Image analysis inventions 04/08

20080095397 - Digital watermarks: The present invention relates generally to steganography and digital watermarking. One method recites: encoding content with a plural-bit digital watermark in accordance with initial encoding parameters; determining an assessment of the encoded plural-bit digital watermark in each of two or more portions of the content; for each of the two... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080095396 - User interface for contraband detection system: An improved user interface for use with systems that display images. The interface allows easy control over the appearance of images. The user interface allows motion of a single input device to control at least two parameters of an image mapping. The controls impact the appearance of the image in... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080095399 - Device and method for detecting occlusion area: A device and method are provided for detecting an occlusion area in stages, which conducts a first stage of detection by detecting the occlusion type of the block based on a determination that the block is a covered area block or an uncovered area block, and conducts a second stage... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080095398 - Object detection method: An object detection method which rapidly detects one or more objects existing in an image includes: a primary search step which judges whether an object exists at a predetermined interval by using a simple judgment device requiring a small number of calculation amounts; a range estimation step which estimates a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080095401 - Ultrasonic camera tracking system and associated methods: A camera tracking system includes a controllable camera, an array of microphones, and a controller. The microphones are positioned adjacent the controllable camera and are at least responsive to ultrasound emitted from a source. The microphones may additionally be capable of responding to sound in the audible spectrum. The controller... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080095402 - Device and method for position measurement: A position measurement device is provided that can precisely measure the photographing position or posture of a photographing device or the coordinates of an object based on sequentially changing photographed images. A position measuring device 100 of the invention comprises: an image acquisition section 2 for acquiring a series of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080095400 - Image processing device, image processing method and image processing program: A shooting-information-detecting section (31) detects shooting information from an image pick-up section (10). A motion-detecting section (33) detects a motion direction of an image on an overall screen based on a motion direction of the image pick-up section contained in the shooting information. A processing-region-setting section (36) sets a processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080095403 - Electronic traffic monitor: A method of calibrating a video image to the scene imaged is provided for which a vehicle image transit can be associated with the transit of the real-world vehicle. A path is determined by a tracking point for at least one vehicle image. A measuring vehicle image is selected, wherein... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080095404 - Method and system for determining a volume of an object from two-dimensional images: The invention provides a method and a computer program stored in a tangible medium for automatically determining a volume of three-dimensional objects represented in two-dimensional images, by acquiring at two least two-dimensional digitized images, by analyzing the two-dimensional images to identify reference points and geometric patterns, by determining distances between... Agent: Quarles & Brady

20080095405 - Method and apparatus of automated optical container code recognition with positional identification for a transfer container crane: A method and system providing a transfer container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code to a container inventory management system is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-standard container tagging.... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20080095406 - Vehicle registration plate archive system and method of operating the same: A vehicle registration plate archive system is provided with an exit-side vehicle registration plate imaging device obtaining an exit-side vehicle registration plate image; an exit monitoring apparatus monitoring and controlling the exit-side vehicle registration plate imaging device; an entrance-side vehicle registration plate imaging device obtaining an entrance-side vehicle registration plate... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080095408 - Imaging apparatus and method thereof: There is provided an imaging apparatus and an imaging method capable of matching coordinate positions of a plurality of images to be synthesized with each other when generating an image having a wide dynamic range by synthesizing the plurality of images each having a different exposure condition. When a luminance... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080095407 - Method and system for offset estimation and alignment: A method for determining an offset vector. The method includes obtaining an image of a first feature. An image of a second feature is also obtained. Also, a combination image of the first feature and the second feature is obtained. A plurality of composite images is utilized to determine an... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080095409 - Apparatus, methods and computer program products for biometric confirmation of location-based tracking: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus, methods and/or systems for providing location based tracking with biometric confirmation. Some embodiments can include, a location identifier configured to determine the geographical location of the device and a biometric identifier configured to determine an identity of a proximate person who is proximate... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080095410 - Biometric systems: A system for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the system comprising: a template receiver, which comprises: a registration input configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one registration template of a biometric sample of an end user of the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080095411 - Iris recognition method: The present invention disclose an iris recognition method, which utilizes a matching pursuit algorithm to simplify the extraction and reconstruction of iris features and reduce the memory space required by each iris feature vector without the penalty of recognition accuracy. The iris recognition method of the present invention comprises an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080095412 - Method and system for extracting liveliness information from fingertip: The present invention intends to provide a method for liveliness detection and fitness measurement using information optically extracted from a fingertip. For liveliness detection, the present method examines the change in a color index of a finger at its touching portion measured while the finger is being pressed onto an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095413 - Fingerprint recognition system: A method of analyzing and recognizing fingerprint images that utilizes vector processing of a vector field that is defined as the tangential vector of the fingerprint ridge curves is disclosed. The raw fingerprint image is divided into blocks, filtered to remove noise, and the orientation direction of each block is... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080095414 - Correction of functional nuclear imaging data for motion artifacts using anatomical data: A method and system for detecting the presence of motion in functional medical imaging data by comparison with anatomical medical imaging data derived from reconstructed anatomical images. Detected motion in the functional data is then estimated and corrected. In accordance with an example embodiment, CT object templates are produced from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080095416 - Marker system and method of using the same: A marker system includes a marker, and a positioner coupled to the marker, the positioner configured to position the marker from a first predetermined position to a second predetermined position. A method of providing a marker system includes obtaining a first data representative of a first predetermined position, obtaining a... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080095417 - Method for registering images of a sequence of images, particularly ultrasound diagnostic images: A method for registering images of a sequence of images, particularly ultrasound diagnostic images and especially ultrasound diagnostic images of the heart. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least a first and a second digital or digitalized image or set of cross-sectional images of the same object; defining... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080095415 - Ultrasonic myocardial tagging: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic myocardial tagging and imaging system (30), in which an ultrasonic contrast agent, e.g. microbubbles, is introduced to the myocardial area and allowed to circulate. a high-MI pressure field is applied to selectively destroy regions of the contrast agent in a known geometry so... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095418 - System, method, and program for medical image interpretation support: The number of similar case images to be displayed is changed according to the number of times and progress of imaging diagnosis. First examination judgment means is added to a medical image interpretation support system comprising storage means for storing image data sets obtained by imaging subjects, similar case image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080095420 - X-ray diagnostic apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method of calculating filter coefficients used for image formation processing in x-ray diagnostic apparatus and the like: A tomosynthesis image is generated by applying preprocessing to each image obtained by capturing a plurality of X-ray images at a plurality of X-ray tube positions and then performing filtering processing and backprojection. At this time, a proper filter coefficient used filtering is determined for each scan track, each image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080095422 - Alignment method for registering medical images: Systems and method are provided for registering medical images to reduce movement between the images. In one arrangement, a hierarchical image registration is performed where regions of the largest differences between images are identified and utilized to drive the deformation of one of the images. Such regions are identified in... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080095423 - Analysis method for data of an examination object, featuring correlation of a volume data record with a number of projection images: Data of an examination object comprises a volume-data record and a plurality of two-dimensional projection images. The volume-data record includes voxels where each voxel is assigned to a location in three-dimensional space. Each projection image includes pixels where each pixel is assigned to a location in a two-dimensional-projection plane and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080095419 - Method and apparatus for determining asymmetry in an image: A method for determining asymmetry in an image such as an MR image of a brain comprises determining a symmetry plane to divide the image into a first part and a second part representative of, for example, the hemispheres of the brain. The probability distributions of voxels against intensities are... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080095421 - Registering 2d and 3d data using 3d ultrasound data: A fluoroscopy image is registered with data representing a volume, identifying a catheter position relative to a volume represented by preoperative volume data. The catheter position relative to a patient volume represented by data acquired without scanning the catheter is displayed. For example, a 2D fluoroscopy image is registered with... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080095424 - Microscope system and image processing method: An object of the present invention is to provide a microscope system and an image processing method which are practical and capable of imaging a specimen efficiently in a short period of time and also ensuring reduction of the data amount of a generated image. Accordingly, the microscope system includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095425 - Digitized bank checks validated by digital signatures: A modified multi-page TIFF file. A Tagged Image Format File (TIFF) conforms to a published standard. The TIFF file contains an initial header, which contains a pointer to another header, which points both to (1) the first graphical image and (2) a second header. The second header points to both... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080095426 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus providing services for general users, capable of getting rid of trouble to collect use charges. The image forming apparatus has: a connector to which a portable communication terminal is connected; a communication section for controlling the portable communication terminal connected to the connector, and controlling communication... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080095427 - Machine for inspecting glass containers: A machine for inspecting the finish of a glass container rotating at an inspection station. A pair of light sources, which are repeatedly turned on and off, have horizontal light axes which are orthogonally related and intersect the container axis. The light sources illuminate the container finish to identify checks.... Agent: Emhart Glass Research, Inc.

20080095428 - Method for training of supervised prototype neural gas networks and their use in mass spectrometry: A Neural Gas network used for pattern recognition, sequence and image processing is extended to a supervised classifier with labeled prototypes by extending a cost function of the Neural Gas network with additive terms, each of which increases with a difference between elements of the class labels of a prototype... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080095429 - Identifying intrinsic pixel colors in a region of uncertain pixels: A digital image that includes first and second regions is processed. An intrinsic color of a given pixel located in an area of interest that is adjacent to at least one of the first and second regions is estimated by extrapolating from colors of multiple pixels in one of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080095430 - Maintenance of color maximum values in a color saturation controlled color image: Conventional color saturation control CSC in a non-linear signal domain may result in exaggerated and unnatural looking colors. The invention proposes an image signal processing method (30A, 30B) of a color saturation control (17) which applies a gain value (27) to the saturation controlled image signal (Y′, satx(R′-Y′), satx(B′-Y′)) in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095431 - Image processing method: An image processing method includes: inputting color image data obtained by capturing an image at a given imaging sensitivity level; and converting the color image data to a specific uniform color space determined in correspondence to the imaging sensitivity level.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095432 - Polymeric foam with irrecgular surfaces nad preparation thereof: Methodologies and systems to compare images with different levels of contrast are provided. Contrast is normalized between the images with different contrast levels and brightness is set. When normalizing contrast a derivative of gray level is determined for a first digital image having a first contrast level, and a derivative... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080095433 - Signal intensity range transformation apparatus and method: A system and method for manipulating image data is disclosed. Generally, the system and method identifies useful grey-levels within an input image. The image is then scaled based upon the identified useful grey-levels.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20080095434 - Imaging system, imaging condition setting method, terminal and server used for the same: An imaging unit (1) images an object to be imaged and acquires image data. On the other hand, an imaging information acquisition unit (2) acquires imaging information as information during imaging. A storage unit (3) contains optimal imaging condition information induced from the imaging information. An imaging information analysis unit... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080095436 - Image analysis method, medium and apparatus and moving image segmentation system: An image analysis method, medium and apparatus for segmentation of a moving image, and a moving image segmentation system. The image analysis method includes receiving an image signal representing an image, detecting features of the image by calculating a difference between the current frame of the image signal and its... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080095437 - Method, device and computer program product for demultiplexing of video images: A method for demultiplexing time-division multiplexed digital video data which originates from multiple sources in which the time-division multiplexed images are not indexed nor is there identification information provided to differentiate sources. The sources are generally cameras which may be stationary cameras or moving cameras that rotate as are commonly... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080095435 - Video segmentation using statistical pixel modeling: A method for segmenting video data into foreground and background portions utilizes statistical modeling of the pixels. A statistical model of the background is built for each pixel, and each pixel in an incoming video frame is compared with the background statistical model for that pixel. Pixels are determined to... Agent: Venable LLP

20080095438 - Method for calculating and adjusting photo and text separation performance: This invention relates to a method for calculating and adjusting photo and text separation performance. The method for calculating photo and text separation performance comprises a step of generating a standard block attribute file and a step of comparing a photo and text separation result with the standard block attribute... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080095439 - Image processing device, image processing method, information recording medium, and program: To give an effect for imparting an air of speed to an image, a dividing unit (202) of an image processing device (201) divides an original image into a plurality of regions based on an aggregate of pixels, an acquiring unit (203) acquires a representative value of each of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080095440 - Image processing apparatus, computer readable medium and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition section, a combination detection section and an angle detection section. The image acquisition section acquires a code pattern image from a surface of a recording medium on which the code pattern is formed. In the code pattern, N unit images are selectively... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080095441 - Service plan product and associated system and method: A service plan product providing a tangible representation of a service plan includes a support backer and a tag removably coupled with the backer. The tag includes service plan account identification means corresponding to a service plan account stored in a database and plan administrator contact indicia. The tag is... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080095442 - Detection and modification of text in a image: The method of the invention comprises two steps of adapting an image: identifying a text in the image and modifying a typographical aspect of the text. The electronic device of the invention is operative to perform the method of the invention. The invention also relates to control software for making... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095444 - Information recognition device operating with low power consumption: A character recognition device recognizing characters with low power consumption includes a data input unit for entering handwriting data representing a character to be recognized, a character recognition dictionary storing character recognition information required for character recognition as well as operating frequency information concerning the operating frequency of the character... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095443 - Mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document: A mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document. This authenticity information may be stored in a publicly-accessible database. When a document patterned with electronic ink is to be verified, the verifier examines the electronic ink under magnification. The verifier locates start and end pattern markers within... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080095445 - Locating a feature in a digital image: Methods, systems, and computer program products used to locate a feature in an image, including identifying one or more candidate features in an image, where each candidate feature is a group of pixels in the image that satisfies a pattern-matching criterion. A best candidate feature is selected from the one... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080095446 - Method and system for performing image processing in a computer apparatus: A method and system for performing image processing in a computer apparatus. The system has an image driver unit to receive a video stream output by an image capture device and perform a pre-processing on the video stream to thereby obtain a color video stream, and an image processing module... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080095447 - Retrieval system and retrieval method: On the basis of image data obtained by image acquisition, a plurality of image data are retrieved from a database (20), which constitutes a total feature value DB, by template matching using an outline template (21). A single or a plurality of images are retrieved from the retrieved plurality of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080095448 - Search system and search method: Based on an image input by an image input section (11), a mobile application (13) and a matching process section (21) use templates managed in a hierarchical manner to search a TP data management DB (22) for an image. At this time, the mobile application (13) and matching process section... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080095449 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprises a storage section for storing therein keywords and a detecting method of detecting an object corresponding to each keyword, an imaging section for imaging the field repetitively and creating a moving picture composed of images of frames, a detecting section for detecting an object from the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095450 - Method of spatial and snr picture compression: The versatile method of spatial and SNR scalable picture compression comprises: high resolution encoding (202a) an input picture (vi) yielding high resolution encoded data (coIIR,LQ), being the base data; deriving a first down-scaled representative picture (p1) on the basis of the high resolution encoded data (coHR,LQ); deriving a second down-scaled... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095451 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: A target image of coding is separated into sequences of a plurality of frames, that is, shots, and differences between the shots and shots similar to the shots are coded (reference frames for each frame in the target shot of coding are frames corresponding thereto in a shot similar to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080095452 - Header-based processing of image compressed using multi-scale transforms: A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution information on blocks of an image is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080095454 - Image encoding/decoding device and method thereof: The invention provides an image encoding/decoding device and method. An encoding/decoding architecture of the invention includes: encoders for encoding image data into data blocks; a reordering multiplexer for receiving the data blocks and determining an order by which the data blocks are written into a memory according to an order... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080095453 - Method and apparatus for lossless data transformation with preprocessing by adaptive compression, multidimensional prediction, multi-symbol decoding enhancement enhancements: A process for improved, lossless data transformation with options for adaptive compression, multidimensional prediction, multi-symbol decoding.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080095455 - Image encoding apparatus and control method thereof: When encoding into block units an image in which halftone images and character/line images are mixed, a substitution value substituting for pixels in which pixels of a character/line image exist is made a value whereby occurrence of quantization errors of direct current components after frequency conversion is substantially zero, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080095456 - Adaptive classification system and method for mixed graphic and video sequences: A system, method and program product for classifying mixed graphic and video signals. A system is provided comprising: a system for receiving blocks of pixel data; and a classification system for evaluating an inputted block of pixel data to determine if the inputted block is a pure graphic block, a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095457 - Image vibration detection methods and systems: Image vibration detection methods and systems for use in a digital camera. First, a photographing process is performed to sense images. At least one first window value of a first sensed image corresponding to an absolute region is calculated, and at least one second window value of a second sensed... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080095458 - Method and apparatus for generating outphased signals: A method, apparatus, and electronic device for generating outphased signals are disclosed. The method may include determining bitmap representations of two binary circles, storing the bitmap representations of the two binary circles, generating two constant-amplitude signals from an original signal using bitmap overlapping of the stored bitmap representations where the... Agent: Mr. Ronald E. Prass, Jr., Irving, Prass & Stelacone, LLP

20080095459 - Real time video stabilizer: A method of correcting a current image taken by a capturing device, the current image captured after a previous image, the method comprising the steps of: determining a noticeable pixel group, such as an edge of an object in the previous image; locating the noticeable pixel groups in the current... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

20080095460 - Method of detecting low luminance noise and image compression apparatus using the same: In a photograph and image compression system equipped with a camera, a low luminance noise cancellation algorithm is selectively applied to photographs and video images including a low luminance noise, by determining whether the low luminance noise is included in a portion of an input image, and if it is... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080095461 - Apparatus and method for determining filter condition area in deblocking filter: An apparatus for calculating a boundary strength on a macroblock basis to determine a filter condition area in a deblocking filter includes a memory unit for storing a table containing a filter condition area value for a boundary strength calculation, which correspond to each of a type value of a... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080095462 - Methods and apparatus for noise estimation: The method includes estimating a noise level in a reconstructed image using a total attenuation of the reconstructed image.... Agent: Thomas M. Fisher Fisher Patent Group LLC

20080095463 - Image processing apparatus, image acquisition method and program: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which acquires an image of quality desired for an object located in a biological body; sets up exposure values of a plurality of stages for an image pickup means; extracts the contour of an object in image signals output from the image... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080095464 - System and method for representing motion imagery data: A method and system for representing stereoscopic motion imagery data having a right eye spatial data set and a left eye spatial data set. Each member of the left eye data set has a corresponding member in the right eye data set. The method determines correlated data and uncorrelated data... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080095465 - Image registration system and method: A moving image is aligned with a fixed image by an initial gross alignment, followed by identification of particular regions or blobs in the moving image. The blobs may be selected based upon particular features in regions of the image, such as anatomical features in a medical image. Blob matching... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080095466 - Processing of mosaic images: Imaging apparatus includes a mosaic image sensor, which is configured to generate a stream of input pixel values belonging to a plurality of input sub-images, each sub-image responsive to light of a different, respective color that is incident on the mosaic image sensor. An image restoration engine (IRE) is coupled... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080095467 - Large-area imaging by concatenation with array microscope: An imaging apparatus consists of multiple miniaturized microscopes arranged into an array capable of simultaneously imaging respective portions of an object. A continuous linear translation approach is followed to scan the object and generate multiple image swaths of the object. In order to improve the quality of the composite image... Agent: Antonio R. Durando

20080095468 - Method and device for representing a digital image on a surface which is non-trivial in terms of its geometry and photometry: The invention relates to a method and a device for representing a two-dimensional digital image on a projection surface, whereby at least one projector projects the content of an image buffer onto the projection surface. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device which allow... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080095469 - Combined rotation and scaling: A method for rotating and scaling at least a portion of an image is provided. The method consists of determining symbolically an inverse matrix of a rotation and scaling matrix, using one or more entries in the inverse matrix as variables in a scaling and rotation routine, evaluating the variables... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080095470 - Digital image auto-resizing: A method for auto-resizing an original digital image from an original image to a resized image. The method comprises separating the foreground elements from the background elements, determining an original aspect ratio of the foreground elements and creating resized foreground elements by scaling the foreground elements while maintaining the original... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080095471 - Method and apparatus for interpolating chroma signal to minimize operation overhead: Disclosed is a method for interpolating chroma signals while minimizing the calculation overhead. To this end, multiplication requiring a large operation is removed when obtaining a fractional-pel value through chroma interpolation, and a simple linear interpolation method is used in order to reduce the number of operations including addition, subtraction,... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080095472 - Pick packet for web browser display: A method of generating a pick packet for use by a web browser. The pick packet has secondary string buffer that assigns a unique token to each unique object or unique combination of objects and a primary string buffer that associates a token with each pixel in the source image.... Agent: Bohan, Mathers & Associates, LLC

20080095473 - Wavelet transformation-based image encoder, decoder and method for generating thumbnail image: Disclosed are a wavelet transformation-based image encoder, decoder and method for generating a thumbnail image. In the present invention, an original image is tiled according to a preset tiling scheme, and wavelet transformation is performed for each tiled image. An LL image is extracted from the tiled image and range... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080089553 - Content search method and apparatus: This invention is to enable retrieving of a content the searcher imagines in mind. The search method includes: obtaining a query brain image representing a brain activity state of a searcher when perceiving or imagining the content to be retrieved; identifying the content corresponding to the query brain image by... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd

20080089550 - Digital watermarked imagery, video, maps and signs: Imagery, video, maps or signs are embedded with plural-bit data in the form of digital watermarking. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a media signal representing an image or video; introducing digital watermarking into the media signal, the digital watermarking slightly altering samples of the media signal; and the... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080089551 - Interactive tv data track synchronization system and method: The present invention provides a system and method to allow product placement, i.e. showcasing products broadcast over TV, cable or similar media and to enable viewers to view, bookmark and purchase products placed within the program as they appear on the TV screen at a particular time. The present invention... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080089554 - Device and method for digitally watermarking an image with data: A method for digitally watermarking an image or video by replacing the least significant bit of each pixel of the image with data so that an image or video can be authenticated by removing the least significant bits, reassembling the bits into a data stream and decoding the data stream.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080089552 - Digital watermark padding method, digital watermark padding device, digital watermark detecting method, digital watermark detecting device, and program: A digital watermark embedding method of the present invention includes: a step of sequentially obtaining each frame image of the moving image data and frame display time; a step of generating a watermark pattern using watermark information, the frame display time and watermark pattern switching information; a step of superimposing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089555 - Film marking detection system: A method and a system accomplish inspection of a mark in a frame of a film print. The system can include a frame imager which automatically selects at least one frame in the film print having an FMS mark and automatically captures an image of the frame. The image can... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080089556 - Moving target detection in the presence of parallax: A method for detecting a moving target is disclosed that receives a plurality of images from at least one camera; receives a measurement of scale from one of a measurement device and a second camera; calculates the pose of the at least one camera over time based on the plurality... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080089557 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus include an imaging unit that picks up a predetermined view to create an image; a processing region setting unit that sets a region to be processed in the image created by the imaging unit; and a processing calculating unit that performs a predetermined processing calculation on... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080089558 - Method for processing images using automatic georeferencing of images derived from a pair of images captured in the same focal plane: An image processing system in which the georeferencing of at least one digital image is achieved by means of at least one picture model of the said digital image and of a digital reference relief form. The digital image is obtained from a pair of digital images acquired in the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080089559 - Eye condition detection apparatus and method for installing same: A driver's eye condition detection is conducted by an eye condition detection apparatus including a right/left near-infrared light sources, a camera and an ECU installed therein. The right side near-infrared light source is positioned on a right side relative to the camera in a driver's view, and a light axis... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080089561 - Face-based image clustering: Face-based image clustering systems and methods are described. In one aspect, face regions are detected in images. At least one respective parameter value is extracted from each of the face regions. Ones of the face regions associated with parameter values satisfying a cluster seed predicate are classified as cluster seed... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080089560 - Known face guided imaging method: A known face guided imaging method applied for an electronic imaging device uses the scale of a known face sensed in a previous frame to define a scale range of a searching window, which adds a scale constraint into the searching window so as to search a current frame horizontally... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080089563 - Information processing apparatus having image comparing function: An element determining unit detects an element that should be excluded from an object of comparison, of an image. Using the image with the detected element removed, comparing process is performed. Specifically, a feature value calculating unit calculates, in correspondence to each of a plurality of partial images in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089564 - Input device, information device, and control information generation method: An input device which generates control information by moving an object to be detected, having an image capture section which captures an image of the object to be detected, a feature point extraction section which extracts a feature point of the image captured by the image capture section, a difference... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080089562 - Threshold determining device, method and program, and personal authentication system: Provided is a threshold determining device for determining a threshold, at which the false matching rate of each data to become less than a required value becomes a required assurance value or more. The threshold determining device comprises an individual threshold evaluation unit, an individual threshold distribution evaluation unit, and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080089565 - Pattern matching: Matching of a scanned fingerprint (F) with a reference, master pattern involves running-filter de-convolution (10) of image edge-response functions (ERF) of the scanned pattern to determine from the mid-point of the full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of the derived line spread function (LSF) the true location (11) in the image domain of the... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080089567 - Artifact reduction in an x-ray imaging system: A scanning X-ray system minimizes frequency artifacts by capturing a first and a second image that are offset in at least one direction.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080089568 - Method and system for dynamic, automated detection of outlying feature and feature background regions during processing of data scanned from a chemical array: A method and system for employing signal-intensity data contained within areas of a scanned image of a chemical array corresponding to features and feature backgrounds in order to determine whether or not the features or feature backgrounds have non-uniform signal intensities and are thus outlier features and outlier feature backgrounds.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080089566 - Systems and methods for implant virtual review: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for virtual implant review. Certain embodiments provide a method for virtual implant review. The method includes registering a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image. The method includes detecting an implant or instrument in the two-dimensional image. The method also includes... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080089569 - Selective fold removal in medical images: A method of selectively removing folds in a medical image is provided. With this method, a medical image is deformed to straighten and flatten folds but not polyps, thus allowing polyps to be identified. In a first step, a 3-dimensional deformable model of the medical image is constructed. This model... Agent: Miriam Kaplan Lumen Ips

20080089571 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method of obtaining ultrasonic images: An ultrasonic probe and a transmitter/receiver scan a 3D region using ultrasonic beams by raising the scanning line density of the transmission of ultrasonic beams for a region of interest compared to the scanning line density of the transmission of ultrasonic beams for regions other than the region of interest... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089572 - Image display method and image display apparatus: There is described an image display apparatus that includes an image data processing section to convert (n+m)-bit monochromatic image data to a n-bit color display image-data group, based on a predetermined correlation, and a color image display section to display a color image on it, based on the n-bit color... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080089570 - Method for reconstructing image from echo planar imaging sequence: In a method for reconstructing an image from an echo planar imaging sequence, the echo planar imaging sequence is used to obtain multi-line k-space data from a subject and the multi-line k-space data are divided into odd line data and even line data. Fourier transform is performed on the odd... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080089573 - Bill discriminating apparatus: A technology that increases bill discrimination precision, wherein a bill discriminating apparatus detects the thickness distribution of a bill P that is subject to discrimination, and by comparing this thickness distribution data and the reference thickness distribution data that shows the thickness distribution of an authentic note held in advance,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080089574 - Data flow management in generating different signal formats used in optical metrology: To manage data flow in generating different signal formats for use in optical metrology, a project data object is created. A first option data object is created. The first option data object has a set of signal parameters. Different settings of the set of signal parameters correspond to different signal... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080089575 - Alternating phase shift mask inspection using biased inspection data: An inspection system uses inspection data biased to compensate for mismatches that occur as a result of using an optical lithography system to print an alternating phase shift mask that operates at a wavelength of light that is different from the wavelength of light that an inspection system uses to... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080089577 - Feature extraction from stereo imagery: This application relates to generating a three-dimensional vector object, representing a feature within a scene, by analyzing two-dimensional vector objects representing the feature in a stereo pair. The two-dimensional vector objects are analyzed using stereo vision algorithms to generate the three-dimensional vector object. Results of the analysis derive three-dimensional positions... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080089578 - Method and apparatus to facilitate use of conditional probabilistic analysis of multi-point-of-reference samples of an item to disambiguate state information as pertains to the item: Temporally parsed data regarding at least a first item is captured (101). This temporally parsed data comprises data that corresponds to substantially simultaneous sequential samples of the first item with respect to at least a first and a second different points of view. Conditional probabilistic analysis of at least some... Agent: Motorola/fetf

20080089576 - Method for using image depth information in identifying illumination fields: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080089579 - System and method for detection of multi-view/multi-pose objects: The present invention provides a computer implemented process for detecting multi-view multi-pose objects. The process comprises training of a classifier for each intra-class exemplar, training of a strong classifier and combining the individual exemplar-based classifiers with a single objective function. This function is optimized using the two nested AdaBoost loops.... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080089581 - Method for matching color in images: A method and apparatus for transforming a first color distribution based on a second color distribution. The method includes the steps of determining, for each of the first and second color distributions, a one-dimensional histogram along a direction in a color space; matching the one-dimensional histogram determined for the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089580 - System and method for raw image processing using conversion matrix interpolated from predetermined camera characterization matrices: An automated RAW image processing method and system are disclosed. A computer receives a RAW image and metadata from a camera and interpolates an interpolated image from the RAW image so that the interpolated image is in a first color space. Predefined characterization matrices associated with the camera are obtained.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080089582 - Image compensation in regions of low image contrast: To compensate an image, a profile thereof is obtained from pixel values in a marginal area of the image. A background value of the image determined from the profile and correction to the image is performed in accordance with the background value and the profile.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080089583 - Digital image processing method having an exposure correction based on recognition of areas corresponding to the skin of the photographed subject: A digital image processing method includes extracting chromatic information of an image taken by an image taking device and related to a human subject; detecting visually interesting regions; and exposure correcting of the taken image by normalizing a grey scale of the taken image based on the visually interesting regions.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080089585 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium: There is provided an image processing apparatus having an image segmentation unit that divides image formation into image areas in a first direction, a random number memory that stores random numbers, a reference position determination unit that determines a reference position so as to vary in a second direction perpendicular... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080089584 - Viewing glass display for multi-component images: A method for displaying components of a multi-component image in which a smaller selected region of one image component of a multi-component image is superimposed upon a larger section of another image component of the same multi-component image. The method includes: providing a multi-component digital image having at least first... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080089586 - Data processing system, data processing terminal and data processing program of digital pen: In a data processing system, a terminal includes an area definition storage unit to store position information of a specific area on a paper and processing type information indicating a processing type of data written in the specific area in association with each other, a first data processing unit to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089587 - Hand gesture recognition input system and method for a mobile phone: A handheld gesture recognition control apparatus and its method are provided for a mobile phone. The input method of the present invention includes collecting a plurality of images; storing the images as control images; mapping the control images to corresponding control commands; capturing an image taken by a camera as... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080089588 - Rotation angle detection apparatus, and control method and control program of rotation angle detection apparatus: A rotation angle detection apparatus which detects a rotation angle with respect to a reference disposition position of an object included in a detection subject image, includes: a plurality of kinds of pixel extraction pattern for extracting a plurality of pixels which detect an image feature amount from pixels configuring... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080089589 - Method and device for identifying material boundaries of a test object: A method and a device determine material interfaces in a test object. The novel method generates three-dimensional image data of the test object or uses already existing three-dimensional image data of the test object. Image values of the image data are, or were, obtained by invasive radiation. An evaluation line... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080089590 - Album generating apparatus, album generating method and computer readable medium: There is provided an album whose contents of images is well balanced. An album generating apparatus has an image storing section for storing a plurality of images, an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in the image storing section per event based on image capturing environments,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089591 - Method and apparatus for automatic image categorization: A method of automatically categorizing an input image comprises extracting features of the input image and generating a signature vector representing the input image. The signature vector is processed using diverse classifiers to classify the input image based on the combined output of the diverse classifiers.... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080089592 - Album creating apparatus, album creating method and computer readable medium: An album creating apparatus for creating an album with an appropriate layout based on an image classification information and an image capturing time. The album creating apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: an image storage section that stores a plurality of images; an image classification information storage... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089593 - Information processing apparatus, method and program: An information processing apparatus includes clustering means for performing clustering on multiple images so as to more strongly connect the images at a closer distance based on the distances determined by metadata of the images, and grouping means for grouping the images such that the number of images of each... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080089594 - Method and system for converting image text documents in bit-mapped formats to searchable text and for searching the searchable text: A system 10 and method for searching image text documents includes a content repository 12 storing image documents having text images therein. An image text transformer 14 performs optical character recognition on the image documents to form optical character recognition results and creates a reflection repository 22 having reflection files... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080089595 - Method of and apparatus for encoding/decoding data: Provided is a method of and apparatus for compressing/decompressing data, in which lossless compression is applied to a raw data transfer mode in order to decompress data into high-quality data in a encoder/decoder (CODEC) system. A method of encoding data includes performing intraprediction within a current frame and performing interprediction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089597 - Discardable lower layer adaptations in scalable video coding: A system and method for improving both coding efficiency and decoding accuracy in scalable video coding involving discardable lower layer adaptations, where applications can omit transmission of unused data for inter-layer prediction for all layers below an operation point of receivers. Indicator flags are utilized to avoid transmitting syntax elements... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080089596 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-view image: Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image. By predicting a current picture based on at least one of an intra (I) picture of a previous image processing block and an I picture of a current image processing block, which is generated for a different... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089599 - Image signal processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image signal processing method, and computer program product: An image signal processing apparatus for performing signal processing with respect to output from an image pickup device, which includes an image signal correcting unit for receiving an output signal corresponding to each of divided areas of the image pickup device to perform correcting processing. The image signal processing unit... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080089598 - Apparatus and method for extended depth of field imaging: An extended depth of field is achieved by a computational imaging system that combines a multifocal imaging subsystem for producing a purposefully blurred intermediate image with a digital processing subsystem for producing a recovered image having an extended depth of field. The multifocal imaging system exhibits spherical aberration as the... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080089600 - Image processing: A programmable spatial filter system 30 for a video signal includes a position extraction block 33 arranged to extract a position in an image of a picture element to be spatially filtered. A programmable mask generator 34 receives output from the position extraction block and generates a selectable filter mask... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080089601 - Image processing method: An image processing method for filtering image data, which is constituted with a plurality of pixels, at each pixel position by using pixel values indicated by pixels present within a predetermined range containing a target pixel, includes: determining two arguments that are a first argument defined by a spatial distance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080089602 - Advanced automatic digital radiographic hot light method and apparatus: A method for automatically modifying the rendering of an image based on an analysis of pixel values within a selected region of interest. The method includes: providing a digital input image of digital pixel values and tone scale look-up table (LUT); creating a default rendered image by applying the tone... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080089604 - Apparatus and method for improving visibility of image: An apparatus and method for improving visibility of an image. The apparatus includes: an image input module receiving an image; an illuminance sensing module sensing external illuminance; a visibility compensating module compensating the input image by mapping the input image from a first color gamut to a second color gamut... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080089603 - Method for removing the effect of light scattering in a digitized image of a light-scattering film: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for removing the effect of light scattering in a digitized image of a light-scattering film comprising providing a light-scattering correction film that has a uniform optical density; providing a light scattering target film that has a pattern of optical... Agent: International Specialty Products William J. Davis, Esq.

20080089606 - Adaptive background propagation method and device therefor: In one implementation, a method for reducing reconstruction artifacts in a combined image constructed of a multiple images is provided. The method may include identifying pixels in images that are in a selected range. The identified pixels are replaced the with a substitute pixel value. The images with the substitute... Agent: Balzan Intellectual Property Law, PC

20080089605 - Contrast-based technique to reduce artifacts in wavelength-encoded images: A system for identifying artifacts in an image. The system includes an input for receiving images from an imager, the images comprising a pixel of interest. The images can be generated by reflecting light off an object. The system further includes a processor coupled to the input for defining and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080089607 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device and rendering processing display system: An image captured from a camera is subjected to distortion correction processing performed in real time with high accuracy at low cost and is rendered as a smooth image. The image captured from the camera via a capture circuit is stored in a frame memory of a rendering memory unit,... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080089608 - Directional feathering of image objects: This specification describes technologies relating to directional feathering of an image object. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes obtaining an image object and directional information for the image object, the object including a shape having edges.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080089609 - Image registration system: Images may be registered using temporal (time-based) and spatial information. In a film implementation, because film is a sequence of frames, using information from neighboring frames may enable a temporally smoother visual experience. In addition, it may be beneficial to take advantage of the fact that consecutive frames are often... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080089610 - System, computer program and method for 3d object measurement, modeling and mapping from single imagery: A method for deriving three-dimensional measurement information and/or creating three-dimensional models and maps, from single images of at least one three-dimensional object is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining at least one two-dimensional single image of the object, the image consisting of image data and being associated... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20080089611 - Calibration technique for heads up display system: A method for adjusting an image projected onto a warped surface is provided. The method initiates with capturing calibration points within a calibration image projected onto the warped surface. The method includes analyzing the calibration points to determine relative locations among the calibration points. In one embodiment, the method utilizes... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080089612 - Album creating apparatus, album creating method and computer readable medium: An album creating apparatus is provided, for creating an album by automatically moving the position of the main object in a page when the main object is overlapped with a fold of the album. The album creating apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: an image storage section;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089613 - Method and apparatus for moving list on picture plane: Provided are an apparatus and method for moving a list on a picture plane. The apparatus for moving a list on a picture plane includes a centripetal acceleration control module providing acceleration in the direction in which an image moves, with respect to an amount of movement of the center... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080089614 - Image deinterlacing: Method and devices are provided for processing an image in which a row of pixels with associated light intensity values successively alternates with a row of pixels to which values are to be associated. In each current row of pixels with associated values, pixels are selected which satisfy a selection... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080089615 - Image searching apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An image searching apparatus which searches for an image that is similar to a query image from among a plurality of images is provided. The apparatus derives a color similarity that denotes a degree of similarity and a luminance similarity that denotes a degree of similarity between the query image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080089616 - Image editing method for digital image processing apparatus: Provided is a method of operating a digital image processing apparatus, and more particularly, an image editing method for a digital image processing apparatus, whereby a plurality of images captured in a continuous shooting mode can be collectively or individually edited. The image editing method is used to operate a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080089617 - Focus error correction system and method: A method for focus error corrections. The method includes: determining a focus scheme in response to: a spatial relationship between an upper surface of at least a first portion of a substantially transparent upper layer of an inspected object and between an upper surface of at least a first portion... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc.

20080085031 - Methods and systems for watermarking digital media: A system is provided that includes a processor and a network interface coupled to the processor. The system also includes a system memory coupled to the processor. The system memory stores watermarking instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to mark digital media with information that identifies the system.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080085032 - Supplying digital images from a collection: In a computer-mediated method and a system for supplying image records from a collection, an output request is received from a user. An output is generated responsive to the request by locating a set of image records in the collection corresponding to the request, determining one or more constraints on... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080085033 - Determining orientation through the use of retroreflective substrates: In accordance with the invention, an orientation system includes a target object that includes a retroreflective substrate. Furthermore, the orientation system also includes an illumination source for outputting illumination. Moreover, the orientation system includes a sensor for receiving and for utilizing the illumination retroreflected from the retroreflective substrate of the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080085034 - Method and imaging system to compensate for patient movements when recording a series of medical images: The present invention relates to a method and imaging system to compensate for patient movements when recording a series of medical images, in which a number of images of an area of a patient to be examined are recorded at intervals and are related to one another, especially for movement... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080085035 - Method, system, and program product for encrypting information: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for encrypting information. In one embodiment, the invention includes prompting a user for a password associated with a digital signature certificate stored in a digital pen, capturing a handwritten password made using the digital pen, displaying to the user the captured... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080085037 - Image recognition apparatus, image recognition processing method, and image recognition program: An image recognition apparatus, method and program capable of discriminatively recognizing an object at an enhanced recognition rate despite an increase in the total number of reference images registered in image databases. When any individual person or public corporation for example is to be specified from the object image obtained... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085036 - Image search apparatus, method of controlling same and control program therefor: Starting from the image of a person that was shot at a certain time, images of the person that were shot in the past or future of the certain time are found. A number of frames of search-target images are grouped in the order of the years in which they... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080085038 - Flim type package for fingerprint sensor: A thin-film fingerprint sensor package primarily comprises a fingerprint sensor chip, a plurality of bumps, a wiring film with a plurality of leads and at least an encapsulant to encapsulate the bumps. A sensing area is formed on an active surface of the fingerprint sensor chip. The bumps are disposed... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080085039 - Fingerprint matching method and apparatus using fingerprint minutiae and fingerprint binary images: Provided is a fingerprint matching method and apparatus using fingerprint minutiae and fingerprint binary images. The method includes: constructing a template fingerprint database by extracting minutiae information and a binary image of a first fingerprint image; and extracting minutiae information and a binary image of a second fingerprint image to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080085042 - Registration of images of an organ using anatomical features outside the organ: A method for imaging includes receiving a first three-dimensional (3D) image of a vicinity of an organ within a body of a subject and creating a geometrical model of a tubular structure in the first 3D image in the vicinity of the organ. An invasive probe is inserted into the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080085040 - System and method for iterative reconstruction using mask images: A method and system are provided for iteratively processing an image estimate. In one embodiment, the image estimate is updated with an update image each iteration of processing. In this embodiment, the update image for each iteration is derived based at least in part on a scale image derived from... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080085041 - Method of geometrical distortion correction in 3d images: A method of correcting local distortions in 3D images, particularly medical 3D images, caused by a scanning system used for acquisition of the 3D images, is disclosed. According to an embodiment, a 3D phantom containing reference structures that are positioned at known reference positions is scanned. Then the resulting positions... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080085043 - Cardiac valve data measuring method and device: An object of the present invention is to acquire information regarding the cardiac valve required in the clinical field, such as the tenting volume, tenting area, tenting height of the mitral valve of the heart, the area, the circumferential length, and height (the difference between the highest portion and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085044 - Method and system for regression-based object detection in medical images: A method and system for regression-based object detection in medical images is disclosed. A regression function for predicting a location of an object in a medical image based on an image patch is trained using image-based boosting ridge regression (IBRR). The trained regression function is used to determine a difference... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080085045 - Radiographic image processing apparatus, radiographic image processing method, computer program, and recording medium therefor: In a radiographic image processing apparatus for generating synthesized image data by synthesizing a plurality of partial radiographic images generated by radiation that has passed through the same object, additional information added to each of the plurality of partial radiographic images is acquired. On the basis of the acquired additional... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080085046 - Detailed identification method for articles: A detailed identification method for articles has an image-taking step and a comparison step. The image-taking step includes acts of using a portable identification device having a close-up lens and a screen to take a detailed image of an undistinguishable article and displaying the detailed image on the screen with... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, Llc

20080085047 - Occlusionless scanner for workpieces: An occlusionless scanner for sequentially scanning a series of workpieces translating in a downstream flow direction wherein the workpieces flow sequentially to the scanner on an infeed conveyor and sequentially from the scanner on an outfeed conveyor and across an interface between the infeed conveyors and the outfeed conveyors wherein... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080085048 - Robotic gesture recognition system: A gesture recognition system enabling control of a robotic device through gesture command by a user is provided, comprising a robotic unit, a video or infrared camera affixed to the robotic unit, computing means, and high and low level of control gesture recognition application code capable of enabling the system... Agent: John G. Mills, Iii Nawcad Office Of Counsel

20080085049 - Methods and systems for 2d/3d image conversion and optimization: A method that improves compensation for hard cuts and/or vertical motion effects in the conversion of 2D images to 3D images, displays 2D images to one eye and computed images to the other eye. Generating the computed images includes using an approximation variable that represents some relationship between the 2D... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080085050 - System and method for detecting an object in a high dimensional space: A system and method for detecting an object in a high dimensional image space is disclosed. A three dimensional image of an object is received. A first classifier is trained in the marginal space of the object center location which generates a predetermined number of candidate object center locations. A... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080085051 - Video processing device and its method: A video processing method for selectively processing character information (Ic) included in an inputted video stream (Svc). The video stream (Svc) is separated in units of frame into a brightness frame (Y) representing brightness information (VY) and a plurality of color difference frames (Cb, Cr) representing color difference information (VCb,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085052 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus includes: an image reading unit that reads image information; a generating unit that generates new additional information to be added to the image information read by the image reading unit; an extracting unit that extracts, in a case where the image information read by the image... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080085053 - Sampling image records from a collection based on a change metric: An image-record subject is identified for a plurality of image records in an image collection. Then, a sampling change-metric related to a changing characteristic of the image-record subject is identified, and sampling of at least a portion of the image collection occurs at least according to the sampling change-metric to... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080085054 - Method and systems for selecting test stimuli for use in evaluating performance of video watermarking methods: Provided is a method of selecting test stimuli for use in evaluating performance of a video watermarking algorithm, including the steps of: calculating an image complexity rate (ICR) for each of a plurality of test stimulus candidates and classifying them into L (where L is an integer more than or... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080085055 - Differential cluster ranking for image record access: In a method and system for providing access to a collection of records via a user interface, a plurality of different partitions of the collection are determined. Each partition is based on a different parameter. Each partition has two or more clusters having different values of the respective parameter. Weights... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080085056 - Producing smooth motion compensated frames by combining multiple interpolation results: An interpolation manager constructs multiple motion compensated interpolated frames between two existing frames, and then fuses the multiple interpolated frames into a single output frame. The interpolation manager constructs each of the multiple interpolated frames between the existing frames by selecting a pixel set from each existing frame, generating associated... Agent: Apple/fenwick

20080085057 - Robust segmentation of a mass candidate in digital mammography images: An iterative method for segmentation of an object appearing in a digital image, where the object is defined by a difference in intensity from its immediate surrounding region. The method may also be used for segmenting tissue masses found in a digital image, including masses found in digital mammography.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080085058 - Color image coding using inter-color correlation: Described is an image compression technology by which a coefficient representative of a chrominance component corresponding to an (x, y) coordinate pair is coded into a symbol, along with plurality of context events associated with that symbol, to facilitate more efficient context-based arithmetic coding. For example, four context events may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080085059 - Image processing method and device for performing mosquito noise reduction: The present invention provides an image processing method for processing an image. The method includes: detecting at least an edge in the image; determining at least a pixel window including the edge; detecting whether a mosquito noise exists in the pixel window; and filtering out the detected mosquito noise in... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080085060 - Method and relative device for estimating white gaussian noise that corrupts a digital image: A method for estimating the white Gaussian noise level that corrupts a digital image by discriminating homogeneous blocks from blocks containing a textured area and skipping these last blocks when evaluating the noise standard deviation.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080085061 - Method and apparatus for adjusting the contrast of an input image: A method and apparatus is provided for adjusting the contrast of an input image. A blurred image corresponding to the input image is obtained, the brightness level of at least some of the pixels in the input image being varied to provide the blurred image. A ring likelihood for pixels... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c. David A. Rose

20080085062 - Image processing apparatus and image processing program: An image processing apparatus including: an information amount calculation unit which reduces an image signal obtained by a CCD, and which performs a plurality of tone conversion processes of different characteristics on the reduced image signal to calculate an information amount of the image signal and an information amount of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080085063 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, including: an averaging processing unit to periodically execute an averaging processing of applying an averaging pattern to a processing target image and replacing each pixel value in a pixel group corresponding to the averaging pattern with an average value of the pixel values; a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080085064 - Camera: It is possible to acquire an image of a human figure in which pores or fine wrinkles cannot be displayed in detail even when the image is enlarged by image processing, and acquire an image of a distant view or a distant human figure in which enlarged portions can also... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP