Image analysis inventions 08/09

20090214081 - Apparatus and method for detecting object: A disparity profile indicating a relation between a perpendicular position on time series images and a disparity on a target monitoring area based on an arrangement of a camera is calculated. Processing areas are set, by setting a height of each of the processing areas using a length at the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090214077 - Method for determining the self-motion of a vehicle: A method and a device for determining the self-motion of a vehicle in an environment are provided, in which at least part of the environment is recorded via snapshots by an imaging device mounted on the vehicle. At least two snapshots are analyzed for determining the optical flows of image... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090214078 - Method for handling static text and logos in stabilized images: To handle static text and logos in stabilized images without destabilizing the static text and logos, a method of handling overlay subpictures in stabilized images includes detecting an overlay subpicture in an input image, separating the overlay subpicture from the input image, stabilizing the input image to form a stabilized... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090214080 - Methods and apparatus for runway segmentation using sensor analysis: Systems and methods for determining whether a region of interest (ROI) includes a runway are provided. One system includes a camera for capturing an image of the ROI, an analysis module for generating a binary large object (BLOB) of at least a portion of the ROI, and a synthetic vision... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090214079 - Systems and methods for recognizing a target from a moving platform: Systems and methods for recognizing a location of a target are provided. One system includes a camera configured to generate first data representing an object resembling the target, a memory storing second data representing a template of the target, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the first... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090214082 - Image management apparatus: An image management apparatus capable of managing a plurality of images captured within a geographical range included in a designated map linked with that map. The image management apparatus has a period setting unit setting a predetermined period, an imaging unit acquiring an image, a position information acquisition unit acquiring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090214083 - Vein authentication device and vein authentication method: A vein authentication device according to the present invention includes an imaging part for continuously imaging a portion of venation present inside a finger by near-infrared light scattered inside the finger by irradiating a finger surface with the near-infrared light while continuously imaging a portion of fingerprints present on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090214084 - Remote sensing analysis of forest disturbances: The present invention provides systems and methods to automatically analyze Landsat satellite data of forests. The present invention can easily be used to monitor any type of forest disturbance such as from selective logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, natural hazards (fire, wind events, storms), etc. The present invention provides a large-scale,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090214085 - Reduction of incorrectly identified document scanning defects: In general, this disclosure describes techniques of reducing the possibility of an image evaluation device incorrectly identifying defects in images of documents. Some defects may be apparent in the images of both sides of a document. For instance, a tear in a document could be apparent in an image of... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20090214086 - Vision correction aid system: The invention relates to a system that is used to aid in determining vision correction. The inventive system is characterised in that it combines: a camera which can take animated images of the subject's face along a determined visual axis; a display device which represents the images taken by the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090214087 - Method and computer system using a webcam for protecing digital data: A method and computer system for digital data protection by using a webcam, comprising: generating a user's biometric feature image; comparing the biometric feature image with identification data; concealing specific data in the computer when the biometric feature image does not conform to the identification data.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090214091 - Alignment apparatus and program therefor: An alignment apparatus and a program that improve the accuracy of alignment between two radiation images are provided. For each of portions of the two radiation images, evaluation means calculates an evaluation value that evaluates an amount of positional shift regarding a tissue radiographed in the radiation images, and search... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090214093 - Method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging in mmode: An mmode imaging method and apparatus for an ultrasonic diagnostic device is provided to increase the continuity of displayed mmode images. An mmode imaging method performed by an ultrasonic diagnosis device selects sample points on frames of bmode images, converts bmode data of the sample points obtained from the frames... Agent: Mindray C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090214090 - Method for processing medical image data and magnetic resonance apparatus for recording and processing medical image data: A method is disclosed for processing medical image data which image a structure layer by layer, the image data for at least some layers respectively including a plurality of layer images. In at least one embodiment, the method includes segmentation of the structure in the layer images and determination respectively... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090214092 - Method of assessing a body part: A method of assessing a body part includes obtaining two or more types of data through a combination of two or more of the following four imaging modalities: (1) obtaining surface topography data of the body part, (2) obtaining thermographic data of the body part, (3) obtaining range of motion... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090214089 - System and method for data analysis and capture: A system for capture and analysis of dental demineralization information.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090214088 - Tissue sample identification system and apparatus: A method an apparatus for identifying slides is disclosed, where samples such as tissue sample mounted to slides are labeled with information, and an image of the information is captured by a processing instrument. The image is analyzed, for example using optical character recognition, and information extracted from the image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090214096 - Computer-aided cytogenetic method of cancer diagnosis: The present invention relates to noninvasive diagnostic systems for cancer detection comprising RGB-imaging of cancer cells, buccal epithelium cells and uses of the system for drug discovery. The present invention provides novel algorithms for the detection of malignancy associated changes of buccal epithelial cells based on RGB analysis.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090214094 - Interface device and protocol: The invention is an interface device and system for establishing an operating interface between an injector device and diagnostic imaging equipment. In one embodiment, the interface device may permit an operator to concurrently operate and control the injector device and the imaging equipment. The interface device may permit the injector... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090214097 - Method for generating analytical tool for analyzing abnormalities in human organs: A method for providing a tool for analyzing an abnormality affixed to a human organ. The method includes: obtaining an image of the organ with the abnormality; separating the image of the abnormality from the image of the organ with the abnormality; mapping a surface of the separated image of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090214098 - Method for three-dimensional presentation of a moved structure using a tomographic method: The invention relates to a method for three-dimensional presentation of a moved structure using a tomographic method, in which a plurality of projection images are recorded from different imaging angles between a start angle with a start node point and an end angle with an end node point by an... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090214095 - System and method to obtain noise mitigted monochromatic representation for varying energy level: In dual energy CT, through basis material decomposition (BMD), a pair of density images can be reconstructed. The noises in this image pair are negatively correlated due to the BMD process. A technique is presented for obtaining the monochromatic images at desired energy levels with reduced correlation noise. The technique... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20090214099 - Method of suppressing obscuring features in an image: A method of removing obscuring features of relatively standard size and shape from an image comprising the obscuring features, features of interest and background, comprising the steps of applying a geometric transformation to generate a transformed image with the obscuring features aligned with an axis of image; applying an attenuation... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090214100 - X-ray image processing apparatus and method: An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a site information determination unit configured to determine, based on discrete site information, continuous site information to be obtained by radiographing a moving image, an information acquisition unit configured to extract, from the discrete site information, image construction information, image processing method information, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090214101 - Targeted nanostructures for cellular imaging: Compositions and methods related to targeted carbon nanostructures. More particularly, targeted carbon nanostructures comprising: a Cn, a cross-linker, and a targeting agent, wherein Cn refers to a fullerene moiety or nanotube comprising n carbon atoms. One example of a method may involve a method for imaging comprising: contacting a targeted... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090214102 - Defect inspection method and apparatus: A method of inspecting patterns, including: adjusting a brightness of at least one of a first bright field image and a second bright field image detected from a specimen and directed to similar patterns on differing parts of the specimen, so as to more closely match a brightness; comparing the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090214103 - Method for measuring a pattern dimension: In SEM image based pattern measurement using electron beam simulation, accuracy of simulation is very influential. For matching between a simulated image and an actual image, it is needed to properly model the shape and material of a target being measured and reflect them in simulated images. In the present... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090214104 - Pattern image correcting apparatus, pattern inspection apparatus, and pattern image correcting method: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for correcting an inspection reference pattern image in order to properly inspect a pattern image of a specimen. The pattern image correcting apparatus is characterized by including: a first pattern synthesizing unit for synthesizing an assist pattern image and a pattern image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090214105 - Identity document and method for the manufacture thereof: Identity document comprising a data medium with data. These data comprise an image of a face. This image consists of two component images that are observed at different angles. By simultaneously viewing the two images, the person studying the identity document can obtain further information about the face. This is... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090214107 - Image processing apparatus, method, and program: Corresponding points corresponding to each other between each of a plurality of images photographed from different positions are searched for. When a plurality of corresponding points is searched out in a second image of the plurality of images for one target pixel in a first image of the plurality of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090214106 - Photogrammetric target and related method: A multi-target photogrammetric target assembly and related method of evaluating curvilinear surface character. The target assembly includes a first photogrammetric target disposed at a first support and a second photogrammetric target disposed at a second support. The first support and the second support are operatively connected such that the first... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090214109 - Dropout color processing method and processing apparatus using same: It is possible to compatibly set multiple “dropout” color ranges and “non-dropout” color ranges and uniquely determine a dropout boundary. An object of the present invention is to greatly conserve maintenance cost of adding a new dropout form after apparatus operations. A conventional technology aims at assuring relation to a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090214108 - System and method for isolating near achromatic pixels of a digital image: The subject application is directed to a system and method for isolating near achromatic pixels of a digital image. First, image data encoded as a plurality of pixels is received, with each pixel having component values in a multi-dimensional color space. From the received image data, chroma data is extracted.... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090214110 - Method and apparatus for generating mosaic image: A method and apparatus for generating a mosaic image by mosaic processing of an image are provided, in which an object to be used in a mosaic is acquired from a received image, the object is stored in a storage medium, a target image to be mosaic-processed is received, a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090214111 - Method for enhancing in-vivo image contrast: This invention relates to methods for enhancing an image by expanding the color contrast of the image presented to a wider range of colors that is optimized for the item sought to be viewed. The method also increases contrast of an image or a portion of an image for example... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090214113 - Removing ringing and blocking artifacts from jpeg compressed document images: A method of removing ringing and blocking artifacts from a decompressed digital image. In one method, a background value of the digital image a background region and foreground regions is determined, and a threshold value is computed. A mapping of the digital image is then generated by thresholding the digital... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090214112 - Systems and methods of accessing random access cache for rescanning: An efficient method and system to enhance digital acquisition devices for analog data is presented. The enhancements offered by the method and system are available to the user in local as well as in remote deployments yielding efficiency gains for a large variety of business processes. The quality enhancements of... Agent: Zilka-kotab, Pc

20090214114 - Pixel classification in image analysis: A method for classifying image pixels comprises obtaining (210) of a plurality of pixel vectors of an image. Each said pixel vector has n intensity elements associated with a same respective imaged position, n≧2. Each of the n intensity elements is a digital value representing a discretized intensity measure of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090214115 - Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acceptance unit that accepts an image; a character information adding unit that adds a character identifier for uniquely identifying a character, a character position indicating a position of the character in the image, a character size indicating a size of the character, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090214116 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and storage medium: In the image processing apparatus of the present invention, when a document is read, a document matching process section determines whether the document is similar to a reference document or not. When the document is similar to the reference document, the document matching process section further determines whether the document... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090214117 - Handwriting symbol recognition accuracy using speech input: Described is a bimodal data input technology by which handwriting recognition results are combined with speech recognition results to improve overall recognition accuracy. Handwriting data and speech data corresponding to mathematical symbols are received and processed (including being recognized) into respective graphs. A fusion mechanism uses the speech graph to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090214119 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus has an extraction unit configured to extract a thin line with a width of equal to or less than a predetermined value from rendering data, and an end point processing unit configured to displace, with respect to a portion that satisfies a predetermined condition in the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090214118 - Target specific image scaling for effective rapid serial visual presentation: A system and method of efficiently and effectively triaging an image that may include one or more target entities are provided. A target entity to be searched for in the image is specified. The image, or at least a selected portion of the image, is then divided into a plurality... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090214121 - Image processing apparatus and method, and program: An edge map creation unit detects an edge intensity of an input image in units of three types of blocks having different sizes. An operation parameter adjustment unit sets initial values of an edge reference value and an extraction reference value on the basis of a dynamic range which is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090214120 - Volumetric data connecting apparatus and method: A volumetric data connecting apparatus, includes a reference point determining device for having an operator determine reference points A, B and C which are not on the same straight line on first volumetric data V; a connection point a determining device for having the operator determine a connection point a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090214122 - Image processing apparatus for analysis of pattern matching failure: Information indicating the reason for a failure of template matching is provided. Difference information between a first image, which is referred to as a template, and a third image that is selected by the operator from a second image and that is larger than the template is displayed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090214123 - Method for associating a digital image with a class of a classification system: Disclosed is a method for assigning the content of a digital image to a class of a classification system. Said method comprises the following steps: —a predetermined number of F numerical shape characteristics ψm are determined; —the value of each shape characteristic of the F numerical shape characteristics determined for... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20090214124 - Method of and apparatus for classifying an image: A technique is provided for classifying images in a library (1) for subsequent selective retrieval. Each library image is segmented (2) into a plurality of coherent regions. Each of the regions is analysed in respect of a plurality of visual properties, each of which is ascribed a number according to... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090214125 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: An image processing method has the steps of: scanning respective pages in a document; generating respective pieces of image data corresponding to the pages; identifying respective orientations of isolated images contained by each of the pages according to a result of character recognition for the image data; determining whether or... Agent: Von Simson & Chin

20090214126 - Gray code encoding and decoding method applied to holographic storage devices: A gray code encoding and decoding method applied to holographic storage devices is proposed. The encoding method uses gray levels of a 2D detector to encode a certain amount of original bits of the original data, and then sends them to a spatial light modulator (SLM) for encryption. The decoding... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090214127 - Image compression apparatus and image compression method: An image compression apparatus includes: a dividing section for dividing an image to be compressed into blocks; a discrimination section for determining whether the divided block is a first kind block, in which an outline portion of the image is not included and a difference between the maximum gradation value... Agent: Cameron Kerrigan Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20090214128 - Compression system for a bit-plane: A compression system and method for a bit-plane is disclosed. A run-length encoder is used to compress a first block of an image, which includes at least a first line in the image. An offset encoder is used to compress a second block of the image, which includes a number... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20090214129 - Apparatuses and methods for noise reduction: Methods and apparatuses provide noise reduction in a demosaiced digital image by processing the digitized signals received from a color pattern pixel array for noise reduction previous to, or as part of, a demosaicing process by using a weight matrix.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090214130 - Radiation image processing apparatus: A filter processing means removes periodic patterns caused by a scattered radiation removing means from radiation images, which are obtained by detecting radiation that has passed through the scattered radiation removing means with a radiation detector. The filter processing means removes only the spatial frequency components of the periodic pattern... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090214131 - System and method for multi-scale sigma filtering using quadrature mirror filters: A first sigma filtering circuit sigma filters an image to produce a filtered image. An analysis circuit processes the sigma filtered image to produce an approximation part and a detail part. A second sigma filter circuit filters the approximation part to produce a sigma filtered approximation part. Another analysis circuit... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20090214132 - Pixel interpolation apparatus and method: In a pixel interpolation apparatus for interpolating pixels, an edge pixel detection unit detects edge pixels constituting an edge among pixels on lines positioned above/below the interpolation pixel. A continuous edge detection unit detects edge pixels in which two pixels or more consecutively line up among edge pixels detected by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090214133 - Image processing device and method and program: An image processing device configured to reduce noise of an image, including: a position control information generating unit configured to calculate a block boundary position for each of blocks and the distance of each pixel from the block boundary position, based on block size information and block boundary initial position,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090214134 - System and method for image data extraction and assembly in digital cameras: A system and method for data extraction and assembly in digital cameras is provided. The system and method provides the ability to extract symbol data, including textual and other character data from multiple camera images, and assemble the extracted symbol data into a composite document. The system and method can... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (mot)

20090214135 - Correcting axial tilt based on object positions in axial slices of three dimensional image: A computer-implemented process is provided for reorienting a three-dimensional (3D) scan image of an object. The object has a generally flat surface. The image is constructed from image data obtained during rotation of the object about a rotation axis, which intersects the plane of the flat surface at an angle.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090214136 - Image processing apparatus for scaling an input image according to various image processing requirements and method thereof: An image processing apparatus and method for scaling an input image are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a buffer module, a scaling unit, and a determining unit. The buffer module includes at least a line buffer for buffering pixel data of the input image. The scaling unit is coupled... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090214137 - Image processing enabling decoding of encoded information embedded in source document: An image processing apparatus that receives an image from a scanner capable of optical scaling is provided by the present invention. It has an image scaling unit for performing digital scaling of a received image, and an information detecting unit for detecting encoded information from the received image. Unless the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090214139 - Image processing circuit and multi-function apparatus: An image processing circuit for processing a two-dimensional image includes: a rearrangement unit rearranging pixels included in an input two-dimensional image; a main memory storing the rearranged two-dimensional image; and an image processor processing the two-dimensional image stored in the main memory. Here, the rearrangement unit rearranges the pixels so... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20090214138 - Image processing method, and processing methods for digital photo frame and interactive image process: The invention relates to an image processing method, and processing methods for a digital photo frame and an interactive image process. The image processing method includes the steps of: providing an image; dividing the image into a plurality of blocks; and storing the blocks into a memory with the blocks... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090208050 - Defect detection apparatus, defect detection method and computer program: There is provided a defect detection apparatus capable of highly accurately detecting a defect of a size not larger than a size desired by the user, in which the size setting device sets the defect size, the reduction ratio setting device sets an image reduction ratio based on the set... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090208051 - Method and apparatus for fluorogenic determination of lead concentrations: A method and apparatus for the use of fluorogenic probes for development of a rapid, and cost-effective determination of lead clearance following lead hazard control activities. The invention involves the use of fluorogenic chemosensors for efficient detection of lead in dust on hard surfaces at regulatory levels. The use of... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090208053 - Automatic identification and removal of objects in an image, such as wires in a frame of video: A wire tracking system is described that provides a method and system for automatically locating wires in a digital image and tracking the located wires through a sequence of digital images. The wire tracking system is particularly good at removing wires from complex shots where background replacement is difficult. The... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090208055 - Efficient detection of broken line segments in a scanned image: Systems and methods are presented for detecting and repairing broken lines within an image from a plurality of edge segments comprising a plurality of pixels and having associated first and second endpoints. A characteristic angle is determined for each edge segment. A normal distance is determined for each line segment... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

20090208058 - Imaging system for vehicle: An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view exteriorly and forward of the vehicle in its direction of travel, and an image processor operable to process the captured images in accordance with an algorithm. The algorithm comprises a sign recognition routine and a... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090208052 - Interactive device and method for transmitting commands from a user: According to the present invention, it is provided an interactive device comprising a display, a camera, an image analysing means, said interactive device comprising means to acquire an image with the camera, the analysing means detecting at least a human face on the acquired image and displaying on the display... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us) Attn: Patent Group

20090208054 - Measuring a cohort's velocity, acceleration and direction using digital video: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying positional data for an object moving in an area of interest. Positional data for each camera in a set of cameras associated with the object is retrieved. The positional data identifies a location of each camera in the set... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090208056 - Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives a new acquired image from the image stream, the image potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled (112) at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090208057 - Virtual controller for visual displays: Virtual controllers for visual displays are described. In one implementation, a camera captures an image of hands against a background. The image is segmented into hand areas and background areas. Various hand and finger gestures isolate parts of the background into independent areas, which are then assigned control parameters for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090208059 - Fast license plate verifier: A method for identifying vehicles, including capturing a first image of a first vehicle using a first camera at a first position and a second image of the first vehicle using a second camera at a second position different from the first position. The method further includes determining a transformation... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090208060 - License plate recognition system using spatial-temporal search-space reduction and method thereof: The present invention discloses a license plate recognition system by utilizing spatial-temporal search-space reduction and method thereof. The license plate recognition system can selects a pixel with character edge feature from the inputted image and a plurality of candidate regions from the image; and detect if the candidate region of... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090208063 - Dynamic calibration method for single and multiple vedio capture devices: The present invention discloses a dynamic calibration method for a single and multiple video capture devices. The present invention can acquire the variations of the pan angle and tilt angle of a single video capture device according to the displacement of the feature points between successive images. For a plurality... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090208061 - Image analysis method, apparatus and program: An image analysis method for analyzing the motion of an object by using the time-series image data. The method comprises inputting time-series image data, generating time-series object image data by extracting an object region from the time-series image data, and analyzing the motion of the object from the time-series object... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090208062 - Method and a handheld device for capturing motion: A method for creating an image that depicts the motion of a moving object. The method comprises: a) identifying a motion of a moving object in a plurality of initial images depicting a scene, b) capturing a plurality of reference images of the moving object, c) cropping at least one... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090208064 - System and method for animal identification using iris images: A system for animal identification includes: an image capture apparatus for obtaining an image of an eye of an animal including a pupil region and an iris region; and a template generation apparatus. The template generation apparatus is for: extracting a set of pixel data from the image, the set... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20090208065 - Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and sheet processing apparatus: An image reading apparatus, in which sheets being transported are illuminated by an illuminating unit, one after another, and a sensor having an imaging elements arranged in a line photographs the sheets, one after another. A white-reference part is provided in a part of the photographing region of the sensor.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090208066 - Method for recording and visualising trainable performance features and/or characteristics: The invention relates to a method by which means competence functions can be represented on the basis of defined, common data criteria and used in the Internet. The invention also relates to a process whereby appliances to be used by people are able to complete and modify the data records... Agent: Horst M. Kasper

20090208067 - Anonymous passenger indexing system for security tracking in destination entry dispatching operations: An elevator control system (18) provides elevator dispatch and door control based on passenger data received from a video processing device (12). The video processing device (12) includes a video processor (14) connected to receive video input from at least one video camera (10) and memory (16). The video processor... Agent: Kinney And Lange Pa

20090208068 - Imaging apparatus with image transmission/reception function: A person previously records his or her face data in a face data storage unit. When a face recognizing unit recognizes that another person is shown in image data captured by an imaging unit, the image data is transmitted from an image transmitting/receiving unit to another camera. A receiver's camera,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090208069 - Capacitive fingerprint sensor and the panel thereof: A capacitive fingerprint sensor comprises a fingerprint capacitor, an integrator, a first transistor, a second transistor and a multiplexer. The fingerprint capacitor has a capacitance that is either a valley capacitance CFV or a ridge capacitance CFR, wherein CFV is smaller than CFR. The integrator has a reference capacitor Cfb.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090208070 - Device for acquiring images of patterns formed by furrows in the skin of fingers or the palm of the hand: the processor unit is arranged to extract from the color image signal a monochrome image in each of the projected colors, to reconstitute a texture of said portion of the hand from at least one of the monochrome images, and to reconstitute a shape from at least one of the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090208072 - 3d imaging of live cells with ultraviolet radiation: A method for 3D imaging of cells in an optical tomography system includes moving a biological object relatively to a microscope objective to present varying angles of view. The biological object is illuminated with radiation having a spectral bandwidth limited to wavelengths between 150 nm and 390 nm. Radiation transmitted... Agent: George A Leone, Sr Citadel Patent Law

20090208074 - 3d real-time tracking of human anatomy using combined kv and mv imaging: A medical imaging-based system and method uses both kV and MV images captured during a treatment period for organ motion tracking. 3D geometric locations of internal features are computationally tracked as a function of time from internal features, such as natural biological features or implanted fiducials, which are computationally extracted... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090208073 - Brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods: This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. In an example, volumetric imaging data representing an anatomical volume of a brain of a patient can be obtained and transformed to brain atlas data. A... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090208075 - Error adaptive functional iimaging: A method for use in functional medical imaging includes adaptively partitioning functional imaging data as a function of a spatially varying error model. The functional image data is partitioned according to an optimization strategy. The data may be visualized or used to plan a course of treatment. In one implementation,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090208077 - Imaging system: The present invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a field of interest, in particular to a computed tomography system. The imaging system comprises an irradiation unit (2) which moves relative to a field of interest along a first trajectory (501) and along a second trajectory (503). While the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090208071 - Medical image processing apparatus, luminal image processing apparatus, luminal image processing method, and programs for the same: There is provided a medical image processing apparatus including an image-extracting section extracting a frame image from in vivo motion picture data picked up by an in vivo image pickup device or a plurality of consecutively picked-up still image data, and an image analysis section analyzing the frame image extracted... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090208076 - Medical network system, and image-interpretation support apparatus and method: Even though a client hospital has made an urgent image-interpretation request, if a designated radiologist is out of an image-interpretation center, a data center transfers the request to a portable terminal of the radiologist. Upon receiving the urgent request, the radiologist accesses the data center to download an image to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090208078 - Method and system for automatic determination of coronory supply regions: A method and system for automatically associating coronary arteries with regions of the myocardium to which the arteries supply blood is described. The method uses three dimensional image data of a patient, and an axial image slice is used to identify candidate locations of the aorta. Candidate aorta centroid locations... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090208081 - Apparatus and method for computing regional statistical distribution over a mean atomic space: The present invention is an apparatus and method for computing regional statistical distributions or characteristics of one or more quantitative measures over a mean anatomic space for one or more predefined populations and uses this statistical distributions/characteristics to study, research or understand the regional response of a disease or a... Agent: Valauskas & Pines LLC

20090208082 - Automatic image segmentation methods and apparatus: The invention provides methods and apparatus for image processing that perform image segmentation on data sets in two- and/or three-dimensions so as to resolve structures that have the same or similar grey values (and that would otherwise render with the same or similar intensity values) and that, thereby, facilitate visualization... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090208086 - Compression and decompression of raw image data: A lossy compression method for raw image data with noise or error shaping is provided. The compression method reduces the low frequency components of the compression error. The noise shaping improves the quality of the image subsequently formed using the decompressed data. For each sample of raw image data to... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090208080 - Method and computer program for spatial compounding of images: A plurality of images of a common object acquired by ultrasound echo imaging, such as echocardiography, are combined. In respect of each image, a monogenic signal is derived and used to derive, in respect of each pixel, feature measures being measures of phase congruency feature, and alignment measures being measures... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090208083 - Method and device to automatically determine the rest phase of the heart: In a method and device to automatically determine a rest phase of the heart of an examination person in an imaging device, multiple images of the heart are acquired during a cardiac cycle and the rest phase of the heart is automatically determined by post-processing of the acquired images, and... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090208079 - Method for generating a registered image relative to a cardiac cycle and a respiratory cycle of a person: A method for generating a registered image relative to a cardiac cycle and a respiratory cycle of a person is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of 2-D images of an anatomical region of the person. The method further includes generating a 3-D model of the anatomical region of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090208085 - Method for processing images obtained by tomosynthesis and associated device: A processing method for images obtained by tomosynthesis comprising acquisition of a plurality of 2D projection images of a region of interest of a patient; reconstruction of a 3D digital image from the acquired 2D projection images. An embodiment of the method is characterised in that it comprises: detection of... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090208084 - System and method for quantitative imaging of chemical composition to decompose more than two materials: A system and method for decomposing more than two materials in an imaging object includes performing a CT imaging acquisition of a portion of an imaging object using at least two energy levels to acquire imaging data associated with each of the at least two energy levels. A total mass... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090208087 - Radiographic image correction method, apparatus and recording-medium stored therein program: Unevenness in the density of a radiographic image of a subject that has been obtained by outputting radiation from a radiation output unit toward the subject and by detecting the radiation at a radiographic image detector is corrected. An area that has substantially the same density throughout the area when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090208088 - Photo sensor array for banknote evaluation: A banknote acceptor illuminates a banknote as it passes through an evaluation channel in a manner to locate the banknote in the width of the channel. A photo sensor array receives reflected light from the surface of the banknote and has a series of responsive divisions across an illuminated banknote.... Agent: Dennison Associates Suite 301

20090208089 - Method for inspecting surfaces: A method for inspecting surfaces 12 with n+1 repeating patterns 16, with a camera 18 producing an image 12′ with a plurality of pixels forming a matrix of pixels, said pixels generating a technical value such as the gray value or the like, and with a computer unit 26 processing... Agent: Woodling, Krost And Rust

20090208092 - Apperance inspection apparatus with scanning electron microscope and image data processing method using scanning electron microscope: The present invention provides an appearance inspection apparatus that allows a user to give precedence to either defect detection performance or throughput. The appearance inspection apparatus allows a user to select the frequency of a digital image signal or the ratio of the frequency of the digital image signal to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090208091 - Inspection apparatus for inspecting patterns of substrate: A degradation in throughput is prevented even in cases where it is necessary to reduce a pixel size during inspection according to a finer circuit pattern. In an inspection method and an inspection apparatus in which an inspected sample having a circuit pattern is irradiated with a charged particle beam... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090208090 - Method and apparatus for inspecting defect of pattern formed on semiconductor device: In the inspection apparatus for a defect of a semiconductor and the method using it for automatically detecting the defect on a semiconductor wafer and presuming the defect occurrence factor using the circuit design data, a plurality of shapes are formed from the circuit design data by deforming the design... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090208093 - Method and installation for inspecting a coiled strip: A method and an installation are used for inspecting a surface of a coiled metal strip, wherein the coil to be inspected is unwound along a moving plane so as to cause at least part of the strip to move to a position for inspecting the surfaces. Accordingly, the method... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090208094 - Robot apparatus and method of controlling same: To make it possible, in a robot apparatus that performs actions in response to external environment, to distinguish the image of a part of its own body contained in three dimensional data of the external environment. A robot 1 includes a visual sensor 101 to visually recognize external environment, an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090208095 - Site modeling using image data fusion: Site modeling using image data fusion. Geometric shapes are generated to represent portions of one or more structures based on digital height data and a two-dimensional segmentation of portions of the one or more structures is generated based on three-dimensional line segments and digital height data. A labeled segmentation of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090208096 - Transforming measurement data for classification learning: A system (600), apparatus (500), and method is provided for a combined transformation of measurement data so that the transformed data are suitable for input by pattern classification learning methods. Sensitivity of transformed data is reduced in the unreliable region while it is largely unchanged or enhanced everywhere else. A... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090208097 - Cost-effective image metadata creation using near-duplicate image detection: Briefly, embodiments describe a method, article and/or system for determining image similarity.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090208098 - Tiling and merging framework for segmenting large images: Described is a technology by which a large image is processed into a seamless, radiometric mean image containing meaningful image objects. A large source image is tiled into non-overlapping tiles, which are each segmented into regions and merged via their regions. Source image pixels are separated into tiles comprising rows... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090208101 - Color correction coefficient generator, color correction coefficient generation method and computer readable medium: The color correction coefficient generator includes a first color value acquiring unit that acquires correction-intended color values in a first color space configured of color components including a particular color component; a second color value acquiring unit that acquires correction color values being color values in a second color space... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090208099 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus enhances contrast without producing color balance distortion or color collapse by generating a gradation-scale correction table from a distribution of a characteristic quantity of an input image signal, using the gradation-scale correction table to derive a gradation correction parameter for each pixel from a maximum component... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090208100 - Website color match system: The present invention includes a colored appliance, which could be in the form of a standard color wheel in the form of a collapsible keychain or mailer. which is placed on or next to the colored item being photographed and used in a system to standardize the colors seen by... Agent: Morris Bendah

20090208102 - Image processing device and storage medium storing image processing program: An image processing device includes: a motion vector measurement region setting unit for setting a plurality of motion vector measurement regions; a motion vector calculation unit for calculating motion vectors; a motion vector reliability calculation unit for calculating a reliability of the respective motion vectors; a main region setting unit... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090208103 - Control of optical character recognition (ocr) processes to generate user controllable final output documents: An optical character recognition (OCR) system that includes a user-input function for receiving a user input sample for executing said OCR system for optically recognizing a document to generate an output file using the user input sample as a reference.... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090208104 - Method for single pass blob image analysis: A method and electronics circuit for processing very high resolution images or very high frame rate images in real time. Each pixel within a frame of pixels is compared to the neighboring pixels within the frame to determine if the pixel is part of a blob group. If the pixel... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20090208105 - Method, an apparatus, a system and a computer program for transferring scan geometry between subsequent scans: The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program for transferring scan geometry between a first region and a second region, similar to the first region. In the method according to the invention the first region and the second region are being identified (4), preferably in the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090208106 - Systems and methods for semantically classifying shots in video: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for classifying videos based on video content. For a given video file including a plurality of frames, a subset of frames is extracted for processing. Frames that are too dark, blurry, or otherwise poor classification candidates are discarded from the subset. Generally,... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090208107 - Character recognition apparatus and character recognition method: A character recognition apparatus includes a division mechanism for dividing a diagram into a plurality of parts, a candidate character string acquisition mechanism for combining the plurality of parts of the diagram, and a character string selection mechanism for selecting one character string. The candidate character string acquisition mechanism includes... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090208111 - Event structure system and controlling method and medium for the same: Disclosed are an event structure system and a method and medium for controlling the event structure system. The method includes recognizing multiple-person interaction primitives, composing an event by inference based on temporal relations using the multiple-person interaction primitive, and determining a final event by either eliminating an unnecessary event from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090208110 - Factoring repeated content within and among images: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that factor large-scale repeated content within and/or among images. The system can include devices and components that factor received or acquired images into epitomes that include all the content of the received or acquired images and transform maps that encode how to... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090208108 - Normal line information estimation device, registered image group formation device and image collation device, and normal line information estimation method: A normal line information estimation device for estimating normal line information of an object from an image of the object. The normal line information estimation device includes an illumination direction estimation section for estimating an illumination direction with respect to the object in the image from a luminance value of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090208109 - Object recognition apparatus: An object recognition apparatus that is capable of consistently recognizing the shape of an object in the periphery of a moving body using a small amount of computation even when data for an extraneous object are introduced, and of calculating the positional relationship of both objects and satisfactorily reporting the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090208112 - Pattern recognition method, and storage medium which stores pattern recognition program: A pattern recognition method is applied to processing of causing an information processing apparatus to recognize a pattern in a plurality of steps. The information processing apparatus detects recognition candidates which can be recognition candidates of each step. The information processing apparatus expands the recognition candidates of the next step... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090208113 - Automated shoe fitting using shoe and adapter system: A method for shoe fitting includes identifying outer foot outlines defining outer boundaries of feet of a user, and inner foot outlines defining weight-bearing areas of the feet in a computer-readable image of the feet. Weighted foot outlines are calculated based on the outer and inner foot outlines. A plurality... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090208114 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus that selects at least one photo image out of a plurality of photo images. A face area determining unit detects whether or not there is a face in each photo image and determines a face area of the face, if any, detected in each photo image.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090208115 - Image combining method, image combining program, image combining apparatus, template extraction method and template extraction program: An image combining method for executing a template matching process to specify matching positions in a plurality of images with image patterns therein substantially matching one another and combining the plurality of images so that the matching positions are aligned with one another includes extraction processing through which a plurality... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090208116 - System and method for use of images with recognition analysis: An index is provided that holds information about each image content item in a collection of items, For each image content item, a first information item identifying the image content item and its location on a network, and at least one of (i) a second information item identifying a signature... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090208117 - Fast block matching in digital images: A technique is described which reduces the computational load associated with block matching for pattern recognition between images by intelligent selection and updating of rejection criteria.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090208118 - Context dependent intelligent thumbnail images: An apparatus and method are disclosed for context dependent cropping of a source image. The method includes identifying a context for the source image, identifying a visual class corresponding to the identified context from a set of visual classes, applying a class model to the source image to identify a... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090208119 - Method for generating and playing image files for slideshows: A system for generating and playing image files for slideshows is provided. The system includes an image file generator that generates image files. Each image file has an image track including at least two images for slideshow images and information for the slideshow images enabling at least two images to... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090208120 - Zero-search, zero-memory vector quantization: The invention comprises a method for lossy data compression, akin to vector quantization, in which there is no explicit codebook and no search, i.e. the codebook memory and associated search computation are eliminated. Some memory and computation are still required, but these are dramatically reduced, compared to systems that do... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090208121 - Information transfer apparatus, information receiving apparatus and computer program: An information transfer apparatus includes a first image holding unit configured to hold image information of a first region updated in a display screen, a data compressing unit configured to perform compression processing of the image information of the first region outputted from an image acquiring unit, a second image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090208123 - Enhanced video processing using motion vector data: A device and method for interpolation during frame rate conversion are disclosed. The method includes, receiving original frames Fn and Fn+1 to interpolate a new frame Fp between the original frames. The method involves forming candidate motion vectors describing possible motion trajectories for groups of pixels between Fn and Fn+1... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090208122 - Image coding method and apparatus, and image decoding method and apparatus: In an image coding apparatus 100, a ROI setting unit sets a ROI region in an image. A ROI information coding unit 24 encodes information for specifying the ROI region by referring to difference information between frames. An entropy coding unit 14 entropy-codes the image. A codestream generator 16 generates... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090208124 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus which performs processing on an input moving image including a plurality of access units arranged every first period, includes a motion vector calculation unit which calculates a motion vector of an object included in the input moving image every second period, a motion vector conversion unit... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090208125 - Image encoding apparatus and method of controlling the same: This invention provides an apparatus which re-encodes encoded image data to generate encoded data at a higher compression ratio while suppressing any increase in the load of re-encoding. A decoder decodes each block stored in a storage, stores the decoding result in a buffer, and stores, in a holding unit,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090208126 - Image encoding apparatus, image processing apparatus and control method thereof: The invention provides an image encoding apparatus which can improve image quality of an output image while further reduce the amount of attribute. A determination unit determines an area including a character/line drawing as a foreground image area based on an input multi-valued image. A foreground image generator generates foreground... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090208127 - Spatial scan replication circuit: In an image replication circuit, the improvement of replicating a given element at a certain location with the most similar of surrounding sets of image elements.... Agent: Joseph P. Krause

20090208128 - Image processing method, recording medium carrying image processing program, and image processing apparatus: An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090208129 - Image generating apparatus and method: There are provided an image generating apparatus and an image generating method, which are capable of generating an image with only a noise portion reliably deleted. A reduced image is generated by reducing the multi-valued image, smoothing processing is executed on the reduced image, an edge image is generated from... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090208130 - Image processing apparatus, method and recording medium: An image processing apparatus specifies an evaluation-target area that tends to produce distortion in an object contained in an image, and calculates amount of distortion produced in vectorization of the object by comparing the shape of the object and the shape of a vectorized object obtained by vectorizing the object... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090208132 - Image binarizing method, image processing device, and computer program: A binarizing method for binarizing an original image of an electrode pad on a substrate. The method includes the steps of processing an electrode image to generate a binary image of the electrode by binarzing the original image with a first threshold value, calculating a contact trace area to calculate... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20090208131 - Method and device for watermarking on stream: The invention relates in particular to a stream-wise method of watermarking independent of the compression parameters used (for example type of the transform) so as to allow the reading of the watermarking inserted independently of the format of the data received. The watermarking method according to the invention consists in... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090208133 - Image displacement detection method: The present invention provides an image displacement detection method, which employs the center of a 1st frame as a starting point, and the previous image displacement vector or the inversed direction displacement of the adjusted previous image displacement vector as the image matching reference block; next, proceeds the matching with... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090208134 - Image processing and analysis framework: A system and method for processing and analyzing virtual microscopy digital images (“digital slides”) is provided. The system comprises an algorithm server that maintains or has access to a plurality of image processing and analysis routines. The algorithm server additionally has access to a plurality of digital slides. The algorithm... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090208135 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and imaging apparatus: A composite image is generated by a method including: detecting at least one in a captured image; judging arrangement of the at least one subject by an arithmetic operation; selecting at least one composition-purpose image at random in accordance with the arrangement of the at least one subject; determining arrangement... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090208136 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus: where X and Y represent coordinates of a transformation source which is the image data after the correction of the distortion, x and y represent coordinates of a transformation destination which is the image data having the distortion, x0 and y0 are offset values in x direction and y direction,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090208137 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that generates interpolation image signals based on a motion vector between continuously input time-series image signals and increases time resolution. The image processing apparatus includes a feature variation detecting unit that detects a predetermined feature variation between the time-series image signals; a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090208139 - Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method therefor: There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module (3) includes a read address... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090208138 - Image imaging apparatus, image managing method, and computer readable recording medium: An image managing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores image data, a receive unit that receives an image transmission request, and a controller. Herein, the controller adds security information to the image data and transmits the image data from the storage unit to an external apparatus in response to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090208140 - Automatic video quality measurement system and method based on spatial-temporal coherence metrics: An automatic video quality (AVQ) metric system for evaluating the quality of processed video and deriving an estimate of a subjectively determined function called Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF). The AVQ system has a blockiness metric, a streakiness metric, and a blurriness metric. The blockiness metric can be used to... Agent: King & Spalding

20090208141 - Image processor, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processor comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data generated as a result of reading a document by a reader in which a predetermined document reading condition is set; a selecting unit that allows a user to select an intended... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090208143 - Efficient automated urothelial imaging using an endoscope with tip bending: A scanning fiber endoscope (SFE) disposed at the distal end of a flexible, small diameter imaging probe is inserted through a relatively small opening and into a larger volume, such as the bladder. Actuators disposed adjacent to the distal end of the imaging probe are selectively activated to bend the... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20090208142 - Systems and methods for providing content aware document analysis and modification: Systems, methods and consumer-readable media for providing content-aware document analysis and modification are provided. A system for analyzing document content according to the invention may include a rules server that stores a set of expressions. Such expressions may define predetermined confidential information and/or patterns of confidential expressions. The system may... Agent: Weiss & Arons, LLP

20090208144 - User control of computer peripheral apparatuses to perform tasks according to user input image file: A computer peripheral apparatus (CPA) provided for connecting to a computer. The CPA includes a CPA processor to execute a CPA program to independently and directly carry out a document processing function without receiving an instruction from a computer. In an exemplary embodiment, the CPA includes a scanner for scanning... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090202105 - Automatic license plate recognition system integrated in an electronic toll collection system: This invention relates to an automatic license plate recognition system referred to as ALPR—Advanced License Plate Recognition—which is integrated in an electronic toll collection system such as “Via Verde”—single-lane freeflow—, multi-lane (Open Road Tolling), manual lane, semi-automatic lane, or any other solution involving the automatic license plate recognition. It is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090202103 - Digital watermark embedding apparatus, digital watermark detecting apparatus, and digital watermark system: The digital watermark embedding apparatus includes: a storing unit (15) for storing in advance at least one embedding function, at least one image converting program, and at least one image processing program that are required for a digital watermark embedding process, and storing in advance combination process information in which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090202101 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: A method performed by a device may include receiving information regarding a particular geographic area; retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area; displaying the aerial image; determining an approximate geographic location of a mark denoting an underground facility; overlaying, on the displayed aerial image, information concerning the approximate... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202102 - Method and system for acquisition and display of images: A system and method for acquiring images and linking the images to positions is provided. In particular, images are taken using one or more cameras and identified with a particular time stamp. A position locating unit located close to the camera takes position determinations that are similarly time stamped with... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090202106 - Method for recognizing music score image with automatic accompaniment in mobile device: A method for recognizing a music score included in an image and various information included in the music score, which may be obtained through a camera provided in a mobile terminal without requiring a separate editing program. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines from the image including... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090202104 - System and method for analyzing and marking film: A system and method for analyzing and marking a film image for providing a marked film with robust marks which have a high survival rate during, e.g., unauthorized duplication. The present invention provides the ability to facilitate the choosing of ideal locations of marks for marking a film image by... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090202108 - Assaying and imaging system identifying traits of biological specimens: A method of system is provided for assaying specimens. In connection with such system or method, plural multi-pixel target images of a field of view are obtained at different corresponding points in time over a given sample period. A background image is obtained using a plural set of the plural... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090202107 - Object detection and recognition system: An object recognition system is provided including at least one image capturing device configured to capture at least one image, wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels and is represented in an image data set, an object detection device configured to identify a plurality of pixels corresponding to objects... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090202109 - Terrain map updating system: A terrain mapping system is disclosed. The system has at least one sensor configured to gather a plurality of current points defining a current surface of a site and a database containing a plurality of previously-gathered points defining a previous surface of the site. The system also has a controller... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090202110 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: A manifest including an electronic file associated with a geographic location and a portion of the geographic location indicating a dig area is provided. The manifest includes indicia noting a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within the dig area.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202111 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a locate technician, using one or more physical locate marks, identifies a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. A digital image of a geographic area comprising the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202112 - Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations: Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area may be identified using one or more physical locate marks. Source data representing one or more input images of a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202113 - Personal authentication method and personal authentication device utilizing ocular fundus blood flow measurement by laser light: A personal authentication method comprising imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from retinal blood vessels of the ocular fundus and a blood vessel layer in ocular fundus internal tissue when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate the ocular... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090202114 - Live-action image capture: A computer-implemented video capture process includes identifying and tracking a face in a plurality of real-time video frames on a first computing device, generating first face data representative of the identified and tracked face, and transmitting the first face data to a second computing device over a network for display... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090202115 - Minutiae mask: A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090202117 - Device, system and method for measurement and analysis of contractile activity: A method and system for determining intestinal dysfunction condition are provided by classifying and analyzing image frames captured in-vivo. The method and system also relate to the detection of contractile activity in intestinal tracts, to automatic detection of video image frames taken in the gastrointestinal tract including contractile activity, and... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090202120 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: An image processing apparatus uses an estimation operator to estimate a spectroscopic property. The image processing apparatus includes an effect extent analyzing unit which analyzes, based on the estimation operator, a relative extent of an effect on the spectroscopic property against a noise in a wavelength axis.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090202124 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus for performing an image processing on a body cavity image captured in a living body includes: a storage unit which stores information including image information of the body cavity image; a change amount calculator which reads out the image information of the body cavity image from... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090202118 - Method and apparatus for wireless image guidance: A method of guiding a spatial procedure in a space comprises: a) obtaining spatial information in a first coordinate frame; b) transforming the obtained spatial information into a second coordinate frame; and c) indicating the transformed spatial information in the second coordinate frame. A system for guiding a spatial procedure... Agent: Edward J. Holupka

20090202119 - Method for analyzing and processing fluorescent images: A method for analysis and processing of fluorescent images. Fluorescent light is emitted by tumor tissue in an illuminated surgical area detected by an image detection device and is forwarded to an image processing system. After determination of a maximal intensity, the image processing system determines a threshold value as... Agent: Martin Hefti

20090202121 - Method for controlling an image data acquisition and/or evaluation procedure in medical examinations: In a method to control the acquisition and/or evaluation procedure of image data in medical examinations, in a previously acquired planning image data set entirely or partially covering a target volume, spatial information of the target volume is determined automatically using a statistical model of the target volume based on... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090202116 - Method for measuring the concentration of a substance using advanced image processing techniques: A method and system for non-invasively measuring the concentration of an optically-active substance in a subject are provided. The system includes a light source adapted to transmit light towards a subject or object having a concentration of an optically-active substance, a polarizer positioned between the light source and the subject,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090202123 - Method for remotely controlling medical apparatuses and device therefor: A method for remotely controlling medical apparatuses and the method thereof are proposed. The medical apparatuses are used to take internal images of the human body, and have control command sets that comply with the DICOM specifications. In this method, a server is first built and connected to the medical... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090202122 - Vertebra center detection apparatus, method and recording medium stored therein program: A plurality of medical images showing transverse cross-sections of vertebrae that have been imaged in advance are obtained. A spinal-cord region in at least one of the plurality of medical images is detected. A spinal-cord center-line based on a center point in the detected spinal-cord region is generated. A longitudinal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090202127 - Method and system for error compensation: A method for generating a set of kernels for convolution error compensation of a projection image of a physical object recorded by an imaging system comprises calculating the set of kernels in such a way that for each pixel of the projection image an asymmetric scatter distribution for error compensation... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202126 - Methods and apparatus for hybrid cone beam image reconstruction: A method for reconstructing an image using an imaging apparatus that includes a radiation source, a detector array, and a computer. The method includes performing a helical scan of an object at a selected helical pitch using the radiation source and detector array to obtain image data, and reconstructing an... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090202125 - Restoration of the nuclear medicine 2d planar image by iterative constrained deconvolution: A medical imaging system (10) includes at least one radiation detection head (16) disposed adjacent a subject receiving aperture (18) to detect radiation from a subject. The detected radiation is reconstructed into at least one initial 2D projection image (μ). Resolution in each initial 2D image (μ) is restored by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202128 - Methods and systems for detecting presence of materials: Methods and systems for detecting the presence of concealed objects.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090202129 - X-ray image processing apparatus, x-ray image processing method, program, and storage medium: An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a calculating unit adapted to calculate the noise amount of a sensor on the basis of a difference value of a plurality of dark images acquired at different timings by the sensor when no X-rays are irradiated, a changing unit adapted to change a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090202131 - Automated microscopic sperm identification: A system for automatically identifying sperm cells in a smear on a microscope slide, including capturing a first digital color image within an area of interest on the microscope slide. The first digital color image is split into a plurality of component color space images and stored into a plurality... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090202130 - Image based quantitation of molecular translocation: The use of an imaging system, cell compartment markers, and molecular markers in methods for correlating the movement of molecules within a cell to a particular compartment are provided, including measuring and correlating molecule movement in adherent and non-adherent cells.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090202133 - Apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object: For generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object, a first image comprising the object, and subsequently a second image comprising the object are generated by means of an imaging device while the object and the imaging device are moving relative to each other. By... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmermann , Stockeler & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090202132 - Cabinet door finish replication system: Cabinet doors are compared to color samples as a quality control check on the colors of the manufacture doors. The color samples are obtained by selecting doors which have acceptable color, and capturing those images into a computer readable format. These captured images may then be printed, stored, transmitted, etc.... Agent: Masco Corporation

20090202135 - Defect detection apparatus, defect detection method and computer program: There are provided a defect detection apparatus, a defect detection method, and a computer program, which are capable of setting an appropriate reference line with respect to a plurality of edge points, to accurately detect a defect based upon a difference of each edge point, and in which a plurality... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090202134 - Print inspecting apparatus: A print inspecting apparatus capable of identifying a page of a form corresponding to a clipped image without requiring a special barcode or printing, is provided. A print inspecting apparatus 1 acquires correct solution information which is associated with plural inspection areas EF and barcode area BC in one page... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090202136 - Polarization analyzing system, exposure method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: A polarization analyzing system includes a data collector collecting information on resist patterns formed over step patterns by first and second lights, the first and second lights being polarized parallel and perpendicular to the step patterns, a residual resist analyzer obtaining first and second relations between a ratio of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202138 - Inspection apparatus: The present invention provides an inspection apparatus having a high throughput and high sensitivity with respect to a number of various manufacturing processes and defects of interest in inspection of a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer on which a pattern is formed. The apparatus illuminates with light the specimen... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202137 - Method and apparatus for image generation: The present invention provides a technique to generate an accurate connected image even in a monotonous pattern using design data as constrained conditions. A reference position is roughly determined through matching between the design data and image data, matching between neighboring images is performed using the amount of mismatch from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202140 - Pattern evaluation method, computer-readable recording medium, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device: A pattern evaluation method includes: acquiring data of a design pattern for an evaluation pattern to detect a first edge of the design pattern; acquiring an image of the evaluation pattern to detect a second edge of the evaluation pattern; dividing the first edge into first linear parts and first... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202139 - Pattern generating apparatus and pattern shape evaluating apparatus: Although there has been a method for evaluating pattern shapes of electronic devices by using, as a reference pattern, design data or a non-defective pattern, the conventional method has a problem that the pattern shape cannot be evaluated with high accuracy because of the difficulty in defining an exact shape... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202141 - Visual inspection method and visual inspection apparatus: In a visual inspection method and apparatus, a picture processing unit converts an original picture, obtained by taking a photograph of a BGA illuminated by a ring illuminator from above, by using a camera, and labels a binary picture obtained by this binary conversion. Then, it forms a circumscribing rectangle... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090202142 - Circuit board, method for testing circuit board, and method for manufacturing circuit board: A circuit board according to the present invention comprises an insulating layer, a first electronic component mounted on the insulating layer, and a solder marker provided on the insulating layer. A first solder having a first melting point constitutes the solder marker. The first electronic component is mounted on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202143 - Solder printing inspection apparatus and component mounting system: A component mounting system includes a solder printing inspection apparatus and a component mounting apparatus. The solder printing inspection apparatus includes an ideal solder position generation unit, an ideal loading position generation unit, an image processing unit, and an ideal solder inspection standard generation unit. The ideal solder position generation... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090202144 - Music score deconstruction: Data set generation and data set presentation for image processing are described. The processing determines a location for each of one or more musical artifacts in the image and identifies a corresponding label for each of the musical artifacts, generating a training file that associates the identified labels and determined... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090202145 - Learning appartus, learning method, recognition apparatus, recognition method, and program: A learning apparatus includes: first feature quantity calculating means for pairing a predetermined pixel and a different pixel in each of a plurality of learning images, which includes a learning image containing a target object to be recognized and a learning image not containing the target object, and calculating a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202146 - Assigning region attributes in a drawing: Techniques for assigning a region attribute to a region in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current region, associating the current region with a previous region having a previous region attribute, and assigning the previous region attribute to the current region. Another technique... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Adobe Sys. Incorp.

20090202147 - Method and apparatus for searching for images: In a digital camera 4, when a shot image is chosen, fractal data expressing structural features of object images in the photographed image is obtained. The fractal data is sent to a search server 2. In the search server 2 are stored plural pieces of fractal data showing structural features... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090202148 - Image capturing system and method for the analysis of image data: This application relates to image capturing systems and methods for the analysis of image data.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090202149 - Pre-processing optimization of an image processing system: The present approach increases bandwidth by performing at least two functions at the pre-processing level. Specifically, under the present approach, program code is structured so that the segmentation and binarization functions/modules (and optionally a blob analysis function/module) are merged into a single module to reduce memory bandwidth. In addition, each... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090202150 - Variable resolution model based image segmentation: The invention relates to system (100) for segmenting an image dataset based on a deformable model for modeling an object in the image dataset, utilizing a coarse mesh for adapting to the image dataset and a fine mesh for extracting detailed information from the image dataset, the system comprising an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202151 - Format processing apparatus for document image and format processing method for the same: An image processing apparatus of an embodiment of the invention includes a character region characteristic determination unit to identify a character region of an image and to output a character region characteristic determination signal, a character region image separation unit to separate, based on the character region characteristic determination signal,... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090202152 - Area extraction program, character recognition program, and character recognition device: An area extraction method including obtaining a character lattice showing a connection relation between unit areas, which are obtained by separating a character string pattern in an image into patterns each recognized as corresponding to a single character, judging whether or not all combinations of each of the unit areas... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090202153 - Method and apparatus for using pressure information for improved computer controlled handwriting recognition data entry and user authentication: A method and system utilizing both (x, y) coordinate (“spatial”) stroke data and associated pressure information for improved handwriting recognition. The method and system can also be applied to all types of handwriting-based data entry applications and also to user authentication. The digitizer pad used in the computer system gives... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20090202154 - Method of pore detection: The a surface of an object is illuminated in sequence with a number of light beams, each of which is nearly tangential to the surface. Images of the surface are recorded for each light beam, and the images are analyzed to identify features such as depressions in the surface.... Agent: Rodney T. Hodgson, Ph.d.

20090202155 - Three-dimensional shape data position matching method and device: A three-dimensional shape data position matching method for measuring a static three-dimensional shape from a plurality of measuring positions, and for combining and position matching the distance data thereof, including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting, into a computer, coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape at a new measuring... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090202156 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and storage medium: An image processing system according to the present invention includes: a management server in which related information set with respect to reference image data is stored; a similarity determination process section for determining whether or not there is a similarity between input image data and the reference image data; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090202157 - Method and system for automatically extracting photography information: A method and system for automatically extracting photography information is provided. The system for automatically extracting photography information includes an image input unit acquiring a preview image or a captured image as an input image, a photography information extraction unit extracting photography information of the input image, and a photography... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090202159 - Image processing: An image block (600) comprising multiple image elements (610) is compressed into at least one base codeword (720; 750), interval codeword (710; 740) and index sequence (730, 760). The respective bit-length of at least two of the codewords (710; 720; 730; 740) and the index sequence (730; 760) are dynamically... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090202158 - Rotational transcoding for jpeg or other coding standards: This disclosure describes techniques for rotating an encoded image, such as an image encoded according to a JPEG standard. In one example, a method for rotating an encoded image comprising reordering minimum coded units (MCUs) of the encoded image according to a specified rotation of the encoded image, rotating image... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090202161 - Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method therefor: There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module (3) includes a read address... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090202160 - Method for coding and decoding 3d data implemented as a mesh model: A method for coding three-dimensional (3D) data, and more particularly for coding geometry data included in the 3D data. The method includes: generating a bounding box including a vertex of the 3D data based on information included in the geometry data; dividing the bounding box into a plurality of partitions... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090202162 - Image processing device and image processing method, information processing device and information processing method, information recording device and information recording method, information reproducing device and information reproducing method, storage: The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time and re-encoding time, parameters are not reused. When they match and image frames do... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090202163 - Determination of optimal frame types in video encoding: The invention facilitates the use of low resolution estimation to identify an optimal sequence of frame types for encoding a stream of video data. In one embodiment a series of video frames are downscaled and divided into superblocks. Low resolution motion estimation metrics are calculated for the superblocks and compared... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP Z2002

20090202164 - Method and apparatus for digital image coding: A method of coding a digital image includes subdividing the image into image blocks formed by a plurality of pixels, and processing each image block of the image, by determining a skip-mode prediction block in respect of the current image block being processed, calculating a difference between the image block... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202165 - Image decoding method and image decoding apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, a high-speed and high-image-quality image decoding method and apparatus for a compressed signal including plural components or a block code in which different compression systems are combined. In an image decoding method in which compressed data of an image signal including plural components... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090202167 - Method and apparatus for image enhancement: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for computing an output image (145) on the basis of an input image (100). The method comprises the steps of splitting (105) the input image (100) into multiple sub-images, each sub-image comprising information from a respective frequency band of the input... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202166 - Scanning microscope: A method which, while displacing the field-of-view, allows the image in a target area to be acquired without degradations such as out-of-focus of the image. Plural pieces of images are acquired before and after a target area while displacing the field-of-view. Next, these images are grouped into groups each of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202168 - Image processing circuit, image processing method, and camera: An image processing circuit includes a memory configured to store an image retrieved from an image pick-up element, wherein the image is written on a plurality of rows of a two dimensional storage area of the memory and a filtering circuit configured to perform a filtering process with respect to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090202169 - Image transmitting apparatus, image receiving apparatus, image transmitting and receiving system, recording medium recording image transmitting program, and recording medium recording image receiving program: An image transmitting apparatus includes a region detecting unit detecting, in an image, a region of interest matching a predetermined condition; a resolution converting unit selecting, for reducing resolution of the image, an image passed through a low-pass filter as an image outside the detected region of interest and an... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090202170 - Blemish removal: A method of removing blemishes from an image. The method receives a selection of an area of an image, divides the area into at least two interior sub-areas, and replaces the colors of each sub-area independently from each other sub-area.... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090202172 - Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method and computer program: There is provided an image inspection apparatus capable of reliably removing a noise as a non-detection object and stably detecting a defect as a detection object, in which a first threshold setting device sets a minimum luminance value to be detected in a detection object image as a first threshold,... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090202171 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus: A magnification chromatic aberration included in image data in a color filter array captured by an imaging device is corrected by performing a coordinate transformation with respect to each pixel in the image data. A defective pixel due to the color filter array is compensated with respect to magnification-chromatic-aberration-corrected image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090202173 - Optimization of image processing using multiple processing units: Some embodiments provide an image editing application that utilizes at least two processing units to efficiently process an image with multiple effects after at least one of the effects modified from the image. Some such embodiments maintain a queue for identifying each of the effects to reprocess. Some embodiments determine... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090202174 - Pose estimation: In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090202175 - Methods and apparatus for object detection within an image: A method and device for estimating an orientation of an object, such as a face, within an image. One example method includes estimating an orientation of the image. The image is then analyzed using first and second candidate object orientations to generate respective first and second confidence values. The first... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090202176 - Shared block comparison architechture for image registration and video coding: This disclosure describes an efficient architecture for an imaging device that supports image registration for still images and video coding of a video sequence. For image registration, the described architecture uses block-based comparisons of image blocks of a captured image relative to blocks of another reference image to support image... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090202177 - Non-uniform image resizer: A method for producing a scaled output image by manipulating image data from an input image is disclosed. The scaled output image can have non-uniformly scaled regions and a uniformly scaled region. The method includes an operation that defines pixel locations within the uniformly scaled region of the output image... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090202178 - Digital image processing apparatus and method of arranging digital image files used by the same: A digital image processing apparatus capable of effective file management during the duplication and movement of a digital image file between digital image processing apparatuses, and a file arranging method used by the digital image processing apparatus. The apparatus stores a digital image file with a name including a serial... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090202179 - method and system for providing region based image modification: A method and system for providing a region based image modification method and system for performing the same. The method includes: selecting at least one region of interest of an image and editing image attributes of the selected region of interest. The edited region of interest is saved separately without... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090202180 - Rotation independent face detection: An image acquisition device includes an image sensing unit for registering raw image data and a movement sensing unit for determining information indicative of the current position of the image sensing unit and of a deviation of the current position of the image sensing unit from a reference position. The... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090202105 - Automatic license plate recognition system integrated in an electronic toll collection system: This invention relates to an automatic license plate recognition system referred to as ALPR—Advanced License Plate Recognition—which is integrated in an electronic toll collection system such as “Via Verde”—single-lane freeflow—, multi-lane (Open Road Tolling), manual lane, semi-automatic lane, or any other solution involving the automatic license plate recognition. It is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090202103 - Digital watermark embedding apparatus, digital watermark detecting apparatus, and digital watermark system: The digital watermark embedding apparatus includes: a storing unit (15) for storing in advance at least one embedding function, at least one image converting program, and at least one image processing program that are required for a digital watermark embedding process, and storing in advance combination process information in which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090202101 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: A method performed by a device may include receiving information regarding a particular geographic area; retrieving an aerial image of the particular geographic area; displaying the aerial image; determining an approximate geographic location of a mark denoting an underground facility; overlaying, on the displayed aerial image, information concerning the approximate... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202102 - Method and system for acquisition and display of images: A system and method for acquiring images and linking the images to positions is provided. In particular, images are taken using one or more cameras and identified with a particular time stamp. A position locating unit located close to the camera takes position determinations that are similarly time stamped with... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090202106 - Method for recognizing music score image with automatic accompaniment in mobile device: A method for recognizing a music score included in an image and various information included in the music score, which may be obtained through a camera provided in a mobile terminal without requiring a separate editing program. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines from the image including... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090202104 - System and method for analyzing and marking film: A system and method for analyzing and marking a film image for providing a marked film with robust marks which have a high survival rate during, e.g., unauthorized duplication. The present invention provides the ability to facilitate the choosing of ideal locations of marks for marking a film image by... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090202108 - Assaying and imaging system identifying traits of biological specimens: A method of system is provided for assaying specimens. In connection with such system or method, plural multi-pixel target images of a field of view are obtained at different corresponding points in time over a given sample period. A background image is obtained using a plural set of the plural... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090202107 - Object detection and recognition system: An object recognition system is provided including at least one image capturing device configured to capture at least one image, wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels and is represented in an image data set, an object detection device configured to identify a plurality of pixels corresponding to objects... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090202109 - Terrain map updating system: A terrain mapping system is disclosed. The system has at least one sensor configured to gather a plurality of current points defining a current surface of a site and a database containing a plurality of previously-gathered points defining a previous surface of the site. The system also has a controller... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090202110 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: A manifest including an electronic file associated with a geographic location and a portion of the geographic location indicating a dig area is provided. The manifest includes indicia noting a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within the dig area.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202111 - Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks: Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a locate technician, using one or more physical locate marks, identifies a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. A digital image of a geographic area comprising the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202112 - Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations: Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area may be identified using one or more physical locate marks. Source data representing one or more input images of a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090202113 - Personal authentication method and personal authentication device utilizing ocular fundus blood flow measurement by laser light: A personal authentication method comprising imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from retinal blood vessels of the ocular fundus and a blood vessel layer in ocular fundus internal tissue when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate the ocular... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090202114 - Live-action image capture: A computer-implemented video capture process includes identifying and tracking a face in a plurality of real-time video frames on a first computing device, generating first face data representative of the identified and tracked face, and transmitting the first face data to a second computing device over a network for display... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090202115 - Minutiae mask: A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090202117 - Device, system and method for measurement and analysis of contractile activity: A method and system for determining intestinal dysfunction condition are provided by classifying and analyzing image frames captured in-vivo. The method and system also relate to the detection of contractile activity in intestinal tracts, to automatic detection of video image frames taken in the gastrointestinal tract including contractile activity, and... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090202120 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: An image processing apparatus uses an estimation operator to estimate a spectroscopic property. The image processing apparatus includes an effect extent analyzing unit which analyzes, based on the estimation operator, a relative extent of an effect on the spectroscopic property against a noise in a wavelength axis.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090202124 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus for performing an image processing on a body cavity image captured in a living body includes: a storage unit which stores information including image information of the body cavity image; a change amount calculator which reads out the image information of the body cavity image from... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090202118 - Method and apparatus for wireless image guidance: A method of guiding a spatial procedure in a space comprises: a) obtaining spatial information in a first coordinate frame; b) transforming the obtained spatial information into a second coordinate frame; and c) indicating the transformed spatial information in the second coordinate frame. A system for guiding a spatial procedure... Agent: Edward J. Holupka

20090202119 - Method for analyzing and processing fluorescent images: A method for analysis and processing of fluorescent images. Fluorescent light is emitted by tumor tissue in an illuminated surgical area detected by an image detection device and is forwarded to an image processing system. After determination of a maximal intensity, the image processing system determines a threshold value as... Agent: Martin Hefti

20090202121 - Method for controlling an image data acquisition and/or evaluation procedure in medical examinations: In a method to control the acquisition and/or evaluation procedure of image data in medical examinations, in a previously acquired planning image data set entirely or partially covering a target volume, spatial information of the target volume is determined automatically using a statistical model of the target volume based on... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090202116 - Method for measuring the concentration of a substance using advanced image processing techniques: A method and system for non-invasively measuring the concentration of an optically-active substance in a subject are provided. The system includes a light source adapted to transmit light towards a subject or object having a concentration of an optically-active substance, a polarizer positioned between the light source and the subject,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090202123 - Method for remotely controlling medical apparatuses and device therefor: A method for remotely controlling medical apparatuses and the method thereof are proposed. The medical apparatuses are used to take internal images of the human body, and have control command sets that comply with the DICOM specifications. In this method, a server is first built and connected to the medical... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090202122 - Vertebra center detection apparatus, method and recording medium stored therein program: A plurality of medical images showing transverse cross-sections of vertebrae that have been imaged in advance are obtained. A spinal-cord region in at least one of the plurality of medical images is detected. A spinal-cord center-line based on a center point in the detected spinal-cord region is generated. A longitudinal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090202127 - Method and system for error compensation: A method for generating a set of kernels for convolution error compensation of a projection image of a physical object recorded by an imaging system comprises calculating the set of kernels in such a way that for each pixel of the projection image an asymmetric scatter distribution for error compensation... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202126 - Methods and apparatus for hybrid cone beam image reconstruction: A method for reconstructing an image using an imaging apparatus that includes a radiation source, a detector array, and a computer. The method includes performing a helical scan of an object at a selected helical pitch using the radiation source and detector array to obtain image data, and reconstructing an... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090202125 - Restoration of the nuclear medicine 2d planar image by iterative constrained deconvolution: A medical imaging system (10) includes at least one radiation detection head (16) disposed adjacent a subject receiving aperture (18) to detect radiation from a subject. The detected radiation is reconstructed into at least one initial 2D projection image (μ). Resolution in each initial 2D image (μ) is restored by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202128 - Methods and systems for detecting presence of materials: Methods and systems for detecting the presence of concealed objects.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090202129 - X-ray image processing apparatus, x-ray image processing method, program, and storage medium: An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a calculating unit adapted to calculate the noise amount of a sensor on the basis of a difference value of a plurality of dark images acquired at different timings by the sensor when no X-rays are irradiated, a changing unit adapted to change a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090202131 - Automated microscopic sperm identification: A system for automatically identifying sperm cells in a smear on a microscope slide, including capturing a first digital color image within an area of interest on the microscope slide. The first digital color image is split into a plurality of component color space images and stored into a plurality... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090202130 - Image based quantitation of molecular translocation: The use of an imaging system, cell compartment markers, and molecular markers in methods for correlating the movement of molecules within a cell to a particular compartment are provided, including measuring and correlating molecule movement in adherent and non-adherent cells.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090202133 - Apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object: For generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object, a first image comprising the object, and subsequently a second image comprising the object are generated by means of an imaging device while the object and the imaging device are moving relative to each other. By... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmermann , Stockeler & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090202132 - Cabinet door finish replication system: Cabinet doors are compared to color samples as a quality control check on the colors of the manufacture doors. The color samples are obtained by selecting doors which have acceptable color, and capturing those images into a computer readable format. These captured images may then be printed, stored, transmitted, etc.... Agent: Masco Corporation

20090202135 - Defect detection apparatus, defect detection method and computer program: There are provided a defect detection apparatus, a defect detection method, and a computer program, which are capable of setting an appropriate reference line with respect to a plurality of edge points, to accurately detect a defect based upon a difference of each edge point, and in which a plurality... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090202134 - Print inspecting apparatus: A print inspecting apparatus capable of identifying a page of a form corresponding to a clipped image without requiring a special barcode or printing, is provided. A print inspecting apparatus 1 acquires correct solution information which is associated with plural inspection areas EF and barcode area BC in one page... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090202136 - Polarization analyzing system, exposure method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: A polarization analyzing system includes a data collector collecting information on resist patterns formed over step patterns by first and second lights, the first and second lights being polarized parallel and perpendicular to the step patterns, a residual resist analyzer obtaining first and second relations between a ratio of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202138 - Inspection apparatus: The present invention provides an inspection apparatus having a high throughput and high sensitivity with respect to a number of various manufacturing processes and defects of interest in inspection of a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer on which a pattern is formed. The apparatus illuminates with light the specimen... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202137 - Method and apparatus for image generation: The present invention provides a technique to generate an accurate connected image even in a monotonous pattern using design data as constrained conditions. A reference position is roughly determined through matching between the design data and image data, matching between neighboring images is performed using the amount of mismatch from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202140 - Pattern evaluation method, computer-readable recording medium, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device: A pattern evaluation method includes: acquiring data of a design pattern for an evaluation pattern to detect a first edge of the design pattern; acquiring an image of the evaluation pattern to detect a second edge of the evaluation pattern; dividing the first edge into first linear parts and first... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202139 - Pattern generating apparatus and pattern shape evaluating apparatus: Although there has been a method for evaluating pattern shapes of electronic devices by using, as a reference pattern, design data or a non-defective pattern, the conventional method has a problem that the pattern shape cannot be evaluated with high accuracy because of the difficulty in defining an exact shape... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202141 - Visual inspection method and visual inspection apparatus: In a visual inspection method and apparatus, a picture processing unit converts an original picture, obtained by taking a photograph of a BGA illuminated by a ring illuminator from above, by using a camera, and labels a binary picture obtained by this binary conversion. Then, it forms a circumscribing rectangle... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090202142 - Circuit board, method for testing circuit board, and method for manufacturing circuit board: A circuit board according to the present invention comprises an insulating layer, a first electronic component mounted on the insulating layer, and a solder marker provided on the insulating layer. A first solder having a first melting point constitutes the solder marker. The first electronic component is mounted on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202143 - Solder printing inspection apparatus and component mounting system: A component mounting system includes a solder printing inspection apparatus and a component mounting apparatus. The solder printing inspection apparatus includes an ideal solder position generation unit, an ideal loading position generation unit, an image processing unit, and an ideal solder inspection standard generation unit. The ideal solder position generation... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090202144 - Music score deconstruction: Data set generation and data set presentation for image processing are described. The processing determines a location for each of one or more musical artifacts in the image and identifies a corresponding label for each of the musical artifacts, generating a training file that associates the identified labels and determined... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090202145 - Learning appartus, learning method, recognition apparatus, recognition method, and program: A learning apparatus includes: first feature quantity calculating means for pairing a predetermined pixel and a different pixel in each of a plurality of learning images, which includes a learning image containing a target object to be recognized and a learning image not containing the target object, and calculating a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202146 - Assigning region attributes in a drawing: Techniques for assigning a region attribute to a region in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current region, associating the current region with a previous region having a previous region attribute, and assigning the previous region attribute to the current region. Another technique... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Adobe Sys. Incorp.

20090202147 - Method and apparatus for searching for images: In a digital camera 4, when a shot image is chosen, fractal data expressing structural features of object images in the photographed image is obtained. The fractal data is sent to a search server 2. In the search server 2 are stored plural pieces of fractal data showing structural features... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090202148 - Image capturing system and method for the analysis of image data: This application relates to image capturing systems and methods for the analysis of image data.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090202149 - Pre-processing optimization of an image processing system: The present approach increases bandwidth by performing at least two functions at the pre-processing level. Specifically, under the present approach, program code is structured so that the segmentation and binarization functions/modules (and optionally a blob analysis function/module) are merged into a single module to reduce memory bandwidth. In addition, each... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090202150 - Variable resolution model based image segmentation: The invention relates to system (100) for segmenting an image dataset based on a deformable model for modeling an object in the image dataset, utilizing a coarse mesh for adapting to the image dataset and a fine mesh for extracting detailed information from the image dataset, the system comprising an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202151 - Format processing apparatus for document image and format processing method for the same: An image processing apparatus of an embodiment of the invention includes a character region characteristic determination unit to identify a character region of an image and to output a character region characteristic determination signal, a character region image separation unit to separate, based on the character region characteristic determination signal,... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090202152 - Area extraction program, character recognition program, and character recognition device: An area extraction method including obtaining a character lattice showing a connection relation between unit areas, which are obtained by separating a character string pattern in an image into patterns each recognized as corresponding to a single character, judging whether or not all combinations of each of the unit areas... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090202153 - Method and apparatus for using pressure information for improved computer controlled handwriting recognition data entry and user authentication: A method and system utilizing both (x, y) coordinate (“spatial”) stroke data and associated pressure information for improved handwriting recognition. The method and system can also be applied to all types of handwriting-based data entry applications and also to user authentication. The digitizer pad used in the computer system gives... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20090202154 - Method of pore detection: The a surface of an object is illuminated in sequence with a number of light beams, each of which is nearly tangential to the surface. Images of the surface are recorded for each light beam, and the images are analyzed to identify features such as depressions in the surface.... Agent: Rodney T. Hodgson, Ph.d.

20090202155 - Three-dimensional shape data position matching method and device: A three-dimensional shape data position matching method for measuring a static three-dimensional shape from a plurality of measuring positions, and for combining and position matching the distance data thereof, including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting, into a computer, coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape at a new measuring... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090202156 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and storage medium: An image processing system according to the present invention includes: a management server in which related information set with respect to reference image data is stored; a similarity determination process section for determining whether or not there is a similarity between input image data and the reference image data; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090202157 - Method and system for automatically extracting photography information: A method and system for automatically extracting photography information is provided. The system for automatically extracting photography information includes an image input unit acquiring a preview image or a captured image as an input image, a photography information extraction unit extracting photography information of the input image, and a photography... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090202159 - Image processing: An image block (600) comprising multiple image elements (610) is compressed into at least one base codeword (720; 750), interval codeword (710; 740) and index sequence (730, 760). The respective bit-length of at least two of the codewords (710; 720; 730; 740) and the index sequence (730; 760) are dynamically... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090202158 - Rotational transcoding for jpeg or other coding standards: This disclosure describes techniques for rotating an encoded image, such as an image encoded according to a JPEG standard. In one example, a method for rotating an encoded image comprising reordering minimum coded units (MCUs) of the encoded image according to a specified rotation of the encoded image, rotating image... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090202161 - Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method therefor: There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module (3) includes a read address... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090202160 - Method for coding and decoding 3d data implemented as a mesh model: A method for coding three-dimensional (3D) data, and more particularly for coding geometry data included in the 3D data. The method includes: generating a bounding box including a vertex of the 3D data based on information included in the geometry data; dividing the bounding box into a plurality of partitions... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090202162 - Image processing device and image processing method, information processing device and information processing method, information recording device and information recording method, information reproducing device and information reproducing method, storage: The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time and re-encoding time, parameters are not reused. When they match and image frames do... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090202163 - Determination of optimal frame types in video encoding: The invention facilitates the use of low resolution estimation to identify an optimal sequence of frame types for encoding a stream of video data. In one embodiment a series of video frames are downscaled and divided into superblocks. Low resolution motion estimation metrics are calculated for the superblocks and compared... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP Z2002

20090202164 - Method and apparatus for digital image coding: A method of coding a digital image includes subdividing the image into image blocks formed by a plurality of pixels, and processing each image block of the image, by determining a skip-mode prediction block in respect of the current image block being processed, calculating a difference between the image block... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090202165 - Image decoding method and image decoding apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, a high-speed and high-image-quality image decoding method and apparatus for a compressed signal including plural components or a block code in which different compression systems are combined. In an image decoding method in which compressed data of an image signal including plural components... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090202167 - Method and apparatus for image enhancement: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for computing an output image (145) on the basis of an input image (100). The method comprises the steps of splitting (105) the input image (100) into multiple sub-images, each sub-image comprising information from a respective frequency band of the input... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090202166 - Scanning microscope: A method which, while displacing the field-of-view, allows the image in a target area to be acquired without degradations such as out-of-focus of the image. Plural pieces of images are acquired before and after a target area while displacing the field-of-view. Next, these images are grouped into groups each of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090202168 - Image processing circuit, image processing method, and camera: An image processing circuit includes a memory configured to store an image retrieved from an image pick-up element, wherein the image is written on a plurality of rows of a two dimensional storage area of the memory and a filtering circuit configured to perform a filtering process with respect to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090202169 - Image transmitting apparatus, image receiving apparatus, image transmitting and receiving system, recording medium recording image transmitting program, and recording medium recording image receiving program: An image transmitting apparatus includes a region detecting unit detecting, in an image, a region of interest matching a predetermined condition; a resolution converting unit selecting, for reducing resolution of the image, an image passed through a low-pass filter as an image outside the detected region of interest and an... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090202170 - Blemish removal: A method of removing blemishes from an image. The method receives a selection of an area of an image, divides the area into at least two interior sub-areas, and replaces the colors of each sub-area independently from each other sub-area.... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090202172 - Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method and computer program: There is provided an image inspection apparatus capable of reliably removing a noise as a non-detection object and stably detecting a defect as a detection object, in which a first threshold setting device sets a minimum luminance value to be detected in a detection object image as a first threshold,... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090202171 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus: A magnification chromatic aberration included in image data in a color filter array captured by an imaging device is corrected by performing a coordinate transformation with respect to each pixel in the image data. A defective pixel due to the color filter array is compensated with respect to magnification-chromatic-aberration-corrected image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090202173 - Optimization of image processing using multiple processing units: Some embodiments provide an image editing application that utilizes at least two processing units to efficiently process an image with multiple effects after at least one of the effects modified from the image. Some such embodiments maintain a queue for identifying each of the effects to reprocess. Some embodiments determine... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090202174 - Pose estimation: In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090202175 - Methods and apparatus for object detection within an image: A method and device for estimating an orientation of an object, such as a face, within an image. One example method includes estimating an orientation of the image. The image is then analyzed using first and second candidate object orientations to generate respective first and second confidence values. The first... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090202176 - Shared block comparison architechture for image registration and video coding: This disclosure describes an efficient architecture for an imaging device that supports image registration for still images and video coding of a video sequence. For image registration, the described architecture uses block-based comparisons of image blocks of a captured image relative to blocks of another reference image to support image... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090202177 - Non-uniform image resizer: A method for producing a scaled output image by manipulating image data from an input image is disclosed. The scaled output image can have non-uniformly scaled regions and a uniformly scaled region. The method includes an operation that defines pixel locations within the uniformly scaled region of the output image... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090202178 - Digital image processing apparatus and method of arranging digital image files used by the same: A digital image processing apparatus capable of effective file management during the duplication and movement of a digital image file between digital image processing apparatuses, and a file arranging method used by the digital image processing apparatus. The apparatus stores a digital image file with a name including a serial... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090202179 - method and system for providing region based image modification: A method and system for providing a region based image modification method and system for performing the same. The method includes: selecting at least one region of interest of an image and editing image attributes of the selected region of interest. The edited region of interest is saved separately without... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090202180 - Rotation independent face detection: An image acquisition device includes an image sensing unit for registering raw image data and a movement sensing unit for determining information indicative of the current position of the image sensing unit and of a deviation of the current position of the image sensing unit from a reference position. The... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090196456 - Method for configuring camera-equipped electronic devices using an encoded mark: A wide range of digital devices either have or are provided with imaging devices which are capable of imaging externally provided information in the form of special codes that contain setup and/or configuration information. Processors within these devices, which include cell phones, cameras, PDAs and personal computers, to name just... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090196458 - Method, device, and program for embedding, displaying, and recognizing data: First, the original data C is divided into an n number of pieces of partial data C1-Cn. Then pieces of position information P1-Pn are added to those pieces of divided partial data, and they are respectively embedded into the n number of duplicated images. Then, the resultant images E1-En are... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090196457 - Video image processing and fusion: Processing of image data derived from radiation emanating from a scene and acquired by a multi-channel enhanced vision system renders an image of the scene for display. Detected first and second wavelength bands of radiation produce respective first and second sets of image data that include representations of relatively low... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Pdx

20090196460 - Eye tracking system and method: An eye tracking system and method is provided giving persons with severe disabilities the ability to access a computer through eye movement. A system comprising a head tracking system, an eye tracking system, a display device, and a processor which calculates the gaze point of the user is provided. The... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090196461 - Image capture device and program storage medium: An image capture device includes a capture unit configured to capture an image of an object, an object detection unit configured to detect the object in the image captured by the capture unit, an angle detection unit configured to detect an angle of the object detected by the object detection... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090196459 - Image manipulation and processing techniques for remote inspection device: A remote inspection apparatus has an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data. An active display unit receives the image data in digital form and graphically renders the image data on an active display. Movement tracking sensors track movement of the imager head and/or image display unit.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090196462 - Video and audio content analysis system: The present invention is directed to various methods and systems for analysis and processing of video and audio signals from a plurality of sources in real-time or off-line. According to some embodiments of the present invention, analysis and processing applications are dynamically installed in the processing units.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090196463 - Method and system for measuring motion: A system for determining a kinetic parameter of an object, the system includes: (a) a target, that includes a calibration facilitating pattern and which is connected to the object, so that a movement of the target correlates with a movement of the object; (b) an optical source, which is adapted... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090196464 - Continuous face recognition with online learning: System and method of face classification. A system (10) comprises a face classifier (40) that provides a determination of whether or not a face image detected in a video input (20) corresponds to a known face in the classifier (40). The system (10) adds an unknown detected face to the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090196466 - Face detection in mid-shot digital images: A method for detecting a face in a mid-shot digital image of a person comprises capturing first and second mid-shot digital images of nominally the same scene using different capture settings such that the foreground is differently differentiated from the background in each image, and comparing the first and second... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090196467 - Image processing apparatus and method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold, for each combination of a first angle indicating a face direction of a first face image which includes a human face and a second angle indicating a face direction of a second face image which includes a human face,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090196465 - System and method for detecting the source of media content with application to business rules: A system and method for protecting copyright in content distributed online, in combination with specified business rules. A portion of content presented for upload on a network is analyzed to detect an image associated with a content owner; the image is compared with reference images to identify the content owner;... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090196468 - Method of switching operation modes of fingerprint sensor, electronic apparatus using the same and fingerprint sensor thereof: A switching method adopted by a fingerprint sensor operation mode for switching among the plurality of operation modes, the electronic apparatus using the same, and fingerprint sensor thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: activating the fingerprint sensor; switching based on a preset operation mode to one of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090196469 - Statistical quality assessment of fingerprints: The present invention relates generally to human fingerprints. More specifically the present invention relates to assessing the quality of a fingerprint image. An assessment is made by analyzing characteristics of image sub-regions. For example, the characteristics may include statistics that are associated with a sub-region. If a sub-region is found... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090196475 - Automatic mask design and registration and feature detection for computer-aided skin analysis: Methods and systems for automatically generating a mask delineating a region of interest (ROI) within an image containing skin are disclosed. The image may be of an anatomical area containing skin, such as the face, neck, chest, shoulders, arms or hands, among others, or may be of portions of such... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC

20090196471 - Characterization of electrical stimulation electrodes using post-implant imaging: In general, the disclosure is related to characterization of implanted electrical stimulation electrode arrays using post-implant imaging. The electrode arrays may be carried by implanted leads. Characterization of implanted electrode arrays may include identification of the type or types of leads implanted within a patient and/or determination of positions of... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090196472 - Electrode-to-lead association using post-implant imaging: In general, the disclosure is related to electrode-to-lead association using post-implant imaging. An image analysis unit may calculate distances between representations of electrodes in an electronic image and identify groups based on the calculated distances. Each identified group may include a plurality of electrode representations. The distance between a first... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090196473 - Image display apparatus and image display system: A storage unit stores data of a plurality of previous images of a plurality of regions generated during a previous catheter procedure. A route map generating unit arranges a plurality of first catheter images or blood vessel images included in the plurality of previous images according to the positional relationship... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090196474 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: A position specifying unit specifies three diagnostic positions corresponding to respective vertexes of a reference triangle on a myocardial boundary in a diagnostic image, a calculating unit matches three training positions with the three diagnostic positions for each of a plurality of training images and compares the diagnostic image with... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090196476 - Medical image processing device and medical image processing method: A medical image processing device of the present invention has an image dividing unit which divides an image into a plurality of regions, a feature value calculating unit which calculates a color tone feature value which is a feature value based on a color tone of the image in each... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090196470 - Method of identification of an element in two or more images: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identification of an element in two or more images. The method comprises the steps of, identifying, in an image an integral three-dimensional element visible in the image, and identifying in a first image the three-dimensional element, identifying in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090196478 - Auto calibration parallel imaging reconstruction method from arbitrary k-space sampling: A method for obtaining an image by parallel acquisition magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. Precessing nuclear spins are excited in a region of a subject. A plurality of response signals, representing magnetic resonance signals arising from the precessing nuclear spins, are simultaneously obtained from the region respectively with a... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090196477 - Process, system and software arrangement for a chromatic dispersion compensation using reflective layers in optical coherence tomography (oct) imaging: A system, process and software arrangement are provided to compensate for a dispersion in at least one portion of an image. In particular, information associated with the portion of the image is obtained. The portion of the image can be associated with an interference signal that includes a first electromagnetic... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090196481 - Image processing method and apparatus: A method for processing each of chest X-ray images photographed by an X-ray imaging apparatus, includes the steps of: analyzing characteristics of lung images in the chest X-ray images; sorting the chest X-ray images, based on said result of analysis; and displaying the result of sorting.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090196479 - Method and apparatus for computer-aided diagnosis filtered prioritized work item list: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for prioritizing medical imaging scans. An image acquisition device, such as a computerized tomography (CT) system, an ultrasound system, an electron beam tomography (EBT) system, a magnetic resonance (MR) system and the like, generates medical imaging scans. A computer... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090196480 - Methods and apparatuses for planning, performing, monitoring and assessing thermal ablation: A thermal ablation system is operable to perform thermal ablation using an x-ray system to measure temperature changes throughout a volume of interest in a patient. Image data sets captured by the x-ray system during a thermal ablation procedure provide temperature change information for the volume being subjected to the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090196482 - Apparatus, a method and software for analyzing a cell image: There are provided a cell image analysis apparatus or method for judging the presence or absence of a membrane translocation reaction quickly and with good reproducibility using a fluorescence microscope. The inventive apparatus is a cell image analysis apparatus for judging the presence or absence of a membrane translocation reaction... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090196483 - Systems and methods of identifying biomarkers for subsequent screening and monitoring of diseases: A system for generating an image of ultrastructural biomarkers from a biological sample is provided. The system includes a grid onto which a sample to be imaged may be placed and a cryogenic reservoir into which the grid and sample may be immersed for vitrification of the sample. The system... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090196484 - Systems and methods of identifying biomarkers for subsequent screening and monitoring of diseases: A system for generating an image of ultrastructural biomarkers from a biological sample is provided. The system includes a grid onto which a sample to be imaged may be placed and a cryogenic reservoir into which the grid and sample may be immersed for vitrification of the sample. The system... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090196485 - Tag validation for efficiently assessing electronic check image quality: Efficiently assessing the quality of an electronic check image by determining whether the check image is suitable for image quality analysis prior to performing the image quality analysis. A check processing module of a check processor can determine whether the check image is suitable for image quality analysis by validating... Agent: King & Spalding

20090196486 - Automatic method and system for visual inspection of railway infrastructure: The present invention relates to a visual inspection system and method for the maintenance of infrastructures, in particular railway infrastructures. It is a system able to operate in real time, wholly automatically, for the automatic detection of the presence/absence of characterizing members of the infrastructure itself, for example the coupling... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090196488 - Density multiplication and improved lithography by directed block copolymer assembly: Methods to pattern substrates with dense periodic nanostructures that combine top-down lithographic tools and self-assembling block copolymer materials are provided. According to various embodiments, the methods involve chemically patterning a substrate, depositing a block copolymer film on the chemically patterned imaging layer, and allowing the block copolymer to self-assemble in... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090196487 - Method and system for evaluating a variation in a parameter of a pattern: A method and system are presented for evaluating a variation of a parameter of a pattern, the method includes: processing data indicative of an aerial intensity image of at least a portion of a patterned article, and determining values of a certain functional of the aerial image intensity for predetermined... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090196489 - High resolution edge inspection: Systems and methods of inspection for a substrate. At least two images of a selected portion of the substrate edge are captured using an optical imaging system, and each characterized by a discrete focal distance setting of the optical imaging system. A composite image of the substrate edge is formed... Agent: Dicke Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Christopher Mclaughlin

20090196490 - Defect inspection method and defect inspection apparatus: A method, of inspecting a semiconductor device for defects, includes: acquiring an observation image of the semiconductor device, the observation image including a defect inspection object area which has a repetitive pattern; superposing a reference on the observation image thereby to form a test-mule image representing a version of the... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090196491 - Method for automated 3d imaging: A method for automated construction of 3D images is disclosed, in which a range measurement device is to initiate and control the processing of 2D images in order to produce a 3D image. The range measurement device may be integrated with an image sensor, for example the range sensor from... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090196492 - Method, medium, and system generating depth map of video image: A method, medium, and system generating a depth map of a video image are provided. The depth map generating method extracts the ground of a video image other than an object from the video image, classifies the video image as a long shot image or a non-long shot image based... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090196493 - Cognitive memory and auto-associative neural network based search engine for computer and network located images and photographs: Designs for cognitive memory systems storing input data, images, or patterns, and retrieving it without knowledge of where stored when cognitive memory is prompted by query pattern that is related to sought stored pattern. Retrieval system of cognitive memory uses autoassociative neural networks and techniques for pre-processing query pattern to... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090196494 - Color conversion device, image output device, and color conversion method: A color conversion device which converts an image signal in a first color space into an image signal in a second color space corresponding to an image output unit includes: a color conversion table storing unit which stores a color conversion table storing color conversion data used for converting an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090196495 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program: A hemorrhage edge candidate area extraction section extracts a candidate area for the outline part of a hemorrhage area, based on an image signal of a medical image constituted by multiple color signals obtained by capturing an image of a living body. A feature quantity calculation section calculates a feature... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090196497 - Method for analyzing and/or testing at least one user interface, data processing device and computer program product: h

20090196496 - Methods for recommending a personal care product and tools therefor: A method of product recommendation includes receiving an image taken of a tool, disposed against a target substrate and including a frame with an aperture in which the substrate is visible and a color correction scale disposed proximate to the aperture, the scale having at least a first color correction... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090196499 - Image converting method and image converting apparatus: An image converting method includes the steps of: converting each pixel of an input image into 2-dimensional conversion chromaticity coordinate values which are obtained by projecting conversion chromaticity coordinate values obtained by converting each of said pixels by using parameters for converting in chromaticity coordinates onto a unit plane, and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090196498 - System and method for reducing color artifacts in digital images: Systems and methods for reducing color artifacts in digital images. A disclosed embodiment includes averaging original color pixel values of a subject pixel in a first color domain (e.g., red, green, and blue values when operating on demosaiced pixels in the Bayer domain) with respective color pixel values of adjacent... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090196500 - System and method for reversible binary image data hiding using run-length histogram modification and logical operations: A method of hiding data comprising creating a histogram of an attribute of a first data set. The histogram includes occurrences of the attribute. Two adjacent occurrences are selected where a count of one of the two adjacent occurrences is zero. A second data set is embedded in data of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090196501 - Method and apparatus for modifying the histogram of an image: A method and corresponding computing device and computer readable storage media containing instructions for modifying the histogram of a grayscale image to improve contrast by extracting black connected components from the grayscale image that touch at least one of the margins of the grayscale image, computing the histogram of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090196502 - Connected component labeling system and method: Embodiments disclosed include methods for connected component labeling including labeling groups of raw data as one or more regions, the labeling including designating one or more data structures as containing information about the one or more regions; designating one or more of the regions as one or more subregions to... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Margaret Anderson

20090196505 - Feature encoding system and method for connected component labeling: Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems for encoding one or more region features in connected components labeling including associating one or more labels for an object with a memory structure, the memory structure including the one or more region features; storing the one or more region features in the memory... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Margaret Anderson

20090196503 - Label reuse method and system for connected component labeling: Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems for reusing labels for connected component labeling including assigning one or more labels to one or more groups of raw data representing one or more regions by designating one or more data structures as containing information about the one or more regions; connecting the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Margaret Anderson

20090196504 - Modified propagated last labeling system and method for connected components: Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems for assigning one or more labels to one or more segments of data received in an incoming segment to a line buffer for propagated component labeling, including preventing repeated labels in each line of the line buffer by assigning a different label for each... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Margaret Anderson

20090196506 - Subwindow setting method for face detector: Disclosed herein is a subwindow setting method for a face detector for detecting whether one or more facial images exist in each of subwindows having a set size while sequentially setting the subwindows in the width direction of an input image. A scan interval between two neighboring subwindows under consideration... Agent: Graybeal Jackson LLP

20090196507 - Method and apparatus for estimating object contour in a moving picture: A method and apparatus for estimating the contour of a user object in a moving picture during video communications so that a personal background image is not provided during video communications. Information about center coordinates as well as a size of a face of the user object is extracted from... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090196508 - Three-dimensional system and method for connection component labeling: Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems for three dimensional connected component labeling, including determining a location value for each of one or more labels, each location value identifying a maximum “y” extent and a maximum “z” extent of an associated label region; storing each of the one or more labels... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Margaret Anderson

20090196509 - System and method for optimizing camera settings: There is provided an electronic system including an image capturing device and a comparator coupled to the image capturing device. The image capturing device is operable for capturing a live image. The comparator generates a feedback signal by comparing the live image with a reference image and adjusts at least... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20090196510 - System and method for enabling the use of captured images through recognition: An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090196511 - System, method, and apparatus for clustering features using an expansion shape: A computer-implemented method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an expansion shape to each of the initially set bits in the bitmap and identifying vertex bits on the boundary of... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090196512 - Method and system for removing inserted text from an image: A method of removing inserted text from a digital image includes recognizing the inserted text in the digital image using optical character recognition; and replacing pixels of the digital image corresponding to the inserted text so as to remove the inserted text from the digital image. A computer program product... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090196513 - Compressive sampling for multimedia coding: An apparatus comprising a decorrelator, a compressive sampler coupled to the decorrelator, and an encoder coupled to the compressive sampler, wherein the compressive sampler is configured to receive sparse data and compress the sparse data using compressive sampling. Also included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090196514 - Display of reconstructed pictures from encoder during video transcoding: Video processing systems and methods are disclosed. One system embodiment, among others, includes a video compression engine configured to provide reconstructed pictures corresponding to a real-time presentation of a video program and a compressed version of the real-time presentation, a display buffer of the video compression engine, the display buffer... Agent: Merchant & Gould Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090196515 - Method and apparatus to encode/decode image efficiently: A method of and apparatus to efficiently encode and/or decode an image are provided. The method of encoding an image includes: calculating a motion vector of a main reference image by estimating a motion of a current image with reference to the main reference image; deriving a motion vector of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090196516 - System and method for protecting certain types of multimedia data transmitted over a communication channel: A system and method are described for protecting certain types of multimedia data transmitted over a communication channel. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method comprises: logically subdividing each of a sequence of images into a plurality of tiles, each of the tiles having a defined position within each... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090196517 - Method and apparatus for reduced resolution partitioning: There are provided methods and apparatus for reduced resolution partitioning. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding video data using adaptive tree-based frame partitioning, wherein partitions are obtained from a combination of top-down tree partitioning and bottom-up tree joining.... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090196518 - Spatial domain video enhancement/scaling system and method: A method of spatial domain video enhancement/up-scaling including transforming the video input from the temporal domain to a K×K matrix of spatial domain coefficients; multiplying each spatial domain coefficient by corresponding elements of a K×K enhancement matrix to obtain enhanced spatial domain coefficients; depositing the enhanced spatial domain coefficients in... Agent: Iandiorio Teska & Coleman

20090196519 - System and method for dynamically shifting error diffusion data: Error diffusion is performed using a Floyd-Steinberg-like approach. A integer-representation of a running error is compressed by storing only its most significant bits and returning any remainder to the error diffusion processor. The running error is shifted to the right until only the desired number of significant bits remain, and... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090196520 - System and method for generating an image enhanced product: A system for generating an image enhanced output product and method for operating the same are provided. An image enhanceable product is identified having a tangible surface and a printing map is defined that defines a plurality of window areas in which images are to be printed on the tangible... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090196521 - System and method for immersion enhancement based on adaptive immersion enhancement prediction: A system and method of enhancing an immersion based on adaptive immersion enhancement prediction is provided. A system for enhancing an immersion includes a foreground/background separation unit to separate an input image into a foreground image and a background image using color information and frequency information of the input image,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090196522 - Apparatus, method and system for image processing: An apparatus, method, and system for image processing are provided, each capable of consecutively capturing a plurality of images of an object, and selecting a mostly focused image from the plurality of images while compensating for the shift in the position of the object among the plurality of images.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090196523 - Method and apparatus for generating thumbnail image: A method and apparatus for generating a thumbnail image are provided so that the out-of-focus (OOF) information can be ascertained from looking at the thumbnail. An input image is decoded, and a degree of the amount of OOF of the decoded image is measured (OOF information). There is a determination... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090196525 - Gradation converting device, gradation converting method, and computer program: A gradation converting device that converts gradation of an image includes: a dither unit that applies dither to the image by adding random noise to a pixel value forming the image; and a one-dimensional ΔΣ modulation unit that applies one-dimensional ΔΣ modulation to the image applied with the dither.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090196524 - System and method for sharpening of digital images: Sharpening of edges in digital images without introducing unwanted artifacts is accomplished by first sharpening the digital image using a conventional sharpening filter. The digital image is separately processed with dilation and erosion operators to respectively grow the spatial extent of bright regions and shrink the spatial extent of bright... Agent: Dts, Inc.

20090196526 - Microscopy system having automatic and interactive modes for forming a magnified mosaic image and associated method: A scanning device for biological slides is provided, which can be operated in an interactive routine mode as well as in an unsupervised high speed automatic mode. In the first case, typical components, which the pathologist is used to operating manually, such as the microscope, the stage and the focus,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090196527 - Calibration method of image planar coordinate system for high-precision image measurement system: A calibration method of image planar coordinate system for a high-precision image measurement system comprises: at each time an X-Y coordinate of a measurement platform is moved, rotating and finely adjusting a two-dimension coordinate system of a calibration board or a workpiece and a projection plane coordinate system of a... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090196528 - Online image processing methods utilizing image processing parameters and user's satisfaction loop: The present invention allows for online image processing. A sample embodiment of the method comprises the steps of determining graphical layers (predetermined graphical layers), steps (predetermined steps), and image processing parameters for creating an image. A substitute layer maybe obtained from a remote User. The predetermined steps may be repeated... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20090196529 - System and method for content sensitive document processing: The subject application is directed to a system and method for content-sensitive document processing. First, at least one electronic document is received. A document processing device then retrieves content data from an associated data storage. The content data suitably corresponds to acceptable content associated with the document processing device. The... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090196530 - System for initiating action in processing system: A system for initiating an action in a processing system. The system comprises a printed page having an interactive element enabling user interaction with the page; an optically imaging sensing device for interacting with the interactive element and generating indicating data using sensed coded data; and a processing system configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd