Image analysis inventions 10/08

20080260204 - Apparatus for and method of measuring image: An image measuring apparatus for enhancing an accuracy of an image captured by an optical system and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a CCD camera for capturing the object and outputting the captured image, a lamp for generating white light to illuminate a capturing area of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260199 - Authenticity verification methods, products and apparatuses: A method and apparatus for determining a class signature from an article made of paper or cardboard in order to identify a generic type of class to which the article belongs. An optical beam illuminates the article and a detector arrangement collects data points from light scattered from many different... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080260201 - Digital watermarking apparatus and methods: The present invention relates to various digital watermarking methods and systems. In one embodiment, monetary objects can be watermarked to signify currency denomination information. The information, once extracted, is used to provide feedback regarding the currency denomination. An audio signal or Braille output can be provided as feedback. In another... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080260200 - Image processing method and image processing device: This invention provides an image processing method and image processing device capable of detecting a falsification with high accuracy. A watermarked image inputting part 200 includes: a watermark information extracting part 220 for detecting a superposing position of a superposed pattern from a pattern-superposed image having an identifiable pattern superposed... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080260203 - System and apparatus for evaluating the reliability of a watermarking technique for a video sequence: c) an evaluating means including a comparator means for comparing the test original video sequence with test attacked video sequence and the watermark in the test original video sequence with the watermark in the test attacked video sequence to evaluate the reliability of a watermarking technique to give a reliability... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080260202 - System and method for constructing photorealistic mosaics: Systems and methods for constructing photorealistic mosaics are described. One embodiment of the invention includes capturing an image of a sheet that includes a plurality of pieces of material, determining the location of each piece of material on the sheet from the captured image, extracting images of each piece of... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20080260206 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: An image processing apparatus includes a feature-quantity calculating unit that calculates feature quantities of target regions each indicating a tracking object in respective target images, the target images being obtained by capturing the tracking object at a plurality of time points; a provisional-tracking processing unit that performs provisional tracking of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080260205 - Image processing device and method: The present invention relates to an image processing device and a corresponding image processing method for processing medical image data showing at least two image objects, including a segmentation unit for detection and/or segmentation of image objects in said image data. To allow a more accurate and better segmentation of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260207 - Vehicle environment monitoring apparatus: A vehicle environment monitoring apparatus capable of extracting an image of a monitored object in an environment around a vehicle by separating the same from the background image with a simple configuration having a single camera mounted on the vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first image portion extracting... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080260208 - Automotive environment monitoring device, vehicle with the automotive environment monitoring device, and automotive environment monitoring program: The present invention provides an automotive environment monitoring device to detect the existence of an object, a pedestrian or the like, with high accuracy even if one part of the object is overlapped with the background of an image obtained from an imaging unit mounted on the vehicle. An area... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080260209 - Image processing apparatus and method: A location predicting unit predicts a composing location based on the composing locations corresponding to partial images of one-frame-before and two-frames-before the current partial image on an assumption that the above partial image moves at a constant speed, and gives the above predicted value to a combining unit as an... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080260210 - Text capture and presentation device: Embodiments of the invention provide devices and methods for capturing text found in a variety of sources and transforming it into a different user-accessible formats or medium. For example, the device can capture text from a magazine and provide it to the user as spoken words through headphones or speakers.... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260211 - Systems and methods for authenticating an individual: Systems and methods for employing histological and physiological biometric markers that are substantially unique to an individual in order to activate a device, participate in a transaction, or identify himself or herself, wherein at least one biometric marker is obtained by one or more electrical contacts on the surface of... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080260213 - Face image detection device, face image detection method and imaging apparatus: An face image detection device capable of detecting the location of the face image with high accuracy without increasing time for detecting the location of the face image or electric consumption required for detecting the location of face image includes: a rotated reduced image data generation unit operable to generate... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080260212 - System for indicating deceit and verity: An improved method for detecting truth or deceit (15) comprising providing a video camera (18) adapted to record images of a subject's (16) face, recording images of the subject's face, providing a mathematical model (62) of a face defined by a set of facial feature locations and textures, providing a... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080260215 - Fingerprint identification system: The invention discloses a fingerprint identification system including a communication network, a finger-scanning device and a server. The finger-scanning device includes a fingerprint sensor and a transmitting module. The fingerprint sensor is used for scanning a fingerprint, so as to generate a plurality of fingerprint image sections. The transmitting module... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080260214 - Method and device for acquiring biometric data: The invention refers to a device for collecting biometric data, in particular fingerprints, the device having an optically active detector for recording the surfaces of body regions. In the beam path between the surface and the detector a mirror is provided.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080260216 - Method for encrypting and identifying fingerprint image in fingerprint-identifying system: A method for fingerprint image encryption and recognition in the fingerprint recognition system includes: inputting a characteristic fingerprint image through a fingerprint acquisition device of the said system by a user as per a selected angle of imaging; extracting characteristic data from said characteristic fingerprint image; and storing said characteristic... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080260219 - Automatically determining landmarks on anatomical structures: An automatic landmark determining device, includes a storage device for storing at least one anatomical sample image and at least one anatomical landmark, the at least one anatomical landmark corresponding to a characteristic location within the at least one anatomical sample image, The automatic landmark determining device also includes an... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brai)

20080260225 - Infrared multi-spectral camera and process of using infrared multi-spectral camera: A process of performing a medical test includes taking multi-spectral images of an area of interest of a patient. The patient can be a human being or an animal, and can be known to be healthy or known to have health issues or problems. A multi-spectral camera includes a long-infrared... Agent: Ip Strategies

20080260222 - Lesion quantification and tracking using multiple modalities: A method for lesion detection includes acquiring pre-therapy medical image data from a first modality. Post-therapy medical image data is acquired from a second modality. A transformation matrix for transforming from an image space of the first modality to an image space of the second modality is calculated. A volume... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260218 - Medical imaging method and system: A computerized method and system for detection and quantification of changes in color on skin or internal tissue or organs within the human body. Digital images of the skin or tissue containing an area of interest are analyzed using the software of the invention, based on at least one channel... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20080260226 - Method, apparatus, and program for judging image recognition results, and computer readable medium having the program stored therein: To obtain more accurate image recognition results while alleviating the burden on the user to check the image recognition results. An image recognition unit recognizes a predetermined structure in an image representing a subject, then a recognition result judging unit measures the predetermined structure on the image recognized by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080260220 - Registration of optical images of small animals: A method for registering a first imaging dataset of a small animal with a second imaging dataset of the animal includes defining a contour of the animal body and dividing it into subregions using skeleton lines. The subregions of the first dataset, once defined, are morphed individually into corresponding subregions... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080260223 - System and method for concurrent transfer and processing and real time viewing of in-vivo images: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for a concurrent transferring of an image stream gathered by an in-vivo sensing device, including creating a plurality of segments from at least a portion of the image stream and concurrently transferring the created segments. Other embodiments of the present... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080260217 - System and method for designating a boundary of a vessel in an image: A method and system of applying a fitting function to an element in an image, and determining the segments of the element that are included in an boundary of a blood vessel in the image.... Agent: Eitan Mehulal Law Group

20080260221 - System and method for lesion segmentation in whole body magnetic resonance images: A method for lesion segmentation in 3-dimensional (3D) digital images, includes selecting a 2D region of interest (ROI) from a 3D image, the ROI containing a suspected lesion, extending borders of the ROI to 3D forming a volume of interest (VOI), where voxels on the borders of the VOI are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260224 - Using statistical process control (spc) to demonstrate solution convergence in a technician guided segmentation system: m

20080260230 - Method and apparatus for detecting intraventricular dyssynchrony: A method and apparatus for detecting intraventricular dyssynchrony is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) receiving information from an observer viewing a source image to define a plurality of points associated with muscle boundaries of a ventricle, b) extracting muscle boundaries for a series of source images to... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080260228 - Methods of view selection for radioactive emission measurements: m

20080260229 - System and method for segmenting structures in a series of images using non-iodine based contrast material: A method and system of defining a boundary of a part of a blood vessel in an image captured by an ex vivo imager, where such part of the blood vessel is free from iodine-based contrast material.... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20080260227 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and projection image generating method: A three-dimensional ultrasonic image with which the positional relationship between tissues can be surely grasped is generated. Accordingly, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a projection image generating method according to the present invention acquire first three-dimensional image data and second three-dimensional image data, generate a first projection image on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080260231 - Apparatus and method for the processing of perfusion images: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the reconstruction of time-dependent cross-sectional images and may be applied for example in perfusion imaging in the vessel system (2) of a patient. According to the method, projections pij are generated from a number M of different directions d and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260232 - X-ray image processing system: An X-ray image processing system, comprises: a radiographing section including an X-ray source to emit X-rays for an object to be radiographed and an image detector to detect X-rays having passed through the object, wherein the radiographing section is adapted to conduct a phase contrast radiography by providing a space... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080260233 - Automated method for image analysis of residual protein: A method for measuring residual protein in a cellular specimen including obtaining a low magnification image of a candidate object of interest, filtering the candidate object of interest pixels with a low pass filter, morphologically processing the candidate object of interest pixels to identify artifact pixels, identifying the candidate object... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080260234 - Pattern inspection apparatus, corrected image generation method, and computer-readable recording medium storing program: A pattern inspection apparatus includes a first unit configured to acquire an optical image of a target workpiece to be inspected, a second unit configured to generate a reference image to be compared, a third unit configured, by using a mathematical model in which a parallel shift amount, an expansion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260235 - System and method of providing mask defect printability analysis: A simulated wafer image of a physical mask and a defect-free reference image are used to generate a severity score for each defect, thereby giving a customer meaningful information to accurately assess the consequences of using a mask or repairing that mask. The defect severity score is calculated based on... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080260236 - Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus, and appearance inspection apparatus: In an image defect inspection method and apparatus, which detects a gray level difference between the corresponding portions of two images, automatically sets a threshold value based on the distribution of the detected gray level difference, compares the detected gray level difference with the threshold value, and judges one or... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080260238 - Method and system for determining objects poses from range images: A method and system determines a pose of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range image of a reference object, such that each reference range images has an associated different pose, and the... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080260237 - Method for determination of stand attributes and a computer program for performing the method: The invention is concerned with a method for forest inventory and for determination of stand attributes. Stand information of trees, sample plots, stands and larger forest areas can be determined by measuring or deriving the most important attributes for individual trees. The method uses a laser scanner and overlapping images.... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20080260239 - Object image detection method: The present invention discloses an object image detection method, which uses a coarse-to-fine strategy to detect objects. The method of the present invention comprises steps: acquiring an image and pre-processing the image to achieve dimensional reduction and information fusion; using a trained filter to screen features; and sequentially using a... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080260241 - Grouping writing regions of digital ink: A method for grouping writing regions of digital ink receives processed digital ink that comprises writing regions. A relationship can be generated between a plurality of the writing regions. A feature set can be determined that is associated with the plurality of the writing regions. The plurality of the writing... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260240 - User interface for inputting two-dimensional structure for recognition: In embodiments consistent with the subject matter of this disclosure, a user may input one or more strokes as digital ink to a processing device. The processing device may produce and present a recognition result, which may include a misrecognized portion. A user may indicate a desire to correct the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260242 - Apparatus and methods for measuring and controlling illumination for imaging objects, performances and the like: Scene illumination analysis and control systems and methods that can measure the intensity and wavelength dependent distribution of light illuminating a scene, determine any differences between desired illumination and actual illumination, determine appropriate remedies to adjust illumination and automatically control, and adjust illumination to effect those remedies if desired. Associated... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080260244 - Device and method for identification of objects using color coding: A device and method for identifying a pre-defined pattern of colors in an image and associating the identified pattern with a value stored in a memory of an electronic device.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080260243 - Device of analysing the colour of a unhomogeneous material, like hair, and method thereof: A device for analyzing the color of a nonhomogeneous material, utilizable for example for analysing the hair color of an individual includes at least one of an illumination source for illuminating the above sample of a nonhomogeneous material, a display structure for exposing the sample of a nonhomogeneous material to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080260246 - Color processing method and apparatus: A color processing method includes outputting, via an image output device, a chart image in which a plurality of images obtained by applying illuminant corrections corresponding to a plurality of different illuminants to images corresponding to a plurality of representative colors are arranged in a predetermined layout, receiving a user's... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260245 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus and recording medium storing image processing program: An image processing apparatus includes an image input section, an image segmenting section, a correcting section and a determining section. The image input section loads an input image data. The image segmenting section segments the image data into a main area containing an image of a main subject and a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080260248 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes display means for displaying a zoom image resulting from enlargement of a certain area in an original image to a zoom area; important object determining means for determining whether the absolute value of the difference in pixel value between a pixel on a boundary line,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260247 - Interactive image segmentation by precomputation: A method for interactive image segmentation includes receiving an image to be segmented, performing an offline computation of eigenvectors of a Laplacian of the image without using seed points, receiving seed points, and performing an online segmentation taking the seed points and the eigenvectors of the Laplacian as input and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260249 - System and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation: A system and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation uses distances between feature clusters in a current frame of image data and feature clusters in a previous frame of image data to label the feature clusters in the current frame of image data... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260250 - Apparatus and methods for hand motion detection and handwriting recognition generally: Apparatus and method for handwriting recognition including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the acceleration indicating output and providing a velocity indicating output and a handwritten multiple character recognizer receiving the velocity indicating output and providing a multiple character recognition... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080260251 - Recognition of mathematical expressions: In embodiments consistent with the subject matter of this disclosure, a user may input strokes as digital ink to a processing device. The processing device may partition the input strokes into multiple regions of strokes. A first recognizer and a second recognizer may score grammar objects included in regions and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260252 - System, method, and apparatus for continuous character recognition: A technique for continuously recognizing a character entry into a computer. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by drawing a character in a continuous stroke order using a stylus [210] on touch screen [220]. As associated data of the drawn continuous stroke order is then inputted into a continuous... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080260254 - Automatic 3-d object detection: This invention relates to systems for automatically detecting and segmenting anatomical objects in 3-D images. A method of detecting an anatomical object employing the Generalized Hough Transform, comprising the steps of: a) generating a template object; b) identifying a series of edge points in the template and storing their relative... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260255 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus, including a representative face extraction unit configured to detect face images in an image frame that forms part of video image data, and select, from the detected face images, a face image to be used as index information. The representative face extraction unit... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080260253 - Information processing apparatus, feature extraction method, recording media, and program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a feature extraction method, a recording media, and a program that are adapted to easily and correctly extract features of classes in which a plurality of elements are classified. Of all combinations of metadata for each piece of content belonging to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080260256 - Method and apparatus for estimating vanish points from an image, computer program and storage medium thereof: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for estimating vanish points from an image, computer program and storage medium thereof. One of the method for detecting the vanishing points from an image according to the present invention comprising a dividing step for dividing the image into small patches; a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260257 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatic image recognition: A method of improving the accuracy and computation time of automatic image recognition by the implementation of association graphs and a quantum processor.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080260258 - Enhanced isotropic 2d and 3d gradient method: A system and method use 2D and 3D numerical gradient operators for reducing anisotropic inaccuracies in digital image processing. Enhanced isotropic operators are derived by first parameterizing corresponding numerical operators, followed by determining the parameters for the operators by matching analytical gradients with numerical gradients, which produces generic frequency-independent operators.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080260259 - Methods and systems for detection of repeating patterns of features: Methods and system for automatic identification of repeating patterns of slanted stripe features (marks) on an item.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080260260 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, computer program and recording medium: An image processing apparatus includes a feature point calculating section for extracting two or more connected components from a document image of interest and calculating the feature point from the centroid defined in each of the connected components, a features calculating section for calculating the features of the document image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260261 - Method for detecting objects using flexible edge arrangements: A method wherein images of different types of objects within a class are partitioned into region stacks. For each one of the stacks, the method: (a) applies a template to extract fragments having a predetermined size and one of a plurality of different spatial orientations, to generate extracted templates; (b)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260262 - System and method for optically measuring a parameter of an object: A system and method for optically measuring a parameter of an object uses a first segment of the object captured as a first frame of image data using a first imaging region of an image sensor array and a second segment of the object as a second frame of image... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260263 - System for replacing a portion of an image data stream in an ink jet printer: A system detects image data in an image data stream that cause ink ejection errors and replaces the image data with a replacement pattern that attenuates the ink ejection errors. The system includes a scanline memory for storing image data, an input data register for forming an image data pattern... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080260264 - Method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and business model of the same: The present invention relates to a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and to a business model for commercially developing the method and system utilizing the Internet or the like. The present invention makes it possible to synthesize a variety of image patterns with arbitrary characters by adding stroke... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080260265 - Compressed domain image summation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may transpose image blocks from successively-captured versions of an image according to relative movement between an image capture device and the scene being captured. The transposition may provide for alignment of the successively-captured images notwithstanding the movement. The transposed image blocks from the successive... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080260266 - Encoding apparatus, encoding method, and computer product: An encoding apparatus encodes a picture by inserting an intra-refresh area into a portion of the picture periodically based on an intra-refresh period. An encoding-status monitoring unit monitors an encoding status of the picture. A refresh-area control unit changes at least one of the intra-refresh area and the intra-refresh period... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080260267 - System and method for generating a signed hardcopy document and authentication thereof: A system and method for generating a signed hardcopy document and authentication thereof is provided. A data representation including digital data is recorded from a hardcopy document. The digital data is compressed using a compression scheme including one of low-fidelity compression and symbol-based compression. An authentication token is generated from... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080260268 - Liquid-crystal-driving image processing circuit, liquid-crystal-driving image processing method, and liquid crystal display apparatus: To achieve the above object, the liquid-crystal-driving image processing circuit according to the present invention takes a difference between first decoded image data corresponding to the image in the current frame and second decoded image data corresponding to preceding-frame image data, selects either the image data of the current frame... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260269 - Repetition and correlation coding: A method for compressing image data of an image wherein a difference between each element and a previous element is calculated (303), the method comprising: comparing (304) the difference with a pre-determined correlation value; if they are equal, a first value is recorded into a bit plane (308), where the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260270 - Spatially enhanced transform coding: A system and method for improving prediction error coding performance of various video compression algorithms. Various embodiments combine the energy compaction features of transform coding with localization properties of spatial coding. In various embodiments, the effects of pixel “outliers” are removed from the transform and are coded separately as a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080260272 - Image coding device, image coding method, and image decoding device: An image coding device includes a block dividing unit that divides image data into blocks, so as to generate block data, each of the blocks being formed with a plurality of pixels, a DCT unit that carries out a discrete cosine transform on the block data, so as to generate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260271 - Method for reducing the amount of data to be processed in a visualization pipeline: A method for reducing an amount of data to be processed in a visualization pipeline. The visualization pipeline includes data capture, data compression, data storage, data decompression, and data rendering including the use of a transfer function. The data is divided into blocks in the compression and the reduction is... Agent: Venable LLP

20080260273 - Image processing apparatus and method: An object of this invention is to increase the encoding efficiency of attribute data of each pixel of image data by using the fact that the probability that the attribute flag data of adjacent pixels have the same bit position is higher than the probability that the attribute flag data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260274 - Local image descriptors: A local image descriptor generation technique that produces a descriptor for an image patch is presented. The technique generally involves smoothing the pixels of the image patch, followed by employing a transformation to produce a transform vector for each of a set of sample points spaced across the image patch.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080260276 - Data compression-decompression method, program, and electronic device: An electronic device includes: a PHLCT circuit (15), which includes an input signal DCT coefficient computation module configured to compute DCT coefficients of an input signal of a subject block region in a plurality of block regions and block regions adjacent to the subject block region, respectively, an offset function... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080260275 - Image coding apparatus: An image coding apparatus includes a rate control information extraction means for determining which up to a coding pass in which code block should be coded from the sum of the code amounts of the code blocks, the slope of an RD curve calculated from the distortion difference between a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260278 - Encoding adjustments for animation content: Techniques and tools are described for encoding animation video. In some embodiments, a video encoder designates animation video for encoding as animation content, which typically involves changing one or more encoder settings or rules to improve encoding performance for the animation content. When the encoder encodes the animation video, the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080260277 - System and method for accurate parallel quantization with two multiplication operations: A method, system and computer program product that involves receiving and initializing a digital image. Quantization is preformed on the digital image using at least two multiplication operations. Finally, a compressed version of the digital image is presented for viewing and/or storage or transport.... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

20080260281 - Color content detection: Embodiments including detection of color content in an image are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080260280 - Image processing method and related apparatus for a display device: An image processing method for a display device, for enhancing image quality, includes receiving video signals, sequentially generating a plurality of image data according to the video signals, and sequentially displaying the plurality of image data on a panel of the display device. Each of the plurality of image data... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080260279 - Super-resolution image processing: A method for iterative derivation of a master image from sampled images of non-identical, at least partially overlapping, regions of a scene. The method includes defining a transformation operator mapping positions within the master image to corresponding positions in the sampled image; a distortion operator simulating a modulation transfer function... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080260282 - Image processor: The image processor includes an image filter acquiring unit, a reduced image average value calculating unit, a normalization parameter setting unit, an original image average value calculating unit, an original image reflectance acquiring unit, a normalizing unit, and a correcting unit. The image filter acquiring unit generates either one of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080260284 - Edge contrast adjustment filter: Disclosed herein is a method that includes a classifier that distinguishes objects based on their color shades. A moving window based operator looks at the color class of the adjacent objects and determines if an adjustment is necessary. If at least one of the objects is the type of interest... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080260283 - Triangulating design data and encoding design intent for microlithographic printing: The present disclosure relates to fracturing of polygon data, with one application being microlithography. In particular, it relates to preserving data regarding edges and/or vertices of the original polygons as the polygons are triangulated and even if the results of triangulation are further fractured.... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080260285 - Method and apparatus for image processing: The present invention discloses a system and method of transforming a sample of content data by utilizing known samples in a learning best to best determine coefficients for a linear combination of non-linear filter functions and applying the coefficients to the content data in an operational phase.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080260286 - Method for registration and navigation of volumetric scans using energy profiles: A method is provided for identifying a location of a region of interest in a volumetric image scan that includes a plurality of slices of an object and wherein each slice, in turn, includes a plurality of pixels. The method includes setting a predetermined pixel intensity threshold corresponding to a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Patent Operation

20080260287 - Method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves adding the signature information into a signature data field template corresponding to the electronic document, converting the signature data field template, including the added signature... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080260288 - Creating a depth map: A method of generating a depth map (106) comprising depth values representing distances to a viewer, for respective pixels of an image (100), is disclosed. The method comprises: segmenting the image (100) into a first segment (110) and a second segment (108); and assigning a first one of the depth... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260289 - Apparatus and method for laying out images and program therefor: Images can be laid out easily without a template. Reference areas are set in a background area, and the images are laid out by being inscribed therein. In the case where the image laid out in one of the reference areas has high priority, a similar area is generated from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260290 - Changing the aspect ratio of images to be displayed on a screen: The present invention relates to a method, image processing device, image display device including an image processing device and computer program product for changing the size of presentation of an image data stream (X) provided in a image data format. The image processing device (12) comprises at least one image... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260291 - Image downscaling by binning: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for image binning (downscaling) according to a predetermined procedure for a pre-selected color arrangement (e.g., a Bayer arrangement) by substantially maintaining a phase of channels (represented by selected colors) for reducing/elimination of artifacts in images taken by an... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080260292 - Image generation apparatus, method, program, and recording medium: An image generation apparatus for generating, from an input image, a plurality of phase images having lower resolutions than the input image and overlapping each other with a predetermined amount of shift when being projected onto a projection plane. The apparatus includes when the plurality of phase images are projected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260295 - Image scaling arrangement: Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively to another display device for example a TV,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20080260294 - Image storage device, photographing apparatus, and image storage device control method: An image storage device includes an image information storing section for storing an image file; a processing section for executing an application which uses an image file; a use-by-application specifying section for specifying a use of an image file by the application; a transmitting section for transmitting an image file... Agent: John C. Pokotylo Straub & Pokotylo

20080260293 - Method and apparatus for efficiently storing stereo image: Disclosed is a method for storing a stereo image. One file is created by using a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file structure used for storing a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format image and a stereo image can be more simply and efficiently stored and compressed.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080260296 - Heterogeneous image processing system: The present invention relates to machine vision computing environments, and more specifically relates to a system and method for selectively accelerating the execution of image processing applications using a multi-core processor system. To this extent, a multi-core processor system is generally defined as one that is multi-platform, and potentially distributed... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080260297 - Heterogeneous image processing system: The present invention relates to machine vision computing environments, and more specifically relates to a system and method for selectively accelerating the execution of image processing applications using a hybrid computing system. To this extent, a hybrid system is generally defined as one that is multi-platform, and potentially distributed via... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080260298 - Image sensing apparatus and image sensing method: An image sensing apparatus is configured such that the level of each of first and second output signals obtained by exposing a color image sensor by using mutually differing first and second photoelectric conversion properties is compared with one of threshold values to thereby select output signals to be used... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080260204 - Apparatus for and method of measuring image: An image measuring apparatus for enhancing an accuracy of an image captured by an optical system and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a CCD camera for capturing the object and outputting the captured image, a lamp for generating white light to illuminate a capturing area of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260199 - Authenticity verification methods, products and apparatuses: A method and apparatus for determining a class signature from an article made of paper or cardboard in order to identify a generic type of class to which the article belongs. An optical beam illuminates the article and a detector arrangement collects data points from light scattered from many different... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080260201 - Digital watermarking apparatus and methods: The present invention relates to various digital watermarking methods and systems. In one embodiment, monetary objects can be watermarked to signify currency denomination information. The information, once extracted, is used to provide feedback regarding the currency denomination. An audio signal or Braille output can be provided as feedback. In another... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080260200 - Image processing method and image processing device: This invention provides an image processing method and image processing device capable of detecting a falsification with high accuracy. A watermarked image inputting part 200 includes: a watermark information extracting part 220 for detecting a superposing position of a superposed pattern from a pattern-superposed image having an identifiable pattern superposed... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080260203 - System and apparatus for evaluating the reliability of a watermarking technique for a video sequence: c) an evaluating means including a comparator means for comparing the test original video sequence with test attacked video sequence and the watermark in the test original video sequence with the watermark in the test attacked video sequence to evaluate the reliability of a watermarking technique to give a reliability... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080260202 - System and method for constructing photorealistic mosaics: Systems and methods for constructing photorealistic mosaics are described. One embodiment of the invention includes capturing an image of a sheet that includes a plurality of pieces of material, determining the location of each piece of material on the sheet from the captured image, extracting images of each piece of... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20080260206 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: An image processing apparatus includes a feature-quantity calculating unit that calculates feature quantities of target regions each indicating a tracking object in respective target images, the target images being obtained by capturing the tracking object at a plurality of time points; a provisional-tracking processing unit that performs provisional tracking of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080260205 - Image processing device and method: The present invention relates to an image processing device and a corresponding image processing method for processing medical image data showing at least two image objects, including a segmentation unit for detection and/or segmentation of image objects in said image data. To allow a more accurate and better segmentation of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260207 - Vehicle environment monitoring apparatus: A vehicle environment monitoring apparatus capable of extracting an image of a monitored object in an environment around a vehicle by separating the same from the background image with a simple configuration having a single camera mounted on the vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first image portion extracting... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080260208 - Automotive environment monitoring device, vehicle with the automotive environment monitoring device, and automotive environment monitoring program: The present invention provides an automotive environment monitoring device to detect the existence of an object, a pedestrian or the like, with high accuracy even if one part of the object is overlapped with the background of an image obtained from an imaging unit mounted on the vehicle. An area... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080260209 - Image processing apparatus and method: A location predicting unit predicts a composing location based on the composing locations corresponding to partial images of one-frame-before and two-frames-before the current partial image on an assumption that the above partial image moves at a constant speed, and gives the above predicted value to a combining unit as an... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080260210 - Text capture and presentation device: Embodiments of the invention provide devices and methods for capturing text found in a variety of sources and transforming it into a different user-accessible formats or medium. For example, the device can capture text from a magazine and provide it to the user as spoken words through headphones or speakers.... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260211 - Systems and methods for authenticating an individual: Systems and methods for employing histological and physiological biometric markers that are substantially unique to an individual in order to activate a device, participate in a transaction, or identify himself or herself, wherein at least one biometric marker is obtained by one or more electrical contacts on the surface of... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080260213 - Face image detection device, face image detection method and imaging apparatus: An face image detection device capable of detecting the location of the face image with high accuracy without increasing time for detecting the location of the face image or electric consumption required for detecting the location of face image includes: a rotated reduced image data generation unit operable to generate... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080260212 - System for indicating deceit and verity: An improved method for detecting truth or deceit (15) comprising providing a video camera (18) adapted to record images of a subject's (16) face, recording images of the subject's face, providing a mathematical model (62) of a face defined by a set of facial feature locations and textures, providing a... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080260215 - Fingerprint identification system: The invention discloses a fingerprint identification system including a communication network, a finger-scanning device and a server. The finger-scanning device includes a fingerprint sensor and a transmitting module. The fingerprint sensor is used for scanning a fingerprint, so as to generate a plurality of fingerprint image sections. The transmitting module... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080260214 - Method and device for acquiring biometric data: The invention refers to a device for collecting biometric data, in particular fingerprints, the device having an optically active detector for recording the surfaces of body regions. In the beam path between the surface and the detector a mirror is provided.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080260216 - Method for encrypting and identifying fingerprint image in fingerprint-identifying system: A method for fingerprint image encryption and recognition in the fingerprint recognition system includes: inputting a characteristic fingerprint image through a fingerprint acquisition device of the said system by a user as per a selected angle of imaging; extracting characteristic data from said characteristic fingerprint image; and storing said characteristic... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080260219 - Automatically determining landmarks on anatomical structures: An automatic landmark determining device, includes a storage device for storing at least one anatomical sample image and at least one anatomical landmark, the at least one anatomical landmark corresponding to a characteristic location within the at least one anatomical sample image, The automatic landmark determining device also includes an... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brai)

20080260225 - Infrared multi-spectral camera and process of using infrared multi-spectral camera: A process of performing a medical test includes taking multi-spectral images of an area of interest of a patient. The patient can be a human being or an animal, and can be known to be healthy or known to have health issues or problems. A multi-spectral camera includes a long-infrared... Agent: Ip Strategies

20080260222 - Lesion quantification and tracking using multiple modalities: A method for lesion detection includes acquiring pre-therapy medical image data from a first modality. Post-therapy medical image data is acquired from a second modality. A transformation matrix for transforming from an image space of the first modality to an image space of the second modality is calculated. A volume... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260218 - Medical imaging method and system: A computerized method and system for detection and quantification of changes in color on skin or internal tissue or organs within the human body. Digital images of the skin or tissue containing an area of interest are analyzed using the software of the invention, based on at least one channel... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20080260226 - Method, apparatus, and program for judging image recognition results, and computer readable medium having the program stored therein: To obtain more accurate image recognition results while alleviating the burden on the user to check the image recognition results. An image recognition unit recognizes a predetermined structure in an image representing a subject, then a recognition result judging unit measures the predetermined structure on the image recognized by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080260220 - Registration of optical images of small animals: A method for registering a first imaging dataset of a small animal with a second imaging dataset of the animal includes defining a contour of the animal body and dividing it into subregions using skeleton lines. The subregions of the first dataset, once defined, are morphed individually into corresponding subregions... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080260223 - System and method for concurrent transfer and processing and real time viewing of in-vivo images: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for a concurrent transferring of an image stream gathered by an in-vivo sensing device, including creating a plurality of segments from at least a portion of the image stream and concurrently transferring the created segments. Other embodiments of the present... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080260217 - System and method for designating a boundary of a vessel in an image: A method and system of applying a fitting function to an element in an image, and determining the segments of the element that are included in an boundary of a blood vessel in the image.... Agent: Eitan Mehulal Law Group

20080260221 - System and method for lesion segmentation in whole body magnetic resonance images: A method for lesion segmentation in 3-dimensional (3D) digital images, includes selecting a 2D region of interest (ROI) from a 3D image, the ROI containing a suspected lesion, extending borders of the ROI to 3D forming a volume of interest (VOI), where voxels on the borders of the VOI are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260224 - Using statistical process control (spc) to demonstrate solution convergence in a technician guided segmentation system: m

20080260230 - Method and apparatus for detecting intraventricular dyssynchrony: A method and apparatus for detecting intraventricular dyssynchrony is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) receiving information from an observer viewing a source image to define a plurality of points associated with muscle boundaries of a ventricle, b) extracting muscle boundaries for a series of source images to... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080260228 - Methods of view selection for radioactive emission measurements: m

20080260229 - System and method for segmenting structures in a series of images using non-iodine based contrast material: A method and system of defining a boundary of a part of a blood vessel in an image captured by an ex vivo imager, where such part of the blood vessel is free from iodine-based contrast material.... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20080260227 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and projection image generating method: A three-dimensional ultrasonic image with which the positional relationship between tissues can be surely grasped is generated. Accordingly, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a projection image generating method according to the present invention acquire first three-dimensional image data and second three-dimensional image data, generate a first projection image on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080260231 - Apparatus and method for the processing of perfusion images: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the reconstruction of time-dependent cross-sectional images and may be applied for example in perfusion imaging in the vessel system (2) of a patient. According to the method, projections pij are generated from a number M of different directions d and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260232 - X-ray image processing system: An X-ray image processing system, comprises: a radiographing section including an X-ray source to emit X-rays for an object to be radiographed and an image detector to detect X-rays having passed through the object, wherein the radiographing section is adapted to conduct a phase contrast radiography by providing a space... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080260233 - Automated method for image analysis of residual protein: A method for measuring residual protein in a cellular specimen including obtaining a low magnification image of a candidate object of interest, filtering the candidate object of interest pixels with a low pass filter, morphologically processing the candidate object of interest pixels to identify artifact pixels, identifying the candidate object... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080260234 - Pattern inspection apparatus, corrected image generation method, and computer-readable recording medium storing program: A pattern inspection apparatus includes a first unit configured to acquire an optical image of a target workpiece to be inspected, a second unit configured to generate a reference image to be compared, a third unit configured, by using a mathematical model in which a parallel shift amount, an expansion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260235 - System and method of providing mask defect printability analysis: A simulated wafer image of a physical mask and a defect-free reference image are used to generate a severity score for each defect, thereby giving a customer meaningful information to accurately assess the consequences of using a mask or repairing that mask. The defect severity score is calculated based on... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080260236 - Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus, and appearance inspection apparatus: In an image defect inspection method and apparatus, which detects a gray level difference between the corresponding portions of two images, automatically sets a threshold value based on the distribution of the detected gray level difference, compares the detected gray level difference with the threshold value, and judges one or... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080260238 - Method and system for determining objects poses from range images: A method and system determines a pose of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range image of a reference object, such that each reference range images has an associated different pose, and the... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080260237 - Method for determination of stand attributes and a computer program for performing the method: The invention is concerned with a method for forest inventory and for determination of stand attributes. Stand information of trees, sample plots, stands and larger forest areas can be determined by measuring or deriving the most important attributes for individual trees. The method uses a laser scanner and overlapping images.... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20080260239 - Object image detection method: The present invention discloses an object image detection method, which uses a coarse-to-fine strategy to detect objects. The method of the present invention comprises steps: acquiring an image and pre-processing the image to achieve dimensional reduction and information fusion; using a trained filter to screen features; and sequentially using a... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080260241 - Grouping writing regions of digital ink: A method for grouping writing regions of digital ink receives processed digital ink that comprises writing regions. A relationship can be generated between a plurality of the writing regions. A feature set can be determined that is associated with the plurality of the writing regions. The plurality of the writing... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260240 - User interface for inputting two-dimensional structure for recognition: In embodiments consistent with the subject matter of this disclosure, a user may input one or more strokes as digital ink to a processing device. The processing device may produce and present a recognition result, which may include a misrecognized portion. A user may indicate a desire to correct the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260242 - Apparatus and methods for measuring and controlling illumination for imaging objects, performances and the like: Scene illumination analysis and control systems and methods that can measure the intensity and wavelength dependent distribution of light illuminating a scene, determine any differences between desired illumination and actual illumination, determine appropriate remedies to adjust illumination and automatically control, and adjust illumination to effect those remedies if desired. Associated... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080260244 - Device and method for identification of objects using color coding: A device and method for identifying a pre-defined pattern of colors in an image and associating the identified pattern with a value stored in a memory of an electronic device.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080260243 - Device of analysing the colour of a unhomogeneous material, like hair, and method thereof: A device for analyzing the color of a nonhomogeneous material, utilizable for example for analysing the hair color of an individual includes at least one of an illumination source for illuminating the above sample of a nonhomogeneous material, a display structure for exposing the sample of a nonhomogeneous material to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080260246 - Color processing method and apparatus: A color processing method includes outputting, via an image output device, a chart image in which a plurality of images obtained by applying illuminant corrections corresponding to a plurality of different illuminants to images corresponding to a plurality of representative colors are arranged in a predetermined layout, receiving a user's... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260245 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus and recording medium storing image processing program: An image processing apparatus includes an image input section, an image segmenting section, a correcting section and a determining section. The image input section loads an input image data. The image segmenting section segments the image data into a main area containing an image of a main subject and a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080260248 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes display means for displaying a zoom image resulting from enlargement of a certain area in an original image to a zoom area; important object determining means for determining whether the absolute value of the difference in pixel value between a pixel on a boundary line,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260247 - Interactive image segmentation by precomputation: A method for interactive image segmentation includes receiving an image to be segmented, performing an offline computation of eigenvectors of a Laplacian of the image without using seed points, receiving seed points, and performing an online segmentation taking the seed points and the eigenvectors of the Laplacian as input and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260249 - System and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation: A system and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation uses distances between feature clusters in a current frame of image data and feature clusters in a previous frame of image data to label the feature clusters in the current frame of image data... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260250 - Apparatus and methods for hand motion detection and handwriting recognition generally: Apparatus and method for handwriting recognition including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the acceleration indicating output and providing a velocity indicating output and a handwritten multiple character recognizer receiving the velocity indicating output and providing a multiple character recognition... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080260251 - Recognition of mathematical expressions: In embodiments consistent with the subject matter of this disclosure, a user may input strokes as digital ink to a processing device. The processing device may partition the input strokes into multiple regions of strokes. A first recognizer and a second recognizer may score grammar objects included in regions and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080260252 - System, method, and apparatus for continuous character recognition: A technique for continuously recognizing a character entry into a computer. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by drawing a character in a continuous stroke order using a stylus [210] on touch screen [220]. As associated data of the drawn continuous stroke order is then inputted into a continuous... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080260254 - Automatic 3-d object detection: This invention relates to systems for automatically detecting and segmenting anatomical objects in 3-D images. A method of detecting an anatomical object employing the Generalized Hough Transform, comprising the steps of: a) generating a template object; b) identifying a series of edge points in the template and storing their relative... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260255 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus, including a representative face extraction unit configured to detect face images in an image frame that forms part of video image data, and select, from the detected face images, a face image to be used as index information. The representative face extraction unit... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080260253 - Information processing apparatus, feature extraction method, recording media, and program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a feature extraction method, a recording media, and a program that are adapted to easily and correctly extract features of classes in which a plurality of elements are classified. Of all combinations of metadata for each piece of content belonging to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080260256 - Method and apparatus for estimating vanish points from an image, computer program and storage medium thereof: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for estimating vanish points from an image, computer program and storage medium thereof. One of the method for detecting the vanishing points from an image according to the present invention comprising a dividing step for dividing the image into small patches; a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260257 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatic image recognition: A method of improving the accuracy and computation time of automatic image recognition by the implementation of association graphs and a quantum processor.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080260258 - Enhanced isotropic 2d and 3d gradient method: A system and method use 2D and 3D numerical gradient operators for reducing anisotropic inaccuracies in digital image processing. Enhanced isotropic operators are derived by first parameterizing corresponding numerical operators, followed by determining the parameters for the operators by matching analytical gradients with numerical gradients, which produces generic frequency-independent operators.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080260259 - Methods and systems for detection of repeating patterns of features: Methods and system for automatic identification of repeating patterns of slanted stripe features (marks) on an item.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080260260 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, computer program and recording medium: An image processing apparatus includes a feature point calculating section for extracting two or more connected components from a document image of interest and calculating the feature point from the centroid defined in each of the connected components, a features calculating section for calculating the features of the document image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260261 - Method for detecting objects using flexible edge arrangements: A method wherein images of different types of objects within a class are partitioned into region stacks. For each one of the stacks, the method: (a) applies a template to extract fragments having a predetermined size and one of a plurality of different spatial orientations, to generate extracted templates; (b)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080260262 - System and method for optically measuring a parameter of an object: A system and method for optically measuring a parameter of an object uses a first segment of the object captured as a first frame of image data using a first imaging region of an image sensor array and a second segment of the object as a second frame of image... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260263 - System for replacing a portion of an image data stream in an ink jet printer: A system detects image data in an image data stream that cause ink ejection errors and replaces the image data with a replacement pattern that attenuates the ink ejection errors. The system includes a scanline memory for storing image data, an input data register for forming an image data pattern... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080260264 - Method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and business model of the same: The present invention relates to a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and to a business model for commercially developing the method and system utilizing the Internet or the like. The present invention makes it possible to synthesize a variety of image patterns with arbitrary characters by adding stroke... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080260265 - Compressed domain image summation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may transpose image blocks from successively-captured versions of an image according to relative movement between an image capture device and the scene being captured. The transposition may provide for alignment of the successively-captured images notwithstanding the movement. The transposed image blocks from the successive... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080260266 - Encoding apparatus, encoding method, and computer product: An encoding apparatus encodes a picture by inserting an intra-refresh area into a portion of the picture periodically based on an intra-refresh period. An encoding-status monitoring unit monitors an encoding status of the picture. A refresh-area control unit changes at least one of the intra-refresh area and the intra-refresh period... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080260267 - System and method for generating a signed hardcopy document and authentication thereof: A system and method for generating a signed hardcopy document and authentication thereof is provided. A data representation including digital data is recorded from a hardcopy document. The digital data is compressed using a compression scheme including one of low-fidelity compression and symbol-based compression. An authentication token is generated from... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080260268 - Liquid-crystal-driving image processing circuit, liquid-crystal-driving image processing method, and liquid crystal display apparatus: To achieve the above object, the liquid-crystal-driving image processing circuit according to the present invention takes a difference between first decoded image data corresponding to the image in the current frame and second decoded image data corresponding to preceding-frame image data, selects either the image data of the current frame... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260269 - Repetition and correlation coding: A method for compressing image data of an image wherein a difference between each element and a previous element is calculated (303), the method comprising: comparing (304) the difference with a pre-determined correlation value; if they are equal, a first value is recorded into a bit plane (308), where the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260270 - Spatially enhanced transform coding: A system and method for improving prediction error coding performance of various video compression algorithms. Various embodiments combine the energy compaction features of transform coding with localization properties of spatial coding. In various embodiments, the effects of pixel “outliers” are removed from the transform and are coded separately as a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080260272 - Image coding device, image coding method, and image decoding device: An image coding device includes a block dividing unit that divides image data into blocks, so as to generate block data, each of the blocks being formed with a plurality of pixels, a DCT unit that carries out a discrete cosine transform on the block data, so as to generate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260271 - Method for reducing the amount of data to be processed in a visualization pipeline: A method for reducing an amount of data to be processed in a visualization pipeline. The visualization pipeline includes data capture, data compression, data storage, data decompression, and data rendering including the use of a transfer function. The data is divided into blocks in the compression and the reduction is... Agent: Venable LLP

20080260273 - Image processing apparatus and method: An object of this invention is to increase the encoding efficiency of attribute data of each pixel of image data by using the fact that the probability that the attribute flag data of adjacent pixels have the same bit position is higher than the probability that the attribute flag data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260274 - Local image descriptors: A local image descriptor generation technique that produces a descriptor for an image patch is presented. The technique generally involves smoothing the pixels of the image patch, followed by employing a transformation to produce a transform vector for each of a set of sample points spaced across the image patch.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080260276 - Data compression-decompression method, program, and electronic device: An electronic device includes: a PHLCT circuit (15), which includes an input signal DCT coefficient computation module configured to compute DCT coefficients of an input signal of a subject block region in a plurality of block regions and block regions adjacent to the subject block region, respectively, an offset function... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080260275 - Image coding apparatus: An image coding apparatus includes a rate control information extraction means for determining which up to a coding pass in which code block should be coded from the sum of the code amounts of the code blocks, the slope of an RD curve calculated from the distortion difference between a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260278 - Encoding adjustments for animation content: Techniques and tools are described for encoding animation video. In some embodiments, a video encoder designates animation video for encoding as animation content, which typically involves changing one or more encoder settings or rules to improve encoding performance for the animation content. When the encoder encodes the animation video, the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080260277 - System and method for accurate parallel quantization with two multiplication operations: A method, system and computer program product that involves receiving and initializing a digital image. Quantization is preformed on the digital image using at least two multiplication operations. Finally, a compressed version of the digital image is presented for viewing and/or storage or transport.... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

20080260281 - Color content detection: Embodiments including detection of color content in an image are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080260280 - Image processing method and related apparatus for a display device: An image processing method for a display device, for enhancing image quality, includes receiving video signals, sequentially generating a plurality of image data according to the video signals, and sequentially displaying the plurality of image data on a panel of the display device. Each of the plurality of image data... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080260279 - Super-resolution image processing: A method for iterative derivation of a master image from sampled images of non-identical, at least partially overlapping, regions of a scene. The method includes defining a transformation operator mapping positions within the master image to corresponding positions in the sampled image; a distortion operator simulating a modulation transfer function... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080260282 - Image processor: The image processor includes an image filter acquiring unit, a reduced image average value calculating unit, a normalization parameter setting unit, an original image average value calculating unit, an original image reflectance acquiring unit, a normalizing unit, and a correcting unit. The image filter acquiring unit generates either one of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080260284 - Edge contrast adjustment filter: Disclosed herein is a method that includes a classifier that distinguishes objects based on their color shades. A moving window based operator looks at the color class of the adjacent objects and determines if an adjustment is necessary. If at least one of the objects is the type of interest... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080260283 - Triangulating design data and encoding design intent for microlithographic printing: The present disclosure relates to fracturing of polygon data, with one application being microlithography. In particular, it relates to preserving data regarding edges and/or vertices of the original polygons as the polygons are triangulated and even if the results of triangulation are further fractured.... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080260285 - Method and apparatus for image processing: The present invention discloses a system and method of transforming a sample of content data by utilizing known samples in a learning best to best determine coefficients for a linear combination of non-linear filter functions and applying the coefficients to the content data in an operational phase.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080260286 - Method for registration and navigation of volumetric scans using energy profiles: A method is provided for identifying a location of a region of interest in a volumetric image scan that includes a plurality of slices of an object and wherein each slice, in turn, includes a plurality of pixels. The method includes setting a predetermined pixel intensity threshold corresponding to a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Patent Operation

20080260287 - Method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves adding the signature information into a signature data field template corresponding to the electronic document, converting the signature data field template, including the added signature... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080260288 - Creating a depth map: A method of generating a depth map (106) comprising depth values representing distances to a viewer, for respective pixels of an image (100), is disclosed. The method comprises: segmenting the image (100) into a first segment (110) and a second segment (108); and assigning a first one of the depth... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260289 - Apparatus and method for laying out images and program therefor: Images can be laid out easily without a template. Reference areas are set in a background area, and the images are laid out by being inscribed therein. In the case where the image laid out in one of the reference areas has high priority, a similar area is generated from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260290 - Changing the aspect ratio of images to be displayed on a screen: The present invention relates to a method, image processing device, image display device including an image processing device and computer program product for changing the size of presentation of an image data stream (X) provided in a image data format. The image processing device (12) comprises at least one image... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080260291 - Image downscaling by binning: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for image binning (downscaling) according to a predetermined procedure for a pre-selected color arrangement (e.g., a Bayer arrangement) by substantially maintaining a phase of channels (represented by selected colors) for reducing/elimination of artifacts in images taken by an... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080260292 - Image generation apparatus, method, program, and recording medium: An image generation apparatus for generating, from an input image, a plurality of phase images having lower resolutions than the input image and overlapping each other with a predetermined amount of shift when being projected onto a projection plane. The apparatus includes when the plurality of phase images are projected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260295 - Image scaling arrangement: Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively to another display device for example a TV,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20080260294 - Image storage device, photographing apparatus, and image storage device control method: An image storage device includes an image information storing section for storing an image file; a processing section for executing an application which uses an image file; a use-by-application specifying section for specifying a use of an image file by the application; a transmitting section for transmitting an image file... Agent: John C. Pokotylo Straub & Pokotylo

20080260293 - Method and apparatus for efficiently storing stereo image: Disclosed is a method for storing a stereo image. One file is created by using a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file structure used for storing a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format image and a stereo image can be more simply and efficiently stored and compressed.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080260296 - Heterogeneous image processing system: The present invention relates to machine vision computing environments, and more specifically relates to a system and method for selectively accelerating the execution of image processing applications using a multi-core processor system. To this extent, a multi-core processor system is generally defined as one that is multi-platform, and potentially distributed... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080260297 - Heterogeneous image processing system: The present invention relates to machine vision computing environments, and more specifically relates to a system and method for selectively accelerating the execution of image processing applications using a hybrid computing system. To this extent, a hybrid system is generally defined as one that is multi-platform, and potentially distributed via... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080260298 - Image sensing apparatus and image sensing method: An image sensing apparatus is configured such that the level of each of first and second output signals obtained by exposing a color image sensor by using mutually differing first and second photoelectric conversion properties is compared with one of threshold values to thereby select output signals to be used... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080253607 - Line position calculating method, correction value obtaining method, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A line position calculating method is a method for calculating a position, in a second direction, of a line along a first direction in an image, based on image data of the image constituted by a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form in the first direction and in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253606 - Plane detector and detecting method: A rotation matrix and a translation vector between a basic camera (12) and a reference camera (14) are read out from a parameter storage section (26). At a projection conversion matrix calculating section (28), a projection conversion matrix capable of overlapping the road plane area included in images picked up... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080253608 - Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing images: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising, responsive to a determination that a machine-readable two-dimensional code has been identified in a first image, said first image comprising a first plurality of pixels defining said machine-readable two-dimensional code and second plurality of pixels defining a non-code zone, automatically causing a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080253611 - Analyst cueing in guided data extraction: The Analyst Cueing method addresses the issues of locating desired targets of interest from among very large datasets in a timely and efficient manner. The combination of computer aided methods for classifying targets and cueing a prioritized list for an analyst produces a robust system for generalized human-guided data mining.... Agent: John L. Sotomayor

20080253612 - Method and an arrangement for locating and picking up objects from a carrier: The invention relates to a method for locating and picking up objects that are placed on a carrier. A scanning operation is performed over the carrier. The scanning is performed by a line laser scanner whose results are used to generate a virtual surface that represents the area that has... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080253614 - Method and apparatus for distributed analysis of images: A method and apparatus for intelligent distributed analyses of images including capturing the images and analyzing the captured images, where feature information is extracted from the captured images. The extracted feature information is used in determining whether a predefined condition is met, and the extracted feature information is transmitted for... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080253613 - System and method for cooperative remote vehicle behavior: A method for facilitating cooperation between humans and remote vehicles comprises creating image data, detecting humans within the image data, extracting gesture information from the image data, mapping the gesture information to a remote vehicle behavior, and activating the remote vehicle behavior. Alternatively, voice commands can by used to activate... Agent: O''brien Jones, PLLC (w/irobot Corp.)

20080253610 - Three dimensional shape reconstitution device and estimation device: A face model providing portion provides an stored average face model to an estimation portion estimating an affine parameter for obtaining a head pose. An individual face model learning portion obtains a result of tracking feature points by the estimation portion and learns an individual face model. The individual face... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253609 - Tracking workflow in manipulating media items: A computer-implemented method is described including receiving input specifying an image frame from among a series of image frames, and automatically detecting one or more points in the specified image frame that would be suitable for tracking a point in the series of image frames. In addition, a computer-implemented method... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080253615 - Method of producing traffic signal information, method of providing traffic signal information, and navigation apparatus: Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of the traffic signal lamps, based on the taken image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080253616 - Imaging system and imaging method: The present invention relates to, for example, an image pickup system having a structure capable of imaging a subject at a low power consumption and a low cost even when the subject may be dark. The image pickup system comprises an image pickup device, a peak position detecting section, a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080253617 - Method and apparatus for determining the shot type of an image: A method and apparatus for determining the type of shot of an image is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of: assigning (203, 205) portions of the image to at least a first cluster or a second cluster, the clusters having different ranges of depth values associated therewith; and determining... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253618 - Process for normalizing images or other data layers: A method of processing vegetation data including the steps of identifying data relating to an agricultural field, segregating areas of predetermined development patterns and prescribing application rates of an agricultural compound. The identifying step includes identifying data relating to an agricultural field representative of areas of predetermined development patterns of... Agent: Deere & Company

20080253620 - Biometrics authentication system: A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living organism; a microlens array section condensing light from the living organism, and including a plurality of microlenses each having a different refractive power; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data of the living organism on the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080253621 - Brain shape as a biometric: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for identifying an individual using biometric data based on the individual's brain. In one embodiment, the invention includes constructing a biometric signature based on at least one of: features within a two-dimensional scan of the individual's brain and a difference in... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080253619 - Technique for authenticating an object on basis of features extracted from the object: The present invention discourages effective illegal use of compromised biometric information in biometric authentication and allows biometric authentication to be securely continued even when some biometric information is compromised. A user authentication system compares extracted user features with a previously registered combination of features and authenticates the user on the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080253622 - Multimodal ocular biometric system and methods: Biometric systems capture and combine biometric information from more than one modality, employing digital processing algorithms to process and evaluate captured images having data for a biometric characteristic. Such digital algorithms may include a pupil segmentation algorithm for determining a pupil image in the captured image, an iris segmentation algorithm... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080253623 - Method for recognizing content in an image sequence: A method for recognizing content in an image sequence is provided, the method includes the steps of: detecting at least one face appearing in at least one frame of an image sequence under test; recognizing characteristic features of the at least one face; comparing the characteristic features to known features... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080253624 - Authentication apparatus and method, and electronic device using the same: An authentication apparatus is for authenticating a fingerprint to power up an electronic device. The authentication apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor, and a power manager. The fingerprint sensor includes a memory for storing predetermined fingerprints, a sampling module for sampling the fingerprint, and an authenticating module for comparing the fingerprint... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080253625 - Multi-resolutional texture analysis fingerprint liveness systems and methods: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a plurality of image analysis data of a fingerprint image; condensing the plurality of image analysis data; and determining liveness of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080253626 - Regional fingerprint liveness detection systems and methods: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a fingerprint image; extracting a region of interest from the fingerprint image; generating a histogram of the region of interest; determining... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080253631 - Apparatus and program for assisting report generation: A burden in generating a follow-up observation report is reduced. The size of an abnormal shadow present on a current medical image obtained by imaging a subject is measured, and the size of an abnormal shadow present on a previous medical image, which has been obtained by imaging the same... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253627 - Compton scattered x-ray visualization, imaging, or information provider using image combining: One aspect relates to deriving at least one first visualization, image, or provided information via Compton scattering substantially within an at least some matter of an at least a portion of an individual at least partially as a result of directing an at least one first applied X-ray having an... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080253628 - Image diagnosis support system: The admission of the editing of information on a key image of an object, the type of edit processing, and the contents targeted for edit processing are controlled in accordance with a combination of user information and device information (i.e., a scene where the key image is used).... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253630 - Image display method, apparatus, and program: Extracting a luminal or line-like three-dimensional structure from a three-dimensional image of a target object, then generating a projection image by projecting a portion of the entirety of the three-dimensional structure on a cross-sectional image of the target object intersecting the three-dimensional structure, the portion being a portion located within... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080253629 - Imaging diagnosis supporting system and imaging diagnosis supporting method: In a server apparatus, an information classification is determined by a user and a utilization situation, and provision information is determined on the basis of the determined information classification. A common object is processed to include only the determined provision information, and then provided to a client apparatus. To the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253633 - Aligning grids derived from fluorescent images of an array of signal sources: Disclosed are methods of processing images, and in particular aligning and orienting grids from a fluorescent array of signal sources, by linking nearest neighbor sources to form a hexagon, and then using the hexagon lines for alignment and orientation of the grid. Also disclosed are methods and algorithms for aligning... Agent: Eric P. Mirabel

20080253632 - Method of detecting precancerous lesions: The present invention relates to methods of detection of precancerous lesions and/or cancer. The present invention also relates to the presence of DNA replication stress in precancerous lesions. The present invention further relates to the detection of loss of heterozygosity at common fragile sites and phosphorylated substrates of DNA damage... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080253634 - Method and apparatus for predicting enhancement in angiography: A technique for use in angiography includes obtaining data from a tracking scan following injection of a contrast agent according to a test injection profile. A region of interest (308) is established. The data from the tracking scan, the test injection profile, and the measured enhancement of the region of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253635 - Image-wide artifacts reduction caused by high attenuating objects in ct deploying voxel tissue class: A reconstruction processor (34) reconstructs acquired projection data (S) into an uncorrected reconstructed image (T). A classifying algorithm (66) classifies pixels of the uncorrected reconstructed image (T) at least into metal, bone, tissue, and air pixel classes. A clustering algorithm (60) iteratively assigns pixels to best fit classes. A pixel... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253638 - Method and apparatus for detecting interventricular dyssynchrony: Several embodiments of a method and apparatus for detecting interventricular dyssynchrony are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an image segment processor and an image classifier. The image segment processor may segment left and right ventricles in source images of a subject's heart to form left and right ventricle... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080253640 - Method and system for pet image reconstruction using a surogate image: A method and system for use in positron emission tomography, wherein a first processor element (234) is configured to reconstruct a plurality of positron annihilation events detected during a positron emission tomography scan using a list-based reconstruction technique to generate first volumetric data. A second reconstructor (226) is configured to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253636 - Respiratory motion extraction from tomographic projection and image data: The present technique provides a novel method and apparatus for determining the motion of an internal tissue or organ undergoing dynamic movement such as a respiratory cycle. Particularly, the technique provides for a method and system for processing projection data to determine the motion rather than relying on additional data... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20080253639 - System and method for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (mri) data: A method for acquiring image data from a patient with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The proposed method comprises the steps of: a) predefining a number of scan geometries for acquiring the image data from at least one region of interest (ROI) relative to the patient, b) performing at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253637 - Volumetric type compton scattered x-ray visualization, imaging, or information provider: One aspect relates to capturing one or more tomographic-type Compton scattering based visualizations, images, or provided information of an at least some matter of at least a portion of an individual based at least partially on Compton scattering of an at least one X-ray being applied to the at least... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20080253641 - Method for drug screening and characterization by calcium flux: The instrumentation and methods described herein are based on imaging and measuring single cell dose response by fluorescent ion imaging that records live cell responses to drug doses with no apparent damage to the cells or toxic side effects. Dose response curves and other pharmacological parameters can be computed by... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20080253642 - Method of processing an image: A method of processing an input image produces an output image emphasising peak-like structures. The input image comprises input pixels and each input pixel has an intensity characteristic. The output image comprises corresponding output pixels and each output pixel has a value. The method comprises the step of calculating for... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20080253643 - Component inspection imaging apparatus structure: An improved component inspection imaging apparatus structure comprises a component inspection imaging apparatus, a component retaining turntable and a plurality of image capturing devices. The component inspection imaging apparatus comprises an extension tube fixing rack, an extension tube, a mirror extending rack, a mirror fixing rack and a conical mirror.... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080253644 - Range pattern matching for hotspots containing vias and incompletely specified range patterns: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that identifies hotspot areas in a layout. The system receives the layout and a via range pattern which indicates one or more vias and performs range-pattern matching (RPM) on the layout based on a via-free range pattern derived from the via... Agent: Pvf -- Synopsys, Inc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080253645 - Adaptive classifier, and method of creation of classification parameters therefor: A method of generating classifier parameters from a plurality of multivariate sample data, for use in subsequent classification, said classifier parameters relating to a plurality of intervals on each of the variables, said intervals being associated with classes, comprising: inputting said sample data; calculating a plurality of boundaries for each... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080253646 - Image processor, image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing program: An image processor is the image processor generating composed image data by composite image data of plural images taken with different exposures, which includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of images taken with different exposures, a reliability evaluation unit that evaluates the reliability of image data... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253647 - System and method for identifying and classifying color regions from a digital image: A system and method of identifying and classifying regions of a digital image. The method includes an initial step of inputting an image as a color digital image. Subsequently, information that identifies color regions of the color digital image is obtained. Finally, color and non-color regions of the color digital... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080253648 - Food product checking system and method for identifying and grading food products: A food product checking system for at least one of identification and grading of food products packed in a tray is provided, comprising a tray positioning area, an illumination device for illuminating the food product with white light, at least one camera for taking images of the illuminated food product,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080253649 - Image output color management system and method: Disclosed is an image color management system and method for controlling an image output device. The method for controlling the image output device comprises generating an image output device profile LUT (look-up-table) characterizing the color profile of the image output device for a plurality of drift states associated with the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080253651 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: The color of a tooth image region is corrected so as not to form an unnatural face image. To this end, a first image region corresponding to teeth is detected from the image. A second image region corresponding to a face portion other than the teeth is detected from the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253650 - Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program product, and image-capturing device: An image processing device includes: a parameter calculation unit that obtains a plurality of values based on a plurality of different conversion parameters for a pixel in image data; a weighting unit that performs predetermined weighting on the plurality of values obtained by the parameter calculation unit; and a gradation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080253652 - Method of demosaicing a digital mosaiced image: In one example embodiment, a method enables, computing, for a first pixel in the digital mosaiced image, the first pixel being characterized by a first color component and a first set of gradient values in a plurality of orientations, gradient values in the plurality of orientations for a second pixel... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080253654 - Method for segmentation in an n-dimensional feature space and method for classifying objects in an n-dimensional data space which are segmented on the basis of geometric characteristics: A segmentation method includes several steps wherein a single data space is selected by the user in an n-dimensional feature space in a first step. This selected data space is basically interpreted by the system as containing at least two classes of objects to be segmented. In the following steps,... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080253653 - Systems and methods for improving visibility of scanned images: A method for improving the visibility of a scanned image is provided. The method includes scanning a container to generate the scanned image, where the scanned image includes a container image including at least an object of interest image. The method also includes segmenting the object of interest image from... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080253655 - Text and graphic separation method and text enhancement method: The present invention provides a text and graphic separation method and a text enhancement method. The text and graphic separation method is used for separating texts and graphics of an image and comprises coarse classification and advanced classification. The method of the present invention also adjusts the luminance of the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080253656 - Method and a device for detecting graphic symbols: A method for identifying a predefined graphic symbol having a plurality of graphical characters. The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving a digital image having a plurality of pixels depicting a scene, b) identifying a plurality of first groups of contiguous pixels in the proximity of one another, members... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080253657 - Geometric parsing of mathematical expressions: A processing device may parse a group of strokes representing a mathematical expression. The group of strokes may be examined to determine whether the group of strokes satisfies any of a finite set of rules. When the group of strokes, included in a region, satisfies any of the finite set... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080253658 - Method and system for performing image mark recognition: A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The reference image marks may include trigger row marks and/or corner/crop marks. Coordinates denoting the location of cells within... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080253659 - Systems and methods for biometric identification using handwriting recognition: A biometric handwriting identification system converts characters and a writing sample into mathematical graphs. The graphs comprise enough information to capture the features of handwriting that are unique to each individual. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques can then be used to identify these features in the handwriting sample so that... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080253660 - Image processing apparatus and method for controlling the same: A position and an area of a region to be processed, that is, a region from which image feature parameters are to be extracted, are obtained, and the number of pixels required for obtaining the usable image feature parameters is determined in accordance with types of the image feature parameters... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080253661 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: An image processing apparatus divides an image into a plurality of first image blocks, each of which is a partial area of the image, and further divides each first image block to acquire a plurality of compartments that correspond to filters for determining an edge direction of an image of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253662 - Similarity analyzing device, image display device, image display program storage medium, and image display method: A similarity analyzing device includes: an image acquisition section which acquires picked-up images with which image pick-up dates and/or times are associated; and an image registration section which registers a face image showing a picked-up face and with which an image pick-up date and/or time is associated. The device further... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080253663 - Content management apparatus, image display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, processing method and program for causing computer to execute processing method: Disclosed herein is a content management apparatus, including: content inputting means for inputting a content with which position information is associated; position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information associated with the content inputted by the content inputting means; tree production means for producing binary tree structure data corresponding... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080253664 - Object image detection method and object image detection device: An object image detection device is disclosed that is able to rapidly detect an object image from an input image without a great deal of computation. The object image detection device includes an object image classification unit for determining whether the object images are included in an image having a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253665 - Pattern identification apparatus and method thereof, abnormal pattern detection apparatus and method thereof, and program: A pattern identification apparatus for identifying one of a plurality of classes defined in advance, to which data of a pattern identification target belongs, comprises a read unit adapted to read out, from a storage unit in correspondence with each of the plurality of classes, a projection rule to a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080253666 - Conditional replenishment for motion jpeg2000: The invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a current image of a sequence of digital images between a server device and a client device which are connected by a communication network. Each image of the sequence is encoded in a multi-resolution format, each resolution comprising a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253667 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same: There is described information processing method and apparatus, which make it possible not only to suppress the maldistribution of the loads in the network system, but also to suppress the deterioration of the overall system performance. The apparatus that is capable of communicating with a client terminal device and other... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080253668 - Method of decoding entropy-encoded data: A method of decoding data that is encoded with a set of prefix codes begins by receiving the data at a computing device, and then compiling native machine code from the prefix code set for execution by a processing unit of the computing device. The machine code implements a binary... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20080253669 - Image processing method and image display apparatus using the same: According to the present invention, it is possible to carry out the optimum correction of moving images in the frame even if the movement of objects in the frame is not uniform in a subfield light-emitting type display. The motion vector detecting module detects the motion vector of pixels among... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080253670 - Image signal re-encoding apparatus and image signal re-encoding method: The present invention provides an image signal re-encoding apparatus and image signal re-encoding method, which reduce the amount of processing when re-encoding an image signal, and shorten the processing time required for re-encoding. An image signal re-encoding apparatus, which decodes an input image signal subjected to an encoding, and generates... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080253671 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-view image: A Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding a multi-view image includes determining whether each of pictures included in multi-view image sequences is a reference picture referred to by other pictures included in the multi-view image sequences for inter-view prediction, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253672 - Methods and systems for inter-layer image parameter prediction: Aspects of embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for determining prediction parameters for a multi-layer image.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080253674 - Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, and computer readable medium: To reduce the processing required to embed a code into image data and decode the code. The present invention includes a block dividing section 101 that divides original image data 10 into a plurality of blocks (M×N); an averaging section 103 that extracts each average density (characteristic amount) in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080253673 - Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program: During transfer of data from the main memory to a cache, a sub-processor for performing decoding processing on a compressed image calculates a cache area based on a parameter indicating a feature of an image and adaptively changes a memory region to be cached, thereby increasing a cache hit probability... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080253676 - Apparatus and method for removing motion blur of image: An apparatus for removing motion blur of an image is disclosed. The apparatus includes a motion-blur-function-estimation unit that estimates the motion-blur function of an input image, an image-restoration unit that restores the input image using the estimated motion-blur function, a cost-calculation unit that calculates the blur cost of the restored... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080253675 - Image processing method and related partial psf estimation method thereof: An image processing method includes (a) performing edge detection to an image to obtain a plurality of the edge pixels of the image; (b) performing partial PSF estimation to each of the edge pixels to generate a plurality of partial PSF estimation results; and (c) generating a PSF estimation result... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080253677 - Method and apparatus for image correction: Present embodiments are directed to a system and method for correcting video image distortion in a video system. An exemplary embodiment includes steps or features for retrieving baseline measurements for set portions of a display area, wherein the baseline measurements take into account distortions detected in the video system. Further,... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20080253678 - Denoise method on image pyramid: The present invention is to provide a denoise method on Gaussian/Laplacian image pyramid, which integrates Pyramid analysis/synthesis algorithm, MMSE (minimum mean square error) filter and NL (non local) filter on the image pyramid to reconstruct and output a denoised image of an original input image through a plurality of iterative... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080253679 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Recursive filtering that multiplies image data of a previous frame read out from a memory by a, multiplies image data of the present frame by (1−a), adds the resultants together, and stores the resultant of the addition in the memory is performed. Here, a is a coefficient in the range... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253680 - Determining relevance values: A pixel relevance determining unit (100) for determining relevance values for respective pixels of an image is disclosed. The pixel relevance determining unit (100) comprises edge determining means (102) for determining a first edge orientation for a first one of the pixels (300) on basis of a first group of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253681 - Image processing method and computer software for image processing: The invention provides a method of image correction processing which comprises altering area image intensity values of an image according to an dynamic range compression image transform. The output image intensity of an area is altered, compared to the input image intensity, according to an area amplification coefficient. The amplification... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080253682 - De-ringing filter for decompressed video data: A post processing apparatus of a graphics controller to filter decompressed video data. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a buffer and a de-ringing filter. The buffer is configured to read a pixel line of video data from memory. The pixel line includes pixels from adjacent macroblocks of the video... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080253684 - Image discernment apparatus: Circumscribing pixels in the surroundings of an obtained image are obtained and the gradation levels of the circumscribing pixels are compared with a predefined threshold value. The number of circumscribing pixels of which the gradation level is smaller than the predefined threshold value is counted, and, if the number of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080253683 - Image processing apparatus, method and program: wherein the recording control part records an edited image that is the image edited by the edit part distinguishably from the master image in the recording part, and records the edit history information indicating the edit content made by the edit part associated with the master image in the recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080253685 - Image and video stitching and viewing method and system: Multiple images taken from different locations or angles and viewpoints are joined and stitched. After the stitching and joining a much larger video or image scenery may be produced than any one image or video form which the final scenery was produced or an image of a different perspective than... Agent: David Lewis

20080253687 - Imaging apparatus, method and program: An imaging apparatus displays and records any area in a synthesized image according to user's taste. The synthesized image is displayed based on the set display area and the record area is set to display the synthesized image, so that the display area is compared with the record area to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253686 - Method and device for examining or imaging an interior surface of a cavity: A method for examining an interior surface of a cavity includes the steps of capturing partial images of an interior surface of a cavity; joining the captured partial images to form a complete image of said interior surface of the cavity; and providing an warning if the joined partial images... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080253688 - Efficient integration of road maps: Systems and methods for integrating maps in which roads are represented as polylines. The main novelty of the invention is in using only the locations of the endpoints of the polylines rather than trying to match whole lines. Experiments on real-world data are given, showing that this approach of integration... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080253689 - Systems and methods for robust video temporal registration: A robust video temporal method for registration between test and reference video sequences without a priori knowledge of the respective signal parameters initially produces frame and subimage distillation measurements from the test and reference video sequences. The frame distillation measurements are linearly aligned using a local Pearson's cross-correlation coefficient (LPCCC)... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20080253690 - Resizing video and aligning video image edges to block boundaries and picture boundaries: The invention teaches a method of positioning a first image having a first image format into a second image comprising multiple image blocks and having a second image format. A straight boundary of at least one image block in the second image is identified. The first image is positioned into... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080253691 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: In the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus including: a detecting section configured to detect a motion vector from an input image signal acting as the image signal for each of chronologically input pixels; a determining section configured to determine whether the input image signal is cleared;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080253692 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a motion vector from an input image signal acting as the image signal for each of chronologically input pixels; a determining unit configured to determine whether the input image signal in terms of a level meets a predetermined condition;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080253695 - Image storage processing apparatus, image search apparatus, image storage processing method, image search method and program: An image storage processing apparatus includes an image acquisition means for acquiring taken image data imaged at an imaging apparatus unit, a bio-information acquisition means for acquiring bio-information of a user of the imaging apparatus unit at the time of imaging the taken image data acquired by the image acquisition... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080253694 - Method and device for processing image data stored in a frame buffer: A device and method for data image processing. The method includes writing, image data to a certain buffer by an image data provider; characterized by repeating steps of reading, by an image processor image data from a first entry of a certain buffer, processing the image data by the image... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080253693 - Method and system for pre-fetching relevant imaging information from multiple healthcare organizations: Certain aspects of a method and system for pre-fetching relevant imaging information from multiple healthcare organizations is disclosed. Aspects of one method may include querying data associated with one or more patients from a shared document registry. The method includes receiving manifests of imaging data associated with one or more... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080247596 - Apparatus and method for detecting objects: An apparatus for detecting an object is provided which detects the pitching of a vehicle, and detects the presence of an object the front of the vehicle itself with the pitching being taken into consideration. The apparatus includes a microcomputer that performs image processing for the image of the object... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080247597 - Device for detecting digital watermark: A device includes: a reception unit that receives video image; an extraction unit that extracts the watermark patterns from the video image; a storage unit that stores an accumulated information pieces and a number of accumulation times; a calculation unit that calculates degrees of correlation between the accumulated information pieces... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080247598 - Weak hypothesis generation apparatus and method, learning apparatus and method, detection apparatus and method, facial expression learning apparatus and method, facial expression recognition apparatus and method, and robot apparatus: A facial expression recognition system that uses a face detection apparatus realizing efficient learning and high-speed detection processing based on ensemble learning when detecting an area representing a detection target and that is robust against shifts of face position included in images and capable of highly accurate expression recognition, and... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080247601 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus such as a monitor system for executing image processing to present a suspicious object effectively. An object detecting unit detects an object contained in an image, an associating unit associates a plurality of objects detected with the object detecting unit, with each other, and an evaluating... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080247600 - Image recording device, player device, imaging device, player system, method of recording image, and computer program: An imaging device detects a face of a subject from an image in response to inputting of the image containing the subject, and generates face data related to the face. The imaging device generates face data management information managing the face data and controls recording of the input image, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247599 - Method for detecting objects left-behind in a scene: A method detects an object left-behind in a scene by updating a set of background models using a sequence of images acquired of the scene by a camera. Each background model is updated at a different temporal scales ranging from short term to long term. A foreground mask is determined... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080247602 - System and method for providing mobile range sensing: The present invention provides an improved system and method for estimating range of the objects in the images from various distances. The method comprises receiving a set of images of the scene having multiple objects from at least one camera in motion. Due to the motion of the camera, each... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080247603 - Portable tool for determining meat quality: A system, method and apparatus for grading of meat such as bovine, porcine, sheep, horse or poultry meat among others. The device of this invention corresponds to a portable tool, which is approached to meat specimens to be analyzed, and captures an image. The tool then objectively relates the image... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20080247604 - Card identifying apparatus: A card identifying apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a light-receiving portion that reads a card on a pixel basis of a predetermined area as a unit including color information having brightness, RAM that stores image data comprised of a plurality of pixels read by the light-receiving... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247605 - System and method of sorting document images based on image quality: A document processing system and method for using image quality to sort documents. The document processing system comprises: a document sorting system that designates a destination pocket for each document based on data gathered from each document; a document imaging system that captures an image of each document; and an... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080247606 - Agile illumination for biometric authentication: An agile illumination apparatus for use in biometric authentication is disclosed. A controlled spot flash strobe forms and focuses a narrow illuminating beam so as to cover an area of interest for a biometric authentication of a target with a spot of light of constant size regardless of a distance... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20080247607 - Apparatus and method for biometric authentication: A biometric authentication system includes: an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a living body; a light source with a predetermined wavelength band; an authentication information storage unit for, if light is emitted by the light source, setting a predetermined distance for a first distance to a first... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080247611 - Apparatus and method for face recognition and computer program: Disclosed is a face recognition apparatus for previously registering a face image of a person, receiving a moving image in which face identification is intended to be performed, and performing face recognition in the received moving image. The apparatus includes the following elements. A face registration unit registers the face... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247610 - Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus for generating a database indicating mapping between characters and the characters' face images, includes a list generating unit for generating a list of characters, appearing in a video content, based on metadata of the video content, a detecting unit for detecting a character's face image from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080247612 - Method and system for facilitating tasks using images and selections from object class and task menus: An image of at least one object (14) is captured. An object class selection is received from a menu (70) of a plurality of object classes. At least one task menu, specific to the object class selection is provided. A task selection is received from the at least one task... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080247608 - Method, system, storage medium, and data structure for image recognition using multilinear independent component analysis: A method, system, computer-readable medium and data structure are provided for processing image data in connection with image recognition. A response of an image (FIG. 6 element 210) to a basis tensor can be determined after the image is applied thereto. The image response can be flattened (FIG. 6 element... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080247609 - Rule-based combination of a hierarchy of classifiers for occlusion detection: An occlusion detection system and method include a decomposer configured to decompose an image into a set of hierarchical parts. A hierarchy of classifiers is employed to detect features in the image and the hierarchical parts. A logical operation is configured to logically combine a classification result from at least... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080247614 - Biometric information obtaining apparatus: The apparatus enables a user to recognize the way he is moving his finger with respect to, for example, a sweep-type fingerprint sensor so that the user can easily and surely learn an appropriate way the finger (body part) should be moved. A velocity detecting means detects a velocity at... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080247613 - Fingerprint identification apparatus and portable electronic device having same: A fingerprint identification apparatus includes at least three light sources, a light guide, a camera module and a processor. The light guide has a top and a bottom surfaces and at least three side surfaces. The top surface serves as a fingerprint contacting surface, each of the side surfaces has... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080247615 - Two-way scanning fingerprint sensor: The invention relates to the recognition of fingerprints, and more particularly to the recognition on the basis of an elongate strip-shaped sensor of detectors capable of detecting the ridges and valleys of fingerprints during the relative scrolling of a finger with respect to the sensor substantially perpendicularly to the direction... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080247620 - Apparatus and method for augmenting sight: A method of augmenting sight in an individual. The method comprises obtaining an image of a scene using a camera carried by the individual; transmitting the obtained image to a processor carried by the individual; selecting an image modification to be applied to the image by the processor; operating upon... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20080247618 - Interactive diagnostic display system: In certain embodiments, an interactive diagnostic display system comprises a database, a digital data processing device, and a display. The database includes: (1) diagnostic data based on measurements of one or more characteristics of a patient's body; (2) denoising algorithms, each corresponding to a value of a denoising parameter; and... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080247619 - Method, device and computer-readable recording medium containing program for extracting object region of interest: An object region extracting process for extracting an object region of interest from an image is automated to the maximum possible extent to improve user-friendliness. In this process, an arbitrary point is set in the object region of interest, and a presence area, which is likely to contain the entire... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080247617 - Radiological imaging of patient functional units: Certain embodiments provide a method for radiological imaging including: receiving a set of image data, the image data further including information corresponding to at least one functional portion of a patient; identifying the information corresponding to the at least one functional portion of the patient; and grouping the information corresponding... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080247616 - System and method of navigating an object in an imaged subject: A system to navigate an image-guided object traveling in an area of interest of an imaged subject in relation to an acquired image of the imaged subject as created by an imaging system is provided. The system includes a navigation system to track movement of the object in the imaged... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080247621 - Method and apparatus for positioning a device in a tubular organ: An apparatus and method for detecting, tracking and registering a device within a tubular organ of a subject. The devices include guide wire tip or therapeutic devices, and the detection and tracking uses fluoroscopic images taken prior to or during a catheterization operation. The devices are fused with images or... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080247623 - Automatic generation of optimal views for computed tomography thoracic diagnosis: Generating at least one view (420) of a portion of a computed tomography image includes selecting (310) a seed point (410) for a structure of interest within the image, pre-processing (320) a region of interest surrounding the seed point, estimating (325) at least one inertia axis for the region of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080247625 - Method and system for leading macromolecule substances into living target cells: A method and system for leading macromolecule substances into target cells includes an image picking unit, an image merging unit, an injection unit, and an energy conversion module. The image picking unit is used for picking up the three-dimensional (3D) and the 3D blood vessel photographic images of the tissue... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080247624 - Method for determining a three-dimensional reconstruction of an examination object: A provisional three-dimensional reconstruction of an examination object is determined based on two-dimensional original projection images. Provisional metal volumes are determined on the reconstruction by segmentation and mapped into the original projection images to define provisional metal areas. Edge points on edge zones of the provisional metal areas are selected.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080247622 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for hierarchical registration between a blood vessel and tissue surface model for a subject and a blood vessel and tissue surface image for the subject: Methods, systems, and computer program products for hierarchical registration (102) between a blood vessel and tissue surface model (100) for a subject and a blood vessel and tissue surface image for the subject are disclosed. According to one method, hierarchical registration of a vascular model to a vascular image is... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080247626 - Registration method for projections in dual energy: A method is disclosed for resolving misregistration errors resulting from dual energy double-shot projection radiographic image acquisition. The method involves an iterative multi-scale, multi-resolution registration process that corrects misregistration errors progressively at scales ranging from bulk anatomical drift down to smaller scale motion such as that of fine pulmonary vasculature.... Agent: Susan L. Parulski Patent Legal Staff

20080247627 - Apparatus and method for detecting protein crystals: A protein crystal detecting method for detecting a protein crystal in protein solution held in a crystallizing container, wherein layer images are obtained by imaging cross sections of a protein solution, a crystal feature image for each layer is created by extracting a feature portion of a protein crystal from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080247628 - Determination of a change in a cell population: The present invention relates to a method and a system for determination of a change in a cell population, as well as a method for using said method and system for estimating a quality measure of embryos and for selecting embryos for in vitro fertilisation, said method comprising the steps... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080247629 - Systems and methods for check 21 image replacement document enhancements: The present invention provides enhanced processing of Check 21 items using an electronic payment system (EPS) to capture metadata instructions. The metadata includes instructions regarding an intended payment to a payee, and can be generated through a truncation process and optical character recognition, directly from a digitally originated check, and... Agent: Clements Bernard Miller

20080247630 - Defect inspecting apparatus and defect-inspecting method: An image pickup section 3 picks up an inspection object and produces captured image information. An image acquisition section 4 produces an image of the inspection object based on the picked-up image information. A defect-extracting section 5 using the produced image extracts defects on the inspection object. A defects inspection... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080247631 - Painting process color compensator: A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling a user to paint a surface a desired final color while using a paint, the color of which appears in raw form different from the desired final color for the painted surface. In an exemplary embodiment, a tile painting application... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20080247632 - Method for mask inspection for mask design and mask production: The invention relates to a mask inspection method that can be used for the design and production of masks, in order to detect relevant weak points early on and to correct the same. According to said method for mask inspection, an aerial image simulation, preferably an all-over aerial image simulation,... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080247633 - System for generating a set of test patterns for an optical proximity correction algorithm: A system of synthesizing layout patterns to test an optical proximity correction algorithm. The method comprises the steps of: embodying Walsh patterns in a set of Walsh pattern matrices; processing groups of matrices from the set of Walsh pattern matrices to form a set of test matrices; mapping the set... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080247634 - System and method for detecting defects in camera modules: A method for detecting defects in camera modules is provided. The method includes the following: an image is acquired from the camera module; a comparison formula and a standard value of defect luminance are set; the image is divided into many test regions; the corresponding reference regions are then plotted... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080247636 - Method and system for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects: A method of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional model of a modeled object and displaying a first view of the modeled object for a user to identify locations of interest on a surface of the modeled... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080247635 - Method of coalescing information about inspected objects: A method of coalescing information about inspected objects. The method includes acquiring an image set of an object to be inspected, the image set having a three-dimensional model of the object and a plurality of two-dimensional images of the object. A location of interest is identified on a surface of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080247637 - Methods and devices for tattoo application and removal: A robotic tattoo application and tattoo removal methods and systems are described. This technology involves the use of a robotic system guided by control of a graphics capable computer in order to perform various types, including artistic, recreational, cosmetic, or therapeutic tattooing, or tattoo removal.... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080247638 - Three-dimensional object imaging device: A three-dimensional object imaging device comprises a compound-eye imaging unit and an image reconstructing unit for reconstructing an image of a three-dimensional object based on multiple unit images captured by the imaging unit. Based on the unit images obtained by the imaging unit, the image reconstructing unit calculates a distance... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080247639 - Data matching method, data matching apparatus and data matching program: The purpose is to execute the matching of a data after state change from a data before state change, or the matching of a data before state change from a data after state change. The component analyzing unit realized by software analyzes an input data by using a configuration component... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080247640 - Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium on which the program is recorded: An image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded, which can accurately identify a plurality of regions included in an image by integrating the background difference method and the color detection method, are provided. First, background image data including only background... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080247641 - Frame buffer compression and decompression method for graphics rendering: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the processing of frame buffer data, such as color buffer data, in graphics processing applications. Although more generally applicable, these methods and apparatus are particularly useful in real-time, polygon-based, 3D rendering applications. An exemplary method for processing graphics data according to one or more... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080247642 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: In conventional technology, it is likely that good image quality cannot be obtained because various image processing such as color processing or halftone processing (dithering processing and error diffusion processing, for example) which differs from desired processing is executed in the trapping processing or black overprint processing. The present invention... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247643 - Image processing method, image processing program and image processor: An image processing method for converting a first image, which is expressed in a calorimetric system made up of a plurality of color components and is constituted of a plurality of pixels each holding color information corresponding to a single color component, to a second image constituted with a plurality... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080247644 - Method and system for determining histogram appearances from small data samples: A method and system for determining histograms and histogram appearances from small data samples. The method and system determine relevant histogram appearances (i.e., bin frequency lists) for uniform bin width sample histograms, exactly determine error minimizing histogram density estimators and determine histogram appearance reversals and mode inversions.... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20080247646 - Method for segmenting an image using constrained graph partitioning of watershed adjacency graphs: A method for segmenting at least a pair of regions of an image, such method comprising: obtaining data of the image; computing watersheds of the image from intensity gradients of such image data; extracting a watershed region adjacency graph from the computed watersheds, such graph comprising a plurality of nodes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080247645 - Method for segmenting and computing the pattern of a road: The present invention relates to a method for subdividing the road pattern in digital road maps into segments, in which, starting from the digital road maps in which the road pattern is subdivided into successive segments, new segment borders are established via new segment starting points and segment end points,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080247648 - System and method for improving display of tuned multi-scaled regions of an image with local and global control: A system for improved display of tuned multi-scaled regions of an image with local and global control and methods for making and using same. To assist the novice user of image processing tool, less input parameters should be required. Further, it will assist the user if results are diplayed in... Agent: Jones Day

20080247647 - Systems and methods for segmenting an image based on perceptual information: Systems for segmenting an image based on perceptual information and methods for making and using same. According to one embodiment, input channels from an image are derived and analyzed by heuristic metrics to create categorical estimates. Examples of categorical estimates include a foreground channel estimate and a background channel estimate.... Agent: Jones Day

20080247649 - Methods for silhouette extraction: Methods are provided for determining the silhouette of an object in an image against a fairly plain background. The method performs initial processing to create small regions of pixels in the image that have the same grey level value. Modifying the grey level values in these regions by setting the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080247650 - Multimodal identification and tracking of speakers in video: A computer program product includes machine readable instructions for providing enhanced video output by: receiving footage including likeness information in a plurality of modalities; demultiplexing the plurality of modalities to provide information for each modality; comparing information from at least two of the modalities for determining a correlation in the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080247651 - Apparatus for recognizing object in image: An object recognition apparatus sets each of keypoints extracted from a typical image and one of keypoints extracted from an input image, having scale invariant features similar to each other, as a typical corresponding point and an object corresponding point matching with each other, and produces a position vector directed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080247652 - Q-metric based support vector machine: A Support Vector Machine (110) with a Q-Metric kernel function computer (112) is provided. The Support Vector Machine (110) exhibits improved performance for classification and regression. Pattern recognition systems (100,900) that use the Support Vector Machine (110) are also provided. A Differential Evolution method of training a Support Vector Machine... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080247654 - Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and control methods thereof: An image capturing apparatus determines an image frame to extract as a reference image frame from a plurality of image frames constituting a moving image, using a histogram, for example, and generates a reference image data file. An encoder unit encodes the plurality of image frames after reducing the resolution... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080247655 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an encoder, a decoder, and a display unit. The encoder performs scalable encoding to encode input image data to obtain code data to be stored in a storage unit. The decoder decodes the code data stored in the storage unit to obtain decoded image data.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080247653 - Method and apparatus for parallelization of image compression encoders: A method and apparatus for compressing image data include a plurality of core encoders for receiving a respective plurality of streams of data in parallel and for compressing the received data, a plurality of output buffers for respectively receiving the compressed data from each of the plurality of core encoders,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080247656 - Method and apparatus for compression of video signals containing fades and flashes: A method and encoder for compressing a video signal inserts at least one non-referenced frame to coincide with a duration of a flash on detecting the flash in the video signal. On detecting a fade in the video signal, an order in which frames are coded is changed such that... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080247658 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image using modification of residual block: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image. In the encoding method, a residual block of a current block is transformed using a predicted block of the current block so as to increase the spatial correlation among residual values, and DCT is performed on the transformed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080247657 - Method for encoding images, and an image coder: The invention relates to a method for encoding a digital image, in which method the digital image is divided into blocks (C, L, U, UL, UR). In the method a spatial prediction for a block (C) is performed to reduce the amount of information to be transmitted, wherein at least... Agent: Perman & Green

20080247659 - Universal-denoiser context-modeling component and context-modeling method: In various embodiments of the present invention, a context-based denoiser is applied to each noisy-image symbol embedded within a context to determine a replacement symbol for the noisy-signal symbol. The context-based denoiser includes a context-modeling component that efficiently generates context classes and symbol-prediction classes, assigns individual contexts to context classes... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080247660 - Automatic detection and mapping of symmetries in an image: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for determining one or more symmetries in an image comprising a plurality of pixels. A symmetry value may be automatically determined for each of the plurality of pixels. The symmetry value may indicate the strength of one or more symmetries in... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080247661 - Automatic dynamic range adjustment in digital imaging: A method of performing non-linear transformation of a digital image for contrast modification. The original video input is compared to a linear transformation with gain and offset; and, the differential Δ multiplied by a factor m obtained from a look-up table and the product mΔ added to the original input... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080247662 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes: a first smoothing unit calculating, regarding multiple positions along a first direction in a neighbor region of a predetermined pixel of interest in an input image, a first-stage smoothing value wherein pixel values have been smoothed along a second direction differing from the first, for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080247663 - Method and system for rapid matching of video streams: Techniques for managing video stream data and portions of video stream data are disclosed. In particular, the present invention enables the user to match portions of video streams against stored, previously characterized video streams using Canny edge detection filtering coupled with Hu invariant third moments of those edges. According to... Agent: Kenneth P. Jacobsen

20080247664 - System and method for an adaptive de-blocking filter after decoding of compressed digital video: A system and method that adjusts the strength of a de-blocking filter to remove block artifacts in compressed video is disclosed. Block artifacts are associated with the block-based image/video compression techniques. The block artifacts deteriorate the quality of compressed image and video, especially at low bit rates. A de-blocking method... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080247666 - Darkness control using pattern matching: The present invention is a method and apparatus for processing image data to accomplish tuning or adjustment of images, so as to modify at least the darkness thereof, using compact, efficient methods and designs.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080247665 - Method and apparatus for dynamic contrast enhancement: A method and apparatus for dynamic contrast enhancement is provided. The apparatus at least comprises a histogram calculator, a low-pass filter, a blending unit and a luma remapper. By means of blending a content-based histogram with a user-defined histogram, the invention solves a problem that the mean luma value is... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080247667 - Laying out multiple images: Systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer program products, are provided for re-layout of composite images. In some implementations, a method includes identifying geometric transformations corresponding to multiple images from a collection of images, where a geometric transformation reorients a corresponding image in relation to a common reference frame when applied... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080247668 - Method for reconstructing three-dimensional images from two-dimensional image data: A method for reconstructing three-dimensional, plural views of images from two dimensional image data. The method includes: obtaining two-dimensional, stereo digital data from images of an object; processing the digital data to generate an initial three-dimensional candidate of the object, such process using projective geometric constraints imposed on edge points... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080247669 - Method of ortho-rectification for high-resolution remote sensing image: A high-resolution remote sensing image is processed through a true ortho-rectification. A totally new idea of H-buffer is provided to store heights of objects on the ground. The ortho-rectification includes a hidden analysis, a hidden detection and a hidden compensation. The process uses polygon patch of a building or a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080247670 - Generation of a depth map from a monoscopic color image for rendering stereoscopic still and video images: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a depth map from a digital monoscopic color image. The method includes the following general steps: a) obtaining a first color component of the MCI, said first color component corresponding to partial color information of the MCI; and, b)... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20080247671 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes: an interpolation unit configured to perform interpolation along each of a plurality of directions in a neighbor region of a predetermined pixel of interest in an input image, and generate interpolation values for each; a chroma signal alias intensity calculating unit configured to calculate alias... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080247672 - System and method for image processing of multi-sensor network cameras: An image processing method and system for a multi-sensor network camera. The method and system including generating a plurality of full resolution images in Bayer array format (Bayer images) produced by a plurality of image sensors; interpolating a plurality of low resolution Bayer images from the full resolution Bayer images... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080247673 - Image processing apparatus and control method therefor: In a first image processing apparatus, a first image processing unit 104 applies image processing to video content stored in a first storage unit. At this time, the first image processing unit stores information relating to detail and progress of the applied image processing in an image processing information storage... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080247676 - Image management system, report creation terminal, medical image management server, and image management method: Enhanced image data is stored, and medical image data contained in the enhanced image data and a screen for creating an interpretation report are displayed on a monitor. In response to a linking operation, link data containing image specification information specifying medical image data to link in the enhanced image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247677 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method: A reference image and features of the reference image are stored in a hash table in such a manner that the reference image and the features are related to each other. A storage region of the hash table is divided into a plurality of divided regions, and each divided region... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080247675 - Image-processing apparatus and image-processing method: When retrieving an image from an archive of stored images that is similar to an inputted image, an image-processing apparatus (200) extracts more than one characteristic point from the inputted image (S504), computes a characteristic amount for the characteristic points thus extracted (S505), and evaluates the fluctuation in the characteristic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247674 - Systems and methods for source language word pattern matching: A data capture and mining method which enables identification of characters and words through their visible patterns. Specifically, a data capture and mining method involves searching a scanned image using isomorphic, graphical pattern matching techniques that eliminate both the need to convert imaged writing to electronic format through, e.g., OCR... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080247678 - Image processing apparatus: An image scanning section 2 scans an information medium and inputs an image. An identification section 64 calculates a size of the information medium from the inputted image and identifies a type of the information medium. Alternatively, a reading section 8 reads identification information from an IC tag of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080240494 - Case image search apparatus and system: An arbitrary cross-sectional image (MPR image) is used as an image for searching a case DB which has registered case images for a case image similar to an image to be diagnosed. A user terminal produces an axial image with reference to a diseased site in the MPR image, the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240489 - Feature change image creation method, feature change image creation device, and feature change image creation program: A technique for applying a feature of a side attribute to an original image while keeping a principal feature. An image accumulating unit stores images classified into categories per the age or sex. A merging unit selects a category in accordance with an input category. A matching unit matches the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080240492 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method: A storage process section stores, into an exceptional reference image list, discrimination information for discriminating a reference image which permits image processing and a reference image which forbids or restricts image processing. In case where a maximum value of a similarity calculated by a voting process section is not less... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080240493 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image managing apparatus, image managing method, computer program product, and image order sheet: An image processing apparatus is provided that can quickly provide an image in which a main portion has a high image quality. The image processing apparatus includes an original image acquiring section that acquires an original image; a characteristic region judging section that makes a judgment as to whether a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240495 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, and recording medium: An image processing device including an area generation unit configured to generate a supplemental data-embedded area in image data having content data separate from an area occupied by the content data, and a data embedding unit configured to embed supplemental data in the supplemental data-embedded area.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080240491 - Instrumentation endoscope apparatus: A reference point-designating section 18b designates two reference points on a measurement object. A reference curve-calculating section 18c calculates a reference curve calculated by approximating an outline of the measurement object based on the reference points. A loss-composing point-calculating section 18d calculates loss-composing points constituting a loss outline formed on... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080240490 - Source authentication and usage tracking of video: A video at a host is authenticated using a watermark in the video, wherein the watermark includes metadata related to the video, wherein authenticating the video includes comparing metadata in the watermark to unwatermarked metadata attached to the video. Watermarked host-related information is added to the video by the host.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080240496 - Approach for resolving occlusions, splits and merges in video images: Aspects of the present invention provide a solution for resolving an occlusion in a video image. Specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides an environment in which portions of a video image in which occlusions have occurred may be determined and analyzed to determine the type of occlusion. Furthermore,... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080240502 - Depth mapping using projected patterns: Apparatus for mapping an object includes an illumination assembly, which includes a single transparency containing a fixed pattern of spots. A light source transilluminates the single transparency with optical radiation so as to project the pattern onto the object. An image capture assembly captures an image of the pattern that... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Welsh & Katz

20080240505 - Feature information collecting apparatuses, methods, and programs: Apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire vehicle position information that represents a current position of a vehicle, acquire image information of a vicinity of the vehicle, and carry out image recognition processing of a target feature that is included in the image information to determine a position of the target feature.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240503 - Image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus mounting the same, and image processing method: A coding unit codes a moving image. An object detector detects an object from within a picture contained in the moving image, and generates, for each picture, object detection information containing at least the number of objects detected within an identical picture. When a codestream is generated from coded data... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080240500 - Image processing methods: A method of image processing, the method comprising receiving an image frame including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including an image information, conducting a first extraction based on the image information to identify foreground pixels related to a foreground object in the image frame and... Agent: Akin Gump LLP - Silicon Valley

20080240504 - Integrating object detectors: An N-object detector comprises an N-object decision structure incorporating decision sub-structures of N object detectors. Some decision sub-structures have multiple different versions composed of the same classifiers with the classifiers rearranged. Said multiple versions associated with an object detector are arranged in the N-object decision structure so that the order... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080240499 - Jointly registering images while tracking moving objects with moving cameras: A method tracks a moving object by registering a current image in a sequence of images with a previous image. The sequence of images is acquired of a scene by a moving camera. The registering produces a registration result. The moving object is tracked in the registered image to produce... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080240501 - Measurement system, lithographic apparatus and method for measuring a position dependent signal of a movable object: An encoder-type measurement system is configured to measure a position dependent signal of a movable object, the measurement system including at least one sensor mountable on the movable object a sensor target object mountable on a substantially stationary frame, and a mounting device configured to mount the sensor target object... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080240497 - Method for tracking objects in videos using forward and backward tracking: A method tracks an object in a sequence of frames of a video. The method is provided with a set of tracking modules. Frames of a video are buffered in a memory buffer. First, an object is tracked in the buffered frames forward in time using a selected one of... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080240498 - Runway segmentation using vertices detection: Methods and apparatus are provided for locating a runway by detecting an object (or blob) within data representing a region of interest provided by a vision sensor. The vertices of the object are determined by finding points on the contour of the object nearest for the four corners of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080240506 - Feature information management apparatuses, methods, and programs: Apparatuses, methods and programs store a plurality of target types, each target type having recognition attribute information indicating the likelihood that the target type will be recognized based on a type of road or a type of area. The apparatuses, methods and programs acquire vehicle position information indicating a current... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240507 - Information device operation apparatus: An information device operation apparatus includes an image capturing device, an illumination device, a controller, image storage device, operation object extracting device, detection device, and signal output device. The image storage device stores a plurality of images that are acquired by the image capturing device under a plurality of illumination... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080240509 - Image display device and image display method: An image display device includes a storage unit storing a plurality of conversion tables respectively expressing relationship of a position on a display area and an enlargement ratio of an image, a judging unit judging entire motion of an image, a selection unit selecting any of the plurality of conversion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240508 - Motion detection imaging device: A motion detection imaging device comprises: plural optical lenses for collecting light from an object so as to form plural single-eye images seen from different viewpoints; a solid-state imaging element for capturing the plural single-eye images formed through the plural optical lenses; a rolling shutter for reading out the plural... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080240511 - Apparatus for picking up objects: An apparatus for picking up objects including a robot for picking up an object, at least one part of the object having a curved shape, having a storing means for storing a gray gradient distribution model of the object, a recognizing means for recognizing a gray image of the object,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080240510 - Method and system for examining a surface: The present invention includes a system and a method of determining the regularity of a surface of an object under examination. The method includes receiving a three-dimensional phase image of the surface including a plurality of pixels, wherein the phase image can result from a multiple wavelength interferometric analysis of... Agent: Schox PLC

20080240512 - Card identifying apparatus: A card identifying apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a light-receiving portion that reads a card on a pixel basis of a predetermined area as a unit including color information having brightness, RAM that stores image data comprised of a plurality of pixels read by the light-receiving... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240513 - Method and device for updating map data: Disclosed is a method and device for updating map data, wherein each site on the map being associated with geographic data and at least one scene image captured at the site, the method comprising: at each site, collecting video data and geographic data representing the position of the site; extracting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240515 - Method of adjusting reference information for biometric authentication and apparatus: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of adjusting reference information for biometric authentication, comprises storing the reference information including reference biometric data and threshold values corresponding to a plurality of users, respectively, obtaining biometric data of a user by inputting biometric information of the user, calculating a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080240514 - Method of personal recognition using hand-shape and texture: The present invention relates to a method and system for a multimodal biometric system utilizing a single image to generate hand shape and palmprint features. The invention utilizes a digital camera, and incorporates feature subset selection algorithms to eliminate redundant data. The inventions, through the use of feature algorithm, successfully... Agent: Attn: Maquita Wong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

20080240518 - Apparatus and method of image capture: An image capture apparatus comprises a first imaging device operable to capture an image feedback image, generator for generating a feedback image from a captured image for output to a display, a facial recognition unit operable to determine the position of a face within the feedback image, an image corruptor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240517 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging device, and image data representing an object scene captured by the imaging device is retained in an SDRAM. A CPU recognizes a facial image of a person from the retained image data. The CPU further specifies a partial background image being a background... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080240516 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus, includes: a transforming area setter, operable to set at least a part of an area of a target image as a transforming area; a transforming area divider, operable to arrange a plurality of dividing points in the transforming area and to divide the transforming area into... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240520 - Imaging apparatus, display control method and recording medium: In a digital camera 1, when a shutter key is operated, a CPU 13 executes the shooting process (Step S103), extracts a face image from this shot image (Step S104), and judges whether the extracted face image is a face image registered in a face image registration table (Step S106).... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080240519 - Recognition device, recognition method, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with recognition program: An object of the invention is to provide a user in performing a work with a proper advice and support the user's work. An advice database stores advice data for supporting a user in performing a work. An advice selector selects advice data in accordance with the user's work from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080240521 - Collating system and method and program: A collating system includes a storage section configured to store a reference fingers and palm print data of a reference fingerprint data and a reference palm print data, and a collating unit configured to collate the target fingers and palm print data and the reference fingers and palm print data.... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080240522 - Fingerprint authentication method involving movement of control points: A fingerprint system (80) implements a fingerprint authentication method (20) for a user fingerprint image (UFI) based on a plurality of control fingerprint images (CFI). The method involves (S24) a detection of at least one control point within a user fingerprint image (UFI) and at least one control point within... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080240523 - Method and apparatus for two-dimensional finger motion tracking and control: Enhanced accuracy finger position and motion sensors devices, algorithms, and methods are disclosed that can be used in a variety of different applications. The sensors can be used in conjunction with partial fingerprint imagers to produce improved fingerprint scanners. The finger motion sensors may also be used (either with or... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080240528 - Method and device for scanning a sample with contrast evaluation: The invention relates to a method and to a device for optically scanning a sample (1). The device comprises an adjusting unit (2, 3) and a scanning device (4, 5) which comprises an optical unit (4) and a scanning unit (5). The inventive device also comprises a control arrangement (6)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080240525 - Method and system for reconstructing a medical image of an object: A method for reconstructing a medical image of an object in a reconstruction process, where image data is achieved by a medical imaging system by collecting a real measured projection image data of said object, in which method an antipriori component is deter-mined for modelling artifacts caused by the imaging... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080240529 - Methods for improving the perfomance of a detector: A system and method for allowing adjustments of various parameters associated with the operation of charge-coupled devices adapted for use in biological analysis devices. Gate voltage signal applied to the CCDs can be adjusted to advantageously affect the manner in which charge is transferred from pixels. The manner in which... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20080240527 - Methods, compositions and systems for analyzing imaging data: The present invention provides methods, compositions and systems for the analysis of imaging data, in particular, whole-animal imaging data acquired using microCT. Included in the invention are methods for registering and comparing test images to one or more reference images to identify and analyze anatomical features of interest. Also provided... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080240526 - Object recognition system for medical imaging: An improved system and method (i.e. utility) for segmentation of medical images is provided. The utility fits an estimated boundary on a structure of interest in an automated selection and lifting process. The estimated boundary may be a model boundary that is generated actual boundaries of like structures. In one... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080240524 - Organ based hanging protocol for a diagnostic reading workstation: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for displaying a volume image set. The method includes selecting an image hanging protocol and displaying one or more volume images based at least in part on the image hanging protocol. The image hanging protocol includes a rule set for displaying... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080240534 - Method and device for navigating and measuring in a multidimensional image data set: The invention relates to a method and device for navigating on a vision plane (1) in a multidimensional image data set (8), wherein the intersection angle and degree of freedom (3, 6, 7) of the vision plane (1) displacement correspond to the degree of freedom of a sample (2) displacement,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080240530 - Methods for obtaining mri frequency maps: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method includes generating first and second spin populations within each of a plurality of pixels of a slice of an object. These spin populations have different phase histories. For each pixel, MRI signals from those spin populations are acquired at different times These MRI signals... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080240533 - Post-acquisition adaptive reconstruction of mri data: An improved method for reconstruction of medical images includes the acquisition of k-space data through MRI imaging. Subsequently, subsets of the k-space data are transformed into intermediate images by performing an inverse Fourier transform on selected sets. These intermediate images are saved to a PACS or other memory storage, and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080240532 - System and method for detection of fetal anatomies from ultrasound images using a constrained probabilistic boosting tree: A method for detecting fetal anatomic features in ultrasound images includes providing an ultrasound image of a fetus, specifying an anatomic feature to be detected in a region S determined by parameter vector θ, providing a sequence of probabilistic boosting tree classifiers, each with a pre-specified height and number of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080240535 - Systems and methods for multi-modal imaging: The invention relates to imaging systems that include a coded aperture detection system and an optical detection system. The coded aperture detection system is configured to detect radiation emitted by a radionuclide present within an object and to provide a first detector signal from the detected radiation. The optical detection... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080240531 - X-ray ct image reconstruction method: In an X-ray CT image reconstruction method, position and size of a high X-ray absorber are determined by photographing a to-be-measured-target using high-energy X-rays, and performing the image reconstruction. Moreover, photographed data is computed which corresponds to a case where the high X-ray absorber is photographed using low-energy X-rays. Next,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080240538 - Image processing system for an x-ray installation: The invention relates to an image processing system for an x-ray installation or such like having at least one image source, a plurality of computing units for processing different algorithms, at least one non-volatile storage and a data sink, with the image source, the plurality of computing units, the non-volatile... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080240536 - Method of detection and compensation for respiratory motion in radiography cardiac images synchronized with an electrocardiogram signal: A method of detection and compensation for respiratory motion improves the registration between a 3D pre-operation image and X-ray images acquired during a cardiac intervention. By synchronizing the X-ray images with the electrocardiogram, the disclosed method thus eliminates the motion related to the heart cycle from these images, thus isolating... Agent: General Electric Company Global Patent Operation

20080240537 - Radiographic film reading device: A radiographic film reading device is used in clinic dental diagnosis and treatment. The radiographic film reading device includes a film holder, a main body, a substrate and a backlight module. The film holder supports a radiographic film thereon. The main body has a receptacle for accommodating the film holder... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080240539 - Method for imaging and differential analysis of cells: Provided are methods for determining and analyzing photometric and morphogenic features of small objects, such as cells to, for example, identify different cell states. In particularly, methods are provided for identifying apoptotic cells, and for distinguishing between cells undergoing apoptosis versus necrosis.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080240540 - Appearance manifolds for modeling time-variant appearance of materials: A method for modeling a time-variant appearance of a material is described. A sample analysis of a material sample is performed, wherein the sample analysis orders surface points of the material sample with respect to weathering from data captured at a single instant in time. An appearance synthesis using the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080240541 - Automatic optical inspection system and method: An automatic optical inspection system includes a rotary device for driving an object to rotate. At least one line-scan camera is implemented for generating two-dimensional planar images of cylindrical surfaces of the object. A device for detecting defects is operable to generate the two-dimensional planar images of the cylindrical surfaces... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080240543 - Calibration and normalization method for biosensors: Calibration and normalization methods for a grating-based sensor design are disclosed. The sensor may be constructed in a manner optimized for both label-free and luminescence, e.g. fluorescence, amplification detection in a single device. Such a sensor, based on grating or another periodical structure with appropriate coating, dramatically increases the diversity... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080240542 - Droplet detection system: A system for a droplet detection device to monitor the dispensing operation in an ultra high throughput (uHTS) system. The system includes a microtitre plate with a defined number of wells and well walls, a dispenser for dispensing fluids into the wells, an illuminating sensor to extract image features from... Agent: Global Patent Group - Kal Attn: Ms Lavern Hall

20080240544 - System for creating an inspection recipe, system for reviewing defects, method for creating an inspection recipe and method for reviewing defects: A system for creating an inspection recipe, includes an inspection target selection module selecting an inspection target; a critical area extraction module extracting corresponding critical areas for defect sizes in the inspection target; a defect density prediction module extracting corresponding defect densities predicted by defects to be detected in the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080240545 - Inspection assistance system, data processing equipment, and data processing method: To provide a device that analyzes the matching data upon determining conditions for the inspection using data processing equipment and that analyzes differences between inspection tools, thereby significantly improving and upgrading the operability of data importing and improving the usability, the present invention comprises data processing equipment connected through a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080240546 - System and method for measuring digital images of a workpiece: A computer-based method for measuring digital images of a workpiece includes: reading each of images of different parts of the workpiece from a source file and merging all the images to generate a combined image of the workpiece; selecting an object to be measured on the combined image; extracting an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080240547 - Apparatus and method for vision processing on network based intelligent service robot system and the system using the same: There are provided an apparatus and method for vision processing on a network based intelligent service robot system and a system using the same. A robot can move to a target object, avoiding obstacles without helps of a robot server interfaced with a robot terminal over network, by extracting/processing three-dimensional... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080240550 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: By applying identification processing to each index included in a captured image, a set of an identifier, image coordinates, and an image number is acquired for each index, and the acquired set is registered in a data saving unit. The data saving unit manages the numbers of times of previous... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080240548 - Isosurfacial three-dimensional imaging system and method: An isosurfacial three-dimensional imaging system and method uses scanning electron microscopy for surface imaging of an assumed opaque object providing a series of tilt images for generating a sinogram of the object and a voxel data set for generating a three-dimensional image of the object having exterior surfaces some of... Agent: Carole A. Mulchinski, M1/040 The Aerospace Corporation

20080240549 - Method and apparatus for controlling dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view sequence images: A method and an apparatus for controlling a dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view images. The method includes receiving stereo-view or multi-view images, generating a disparity histogram by estimating the disparity of two images corresponding to the received images and measuring the frequency of the estimated disparity, determining the disparity... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240551 - Local bi-gram model for object recognition: A local bi-gram model object recognition system and method for constructing a local bi-gram model and using the model to recognize objects in a query image. In a learning phase, the local bi-gram model is constructed that represents objects found in a set of training images. The local bi-gram model... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080240552 - Hue segmentation system and method thereof: A hue segmentation system and method thereof suitable for image devices are described. First, a plurality of hue segments are generated based on color data of a plurality of colors in a color gamut. Then, the area difference between the hue segments and the color gamut is calculated. If the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080240553 - Portable terminal device, and program for the same: A character image can be readily formed into an image appropriate as a pictographic character for use in an E-mail document. A mobile telephone is equipped with a character image registering system that registers a pictographic character formed from a character image generated by an imaging operation. A character component... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080240554 - Image color discriminating apparatus, image color discriminating method and program: A method for discriminating a color of an object image. Whether unit data showing a color of a part of the object image corresponds to any position on a two-dimensional color plane is discriminated. A distribution value showing a width of a distribution range of the unit data in the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240559 - Adaptive interpolation with artifact reduction of images: An adaptive interpolation technique with artifact reduction is described that technique generates digital images with full-color RGB (red, green, blue) information, from raw pictures (e.g., Bayer-mosaiced single-color images) created by single-CCD digital cameras. The technique employs an improved criterion for choosing the interpolation criterion, which takes into account an output... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080240556 - Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method: An image processing apparatus converts a color image signal into a luminance signal and a color signal in a predetermined color space (111), and performs tone conversion processing on the luminance signal on the basis of a predetermined tone conversion characteristic (112). A function for chroma correction processing is then... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080240558 - Method of automated image color calibration: A method of automated image calibration that corrects for non-uniform illumination and calibrates color that is simple, fast, automated, accurate and reliable. A gray balance algorithm is applied to correct for non-uniform illumination and a color calibration algorithm is then applied to calibrate the human subject data. The system has... Agent: Cades Schutte A Limited Liability Law Partnership

20080240557 - Methods and apparatuses for restoring color and enhancing electronic images: Methods and apparatuses for color image restoration and enhancement. In at least one embodiment, color signals for individual channels of an image (e.g., red, green, or blue) are adjusted based on a weighted set of averages (e.g., of the entire image, the center portion, the surrounding portion, or other portions).... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080240555 - Two stage detection for photographic eye artifacts: A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a first set of candidate red-eye regions based on the candidate... Agent: Fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20080240560 - Digital object information via category-based histograms: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an effective method of representing a set of digital objects across at least two category-based dimensions for facilitating efficient access to such objects. These digital objects are typically media objects such as digital image files, digital video clips, digital audio objects, such as... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080240561 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus creates a brightness histogram of image data including a plurality of pixel data composed of a plurality of color data. The image processing apparatus includes: a histogram storage memory which stores number information used to specify the number of pixels classified by the similar colors by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240563 - Image pickup apparatus equipped with face-recognition function: The image pickup apparatus 100 comprises the image pickup unit 1 to pick up an image of the subject which a user desires, a detecting of the face image area which includes the face of the subject person in the picked-up image based on the image information of the picked-up... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080240562 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Image processing apparatus and image processing method including an image separation processing section for separating an inputted image signal into a transparent image portion having transparency and a background image by detecting a pixel data common among a plurality of frames within the inputted image signal; a frame interpolator that... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080240565 - Document generating apparatus, display control apparatus, document generating method, display control method and computer readable medium: The document generating apparatus is provided with: an acquiring unit that acquires information on a first operation on a display screen and information on a second operation on the display screen, the first operation being for designating a part area of an image as an area to be included in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240564 - Fast 4d segmentation of large datasets using graph cuts: A method for segmenting at least a pair of regions of an image. High resolution data is obtained of the image. Each one of the pair of the regions in the image is marked. Graph cuts are used on the downsampled data to obtain first voxels along an outer boundary... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080240566 - Identifying data patterns: Methods and systems for identifying data patterns from data comprising at least one data object, said data having at least one existing pattern class associated therewith, said data object being represented by a base feature vector, at least one of said base feature vectors having a structure of higher-level and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080240567 - Displaying text of a writing system using syntax-directed translation: A method for displaying an input string of character codes as a sequence of glyphs. In one implementation, an ordered list of instructions for transforming an input string of character codes may be generated using syntax-directed translation. The ordered list of instructions may be executed to generate a sequence of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080240569 - Character input apparatus and method and computer readable storage medium: A character input apparatus, includes a detection unit configured to detect coordinate data of handwriting, a handwriting display unit configured to sequentially display styled handwriting obtained by styling the handwriting during handwriting operation in accordance with a designated text style and the coordinate data, a recognition unit configured to recognize... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080240568 - Handwriting determination apparatus and method and program: A handwriting apparatus includes unit acquiring first-handwriting data, unit storing one-stroke-handwriting data and a first command as an instruction, the instruction corresponding to the one-stroke-handwriting data and being executed with a device, unit, when the first-handwriting data corresponds to one stroke, searching the storage unit for the first command corresponding... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080240570 - Symbol graph generation in handwritten mathematical expression recognition: A forward pass through a sequence of strokes representing a handwritten equation is performed from the first stroke to the last stroke in the sequence. At each stroke, a path score is determined for a plurality of symbol-relation pairs that each represents a symbol and its spatial relation to a... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080240573 - Feature information collecting apparatus and feature information collecting method: Feature information collecting apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire vehicle position information that represents the current position of a vehicle, acquire image information for a vicinity of the vehicle, and carry out image recognition processing on recognition target objects that are included in the image information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240572 - Image search apparatus and image search method: An image search apparatus and method is provided for searching plural images stored in storage for specific images. The apparatus includes an object setting unit that sets plural objects on a certain region of a screen of the image search apparatus, each object having at least one attribute of shape,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240571 - Real-time face detection using temporal differences: An apparatus, a method, and a computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed cause a method to be carried out. The method includes dividing at least a portion of a picture of a video stream into parts of blocks, and processing the parts in parallel by a plurality... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080240574 - System and method for identifying image based on singular value decomposition and feature point: A system and method for identifying an image based on singular value decomposition is provided. The system includes: a feature point extracting module for extracting at least one of feature points from an input image using strength of a Gaussian curvature of each pixel from the input image; an identifier... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080240575 - Learning concept templates from web images to query personal image databases: Methods and apparatus to generate templates from web images for searching an image database are described. In one embodiment, one or more retrieved images (e.g., from the Web) may be used to generate one or more templates. The templates may be used to search an image database based on features... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080240576 - Method of and apparatus for detecting error in image data stream: A method is provided for detecting an error in an image data stream in a device environment where digital image data is reproduced, especially, in a wired/wireless network such as a personal portable device. The method comprises determining whether or not an error is present in an input image data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240577 - Infrared safety systems and methods: The present invention relates to an automated safety system having at least one projector to direct electromagnetic energy into a region of space associated with a security, warning, or safety zone. A detector or detectors senses an interruption of the electromagnetic energy in the region of space by an object... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20080240578 - User interface for use in security screening providing image enhancement capabilities and apparatus for implementing same: An apparatus, method and system for facilitating visual identification of a prohibited object in an image during security screening are provided. Data derived from an apparatus that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation conveying an image of the contents of a receptacle is received. Information from an automated threat detection... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20080240581 - Functional dissipation classification of retinal images: Retinal images can be classified by selecting a classifier and a figure of merit for quantifying classification quality; selecting a transform to generate features from input data; using a recursive process of functional dissipation to generate dissipative features from the features generated according to the transform; computing the figure of... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20080240580 - Video classifying device: A video analyzing unit 1 analyzes features of an input video. A video classifying unit 2 estimates, based on results of an analysis by the video analyzing unit 1, whether the input video is one shot by a professional cameraman or one shot by an amateur to carry out classification.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080240579 - Video discrimination method and video discrimination apparatus: A video discrimination apparatus executes learning processing by acquiring a plurality of sample video pictures and information indicating a category of each sample video picture, classifying sample video pictures of each category into subcategories, determining a subcategory with a closest relation to each sample video picture for each combination of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080240582 - Method and apparatus for character string recognition: A method and an apparatus for character string recognition may be provided that enables prevention of a decrease in recognition accuracy for a character string even when distortion of an image appears in a direction perpendicular to a medium transfer direction.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080240586 - Image distribution apparatus, communication terminal apparatus, and control method thereof: An image distribution apparatus divides image data of a single frame into a plurality of blocks, orthogonally transforms the blocks and calculates transformation coefficients, quantizes the calculated transformation coefficients, codes the quantized transformation coefficients, and distributes the coded image data. The image distribution apparatus acquires the quantized transformation coefficients, stores... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240584 - Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium: The image processing device of the present invention includes: an image acquiring section (2) acquiring image data; an image data generating section (32) generating attribute data including each attribute value indicative of an attribute to which each of a plurality of pixels constituting an image indicated by the image data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080240585 - Image processing method, encoder, and decoder: A method of coding (decoding) an image comprised of a pixel block divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, which method autonomously determines an order of optimal coding (decoding) adapted to a correlation between adjacent sub-blocks without providing additional information. This method pays attention to context information accompanying the image information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080240583 - Method for controlling the amount of compressed data: A method is disclosed for compressing a set of digital images to achieve an average compressed data rate over the entire set. A subset of images are selected from the set of images. A threshold viewing distance and a desired average compressed data rate are specified, and compression parameters are... Agent: David Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080240591 - Image distribution apparatus, communication terminal apparatus, and control method thereof: An image distribution apparatus divides image data of a single frame into a plurality of blocks, orthogonally transforms the blocks and calculates transformation coefficients, quantizes the calculated transformation coefficients, codes the quantized transformation coefficients, and distributes the coded image data. The image distribution apparatus acquires the quantized transformation coefficients, stores... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240588 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: An image processing technology is provided that lends itself to improving precision of image matching. Keyframe to keyframe matching point information is generated by combining image frame to image frame corresponding point information obtained by computing matching in a group of image frames which includes a first keyframe and a... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080240589 - Method and apparatus for image stabilization: An image stabilization method and an image stabilization device for processing a target image in a video stream are provided. A target accumulated global vector of the target image is first calculated. Then, a low-pass filtering procedure is performed on the target accumulated global vector to generate a final motion... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080240590 - Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding multi-view image: Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding the multi-view image can use a difference in views between pictures of the multi-view image, add an image area obtained from a picture at one view at a first time to a picture at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240587 - Selective information handling for video processing: A system for selectively handling information. In an example embodiment, the system includes a first mechanism for processing information pertaining to one or more sub-blocks of a macroblock in a first stream and a second stream, and outputting a first processed stream and a second processed stream in response thereto.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080240592 - Image encoding and decoding method and apparatus using motion compensation filtering: Provided are an image encoding method and apparatus for encoding image data, in which compression efficiency is further improved by filtering motion-compensated image data, thereby reducing errors with respect to original image data, and an image decoding method and apparatus for decoding encoded image data. A filter is generated using... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240593 - Method for accessing image data and method for accessing yuv420 image data: A method for accessing image data and a method for accessing YUV420 image data are disclosed. The method for accessing image data uses two different approaches to a buffer for accessing the JPEG image data, so that the method can achieve instant JPEG image data compression with only one buffer.... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080240594 - Compression of triangle stripped data: A coder/decoder of a computer system may be utilized to compress, for subsequent display, three dimensional images. A triangle strip from a triangle based mesh may be analyzed to produce a sequence code to indicate a difference between a subsequent index and a previous index of a vertex within the... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080240595 - Data exchange method: In order to exchange data together with a pre-defined basic logo in coded form, a geometric basic shape, preferably matching the pattern of the basic logo, is defined as the coding symbol and a matrix likewise matching the arrangement of the coding symbols and therefore encoded data, which can be... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080240596 - Automatic generation of compact code tables: An apparatus includes a compact table generator module and a storage medium. The compact table generator creates a compact code table having multiple code word groups arranged in one or more hierarchies. Each of these code word groups includes a group mask that corresponds to one or more code words... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080240597 - Method and apparatus for realizing arithmetic coding/decoding: A method and apparatus for performing arithmetic encoding/decoding in an arithmetic encoder is disclosed. It comprises: firstly, when performing binary arithmetic encoding/decoding in the arithmetic encoder, an interval update process for arithmetic encoding/decoding to be performed in the original domain is mapped to the logarithm domain, and the interval update... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080240599 - Data processing device and method, recording medium, and program: An improvement information generating unit (11) generates a plurality of types of improvement information for improving the image quality of an image (broadcast image) broadcast as a program. An integrating unit (12) embeds one or more of the plurality of types of improvement information generated by the improvement information generating... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080240598 - Image processor: In an image processor, a reduced image forming unit forms a reduced image by reducing an original image. The reduced image peripheral average value generating unit generates a peripheral average value for each pixel of the reduced image. The reduced image reflectance component calculating unit calculates a reflectance component indicating... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080240600 - Adaptively post filtering encoded video: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of decoding an encoded video signal that includes a plurality of successive encoded images. The method initially receives an encoded image of the video signal. It then decodes the encoded image. The method next examines the decoded image to determine whether the... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080240602 - Edge mapping incorporating panchromatic pixels: A method of enhancing a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels, forming an edge map in response to the panchromatic pixels, forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels, and... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080240601 - Edge mapping using panchromatic pixels: A method of enhancing a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels, forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels, forming a reference panchromatic image in response to the captured panchromatic... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080240603 - Methods and apparatus for image enhancement: A method and apparatus of enhancing an image, the method comprising applying at least one multi-scale filter bank to at least a portion of an image to detect at least one edge at different scales, and combining the detected edges with said image to yield an enhanced to at least... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080240604 - Performing deblocking on pixel data: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving pixel data for a portion of an image including a blocking artifact, calculating an artifact strength based on a difference between a two pixels on opposite sides of the blocking artifact, performing a local adaptability check using the artifact... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080240606 - Image correction apparatus, image correction method, skin diagnosis method, and computer program product: An image correction technology for causing a person image to look more beautiful is provided. Provided is an image correction apparatus a partial region specifying section that specifies a partial region of a skin that satisfies a predetermined condition, within a first image captured under a first image capturing condition;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080240605 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: An image processing apparatus performs correction processing on image data. A night scene judgment unit judges whether an image represented by the image data is a night scene image. A correction unit performs correction on the image data by relatively strengthening a degree of expansion of luminosity range of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240607 - Image deblurring with blurred/noisy image pairs: Image deblurring with blurred/noisy image pairs is described. In one implementation, a system combines a blurred image with a corresponding noisy image of the same subject to create a high-quality deblurred image. The blurred/noisy image pair can be acquired by an inexpensive hand-held camera, e.g., in unfavorable low light conditions.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080240608 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, program, storage medium, and image capturing apparatus: There is provided an image processing apparatus which corrects a shot image, which is shot by an image capturing apparatus and on which a shadow of a foreign substance existing on a shooting optical path of the image capturing apparatus is captured, so as to reduce an influence of the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080240610 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device includes a deformation processing unit that deforms at least a portion of an area on a target image, which is generated by photographing, based on a distance between a photographic device and a subject of the target image. A deformation amount adjustment unit uses a distance... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240609 - Information outputting device, information outputting method, computer readable recording medium, and image projecting system: Provided is a device that records or outputs information, which acquires a first image to be a display target, judges whether at least a part of the acquired first image is a preset non-target image, and determines whether the acquired first image is an image to be recorded or output.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240611 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an expansion unit to expand image data to first matrix data including a plurality of rows and columns, a first mask unit to mask the first matrix data by performing a logical operation on the first matrix data and a mask pattern, a second mask... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240613 - Digital microscope slide scanning system and methods: Provided herein are systems methods including a design of a microscope slide scanner for digital pathology applications which provides high quality images and automated batch-mode operation at low cost. The instrument architecture is advantageously based on a convergence of high performance, yet low cost, computing technologies, interfaces and software standards... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080240612 - Non-overlap region based automatic global alignment for ring camera image mosaic: Various embodiments are directed to non-overlap region based automatic global alignment for ring camera image mosaic. The non-overlap region based homography calculation may be based on feature points of a planar target appearing in a non-overlap region among images captured by a multi-camera based video capture device. Other embodiments are... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080240615 - Image processing for image deformation: An image processing device, which performs deformation of an image, includes a deformation area setting unit, a deformation area dividing unit, and a deformation processing unit. The deformation area setting unit sets at least a portion of an area on a target image as a deformation area. The deformation area... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080240614 - Traceability marks: The formation of marks on devices is described. In one embodiment, a method for marking a device includes forming a plurality of unique marks sequentially on a device. The method includes defining a virtual array having a plurality of cells extending in an x-direction and a plurality of cells extending... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080240616 - Automatic camera calibration and geo-registration using objects that provide positional information: A video sequence of a field of view within an environment is received. Targets are detected in the video sequence. Target geo-positional information is received. Correspondences between the targets detected in the video sequence and the target geo-positional information are determined and used to calibrate the camera and to geo-register... Agent: Venable LLP

20080240617 - Interpolation frame generating apparatus, interpolation frame generating method, and broadcast receiving apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided an interpolation frame generating apparatus including a detecting unit which obtains a first frame image and a second frame image continuously following the first frame image from an imparted image signal, compares the first frame image and the second frame image in a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080240619 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for managing structured documents: An index storing unit stores, in a page as a fixed-length storage area, a vocabulary index which associates vocabulary identifiers for identifying vocabularies included in a structured document having a layered logical structure and specific information for specifying positions where the vocabularies appear. A characteristic analyzing unit analyzes a characteristic... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240618 - Image-document retrieving apparatus, method of retrieving image document, program, and recording medium: Feature vectors used in discrimination of images include information on feature blocks of images in an image-document retrieving apparatus of the present invention. Text areas of a page image document are combined to form rectangular images. On the basis of information on the rectangular images that are extracted, a geometric... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080240620 - Electronic device with simplified operation input/output module: An electronic device includes an imaging unit configured for capturing an image of a subject, a memory unit configured for storing data and images; a processing unit configured for processing data and images; a display unit configured for displaying data and images; and a central processing unit configured for processing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080240621 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus comprises an operation unit configured to set an input resolution, an image input unit configured to input image information at the input resolution, and an appropriate resolution determination unit configured to determine whether the input resolution is appropriate or not on the basis of the input... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP