Image analysis inventions 03/08

20080075331 - Finger vein authentication input apparatus: Within a finger vein authentication input apparatus, a finger positioning portion comprises a fingertip projection portion provided at a position corresponding to the tip of the finger when picking up an image thereof, protruding into the horizontal direction, soas to be in contact with a tip of a finger, horizontally,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080075332 - Finger vein pattern inputting device: The present invention is adapted to form a finger table for supporting and locating a finger to be authenticated by touching the front part of the finger in a case, make the case closed at parts corresponding to the tip and the base of the finger to be authenticated and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080075330 - Personal indentification device: The present invention provides a thin personal identification device that produces a high-quality image. The personal identification device includes an infrared light source 30; a transmission light quantity control element array 40, which includes a plurality of light transmission control elements for exercising control to transmit or block light that... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080075333 - Information management system with authenticity check: e

20080075390 - Annealing algorithm for non-rectangular shaped stained glass collages: The present invention relates to a method to make effective use of non rectangular display space for displaying a collage. In an embodiment of the invention, a heterogeneous set of images can be arranged to display the region of interest of the images to avoid overlapping regions of interest. The... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080075391 - Method and system for producing an image from a vehicle: Method for producing an image from a vehicle, comprising the steps of: mounting a first camera on the vehicle, the first camera having a field of view; mounting a second camera on the vehicle and on a predetermined position relative to the first camera, the second camera having a field... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080075392 - Image region detection method, recording medium, and device therefor: Using an image region detection method according to the present invention, the detection of sides in the four directions (vertical and horizontal directions) is performed on the basis of results of edge detection performed on lines having a particular width, starting from an inner point toward the periphery of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080075393 - Method of color interpolation of image detected by color filter: A color interpolation method capable of more precisely interpolating each of pixels of an image passing through a color filter of a Bayer pattern and detected by an image sensor, the method including: defining a pixel group of a matrix structure, having a pixel to be color-interpolated as a center... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080069397 - Method and system for evaluation of the behavior of users of a digital image information system: In a method of evaluation of the user behavior of users of a digital image information system during the viewing and/or assessment and/or processing of at least one image object presented on at least one display device, at least one selectable indicator of the user behavior is recorded (controlled by... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080069396 - Visual perception model for hi-fidelity image watermarking: Exemplary systems and methods implement an exemplary visual perception model. This model can be implemented in such applications as imaging, compression, denoising, annotation of hi-fidelity images, etc. In one implementation a perceptual filter estimates an entropy statistic and a standard deviation statistic associated with each pixel of an image, then... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080069398 - Code image processing method: When a small block area enters a first two-dimensional code during a scan and features of the image within the area of a position in the first two-dimensional code coincide with a two-dimensional code, the block area is specified as containing a code and a recognition process is performed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080069400 - Context adaptive approach in vehicle detection under various visibility conditions: Adaptive vision-based vehicle detection methods, taking into account the lighting context of the images are disclosed. The methods categorize the scenes according to their lighting conditions and switch between specialized classifiers for different scene contexts. Four categories of lighting conditions have been identified using a clustering algorithm in the space... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080069399 - Image processor: An image processor (1) for subjecting an image picked up by an imaging apparatus (21) to image processing to extract a specific object from the image, the image processor comprising: an image processing section (3) which subjects a plurality kinds of images (t, t−1, . . . , t−k) picked... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080069401 - System and method for pest detection: Systems and methods for detecting presence and movement of pests. Various embodiments of a pest detection system can be based on, for example, a beam-interrupt detector or a thermal imaging device. The beam-interrupt detection based system can provide functionalities such as counting of pests crossing a given beam. A plurality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080069402 - Method for identifying vehicles in electronic images: A method for identifying objects in an electronic image is provided. The method includes the steps of providing an electronic source image and processing the electronic source image to identify edge pixels. The method further includes the steps of providing an electronic representation of the edge pixels and processing the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080069403 - Face monitoring system and method for vehicular occupants: Imaging system and method for a vehicle includes an infrared source generating an infrared beam along a particular field-of-view in the vehicle, an infrared detector responsive to infrared radiation reflected from objects in the field-of-view of the infrared beam and which generates image signals from the reflected infrared radiation, and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080069404 - Method, system, and medium for indexing image object: A method, system, and medium for indexing an image object. The system of indexing an image object, the system includes: an image input unit receiving an image from a camera of a portable device, and displaying the received image on a display unit; a geographical object identification unit identifying a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080069405 - Position and orientation measurement method and apparatus: A position and orientation measurement apparatus has a subjective-view-index detection unit which detects indices on a physical space from an image captured by a subjective-view camera, an additional subjective-view-index detection unit which detects indices on the physical space from an image captured by an additional subjective-view camera having a spatial... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080069406 - Surveying apparatus: A surveying apparatus is provided that includes a digital camera, an area-size presetter, a distance detector, an extracted-area calculator, and a trimming processor. The area-size presetter is used to preset the actual size of an extracted area to be imaged around a measurement point. The distance detector measures a distance... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080069408 - Biometric authentication: A biometric authentication system, including a database of digital images of biometrics of known people, a camera for capturing a digital image of a biometric of an unknown person, a two-dimensional gradient filter coupled with said database and said camera for deriving a spatial gradient of a digital image, and... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20080069407 - Pocket identification collection kit (pick): A group of components in a container that forms a kit that is compact for fitting in a pocket and has means for rapidly collecting and recording identification information of personnel in the field and processing collected information at a computer processing station. The kit provides a means for linking... Agent: Robert W. Kocher

20080069409 - Album creating apparatus, album creating method, and album creating program: An album creating apparatus which allows coloring parts other than a captured image in the album suited to a person included in the captured image and an album viewer based on an age of the person included in the captured image and an age of the album viewer. The album... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080069410 - Iris recognition method and apparatus thereof: An iris recognition method is provided. In the iris recognition method, binary image data is obtained by receiving eye image data and filtering the received eye image data using a predetermined threshold value. Then, candidate center search regions are searched for finding a pupil center using profile information of rows... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080069411 - Long distance multimodal biometric system and method: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080069412 - Contoured biometric sensor: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and system for fingerprint recognition and hand-print recognition comprising a scanner with a contoured surface, or a scanner the surface of which deforms to allow more fingerprint or hand-print data to be captured, an application specific circuit for conversion of analog data from a captured... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20080069413 - Fingerprint sensor equipment: The present invention relates to a fingerprint sensor element, comprising a sensor electrode (11) formed in an upper conducting layer (M3), a lower electrode (17, 32) formed in a lower conducting layer (M2, P2) and at least one insulating layer (8, 9, 10, 22) between the upper conducting layer (M3)... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080069416 - Determining mammographic image view and laterality: A method for displaying a mammography image. Digital data of the mammography image is obtained. The mammography image is segmented to identify at least a first diagnostically relevant region comprising an image of the breast tissue and a second diagnostically relevant region. A view type is assigned for the image,... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080069415 - Localization of nodules in a radiographic image: A method for determining a location of an object in a radiographic image by segmentation of a region in the image comprises the steps of: determining a first image intensity that is characteristic of high image intensities in the region; determining a second image intensity that is characteristic of low... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080069414 - System and method for segmentation: A method and system for segmenting structures such as lesions in an image is provided. The method comprises selecting one seed inside a lesion in an image either by a user or automatically. The method further includes deriving a directionally statistical model based on a background region or a foreground... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080069417 - Image processing apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a specifying unit, a calculation unit and a display unit. The storage unit stores diffusion weighted image data. The specifying unit specifies a calculation target region on the diffusion weighted image data. The calculation unit calculates at least one of a diffusion... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080069418 - User interface for motion analysis in kinematic mr studies: In a diagnostic imaging system (10), a user interface (82) facilitates viewing of 4D kinematic data sets. A set of reference points is selected in a first 3D image to designate an anatomical component. An algorithm (104) calculates a propagation of the selected reference points from the first 3D image... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080069419 - Virtual fly over of complex tubular anatomical structures: An embodiment of the invention is method, which can be implemented in software, firmware, hardware, etc., for virtual fly over inspection of complex anatomical tubular structures. In a preferred embodiment, the method is implemented in software, and the software reconstructs the tubular anatomical structure from a binary imaging data that... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080069421 - Efficient border extraction of image feature:

20080069422 - Drr generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device: DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for generating DRR (digitally reconstructed radiography) images includes, but is not limited to, loading a volume rendering program into a graphics device, the volume rendering program representing a predetermined algorithm... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080069420 - Methods, systems, and computer porgram products for binary multiplexing x-ray radiography: Methods, systems, and computer program products for binary multiplexing x-ray radiography are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein can include irradiating an object with composite x-ray beams including signals based on a predetermined binary transform. Further, the subject matter described herein can include detecting x-ray intensities... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080069423 - Color processing method for identification of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes: A color processing method for identification of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; extracting color histogram data for each section; assigning a color vector for each section according to the color histogram data for the section; comparing the color... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080069424 - Method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes: A method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; calculating a gray level for each section; selecting potential sections from the sections, the potential sections having gray levels within a predetermined range; selecting bill sections from... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080069425 - Method for detecting a boundary of a monetary banknote within an image: A method for detecting a boundary of a monetary banknote within an image includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; generating a color feature map containing color histogram data for each section of the image; generating a gray level feature map indicating a gray level value for each... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080069426 - Verification method for determining areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes: Verification of areas within an image corresponding to banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of image sections; generating a banknote boundary map having border sections corresponding to a boundary of monetary banknotes within the image; generating a texture decision map having texture sections within a valid range according... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080069427 - Verification method for determining areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes: A method for verifying areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes: dividing the image into a plurality of verification sections; generating a banknote boundary map having border sections corresponding to boundaries of valid monetary banknotes; generating a texture decision map from the image having texture sections each having... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080069428 - Single mode digital video gauging system having mechanical drawing annotations and method for same: A method for digital video gauging parts comprising obtaining image data of a part to be gauged, identifying at least one of a plurality of features of the image data for inspection, calculating at least one of a plurality of metrics of said at least one of a plurality of... Agent: Len Taylor, Patent Attorney

20080069429 - Method and apparatus for registering a reference image, and method and apparatus for testing a pattern using the same: A method of registering a reference image includes obtaining information of layers in a design pattern that is used for forming an actual pattern on a substrate and comparing the information to obtain a difference therebetween. The method further includes obtaining a reference image for testing the actual pattern based... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080069430 - Method and apparatus for angular-resolved spectroscopic lithography characterization: Reconstruction of an object by which radiation is diffracted is disclosed. Specifically, the reconstruction includes: estimating the object shape; deriving a model diffraction pattern from the estimated shape; illuminating the object with radiation; detecting a diffraction pattern of radiation diffracted by the object; comparing the model diffraction pattern and the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080069431 - Method and apparatus for the repair of photolithography masks: A method and apparatus for the repair of photolithography masks, wherein a photolithography mask is examined for the presence of defects and a list of the defects is generated, in which at least one type of defect, its extent, and its location on the photolithography mask is assigned to each... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080069432 - Method and apparatus for performing model-based opc for pattern decomposed features: A method for decomposing a target circuit pattern containing features to be imaged into multiple patterns. The process includes the steps of separating the features to be printed into a first pattern and a second pattern; performing a first optical proximity correction process on the first pattern and the second... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080069433 - Detection of airborne flash artifacts using preflash image: Flash image orb artifacts arising from specular reflections from airborne particles are corrected. An image of a scene using flash illumination and a reference image of substantially the same scene are acquired. The reference and flash images are subtracted to generate a difference image. Edge and interior region features of... Agent: Fotonation, Inc.IPDept.

20080069434 - Machine tool analysis device and method: The invention relates to a device and method for analysis of a tool 50 e.g. used on a machine tool. A tool detector 5 includes a light emitter 12 and a light receiver 34. Tool 50 when progressed into a beam 20 of light emitted from the emitter 12 will... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080069435 - System and method of determining object pose: Briefly described, one embodiment determines pose of an object of interest at a run time by capturing a first image of a first structured light pattern projected onto a first local surface of the object of interest; determining a first run-time data set from the captured first image, wherein the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080069436 - Method for real-time tracking of cardiac structures in 3d echocardiography: A method for tracking motion and shape changes of a deformable model in a volumetric image sequence. The method is operable to predict the surface of a space from a 3D image, such as cardiac structures from a 3D ultrasound. The shape and position of a deformable model is predicted... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080069437 - Robust pattern recognition system and method using socratic agents: A computer-implemented pattern recognition method, system and program product, the method comprising in one embodiment: creating electronically a linkage between a plurality of models within a classifier module within a pattern recognition system such that any one of said plurality of models may be selected as an active model in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080069438 - Identifying repeated-structure elements in images: Many problems in the fields of image processing and computer vision relate to creating good representations of information in images of objects in scenes. We provide a system for learning repeated-structure elements from one or more input images. The repeated-structure elements are patches that may be single pixels or coherent... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080069439 - System, method and medium performing color correction of display images: A system, method and medium correcting a display image. The system includes a parameter calculation module to calculate a plurality of parameters required for a transform of a first image, based on a plurality of characteristic differences between the first image and a second image, into which the first image... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080069440 - Automatic color removal in digitally captured image technical field: In general, this disclosure relates to processing techniques for processing images captured by an image capture device. More particularly, the techniques relate to automatic color removal in digitally captured images. In accordance with this disclosure, an image processing apparatus dynamically determines whether a color component of an image is likely... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080069441 - Removal of background image from whiteboard, blackboard, or document images: Methods and apparatus for removing a background image from a captured image are provided. The background is removed by computing a set of representative values (e.g., median values) based on component values of pixels within a portion of interest of the captured image. The captured image is divided into a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080069442 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable medium and computer data signal for processing image: An image processing apparatus includes: a unit producing a histogram in a color space from an input image; a unit extracting a plurality of peak colors having a local maximum frequency of appearance of a color value in the histogram; a unit determining whether to unify the extracted plurality of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080069443 - Methods and apparatus for automated image correction for digital image acquisition: Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically correcting colors of a digital image. The methods and apparatus create a first digital image of a target test sheet under a predetermined lighting condition, the target test sheet including a plurality of regions, each region including a known color value, the first... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080069444 - Image mask generation: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products feature identifying a first plurality of pixels in a raster image as foreground pixels and a distinct second plurality of pixels in the raster image as background pixels. Each of the foreground and background pixels have a respective color value. The color... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080069445 - Image processing apparatus and methods: A method is provided of processing digital image data representing an image of an object to determine data representing a boundary for said object, the method comprising: inputting said image data; initializing a level set function representation of an interface for approximating said boundary; determining a motion of said interface... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080069446 - Roi-based assessment of abnormality using transformation invariant features: A method of comparing the results of medical imaging by (e.g.) PET scanning is disclosed which dispenses with the need for intensity normalization. The relationships between features extracted from relevant regions of interest in the image are studied. In one example, mean intensities in the principle brain lobes are compared... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080069447 - Character recognition method, character recognition device, and computer product: Upon receiving, for example, document data including a character string from outside, a character recognition device detects a line from a line-touching character-string image in which at least one character (such as number, alphabet letter, kana character, and Chinese character) touches (or overlaps) a line in the document data, tentatively... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080069448 - Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods: Text analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and text analysis methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis device includes processing circuitry configured to analyze initial text to generate a measurement basis usable in analysis of subsequent text, wherein the measurement basis comprises a plurality of... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080069449 - Apparatus and method for tagging id in photos by utilizing geographical positions: An apparatus and method to tag ID in photos by utilizing geographical positions is provided. The apparatus to tag a photo with an ID based on a relative physical position includes a pose calculation module to calculate the pose of a camera in space photographing subjects, a photographing angle calculation... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080069450 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, document reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and recording medium: A document matching process section calculates feature points (e.g., the centroid) on the basis of an inputted document image, then selects a plurality of feature points from among the calculated feature points, and then calculates a hash value on the basis of the selected feature points. Then, on the basis... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080069451 - Extracting method of pattern contour, image processing method, searching method of pattern edge, scanning method of probe, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, pattern inspection apparatus, and program: An extracting method of a pattern contour, includes acquiring an image of a pattern to be inspected, calculating a schematic edge position of the pattern from the image, preparing an approximate polygon by approximating a polygon consisting of edges having predetermined direction components to a contour shape of the pattern... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080069452 - Pattern dimension measuring apparatus and pattern area measuring method: A pattern area measuring method includes the steps of: acquiring image data of a pattern; dividing the pattern into partial patterns; calculating the areas of the partial patterns; and calculating the area of the pattern by summing up the areas of the partial patterns. The step of dividing the pattern... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20080069453 - Inspection apparatus using template matching method using similarity distribution: The inspection apparatus includes a template cutout means for cutting out a template from a template selection image, a marginal similarity calculation means for calculating marginal similarity distribution information, which is a similarity distribution of the template selection image to the template, a search image similarity calculation part for calculating... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080069454 - Method for positive identification of inner surface and outer surface of sample flakes: A method for determining the inner surface and an outer surface of a sample flake through the use of digital image photography wherein digital images of a sample flake first surface and second surface are compared to a known inner surface and known outer surface of a reference flake.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080069455 - Method and apparatus for representing a group of images: A method of representing a group of images comprises determining the values of one or more dominant colours for the group of images and deriving a dominant colour representation expressing the group of images in terms of one or more of said dominant colour values.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080069456 - Bags of visual context-dependent words for generic visual categorization: Category context models (64) and a universal context model (62) are generated including sums of soft co-occurrences of pairs of visual words in geometric proximity to each other in training images (50) assigned to each category and assigned to all categories, respectively. Context information (76) about an image to be... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080069458 - Depth detail level adjustment of multi-dimensional image data with a client/server-based image rendering system: In a client/server-based image archiving, image retrieval and image rendering system and method for storage, retrieval and graphical visualization of multi-dimensional digital image data such as assessment of medical image data, the detail depth level of volume data received via a data transfer network, to be shown in graphical form,... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080069457 - Image processing apparatus and control method therefor: This invention suppresses mixing of different types of encoded data in an image area having a specific image property while allowing mixing of losslessly encoded data and lossily encoded data. For this purpose, an input unit inputs image on an image block basis. A conversion unit converts the resolution of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080069459 - Estimation of image motion, luminance variations and time-varying image aberrations: A method is disclosed to jointly estimate genuine image motion, luminance variations, and time-varying image aberrations. The method takes into account in a natural way the dependence of image aberrations both on spatial coordinates and spatial frequency. A novel hybrid model of image aberrations is introduced which combines a frequency... Agent: Stefano Casadei

20080069460 - Method for recording a graphic data stream notably for computer applications: The present invention relates to a method for recording a graphic data stream including a succession of computer images. The method includes a first step for recording the first image of the graphic data stream for each image of the graphic data stream. A second step divides a current image... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080069461 - Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method: According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080069462 - Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method: According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080069463 - Apparatus and methods for digital image compression: Methods and systems for compression of digital images (still or motion sequences) are provided wherein predetermined criteria may be used to identify a plurality of areas of interest in the image, and each area of interest is encoded with a corresponding quality level (Q-factor). In particular, the predetermined criteria may... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080069464 - Image encoding apparatus and control method thereof: A lossless encoding processing unit lossless-encodes respective tiles, and stores the encoded data in a memory. A determination unit determines, according to attribute information of each tile, whether the tile of interest is to be lossless- or lossy-encoded, and appends the determination result at the head of lossless-encoded data as... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080069465 - Processing data supply method and image processing apparatus: When performing arithmetic processing on unprocessed image data with use of a target pixel and reference pixels in its proximity, buffers of a number corresponding to the number of lines required for the arithmetic processing, which are a first buffer and a second buffer, are used as intermediate storage units.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080069466 - Apparatus and method for improving qualities of motion and still images to be output in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method for improving qualities of motion and still images to be output in a mobile communication terminal. An error-reflected-value table is provided to reduce a computation amount while applying an error diffusion process. The table includes quantization-error-reflected values pre-computed according to maximum values of quantization errors and... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080069467 - Methods and devices for miages processing with higher harmonics of an illumination grating: A method that reconstructs an image function (r), which represents an object function (f) of an object imaged by periodically structured illumination with an illumination grating. It includes: provision of a group of optical sectional images, which are formed after folding operations of the object function (f) with an illumination... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080069468 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method, computer program, and imaging apparatus: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes: detecting means for detecting a center of gravity of each of plural images of interest, which are images to which attention is paid among images included in an original image; calculating means for calculating an overall center of gravity,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080069469 - Localized content adaptive filter for low power scalable image processing: A localized content adaptive filter system including a tile buffer having an output providing first image information, a frequency analyzer providing a frequency information signal based on frequency content of the first image information, and an adaptive filter which is adjusted based on the frequency information signal. The frequency analyzer... Agent: The Law Offices Of Gary R. Stanford

20080069470 - System and method for shutter detection: A method for removing shutter areas in an image, in particular an x-ray image is provided. Edges are examined in a multi-resolution image pyramid and evaluated to determine potential shutter blade candidates defining the shutter areas. Heuristic rules and/or an automatic classifier such as a Neuronal Network, are applied to... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20080069471 - Image de-blocking method: An image de-blocking method includes in a first stage, obtaining at least de-blocking pixel data of the first row of pixels and the second row of pixels according to at least the decompressed pixel data of a second row of pixels adjacent upward to a horizontal boundary, a first row... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080069472 - 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.

20080069473 - Image management method and image processing apparatus: In an image management method for managing images, a scan part generates a supplementary original image by scanning a supplementary original; and a portion image management part manages a plurality of portion images corresponding to a plurality of supplementary portions extracted by using the supplementary original image.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080069474 - Digital image drop zones and transformation interaction: A portion of a digital image is displayed. A change associated with a mask is received, where the mask is associated with a displayed portion of the digital image. A transformation to be applied is determined based at least in part on the received change. A new portion of the... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Adobe Sys. Incorp.

20080069475 - Video pattern thumbnails and method: An electronic equipment and method for creating a composite image or video pattern thumbnail from frame data extracted from a media file. The electronic equipment includes a control circuit operable to access a media file comprised of frame data representing a plurality of image frames. The electronic equipment also may... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080069476 - System and method of determining image skew using connected components: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the... Agent: Michael F. Hoffman Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20080069477 - Result filter and method for selecting the result data of an application for automatic pattern recognition: A method is disclosed for automatically classifying and graphically visualizing image objects that are segmented and, given undershooting of a prescribed distance and compliance with a similarity criterion, are combined to form clusters. In at least one embodiment, for object classification, the method includes preselecting result data, using a prescribable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080069479 - Interpolation device for use in a display apparatus and interpolation method: In an interpolation device that is used for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), a memory stores an image signal representing a previously displayed image frame. A look-up table (LUT) stores plural reference data corresponding to differences between values of high order bits of a present image signal and a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080069478 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for displaying image: An apparatus includes an interpolation image generating unit that generates an interpolation image between frames of an input image, from the input image, an evaluating unit that evaluates image accuracy of the interpolation image, a luminance ratio setting unit that sets luminance ratios of the input image and the interpolation... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080069480 - Method, system and computer program for interactive spatial link-based image searching, sorting and/or displaying: A web-based application provides more accurate and clearer methods of searching, sorting, and displaying a set of images stored in a database. A first aspect of the present invention is the method by which image data is stored. Typical content-based systems use colour information, whereas the present invention uses an... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20080069481 - System and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Bofa

20080069482 - Image processor: An image storage portion 31 stores image data that is input. An outline detecting portion 32 detects an outline of tooth that is the object of color measurement in the image based on the image data. A specular reflection region detecting portion 33 detects the position of a specular reflection... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080063237 - Image analysis by object addition and recovery: The invention described herein is generally directed to methods for analyzing an image. In particular, crowded field images may be analyzed for unidentified, unobserved objects based on an iterative analysis of modified images including artificial objects or removed real objects. The results can provide an estimate of the completeness of... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080063238 - Method and apparatus for automatic object identification: A method and system for processing image data to identify objects in an image. The method and system operate using various resolutions of the image to identify the objects. Information obtained while processing the image at one resolution is employed when processing the image at another resolution.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080063236 - Object tracker for visually tracking object motion: A tracking start-and-stop determining unit of a tracking processing unit determines whether to start or stop tracking based on a predetermined condition. During tracking, a sampling unit 29 creates or eliminates particles using a probability density distribution estimated for the previous image frame. A first to nth model tracking units... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080063239 - Object detection system and method: The embodiments described herein include an object detection system and method for identifying objects within an area. In one embodiment, the objection detection system may formulate an outline of a detected object and generate a three-dimensional shape or image of the object. Object information may be used to determine and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080063241 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device connected to a display device and a printing device, the image processing device includes an image data acquiring module that acquires image data; a setting module that sets a print image quality adjustment condition constituting a condition for image quality adjustment for a print image; a... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080063240 - Method and apparatus for evaluating the quality of document images: A method of evaluating the quality of an image of a document comprises examining the image to determine if the image satisfies at least one parameter-based image metric and examining the image to determine if the image satisfies a plurality of order-dependent image metrics.... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080063243 - Personal identification apparatus and method using living body: A perfect non-contact type vein authentication apparatus is provided with a light source for emitting infrared light; an input interface equipped with an imaging unit for photographing a vein image of a living body by the infrared light emitted from said light source; a unit for controlling intensity of light... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080063242 - Bioinformation authenticating device and bioinformation authenticating method: The present invention aims at providing a biometric identification system and a biometric identification method capable of improving accuracy of verification in a biometric identification by registering plural pieces of bioinformation suitable for the verification. A biometric identification system of the present invention includes a bioinformation inputting portion 11 for... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080063244 - Biometric apparatus and biometric method: A biometric apparatus is provided that comprises a personal computer (PC), and a finger vein authentication module connected to the PC, wherein the PC retrieves finger vein position information of an organism from a biometric image obtained during registration of a user for displaying on the screen of a liquid... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080063245 - Method and apparatus for fingerprint motion tracking using an in-line array for use in navigation applications: The invention provides an independent relative motion sensor for use in navigation operations using a fingerprint that do not require the power demanded by conventional devices. The independent relative motion sensor includes a linear array of sensing elements that captures a narrow string of data that is indicative of fingerprint... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080063246 - Apparatus for fingerprint sensing and other measurements: Apparatus for measuring a pattern in a surface of an object, comprising a plurality of pixel or sensor elements being responsive to a physical parameter of the object surface, and means for establishing an overall, segmented picture related to said pattern, and also comprising at least one diode functionally associated... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080063247 - Iterative image reconstruction: Systems and methods using an image produced by a constrained image reconstruction process as a constraint in a forward iterative reconstruction process are described. One example system may include a constrained reconstruction logic to receive an initial data having an initial format and to produce an image data. The example... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

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20080063249 - Radiation image recording apparatus: A radiation image recording apparatus comprises: a carrier holding section having a holding frame consisting of two or more frame members that are adjustable in intervals, the holding frame holding a recording carrier, which is to be used, of recording carriers shaped as a flat plate having two or more... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080063250 - X-ray image diagnosis apparatus and a method for generating image data: An X-ray image diagnosis apparatus and a method for generating three dimensional image data of a moving body based on a plurality of two dimensional pixel data of the moving body that are automatically collected at different angle positions, wherein a plurality of radiography angle positions is previously designated, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063251 - Method and device for identifying an image of a well in an image of a well-bearing: A method for identifying images of wells in an image of a well-bearing object such as multiwell plates or picowell carriers is disclosed using optical properties of the well-bearing object. An observation component, such as a camera, is used to approach focus of a focal point of a feature of... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi

20080063253 - Sleeve for capturing check images: The specification and drawing figures describe and show a sleeve for capturing check images that is formed from a sheet of anti-static image transferable material. A plurality of leaves are cut or formed from the anti-static image transferable material. Using an adhesive, the leaves are assembled into a sleeve having... Agent: Law Office Of Ray R. Regan, P.A.

20080063252 - Uv counterfeit currency detector: An ultraviolet (UV) detector for detecting and verifying the authenticity of documents placed therein and exposed to ultraviolet light and ambient (white light) backlighting. The UV detector includes a detector housing, and a viewing chamber having a viewing mirror mounted therein for viewing documents. The detector housing also includes a... Agent: Ezra Sutton P.A.

20080063255 - Calibration method, inspection method, and semiconductor device manufacturing method: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a calibration method of performing contrast threshold calibration in extracting a pattern edge from an image of a pattern formed on a processing target substrate, including simulating formation of the pattern to detect a portion predicted to have shorted or... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080063254 - Unevenness inspection method, method for manufacturing display panel, and unevenness inspection apparatus: An unevenness inspection method for inspecting presence of unevenness in a panel material, the method includes: acquiring a plurality of primary images by imaging the panel material under inspection on a plurality of levels of condition; creating a plurality of secondary images by processing the plurality of primary images to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063256 - Masking a visual defect: An image rendering method for masking a visual defect is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes determining a location of the visual defect, identifying a plurality of sub-pixels neighboring the visual defect and utilizing contrast sensitivity functions and visual masking characteristics of a human visual system to optimize adjustments... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080063258 - Defect inspection apparatus: A controller determines, in response to a position coordinate from an X/Y interferometer, which algorism should be used for current inspection, and controls a connection status of a switch to store a reference image corresponding thereto in an image memory. The reference image is one of an image of a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080063257 - Pattern inspection method and apparatus: An apparatus for processing a defect candidate image, including: an imager for taking an enlarged image of a specimen; an image processor for processing the image taken by the imager to detect defect candidates existing on the specimen and classify the detected defect candidates into one of plural defect classes;... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080063259 - Pattern data processing system, pattern data processing method, and pattern data processing program: A pattern data processing method comprising, obtaining pattern data on a mask pattern, determining whether a processing time for the mask pattern in a processing software is reduced by rotating the mask pattern by a predetermined angle than a case where the mask pattern is processed in the processing software... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080063260 - Measurement method of three-dimentional profiles and reconstruction system thereof using subpixel localization with color gratings and picture-in-picture switching on single display: The present invention is a measurement method of three-dimensional profiles and a reconstruction system thereof using subpixel localization with color gratings and picture-in-picture switching on a single display, wherein the measurement method includes: 1. Preparation step; 2. Projection step; 3. Image extraction step; 4. Image fine-tuning step; 5. Image processing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080063262 - Method and apparatus for three-dimensional tracking of infra-red beacons: A method for processing data includes identifying a time signature of an infra-red (IR) beacon. Image data associated with the IR beacon is identified using the time signature.... Agent: Lawrence Cho C/o Portfolioip

20080063261 - Objective evaluation of fabric pilling using stereovision and measuring apparatus: The present invention relates to a objective measurement of fabric pillings, to a measurement apparatus which includes stereovision technique using CCD cameras, captures the 3-dimensional contours of fabric pilling and defines the degree of pilling occurrences. This invention is composed of; a step to scan the surface of a pilling-containing... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080063264 - Method for classifying data using an analytic manifold: A computer implemented method constructs a classifier for classifying test data. High-level features are generated from low-level features extracted from training data. The high level features are positive definite matrices in a form of an analytical manifold. A subset of the high-level features is selected. An intrinsic mean matrix is... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080063263 - Method for outlining and aligning a face in face processing of an image: Method and apparatus for face alignment by building a hierarchical classifier network. The hierarchical classifier network connects the tasks of face detection and face alignment into a smooth coarse-to-fine procedure. Texture classifiers are trained to recognize feature texture at different scales for different resolution layers. A multi-layer structure is employed... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080063265 - Systems and methods for producing classifiers with individuality: The systems and methods of the invention described herein improve classification accuracy by producing classifiers with individuality, in which each classifier exhibits its own distinctive behavior. A method according to one exemplary embodiment produces each classifier with individuality by randomly selecting subsets of a feature vector and using the randomly... Agent: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

20080063266 - Image nonuniformity reduction device for display system using diffractive optical modulator: Disclosed herein is an image nonuniformity reduction device for a display system. The display system has a light source unit, an illumination optical unit, a diffractive optical modulator, a projection and scanning optical unit, and a screen. The image nonuniformity reduction device includes an image input unit, an image mixing... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080063267 - Method and apparatus for representing a group of images: A method of representing a group of images comprises determining the values of one or more dominant colours for the group of images and deriving a dominant colour representation expressing the group of images in terms of one or more of said dominant colour values.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063269 - Method for compensating pixel interference of image: A method for compensating a pixel of an image is provided The method includes using four median value extraction matrices to obtain the edge information of the image, where the edge information obtained by two of the matrices is Gb value, and the edge information obtained by the other two... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080063268 - Method for eliminating color shift phenomenon that produces due to high or lower brightness in an image: A method for eliminating color shift phenomenon that produces due to high or lower brightness in an image, includes: firstly, transforming an image datum into a frequency domain with a brightness signal and a chrominance signal; and then adjusting chrominance for each pixel according to judgment of brightness of different... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080063270 - Method and apparatus for determining a location associated with an image: The adverse effects of various sources of error present in satellite imaging when determining ground location information are reduced to provide more accurate ground location information for imagery, thereby rendering the information more useful for various entities utilizing the images. The determination of ground location coordinates associated with one or... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080063271 - Character extracting apparatus, method, and program: The present invention provides a technique of accurately extracting areas of characters included in a captured image even in a case where noise or dirt of a relatively large area occurs in a background image. A pixel value integration evaluation value is obtained by integrating pixel values in a character... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080063272 - Character extracting apparatus, method, and program: The present invention provides a technique of accurately extracting areas of characters included in a captured image even in a case where noise or dirt of a relatively large area occurs in a background image. An integrated pixel value is obtained by integrating pixel values in a character extracting direction... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080063273 - Character extracting apparatus, method, and program: The present invention provides a technique of accurately extracting areas of characters included in a captured image. A character extracting device of the present invention extracts each character in an image with compensated pixel values. In more detail, the character extracting device integrates pixel values at each coordinate position in... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080063275 - Image segmentation by means of temporal parallax difference induction: An image compositing and compression method based on the creation and processing of parallax differences in motion photography. A parallax scanning MOE lens creates discrete parallax differences in the objects in the recorded scene that are perceived by the viewer as enhanced texture and depth when displayed. Using parallax differences... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080063274 - Stylization of video: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a system for stylizing video, such as interactively transforming video to a cartoon-like style. Briefly stated, the techniques include determining a set of volumetric objects within a video, each volumetric object being a segment. Mean shift video segmentation may be used... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080063277 - High resolution replication of document based on shape clustering: Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063279 - Optical character recognition based on shape clustering and multiple optical character recognition processes: Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063278 - Shape clustering and cluster-level manual identification in post optical character recognition processing: Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063276 - Shape clustering in post optical character recognition processing: Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063280 - Character recognition system and method: A system and method, which enables precise identification of characters contained in vehicle license plates, container LD, chassis I.D, aircraft serial number and other such identification markings. The system can process these identified characters and operate devices, such as access control (126) operations, traffic systems and vehicle (20) and container... Agent: Professional Patent Solutions

20080063281 - Pictographic character search method: To make searching for pictographic characters, such as Chinese characters, easier for novice learners of languages using pictographic characters, a subset of pictographic character parts of the pictographic character is generated. Then, the subset of the pictographic character parts is used to generate the pictographic character based on the subset... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080063282 - Writing instrument that calculates grade: A writing instrument for use by a grader comprises an elongate, tubular housing, a writing component secured within the housing and operative to make marks on a surface, and a calculation assembly comprised of electronic components. The calculation assembly is retained within the housing and includes a plurality of data... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080063283 - Writing instrument that calculates grade: A writing instrument for use by a grader comprises an elongate, tubular housing, a writing component secured within the housing and operative to make marks on a surface, and a calculation assembly comprised of electronic components. The calculation assembly is retained within the housing and includes a plurality of data... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080063284 - Writing instrument that calculates grade: A writing instrument for use by a grader comprises an elongate, tubular housing, a writing component secured within the housing and operative to make marks on a surface, and a calculation assembly comprised of electronic components. The calculation assembly is retained within the housing and includes a plurality of data... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080063285 - Detecting moving objects in video by classifying on riemannian manifolds: A method constructs a classifier from training data and detects moving objects in test data using the trained classifier. High-level features are generated from low-level features extracted from training data. The high level features are positive definite matrices on an analytical manifold. A subset of the high-level features is selected,... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080063286 - Method and apparatus for representing a group of images: A method of representing a group of images comprises determining the values of one or more dominant colours for the group of images and deriving a dominant colour representation expressing the group of images in terms of one or more of said dominant colour values.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063287 - Method and apparatus for providing lossless data compression and editing media content: A method and a related apparatus for compressing images included in media content and editing the media content. The method can include providing an image-matching algorithm and a memory device, using the image-matching algorithm to identify images that are similar in a selection of media content extracting the images that... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080063288 - Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method: According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080063290 - Coding method and system with an adaptive bitplane coding mode: A coding method and system with an adaptive bitplane coding mode is provided to code multiple bitplanes of a frame consisting of multiple macroblocks. Each bitplane consists of macroblock modes used by the macroblocks of the frame. The method includes the steps of: (A) initializing a bitplane coding mode of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080063289 - Frame interpolating circuit, frame interpolating method, and display apparatus: According to one embodiment, a frame interpolating circuit including detecting unit which detects first frame image and second frame image from an input image signal and compares both the images with each other to detect a plurality of motion vectors in a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing the frame... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080063291 - Coding method and system with an adaptive bitplane coding mode: According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080063292 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus and display apparatus suitable for the application of image processing method: A lattice dividing unit determines lattice lines to divide parameters of all points of a picture at every division and supplies distortion correction parameters (distortion correction coordinates) on the lattice points to a distortion correction memory (not shown). A polynomial of degree n coefficient deriving unit expresses all distortion correction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063293 - Method for controlling the amount of compressed data: A method is disclosed for controlling the amount of compressed data. One or more viewing condition parameters are specified, and a quantizer step size for each frequency subband is determined that minimizes an amount of data that must be encoded for a compressed representation of the image by using one... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080063294 - System and method for high performance image processing: The present invention provides a method and a system for high performance image signal processing of continuous images in real time. The system comprising a focal plane array for generating continuous source image frames in real time. The focal plane array divided logically into blocks of sub-frames. The system also... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080063295 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprising: pixel value obtaining means for obtaining pixel values of a target pixel and adjacent pixels; weighting coefficient determining means for determining a weighting coefficient; average calculating means for calculating a weighted average of the pixel values of the target pixel and the adjacent pixels; pixel value... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080063296 - Image enhancement for aerial refueling operations: Methods and apparatus for digitally enhancing images are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing an acquired image to provide a high sensitive low light image and a low sensitive high light image, and then summing the high sensitive low light image and the low sensitive high light image... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080063297 - Apparatus for eliminating moire in scanned image and method for the same: A method for eliminating moire in scanned digital image comprises the steps of using an average circuit for taking weighted average and error diffusing a gray level difference between an error diffusion pixel Gij and neighbor pixels to neighbor to obtain output image pixel Y′ij; using a second adder for... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080063298 - Automatic alignment of video frames for image processing: The provided is a method that can automatically align image frames in recorded video clips. Individual frames in video may shift and rotate due to shaking or vibration of a video camera. Unaligned frames make some imaging processing techniques difficult or infeasible. One example of image processing techniques is to... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080063299 - Method of producing and displaying an aerial photograph data set: In the method of obtaining captures images, there is overlaps in images in the flight direction and in a direction (cross direction) that crosses the flight direction. A predetermined number of the captured images containing overlapping sections that include a target point are selected out of the obtained images in... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080063300 - Image registration using joint spatial gradient maximization: A method registers images by first determining spatial gradient magnitudes for each pixel in each image to provide a corresponding energy image. Each energy image is transformed according to motion parameters associated with the energy image. An average sum of the transformed energy images is maximized. The motion parameters are... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080063301 - Joint segmentation and registration: A method for joint segmentation and registration includes providing a plurality of datasets comprising images of an object of interest, and performing, iteratively, a segmentation and a registration of at least a portion of the plurality of datasets comprising, performing the segmentation of the plurality of datasets, outputting a segmentation... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080063302 - Orientation of radiograph ic images: An apparatus for determining orientation of an image, comprising: an image receiver, configured to receive the image, and an orientation determiner, associated with the image receiver and configured to automatically determine the orientation of the image, based on analysis of internal image information.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080063305 - Apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image: There is provided an image processing system, which comprises: an image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data from a target object; a processor for forming an original image based on the image data; and an input unit for receiving region of interest (ROI) setting information for setting a plurality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063304 - Calibration of radiographic images: Apparatus for calibrating an image, the image comprising a spherical marker, the apparatus comprising: an image receiver, configured to receive the image, and a marker finder, associated with the image receiver and configured to automatically find an image of the marker in the received image.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080063303 - Data processing: In an image scaling method, an image (10) having an original row/column resolution NO is scaled into a scaled image (30) having a target row/column resolution NT. A filter set comprising α filters is provided, where α being equal to a quotient of the target resolution NT and a common... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080063306 - Indicating apparatus: An indicating apparatus comprises a display unit and a controller. The display unit indicates a first image and a second image. The controller controls the display unit. When the second image is indicated after an enlargement indication of a part of the first image as a first enlargement indication area... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080063308 - Frame interpolating circuit, frame interpolating method, and display apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided a frame interpolating circuit including a detecting unit which compares a first frame image and a second frame image from an input image signal with each other and detects a plurality of motion vectors in the frames, a limiting unit which limits values... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080063307 - Pixel interpolation: An interpolation unit (800) for computing an output pixel value of an output pixel of an output image on basis of input pixel values of a set of input pixels (101-114) being selected from an input image is disclosed. The interpolation unit (800) comprises: input pixel selection means (802) for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080063309 - Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a tone converting section to convert a tone level of a target pixel in multi-level image data based on a threshold value of the tone level so that the number of tone levels is reduced; a resolution converting section to output a pixel... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080063310 - Method and device for processing and for searching for an object by signals corresponding to images: A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving the peak values in CSS space for the object outline and applying a non-linear transformation to said peak values to arrive at a representation of the outline.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063311 - Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system and computer-readable storage 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 curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one additional parameter reflecting the shape or mass distribution of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063312 - Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system and computer-readable storage 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 curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the object outline by smoothing the object outline, deriving at least one additional parameter reflecting the shape or mass distribution of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063313 - Image reading optical system, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image reading optical system having an automatic text feeding device for automatically reading a front face and a back face of a text includes a first optical system for reading one face of the text and a second optical system for reading the other face of the text, each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080056530 - Scenario simulation system and method for a multimedia device: A scenario simulation system for a multimedia device is disclosed. An outline detection device separates a plurality of images from an image source to a plurality of foreground and background images which are stored in a foreground storage medium and a background storage medium respectively. A foreground selector selects a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080056529 - Systems and methods for image watermarking: Systems and methods for embedding data into and/or extracting data from a digital signal, such as an image, are disclosed. Embodiments described herein utilize a set of detectable small-scale structures, or tokens, together with a large-scale layout, or modulation frames, with embedding sites for the tokens to embed the data.... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080056531 - Active watermarks and watermark agents: Techniques for protecting the security of digital representations and of analog forms made from them, including a technique for authenticating an analog form produced from the digital representation, an active watermark that contains program code that may be executed when the watermark is read, and a watermark agent that reads... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20080056532 - Illuminated lens device for use in object authentication: An illuminated lens device for use in viewing authentication images is disclosed. The device includes a housing having a housing interior. The housing has a proximal end with a proximal aperture and an opposing distal end with a distal aperture. The lens device further includes a lens disposed at least... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP

20080056533 - Selective image and object enhancement to aid viewer enjoyment of program: A system and method is provided for enhancement of an object in a video frame, where the method includes recognizing and locating an object within an image frame and performing an automatic enhancement process on the object. The automatic enhancement process may include performing image and/or object enhancement on the... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080056535 - Image recongition system: Methods, devices and systems for recognizing an object in an image are provided, in which the object is recognized by evaluation of both image data and digital map information that corresponds to an area represented by the image. Evaluation of the image data and the digital map information may involve... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080056536 - Multiple camera control system: A multiple camera tracking system for interfacing with an application program running on a computer is provided. The tracking system includes two or more video cameras arranged to provide different viewpoints of a region of interest, and are operable to produce a series of video images. A processor is operable... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080056534 - Object detector: An object detector includes a brightness change calculating section (103) that calculates the change in brightness in an image, a three-dimensional object detecting section (105) that uses three-dimensional information measured from a plurality of images to detect a three-dimensional object, an object candidate extracting section (106) that refers to the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080056537 - Camera with two or more angles of view: A camera with two or more angles of view is disclosed. An imaging processing for a first application is carried out at a first angle of view on the same image data, and the imaging processing for a second application is carried out at a second angle of view different... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080056538 - Systems and methods for obtaining and using information from map images: Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier, the domain identifier identifying a domain in a metric... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080056539 - Method and system for capturing fingerprints, palm prints and hand geometry: A system and method for capturing biometric data from a hand includes a low resolution camera for recognizing the existence of a hand and determining when the hand is in an optimal position and orientation to capture the biometric data. A plurality of high resolution cameras photographs respective sections of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080056540 - System and method for biometric scan integrated electrophysiology and hemodynamic physiological diagnostic monitoring during clinical invasive procedures: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for biometric identification in an integrated electrophysiology and hemodynamic diagnostic monitoring environment. Certain embodiments provide a clinical diagnostic system accessible via biometric identification. The system includes a biometric scanner integrated with the clinical diagnostic system and a processing device in communication with the biometric... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080056541 - Id image providing device, store terminal, connection information providing device, id image providing method, printing method, and connection information providing method: To provide an advertisement meaningful to a customer at an optimal timing, a store controller (3) receives, from a cash register (7), checkout information relating to a commodity purchased by the customer, creates image search information based on the checkout information, and transmits the image search information to an advertisement... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080056542 - Face-detection-based remote-control system and method and face-detection-based remote-controllable multimedia system: Face-detection-based remote-control system and method and face-detection-based remote-controllable multimedia system are disclosed. The face-detection-based remote-control method includes the following steps. (a) By using a detection device, detection of at least one part of an existing face is made according to an operation mode of the multimedia system in order to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080056545 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for image processing method and its storage medium: The present invention provides to output, in a shortest possible time, a comparison result of a “dactylogram of paper” in a system for assuring being original paper of a “dactylogram of paper”, with accuracy. A scanned image data of a paper document is obtained, while pre-stored dactylogram data for the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080056543 - Surface shape recognizing sensor device: A sensor cell includes a sensor electrode (101) formed on a substrate (100), a signal output unit (16) which outputs a signal corresponding to a capacitance (Cf) formed between the sensor electrode and the surface of a finger (3), a high-sensitivity electrode (103) formed on the substrate so as to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080056544 - Biometric authentication apparatus, biometric authentication system, ic card and biometric authentication method: A biometric authentication apparatus for identifying a subject person by using biometric information of a user has memories and a processing unit for performing biometric authentication. The memories and store a remaining trial number whose value is reduced each time biometric authentication fails. The processing unit generates a lower limit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080056546 - Character noise eliminating apparatus, character noise eliminating method, and character noise eliminating program: To provide a noise eliminating apparatus and the like that can eliminate an atypical shaped background noise. A character noise eliminating apparatus includes a character noise area detecting device for detecting a character noise area which is an area corresponding to a character noise from an image, a density conversion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080056548 - Enhancement of visual perception through dynamic cues: A method for transforming a static image into a dynamic image (movie) is provided to aid in the detection and to identify pathologies and abnormalities in patients based on images. The system receives as input static images and generates as output dynamic images containing the dynamic cues. The dynamic cues... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080056547 - Image data collection control method and image data collection system: A method includes a periodic motion data input step S208 of receiving input of periodic motion data indicating changes of the periodic motion with time in an object to be examined who is a target of image data collection, a step S214 of estimating fluctuations in the time resolution of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080056549 - System and method for reducing circular artifacts in tomographic imaging: A method of reducing ring artifacts in tomographic images including providing an original digitized projection measurement comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points on an 2-dimensional grid, operating on said original projection measurement with a filter wherein features of high radial frequency and low angular frequency... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080056550 - Regional reconstruction of spatially distributed functions: The invention addresses the problem of reproducibly estimating statistics in structurally significant regions of interest of medical volumes where the data is acquired as projections of a Cartesian-space distribution. The regions of interest (ROI) are specified to a high resolution using a spatial reference dataset, and these are mapped to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080056551 - Method for detection of caries: A method for forming an enhanced image of tooth tissue for caries detection obtains fluorescence (50) and reflectance (52) image data from a tooth (20). Each pixel in the fluorescence image data is combined with its corresponding pixel in the reflectance image data by subtracting an offset to the reflectance... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080056552 - Method of determining body orientations in space on the basis of two x-ray records: A method for determination of the inclination angle and the anteversion angle of an acetabulum of a patient in an anatomical reference system whose orientation is determined by the pelvic bone of the patient, taking account of any pelvis tilt, the method comprising the following steps: a first image of... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080056553 - Systems and methods for automated analysis of cells and tissues: Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080056554 - Magnetic ink character reading apparatus: In the magnetic ink character reading apparatus, a first determination section reads signal data sequentially from a signal data string corresponding to the output signals of a magnetic head and determines whether the signal data corresponds to a predetermined signal. A second determination section determines whether the determination results by... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080056555 - Method and apparatus for utilizing representational images in commercial and other activities: In a method and apparatus for performing commercial and other activities using one or more two- or three-dimensional representational images, superimposing a two- or three-dimensional representational image, containing an image of the workpiece in an advanced state of assembly, with a surface or onto the actual workpiece, and utilizing the... Agent: Joel Bock

20080056556 - Prescription bottle imaging system and method: The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20080056557 - System and method for analyzing a light beam of a wafer inspection tool or an exposure tool: A system operable to detect a light beam generated by a light source includes a substrate that comprises a wafer operable to be inspected by a wafer inspection tool or exposed by an exposure tool. One or more image sensors are disposed outwardly from the substrate. An image sensor of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080056558 - Pattern evaluation method, computer-readable medium, and semiconductor device manufacturing method: A pattern evaluation method includes: acquiring a plurality of examination images obtained in regard to an evaluation target pattern, at least one of the plurality of examination images being different from the other examination images; detecting all edges of the evaluation target pattern in each of the examination images; executing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056559 - Pattern inspection method and apparatus: An apparatus for processing a defect candidate image, including: a scanning electron microscope for taking an enlarged image of a specimen by irradiating and scanning a converged electron beam onto the specimen and detecting charged particles emanated from the specimen by the irradiation; an image processor for processing the image... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080056560 - Image capturing for pattern recognition of electronic devices: An image capturing method and apparatus for pattern recognition of an electronic device are provided in which an electronic device is moved relative to a vision system for positioning the vision system over a target position on the electronic device, and when the vision system is positioned to view the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080056561 - Image processing device: An image processing device comprising: a plurality of image pickup sections that pick-up, from respectively different positions, a same object of sensing which carries out an instructing action, and outputting image information thereof; a position information sensing section which, by carrying out stereo matching on the plurality of image information... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20080056562 - Object identification parameter learning system: It is to learn an object identification parameter while suppressing an influence of the background area. The object identification parameter learning system includes: a feature extracting device for obtaining a feature of an object from the image; a background specifying device for specifying a background area of the image; a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080056563 - Object extraction based on color and visual texture: Method and apparatus for segmenting a first region and a second region. A method for defining a boundary separating a first region and a second region of a digital image includes determining using a learning machine, based on one or more of the color arrangements, which pixels of the image... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080056564 - Color selection and/or matching in a color image: A method or computer program product for color selection in a color image, including operations or instructions for selecting a base color in a base color portion of a color image; computing a perceptual color difference between the base color and a respective second color in the color image; comparing... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080056565 - Device and method for image color determination: An image color determining device. A ground color presence detecting section determines the presence of a ground color of a target image based on image data relating to the target image. A ground color region specifying section specifies a ground color region in a color space when it is determined... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080056566 - Video processing: Digital video contrast enhancement and skin tone correction by conversio to CIECAM02 color space with lightness transformation and a skin tone probability density function of hue and saturation.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080056567 - Image correction method and apparatus: Provided is an image correction method and apparatus which can enhance the performance of image correction without deteriorating image quality. The image correction method includes creating a cumulative density function (CDF) based on a luminance histogram of an input image; calculating a plurality of correction parameters, which will be respectively... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080056568 - Object segmentation using visible and infrared images: A method tracks an object. A sequence of visible images and a sequence of infrared images are acquired concurrently of a scene. A visible background image is maintained from each current visible image, while an infrared background image is maintained from each current infrared image. Each current visible image and... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080056569 - Background separated images for print and on-line use: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for producing background separated product images for print and on-line display. An image formation system provides lighting of a product to facilitate acquiring images that can be automatically processed to generate high resolution item-only images free of quality defects and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080056570 - Hand producer for background separated images: An image formation and production system provides improved capabilities for producing background separated product images for print and on-line display. The image formation system provides lighting of a product to facilitate acquiring images that can be automatically processed to generate high resolution item-only images free of quality defects and imaging... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080056572 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer program: An image processing apparatus for extracting pictures-in-picture information contained in an image, includes an image segmentation unit segmenting an input image into regions, and a region extraction unit extracting a pictures-in-picture region containing the pictures-in-picture information on the basis of a contour of a segmented region.... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080056571 - Pattern test method of testing, in only specific region, defect of pattern on sample formed by charged beam lithography apparatus: Disclosed is a pattern test method in which a drawing region is divided into a plurality of deflection regions determined by the deflection width of a deflector of a charged beam lithography apparatus, the charged beam lithography apparatus draws a pattern in each divided deflection region on the basis of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056573 - Methods and systems for identifying text in digital images: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for detection of text in an image using an initial text classification result and a verification process.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080056574 - Automatic identification of digital content related to a block of text, such as a blog entry: A system for identifying digital content related to a portion of a block of text receives, automatically or via input by a user, an indication of one or more words included in the block of text. The system searches a database of digital content based on the one or more... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080056575 - Method and system for automatically classifying page images: A system and method are disclosed for automatically classifying images of pages of a source, such as a book, into classifications such as front cover, copyright page, table of contents, text, index, etc. In one embodiment, three phases are provided in the classification process. During a first phase of the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080056576 - Ruled line extracting program, ruled line extracting apparatus and ruled line extracting method: A ruled line extracting apparatus, a ruled line extracting program and a ruled line extracting method re-extract a ruled line by changing the predetermined requirements to be met by ruled line s when a ruled line candidate extracted according to the requirements shows a low reliability. A ruled line extracting... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080056577 - Seed segmentation using l-infinity minimization: A computer readable medium embodying instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for seeded image segmentation using l∞ minimization, the method including providing an image comprising a set of pixels, wherein a foreground seed label is given for at least one pixel of the image and a background... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080056578 - Constraint-based correction of handwriting recognition errors: A handwriting recognition system interprets handwritten text and produces a typed interpretation of that text. When the initial interpretation of the handwritten text is inaccurate, the handwriting recognition system alters the initial recognition by reinterpreting the handwritten text in view of a correction made by a user and constraints (e.g.,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080056579 - Recognition of electronic ink with late strokes: A method and apparatus relating to the recognition of free-form data input is disclosed. The method involves ordering writing strokes based upon spatial relationships between the strokes, and partitioning the strokes into segments. The segments are then ordered based upon spatial relationships between the segments, and the segments are analyzed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20080056580 - Face detection device, imaging apparatus, and face detection method: A face detection device for detecting the face of a person in an input image may include the following elements: a face detection circuit including a hardware circuit configured to detect a face in an input image; a signal processing circuit configured to perform signal processing based on an input... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080056581 - Database management program, database management apparatus and database management method: A database management program, a database management apparatus and a database management method can determine the sameness of shape data at high speed. The program causes a computer to execute a first edge line acquisition step that acquires the edge lines of the first shape data, an information registration step... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080056582 - Change information recognition apparatus and change information recognition method: A change information recognition apparatus comprises a series information storing device for storing series information about a recognition object (a motion picture taken by an image taking device, or the like), and a basic change information storing device for preliminarily storing basic change information corresponding to changes of the series... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080056583 - Method and device for processing and for searching for an object by signals corresponding to images: A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving the peak values in CSS space for the object outline and applying a non-linear transformation to said peak values to arrive at a representation of the outline.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056584 - Method and apparatus for representing a group of images: A method of representing a group of images comprises determining the values of one or more dominant colours for the group of images and deriving a dominant colour representation expressing the group of images in terms of one or more of said dominant colour values.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056587 - Image processing device: An image processor includes a reduced image forming unit, a first reflectance value calculating unit, a normalizing parameter determining unit, a second reflectance value calculating unit, a normalizing unit, a correcting unit, and a reducing information determining unit. The reduced image forming unit reduces an original image to form a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080056585 - Image processing method for facilitating data transmission: An image processing method for facilitating data transmission is provided. An image compression method is performed to convert X-bits binary digital signals to a binary compressed data in the form of n*2m, in which n is represented by the former Y bits of the X-bits binary digital signals, m is... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080056586 - Providing representative image information: Providing information representative of an image in an interactive visualization system includes selecting a current image from a stream of images, evaluating context information within the visualization system, and determining representative information for the current image on the basis of the context information.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080056588 - Compressing and restoring method of image data: A method for compressing/restoring image data free from degradation of image quality caused by compression/decompression, a method for compressing image data at high compression ratio, and its restoring method are disclosed. In the image data compressing method, image elements contained in a digital image read from a sheet of paper... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080056589 - Spatial-temporal regulation method for robust model estimation: A computerized spatial-temporal regulation method for accurate spatial-temporal model estimation receives a spatial temporal sequence containing object confidence mask. A spatial-temporal weight regulation is performed to generate weight sequence output. A weighted model estimation is performed using the spatial temporal sequence and the weight sequence to generate at least one... Agent: Shih-jong J. Lee

20080056590 - Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus,image communications system and coded bit stream converting apparatus: An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056591 - Method and device for condensed image recording and reproduction: According to an embodiment, the invention discusses techniques of encoding image data and decoding the encoded image data in an effective manner. As a result, recording and reproduction of data is optimized by compressing an image signal based on whether or not there exists a significant difference between two adjacent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056592 - Method and device for condensed image recording and reproduction: According to an embodiment, the invention discusses techniques of encoding image data and decoding the encoded image data in an effective manner. As a result, recording and reproduction of data is optimized by compressing an image signal based on whether or not there exists a significant difference between two adjacent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056593 - Method and device for condensed image recording and reproduction: According to an embodiment, the invention discusses techniques of encoding image data and decoding the encoded image data in an effective manner. As a result, recording and reproduction of data is optimized by compressing an image signal based on whether or not there exists a significant difference between two adjacent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056594 - Method and device for condensed image recording and reproduction: According to an embodiment, the invention discusses techniques of encoding image data and decoding the encoded image data in an effective manner. As a result, recording and reproduction of data is optimized by compressing an image signal based on whether or not there exists a significant difference between two adjacent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056595 - Method of compressing digital ink using linear prediction: c

20080056596 - Method for efficient coding of shape descriptor parameters: 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 sets of co-ordinate values representing the shape of the object and quantising the co-ordinate values to derive a coded representation of the shape, and further... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056597 - Directional interpolation method using frequency information and related device: A method for interpolating a pixel within an image is provided. The image has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format. The method includes: detecting if there is an edge in a block of the image according to frequency information of the block associated with the pixel; determining... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080056598 - Image processing apparatus: Characteristics of image data from a reading unit are unified for storage. The state of the image data is recognized and retained as auxiliary information. The auxiliary information is checked, and an image skew and the like are detected according to a target output format to perform a correction process.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080056599 - Method and system for far field image absolute navigation sensing: A method and system for far field image navigation sensing are described. The method includes pre-processing an image from a remote beacon into gray scale and contour data. Multiple frames of the image, including the gray scale and contour data are buffered. The beacon image is reconstructed from the buffered... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080056600 - Edge enhancing device and method: An edge enhancing apparatus includes: an edge detector, for determining an edge direction of an image region corresponding to a target pixel; and a pixel value determining module, coupled to the edge detector, for obtaining a plurality of pixel values of a plurality of pixels and an initial pixel value... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080056601 - Image processing device and method: Image processing device and method wherein processing is simplified. The image processing device is provided with line memories 320, 322, 324 for storing image data composed of brightness data of a plurality of pixels constituting an image, a control circuit 334, an address generating circuit 326 and the like for... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080056602 - Coding distortion removal method, video encoding method, video decoding method, and apparatus and program for the same: A method for coding a picture segmented into a plurality of blocks. The method decodes the coded blocks to produce a reproduced image. A filter selection parameter determines a threshold value for each quantization parameter, so as to change between a mode to effect coding distortion removal by a filter... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080056603 - Coding distortion removal method, video encoding method, video decoding method, and apparatus and program for the same: In an interlaced picture having a mixture of field structure macroblocks and frame structure macroblocks, a coding distortion removal method removes coding distortion in blocks composing the macroblock. The method removes a coding distortion in a block block which is included in a macroblock of a frame structure, and which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080056604 - Method, medium and system processing image signals: A method, medium and system processing an image signal. The system includes an edge detection module to detect a pixel belonging to an edge in an input image, a period determination module to determine a period of change in pixel values based on a first value of the pixel belonging... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080056605 - Video processing: Digital video contrast enhancement and skin tone correction by conversio to CIECAM02 color space with lightness transformation and a skin tone probability density function of hue and saturation.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080056607 - Method and apparatus for image noise reduction using noise models: A method and apparatus for processing imager pixel signals to reduce noise. The processing includes receiving a target pixel signal, receiving at least one neighboring pixel signal, formulating a dynamic noise signal based at least in part on a value of the target pixel signal, and controlling a noise reduction... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080056608 - Methods and systems for reducing bright burn in images: A system and method to reduce bright burn in images, such as x-ray images. The reduction of bright burn may be accomplished by processing a received raw image to obtain a grey-value histogram. The raw image may be divided into a plurality of regions of interest, and an average signal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080056606 - System and method for adaptive non-uniformity compensation for a focal plane array: A method of reducing an amount of fixed pattern noise from an image signal generated by an image sensor. The method includes, for each operational pixel in the image signal, applying a recursively updated offset term to generate a corrected image signal. The offset correction terms are recursively updated by... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080056609 - Fine stereoscopic image matching and dedicated instrument having a low stereoscopic coefficient: The invention relates to a method and system for the acquisition and correlation matching of points belonging to a stereoscopic pair of images, whereby the pair is formed by a first image and a second image representing a scene. According to the invention, the two images of the pair are... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080056610 - Image processor, microscope system, and area specifying program: An image processor that can suitably specify a predetermined area of a grayscale image is provided. An extreme value coordinate acquiring unit performs scanning on at least one of a plurality of pixels including a target pixel from the target pixel in accordance with gradient information corresponding to a change... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080056613 - Image combining device and imaging apparatus: A plurality of divided exposure images (first to fourth images) are obtained by dividing a normal exposure time. By an image matching method, a motion detection circuit calculates a plurality of cumulative total correlation values between different divided exposure images, and searches the plurality of cumulative total correlation values for... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080056612 - Method for taking panorama mosaic photograph with a portable terminal: A method for taking a panorama mosaic photograph includes displaying a partial image of a previously taken image as a guide image on a viewer of an image to be currently taken and taking a number of images constituting the panorama mosaic photograph according to a photography operation; projecting the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080056611 - Neurophysiologically driven high speed image triage system and method: A system and method of efficiently and effectively triaging an image that may include one or more target entities. The image is divided into a plurality of individual image chips, and each image chip is successively displayed to a user for a presentation time period. Data are collected from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080056614 - Registration of separations: Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically determining a transformation to reduce a film distortion; (3) applying multiple criteria of merit to a set of features to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080056615 - Image processing device that quickly displays retinex-processed preview image: A reduced-image creating portion creates a reduced image from an original image. A reduced-retinex-image forming portion calculates reflectance of each pixel in the reduced image, thereby forming a reduced retinex image. A normalizing-parameter setting portion obtains frequencies of the reflectance in the reduced retinex image and sets upper and lower... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080056616 - Image processor: An image processor includes: a decimal point position determining unit; an image inputting unit; and a calculating unit. The decimal point position determining unit determines a position of a decimal point based on a size of a mask that has a plurality of filter coefficients. The image inputting unit receives... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080056618 - Interpolation device: An interpolation process for scaling is performed directly on raw data from an image pickup apparatus. Raw data, constituted of Bayer pattern array pixels input by a pixel value input unit 110 are stored in a pixel value storage unit 120 as a set of pixels positioned on respective lattice... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080056617 - Method and apparatus for interpolating image information: A method and apparatus for interpolating image information obtains pixel information for a plurality of pixels surrounding a location of a pixel to be interpolated, whether the pixel is a missing pixel or an existing pixel whose color or intensity information is to be changed, and applies a gradient square... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20080056619 - Image-processing apparatus, image-processing method and image-processing program: Disclosed herein is an image-processing apparatus which may include an image holding section configured to store an input image; an image division section configured to divide the input image stored in the image holding section into a plurality of image portions having the same size and the same shape; a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080056620 - Document file management apparatus, document file management method and document file management program: Image data is produced which corresponds to document data for each page of each stored document file. Each produced image data is displayed while successively switched every document unit. The use of each displayed image data is detected. Use history of each document file based on the detection is displayed.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080056621 - Golf green reading device: A golf green reading device has a lens with a reference line that is illuminated when the reference line is in a horizontal or vertical orientation. The reference line is illuminated by an electrical circuit secured within a housing having a power source, a light source, and a level switch.... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi