment item candidates based on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070140579 - Image signal processing apparatus, method of image signal processing, and image signal processing system: An image signal processing apparatus includes an image pickup unit operable to take image information; an image signal-processing unit operable to process the image information; a display unit operable to display the image information on a display; a recording unit operable to record the image information onto a recording medium;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070140580 - Digital image reconstruction using inverse spatial filtering: A method for processing a source digital image wherein the source digital image is comprised of a plurality of pixels. A spatial filter is applied to the source digital image to produce an enhanced digital image. An inverse spatial filter is applied to the enhanced digital image to produce an... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070140581 - Image processing circuit and method: An image processing circuit for eliminating noise from an image without lowering the actual resolution. The image contains input pixels, which include a processing subject pixel and proximal pixels located proximal to the processing subject pixel. Each input pixel has a pixel value. The image processing circuit includes a spatial... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070140582 - Systems and methods for reducing noise in image sequences: A method for reducing noise in an image sequence includes: detecting structures in an image sequence; estimating lighting changes in the image sequence and compensating for the estimated lighting changes; detecting moving structures in the image sequence using the detected structures after compensating for the estimated lighting changes in the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070140583 - Method for improving image quality and image processor for same: In order to improve image quality of high compression ratio images, a de-blocking process is performed on decoded image data, and then an edge enhancement process is performed on the de-blocked image data. Performing the edge enhancement process after performing the de-blocking process can improve image quality of high compression... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070140584 - Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture: A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected then frequency information of the surroundings of the block boundary... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070140585 - Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture: A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected then frequency information of the surroundings of the block boundary... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070140586 - Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture: A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected then frequency information of the surroundings of the block boundary... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070140587 - Auto-regressive method and filter for denoising images and videos: A method and apparatus for denoising digital images or videos, which is an extension of the spatial varying filter (SVF) by using a past filtered pixel, instead of the current pixel itself as the input for producing an output for the current pixel. Based on this concept, a number of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070140588 - Film grain generation and addition: High-frequency noise is generated that approximates the appearance of traditional “film grain” for a digital video signal. By adding a relatively small amount of film grain noise, the video can be made to look more natural and more pleasing to the human viewer. The digital film grain generation can be... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070140590 - Image evaluation apparatus, image evaluation method, computer readable medium and computer data signal: An image evaluation apparatus includes a pixel extraction unit, an intra-pair difference calculation unit, an inter-pair difference calculation unit and an evaluation unit. The pixel extraction unit extracts, from an input image, a pixel region including a pair of block-boundary pixels in a boundary position of coding blocks and a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070140589 - Image processing method and apparatus thereof: In case of an image region having a property of abrupt changes in luminance and tint, even when a region made up of pixels having luminance values and tint levels similar to those of one point designated by the user is extracted as a correction region with reference to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070140591 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus for identifying a motion vector by executing the steps of setting a plurality of reference blocks, searching a specific reference block, and detecting the motion vector is provided. The image processing apparatus includes correlation-value computation means, table generation means, and motion-vector computation means.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070140592 - Photographic device: A photographic device includes an image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed. A vertical scan circuit selects horizontal drive lines of the image sensor in order. And a horizontal scan circuit reads out in order voltages due to electric charges from the pixels in the horizontal row... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070140593 - Method and apparatus for scaling selected areas of a graphics display: A method (30) and apparatus (10) for scaling selected areas of a graphics display. The method (30) includes removing distortion-sensitive information from the graphics display, scaling or converting the format of the distortion-nonsensitive information, such as from one aspect ratio to another, and then compositing the removed distortion-sensitive information with... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070140594 - Digitized bank checks validated by digital signatures: A system for handling files containing digitized images, such as digitized bank checks. Four digitized image-files are obtained for each check: front and back at the beginning of a process, and front and back at the end of the process. Four digital signatures are generated, one for each image-file. The... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070140595 - Database assisted ocr for street scenes and other images: Optical character recognition (OCR) for images such as a street scene image is generally a difficult problem because of the variety of fonts, styles, colors, sizes, orientations, occlusions and partial occlusions that can be observed in the textual content of such scenes. However, a database query can provide useful information... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070140596 - Compatible laser modulation circuit for scanner in optical storage media recording/reproducing apparatus: The invention relates to a compatible optical scanner with an improved laser modulator for recording or reproduction apparatuses of optical recording media. Although the input characteristic curves of older and newer optical scanners fundamentally differ on account of different modulator circuits, a circuit arrangement for an optical scanner with an... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070133839 - Method to transmit a coded information and device therefore: A method for transmitting a coded information to a user via a graphical display. The method comprises the step of obtaining coded information by a scanner, which has to be positioned near the graphical display. The coded information is transmitted to a number of code points that are arranged in... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070133841 - Coded visual markers for tracking and camera calibration in mobile computing systems: A method for determining a pose of a user is provided including the steps of capturing a video image sequence of an environment including at least one coded marker; detecting if the coded marker is present in the video images; if the marker is present, extracting feature correspondences of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070133840 - Tracking using an elastic cluster of trackers: The invention is method for tracking moving objects from data by tracking a cluster of resilient features of the target. The features correspond to a set of trackers, to maintain tracking or allow rapid reacquisition and subsequent tracking although the objects' form and geometry may change. The method includes a... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070133842 - System and method for interactive document layout: A document layout is adjusted to alter the quality of the document by generating an initial document with a plurality of blocks. A user can manually adjust the parameters of the document. Thereafter, a base quantized quality score is generated for the document based upon the manually changed parameters of... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070133843 - Electronic apparatus operating system: When a user validation portion validates that a person is present adjacent to an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus generates an identification code, converts the identification code to a QR code, and displays the QR code on an identification code display portion. When the QR code that has been displayed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070133844 - Security identification system: This is a security and identification system designed to obtain improved images for use by real-time facial recognition and identification systems for screening individuals passing through secure entry or checkpoints such as airport passenger terminals, government offices, and other secure locations. The system detects the presence of a subject at... Agent: Pelco

20070133845 - Three-dimensional segmentation using deformable surfaces: An image processing system comprising 3D image data processing means (10) of automatic mapping a 3-D Surface Model onto the surface of an object of interest in a 3-D image, for estimating a model-based 3-D segmentation surface, comprising visualizing means (60) and further comprising means of interactive adaptation (20) of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070133846 - Portable data carrier, external arrangement, system and methods for wireless data transfer: A portable data carrier (10) and a method (B1-B10), as well as a storage medium with instructions, for transferring data by means of a portable data carrier are provided. The portable data carrier comprises a carrier storage (12) for storing data containing a biometric template (13) and an application-specific function... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070133847 - Image input device: The present invention relates to an image input device including a substrate, a light sensor, a light emitter, and a light guide. The light sensor, the light emitter, and the light guide are provided on the substrate. The light emitted from the light emitter is guided to a position above... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070133848 - Manual tools for model based image segmentation: A scanner (18) acquires images of a subject. A 3D model (52) of an organ is selected from an organ model database (50) and dropped over an image of an actual organ. A best fitting means (62) globally scales, translates and/or rotates the model (52) to best fit the actual... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070133851 - Method and apparatus for selecting computer-assisted algorithms based on protocol and/or parameters of an acquisistion system: A system and method for selecting a computer algorithm for processing a medical image for a clinical purpose is enclosed. The method includes accessing image data, accessing clinical data, and accessing a structured knowledgebase. An optimal computer algorithm is selected with associated optimal operating parameters from a plurality of computer... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070133849 - Method and apparatus for visualisation of a tubular structure: The present invention relates to a method and a corresponding apparatus for visualization of a tubular structure of an object by use of a 3D image data set of said object. In order to provide a more efficient and illustrative visualization a method is proposed comprising the steps of: —generating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070133852 - Method and system of computer-aided quantitative and qualitative analysis of medical images: A system and method of computer aided analysis of medical images and detection of malignant lesions is described. Medical images obtained from multiple modalities are analyzed. Morphological features as well as temporal, i.e., kinetics features, are combined to compute a consolidated assessment of a possible lesion detected in the medical... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070133850 - System for making a medical device: A castless system and method for sizing a medical device for use with limbs, joints, appendages, and other body members of a human or animal subject. The system uses at least two digital images to create a body member profile and extract measurements for the selection of a model template.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070133853 - Method and apparatus for improving inner auditory canal images: Method and apparatus for locally enhancing image data represented as pixels having CT numbers is provided. The image data includes bony structures, and the method comprises segmenting pixels within the image data into areas based on the pixel's CT number. A first area represents a combination of soft tissue and... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070133854 - Method and device for measuring pulmonary nodule volume using dual-energy substraction image: A method and a device for measuring a pulmonary nodule volume using a dual-energy subtraction image are provided. The method includes: (a) obtaining a dual-energy subtraction image of a chest; (b) setting a specific region including a pulmonary nodule region in the obtained dual-energy subtraction image; (c) interpolating a gray... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070133856 - Cross-frame object reconstruction for image-based cytology applications: Methods, computer software, and systems for analyzing a biological specimen (e.g., a cytological specimen) on a slide is provided. Magnified image data frames of the biological specimen are taken at different locations on the slide. An object that is not entirely contained within at least one of the image data... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070133857 - Joint classification and subtype discovery in tumor diagnosis by gene expression profiling: A program storage device is provided readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for classification of biological tissue by gene expression profiling. The method steps include providing a training set of gene expression profiles of known tissue samples, providing a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070133855 - Similar pattern searching apparatus, method of similar pattern searching, program for similar pattern searching, and fractionation apparatus: Respective components of a leukocyte particle size pattern that includes a plurality of cellular component fractions are separated by performing a mixture density approximation using an EM algorithm, and characteristic parameters of each fraction are clustered. A similarity search with attention paid to a distribution pattern of a cell group... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070133858 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes a carrying unit that carries an irradiated object having a reflecting portion and a transmitting portion in a carrying direction, a first light source arranged on one face side of the irradiated object that irradiates light to an irradiated portion in a path of carrying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133859 - Methods and systems for reading magnetic ink character recognition information: A system for recognizing magnetic ink characters includes at least one write head configured and arranged to scan over the magnetic ink characters while generating a modulated magnetic field to produce a magnetic response in the magnetic ink characters. The modulation of the magnetic field produces spatial modulation in the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070133861 - Apparatus and method for inspecting overlay patterns in semiconductor device: An apparatus for inspecting overlay patterns includes an optical module which projects a plurality of neighboring overlay patterns formed on a wafer. The apparatus also includes a pickup unit which obtains a plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of overlay patterns projected from the optical module. The apparatus... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070133862 - Detection of surface defects employing subsampled images: A method for determining a location of a border in a color image, the image including at least two color populations, between a first color region associated with a first one of the two color populations and a second color region associated with a second one of the two color... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070133860 - Methods and systems for binning defects detected on a specimen: Methods and systems for binning defects detected on a specimen are provided. One method includes comparing a test image to reference images. The test image includes an image of one or more patterned features formed on the specimen proximate to a defect detected on the specimen. The reference images include... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070133864 - Apparatus and method for measuring at least one of arrangement and shape of shots on substrate, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: An apparatus for measuring at least one of an arrangement and shape of shots formed on a substrate, comprises a scope configured to obtain an image of an alignment mark corresponding to a shot; and a calculating device configured to calculate a difference between a position of the alignment mark... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070133863 - Image alignment method, comparative inspection method, and comparative inspection device for comparative inspections: The present invention provides a high-precision alignment method, device and code for inspections that compare an inspection image with a reference image and detect defects from their differences. In one embodiment an inspection image and a reference image are divided into multiple regions. An offset is calculated for each pair... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070133865 - Method for reconstructing three-dimensional structure using silhouette information in two-dimensional image: A method for reconstructing a three-dimensional structure using silhouette information on a two-dimensional plane is provided. The method includes: obtaining silhouette images; creating a cube on a three-dimensional space using the silhouette images; calculating vertex coordinates on a two-dimensional image plane by projecting eight vertices of the three-dimensional cube on... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070133866 - Method and apparatus for classifying geological materials using image processing techniques: Provided is a method and apparatus for classifying geological materials using image processing techniques. The method and apparatus classify geological materials including stones, rock samples, and rock surfaces according to type and state by sequentially applying image processing techniques, such as a color space analysis, a granulometry analysis, texture parameter... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070133867 - Apparatus and method of adaptively converting image in image display system: Adaptive image conversion method and apparatus in an image display system are provided. The image conversion apparatus for adaptively converting an input image into an output image reflecting a user's preferred color comprises a color temperature estimation unit estimating a color temperature of the input image, a target color temperature... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070133871 - Apparatus and methods for processing images: In one embodiment, a system for processing an image receives color information including three variables representing a color of each of a plurality of pixels which constitute the image. The system derives a target characteristic value corresponding to a target pixel among the plurality of pixels based on the three... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070133868 - Method and apparatus providing automatic color balancing for digital imaging systems: Pixels from an image are sampled for gray world statistics. To avoid the effect of saturated regions, the pixels are pruned. If a predetermined percentage of the pixels are included in the gray world statistics, color channel gain is calculated and applied to the image. As a result, color balance... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070133870 - Method, apparatus, and system for improved color statistic pruning for automatic color balance: Pixels from an image are sampled for gray world statistics. To avoid the effect of saturated regions, the color pixels are pruned based on predetermined criteria for individual and combined color channel values. If a predetermined percentage of the pixels are included in the gray world statistics, color channel gain... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070133869 - Noise reduction for primary tones for image replication systems: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide noise reduction for primary tones. In an embodiment, the systems and methods involve adjusting an input color toward a primary tone at the expense of replicating the input color according to its proper hue. The adjusted input color, when displayed by a display... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070133872 - Statistical image processing system and method for image/noise feature detection: A statistical image processing system and method for detecting an original image feature and/or a noise feature in an input image using a statistical hypothesis test, thereby estimating the image or noise when an original image is contaminated with the noise, and a recording medium for recording the method, are... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070133873 - Document management method and apparatus: A document management apparatus acquires block information of each page, which is obtained by executing block segmentation processing for each page of document data of a first version. A matched block and a mismatched block between the first version and a second version are discriminated on the basis of the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070133876 - Device, method, and computer program product for enhancing the use of electronic forms in mobile devices: A device, method, and computer program product enhance the use of electronic forms in mobile devices, such as by using a camera image for entering data into an input field of an electronic form. A portion of the camera image may be captured and displayed in the input field of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070133874 - Personal information retrieval using knowledge bases for optical character recognition correction: In a system for updating a contacts database (42, 46), a portable imager (12) acquires a digital business card image (10). An image segmenter (16) extracts text image segments from the digital business card image. An optical character recognizer (OCR) (26) generates one or more textual content candidates for each... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070133875 - Pictorial identification of a communication event: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for pictorial identification of a communication event using speech or text recognition in an electronic device. The communication can be (but is not limited to) a telephone call, an electronic mail message, MMS, SMS, an instant message, etc.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070133877 - Script recognition for ink notes: Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions distinguish the script type of at least one portion of a writing input. At least one sub-word of a writing line of a handwritten document is identified and is processed to determine the associated writing style that includes a cursive writing style and a hand-printed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070133879 - Ellipsoid detecting method, figure center detecting method, image recognizing device, and controller based on image: A method for detecting an ellipsoid includes: extracting an ellipsoid candidate; extracting an ellipsoid contour; calculating an ellipsoid parameter; calculating an adaptability ratio; and eliminating the ellipsoid candidate. Extracting the ellipsoid candidate includes: inputting an image with figures; selecting the ellipsoid candidate from the figures; and extracting a contour candidate... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070133878 - Method for constructing covariance matrices from data features: A method constructs descriptors for a set of data samples and determines a distance score between pairs of subsets selected from the set of data samples. A d-dimensional feature vector is extracted for each sample in each subset of samples. The feature vector includes indices to the corresponding sample and... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070133880 - Background removal in a live video: Exemplary systems and methods segment a foreground from a background image in a video sequence. In one implementation, a system refines a segmentation boundary between the foreground and the background image by attenuating background contrast while preserving contrast of the segmentation boundary itself, providing an accurate background cut of live... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070133881 - Apparatus and method for character recognition using acceleration sensor: Provided are an apparatus and method for character recognition that analyze three-dimensional motion of a user using an acceleration sensor and thereby perform character input and character recognition. The apparatus and method easily discern each stroke on the basis of a direction of motion at the beginning portion and end... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070133882 - Scan solution system: A document data producing part produces document data in which first meta data is embedded based on a document template and a data source; a printing part prints the document data in a paper document; a scanning part obtains a scanned image from scanning the paper document after predetermined processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133883 - Logical structure and layout based offline character recognition: A method and system for implementing character recognition is described herein. An input character is received. The input character is composed of one or more logical structures in a particular layout. The layout of the one or more logical structures is identified. One or more of a plurality of classifiers... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070133884 - Method of locating a human eye in a video image: A human eye is detected in a video image by identifying potential eye candidates using horizontal and vertical projection filtering on a specified portion of the image, coupled with rudimentary appearance-based testing. The identified eye candidates are clustered and winning eye candidates are selected based on appearance, spatial-geometric and anthropomorphic... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070133885 - Apparatus and method of detecting person: An apparatus and method of detecting a person. The apparatus includes: a segmentation unit which analyzes plural pieces of color information of a plurality of pixels configuring a given image and generates at least one segment by grouping at least one of the pixels having a specified similarity among the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070133889 - Image encoding method, image decoding method, moving-image compression method,