Image analysis inventions

20090279735 - Method and apparatus for embedding auxiliary information within original data: This patent application is generally related to watermarking and steganography. One claim recites a method of transmarking a media signal previously embedded with a first digital watermark using a first digital watermark embedding method. The method includes: utilizing a programmed electronic processor, detecting the first digital watermark in the media... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20090279734 - System and method for assessing a condition of property: A system and method for assessing a condition of property for insurance purposes includes a sensor for acquiring a spectral image. In a preferred embodiment, the spectral image is post-processed to generate at least one spectral radiance plot, the plot used as input to a radiative transfer computer model. The... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090279738 - Apparatus for image recognition: An image recognition apparatus includes an image recognition unit, an evaluation value calculation unit, and a motion extraction unit. The image recognition unit uses motion vectors that are generated in the course of coding image data into MPEG format data or in the course of decoding the MPEG coded data... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090279736 - Magnetic resonance eye tracking systems and methods: Embodiments of magnetic resonance eye tracking systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, comprises a method that receives magnetic resonance based data and determines direction of a subject's gaze based on the data.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090279737 - Processing method for coded aperture sensor: A method of processing for a coded aperture imaging apparatus which is useful for target identification and tracking. The method uses a statistical scene model and, preferably using several frames of data, determines a likelihood of the position and/or velocity of one or more targets assumed to be in the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090279740 - Distance measuring device and method, and computer program: A distance measuring device (1) is included of a feature point detecting element (31) for detecting a set of feature points from a plurality of images (2) picked up at a plurality of places (a, b) by a pickup element, a change detecting element (33) for detecting relative changes among... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090279739 - Point subselection for fast deformable point-based imaging: A method for selecting vertices for performing deformable registration of imaged objects is provided. The selected vertices form corresponding pairs, each pair including a vertex from a first imaged object and a vertex from a second imaged object. The corresponding vertex pairs are sorted in order of distance between the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090279742 - Image reading apparatus, image reading program, and image reading method: An image reading apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor that acquires a plurality of first images obtained by successively reading the portions of a relatively moving object, an extrapolation section that extrapolates the plurality of first images to generate a plurality of second images obtained by extending the image area of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090279741 - Method and apparatus for vision based motion determination: A method for determining motion is provided. The method determines a rotation of an object from a first time to a second time by analyzing a first 2D image obtained at the first time and a second 2D image obtained at the second time. Then, the method determines a translation... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090279743 - Method for measuring deformability properties of a fibre: A method for measuring a property of a fibre, such as flexibility, collapsibility and moment of inertia. A fibre is wetted and deformed in its wet state, and an optical section image of the deformed fibre is taken. A measurement is made on the image and the desired property is... Agent: Stikeman Elliott LLP

20090279744 - Methods and systems for analyzing the quality of digital signature confirmation images: Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090279745 - Method and system for image resolution improvement of biometric digit imprint sensors using staggered rows: Provided is a method of arranging a plurality of sensor elements to form a sensor array. The method includes arranging the plurality of elements to form two or more sub-rows along an axis. Elements in a first of the two or more sub-rows are positioned in a staggered arrangement with... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279746 - Method, apparatus and computer program product to determine a resonant frequency in a biometric sensor: Provided is a method for determining a resonant frequency of a biometric sensor. The method includes obtaining first pixel data from a first scan by scanning the biometric sensor with a first frequency. Second pixel data is obtained from a second scan by scanning the biometric sensor with a second... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279750 - Fingerprint reader: A fingerprint reader includes a base that is provided with a round concave which is roundly recessed along at least a predetermined direction in a part of a surface of the base; a projection section that is arranged in one end of the round concave in the predetermined direction, and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090279747 - Method and system for acoustic impediography biometric sensing: Provided is a method for analyzing a fingerprint, including storing a captured fingerprint in a memory; and analyzing the stored fingerprint using acoustic sensing principles.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279748 - Method and system for multi-mode mechanical resonator: Provided is a fingerprint sensor including one or more mechanical devices for capturing the fingerprint. The resonators are configured to be mechanically damped based upon an applied load.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279749 - Methods and apparatus for digit swipe sensor data streaming: Methods and apparatus for processing biometric digit data variously include scanning a digit in a transverse direction relative to an array of sensor elements, detecting the scanned digit and/or a predetermined characteristic of the scanned digit, outputting from individual sensor elements of the array of sensor elements respective continuous streams... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279751 - Mechanical resonator optimization using shear wave damping: Provided is a fingerprint sensor including one or more mechanical devices for capturing the fingerprint. The mechanical devices include a matrix of pillars and are configured to be mechanically damped based upon an applied load. A q factor of the pillars is optimized by adjusting a distance between pillars within... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090279752 - Determining hazard of an aneurysm by change determination: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations changes in an aneurysm in a patient over time are identified by determining temporal differences between segmented aneurysms in a plurality of longitudinal exams and visually presenting the temporal differences.... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090279753 - Medical image display processing apparatus and medical image display processing program: An medical image display processing apparatus capable of easily displaying an axial image of a body part desired by a user from among one series of axial images acquired by imaging an object to be inspected with a modality. The medical image display processing apparatus includes a part recognition unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279759 - Method and apparatus for virtual subtraction of stool from registration and shape based analysis of prone and supine scans of the colon: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for identifying stool particles in virtual dissection data for a colon. A shape classification may be determined for a segmented colon by three-dimensional filtering of a prone data set and a supine data set. The shape classification may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090279760 - Method for displaying measurements and temporal changes of skin surface images: A method and system can provide a way for a person to objectively screen himself or herself for increased skin cancer risks using ABCD parameters in conjunction with a digital photograph and a computer. A digital photograph of a skin lesion can be obtained and the lesion can be segmented... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090279756 - Method for editing 3d image segmentation maps: A digital image editing method includes receiving a three-dimensional volume image of an anatomical object of interest, wherein the volume image is characterized by first and second mutually exclusive segmentation classes. The method also includes deriving a two-dimensional slice image from the volume image, selecting a single point on the... Agent: Carestream Health, Inc.

20090279754 - Method for interactively determining a bounding surface for segmenting a lesion in a medical image: A method of bounding an anatomical object of interest in a 3-dimensional volume image includes displaying an image of at least a portion of the object, selecting a plurality of points in the displayed image, at least a first and second point of the plurality of points spanning the object,... Agent: Carestream Health, Inc.

20090279755 - Statistics collection for lesion segmentation: A method of collecting information regarding an anatomical object of interest includes displaying an image characterized by a first region and a second region, wherein the first and second regions are mutually exclusive and the object is displayed within the second region, selecting first and second points spanning the object... Agent: Carestream Health, Inc.

20090279758 - System and method for 3d vessel segmentation with minimal cuts: A method for segmenting tubular structures in digital medical images includes extracting a subregion from a 3-dimensional (3D) digital image volume containing a vessel of interest, identifying potential vessel centerpoints for each voxel in the subregion by attaching to each voxel a tip of a 3D cone that is oriented... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090279757 - Texture quantification of medical images: A method for texture quantification is provided. Data indicative of a complex-valued local spatial frequency distribution in space-frequency domain are determined by processing a multi-dimensional image data set based on a Stockwell transform with a phase term corresponding to spatial locations of respective frequency components being expressed in terms of... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr. 86 The Commoms At Valley Forge East

20090279761 - Systems and methods for generating images for identifying diseases: Systems and methods for generating images for identifying diseases are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first digital radiography (DR) image of at least a portion of a body of a patient, receiving a second DR image of the at least a portion of a body of... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090279762 - Brain function analysis apparatus: There is provided a method including, acquiring brain function data and diffusion tensor data (S10), calculating a connection degree between voxels adjacent to each other based on the diffusion tensor data (S30), constituting a data evaluation value based on the brain function data and the connection degree between the adjacent... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090279763 - Methods and apparatus for combined 4d presentation of quantitative regional measurements and morphology: A method for combined 4D presentation of quantitative measurements and morphology of an object uses an apparatus that includes a computer or processor, memory, and a display. The method includes identifying a region of interest in volumetric image data. Then, the following steps are iterated to produce a 4D volume... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090279766 - Evaluation method for two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object with time-coded display of three-dimensional reconstructions: A computer receives a plurality of two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object, capture time points and projection parameters and combines the images into image groups. Each image group contains all the images, the capture time point of which is between a minimum and a maximum time point specific to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090279768 - Image reconstruction device, image reconstruction method, image reconstruction program, and ct apparatus: A computerized tomography apparatus and program for obtaining a cross-sectional image corresponding to projections are provided in which, for a temporary cross-sectional image f(x, y) obtained in some manner, an evaluation function E is defined which includes differences between projections calculated from f(x, y) and measured projections, and f(x, y)... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090279764 - Small-scale diagnosis system: The present invention is to provide a small-scale diagnosis system for conducting simple and efficient examination, including: an image creating apparatus for creating photographic image data of examination object; a CPU to conduct image processing for creating defined photographic image data from the photographic image data; an input section to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090279765 - System for identifying medical images having a particular medical characteristic: A system identifies a particular image associated with a particular cardiac characteristic from within a sequence of cardiac images including image noise artifacts and obtained over a heart beat cycle. The system comprises at least one repository including, first data comprising heart cycle information derived from ECG data, second data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090279767 - System for three-dimensional medical instrument navigation: A system and method are disclosed for reconstructing an instrument in 3 dimensions for use during interventional medical procedures to provide enhanced instrument visualization with respect to a patient's vasculature. A patient vessel tree volume is co-registered with a live fluoroscopic image of a percutaneously-inserted instrument, such as a guidewire.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090279770 - Method and apparatus for detection of rare cells: Fluorescent dye-tagged rare cells are disposed in a biological fluid layer contained in an annular gap (12) between an inside test tube wall (14) and a float wall (16). One or more analysis images are acquired at one or more focus depths using a microscope system (10, 10′, 10″, 10′″).... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090279769 - Method for detecting rare event: Provided are methods, compositions and kits for efficiently and accurately identifying rare events in a biological sample.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090279771 - Processing device for value documents: An apparatus for processing documents of value (12), in particular bank notes, has a checking device (52) for checking documents of value (12) in regard of at least one property of a document of value (12) in accordance with at least one predetermined criterion, in particular an authenticity criterion, with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090279774 - Acoustographic diagnosis of abnormalities: An arrangement and method are provided for acoustographic diagnosis of abnormalities of a product, such as motor vehicle, that includes associating psychoacoustic vector beam data with a three-dimensional graphic surface model, and analyzing the three-dimensional graphic surface model to identify at least a portion thereof associated with unacceptable psychoacoustic levels.... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090279773 - Imaging apparatus and method: Apparatus for inspecting an article comprising: a controller configured to generate a drive signal having a periodic amplitude variation; a source, the source being operable by the controller to emit a source beam thereby to irradiate an article, the source beam comprising a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a periodic... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090279772 - Method and system for identifying defects in ndt image data: An anomaly detection method includes acquiring image data corresponding to nondestructive testing (NDT) of a scanned object. The NDT image data comprises at least one inspection test image of the scanned object and multiple reference images for the scanned object. The anomaly detection method further includes generating an anomaly detection... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090279775 - Method of inspecting mounting states of electronic components: An image information of a substrate on which a plurality of electronic components are to be mounted is obtained. Next, the image information is binarized by using a predetermined threshold value, so that binary data are acquired. Then, a tentative presence region recognized as corresponding to the electronic component is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090279776 - Microscopic inspection apparatus for reducing image smear using a pulsed light source and a linear-periodic superpositioned scanning scheme to provide extended pulse duration, and methods useful therefor: An automated optical inspection system includes a pulsed light source illuminating an article to be inspected thereby to generate at least one image thereof, at least one camera having a field of view, and a relative motion provider operative to provide relative motion between the camera and at least one... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090279777 - Method and apparatus for aligning signals: This invention relates to alignment of signals, particularly for use in a quality assessment system. The invention provides a method and apparatus for aligning a first signal comprising a sequence of frames with a second signal comprising a sequence of frames, the method comprising the steps of: determining a similarity... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090279779 - Image selection based on image content: An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the image input for determining image metrics on the image information. The processing unit initiates a capture sequence when... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090279778 - Method, a system and a computer program for determining a threshold in an image comprising image values: The invention relates to a method (1) for determining a threshold in an image comprising image values, said method comprising the steps of: analyzing (3) the image values for determining edge points and associated gradients; classifying (5) image values into classes with respect to the edge points; obtaining (7) image... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090279780 - Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program: Input image data is converted into vector data. The type of the input image data is determined. If it is determined that the input image data is of a first data type, information usable for a search is extracted from the input image data in processing of converting the input... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279781 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus selects one extraction method among a plurality of extraction methods and then extracts feature information of objected image data, from the objected image data using the selected extraction method. The extracted feature information is registered, and the objected image data is output together with identification information... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279782 - Candidate selection method for handwriting input: A method for handwriting input includes recognizing a first character inputted by handwriting; providing a plurality of recognition results each with a code based on the recognition of the first character; recognizing a second character inputted by handwriting; and determining the first character based on the recognition of the second... Agent: Yh Chan

20090279783 - Method and apparatus for acquiring and organizing ink information in pen-aware computer systems: An ink manager running at a computer system receives ink information entered at a pen-based input/display device and accumulates the ink information into ink strokes. The ink manager communicates with a handwriting recognition engine and includes an ink phrase termination engine that is configured to detect the occurrence of one... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090279784 - Procedural authoring: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates generating a model from a 3-dimensional (3D) object assembled from 2-dimensional (2D) content. A content aggregator can construct a 3D object from a collection of two or more 2D images each depicting a real entity in a physical... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090279785 - System and method for feature emphasis and de-emphasis in image processing: A system and method for emphasizing and/or de-emphasizing features in a digital image. In an embodiment of the invention, the image is processed by a series of filters, which decompose the image into a series of sub-bands. Each sub-band is then processed by an emphasis circuit. In an embodiment of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090279786 - Face center position detecting device, face center position detecting method, and computer-readable medium: It is possible to accurately detect a face center position based on an image of a person when the person is wearing glasses even when the person is facing sideways. Face images obtained as a result of photographing a face of a driver using a camera (10) are stored in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279787 - Microbead automatic recognition method and microbead: A microbead automatic recognition method includes the steps of: acquiring an image of a circular surface of a cylindrical microbead having a recognition pattern created on the circular surface and a plurality of reference points also created on the circular surface; and acquiring information on the rear/front and/or orientation of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090279788 - Image processing method, image processing device, and image processing program: An image processing method of finding a motion vector between an original image and a reference image, including dividing the original image to extract a block, searching for a similar region of the block from the reference image to detect a motion vector of the block, further dividing the block... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090279790 - Multispectral iris fusion for enhancement and interoperability: A multispectral iris recognition system includes a multispectral camera adapted to acquire spatially registered iris images simultaneously in at least three wavelengths and a database adapted to store the acquired iris images. A texture analysis section identifies an area within each acquired iris image having a maximum texture at each... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090279789 - System and method to recognize images: A system to recognize images comprises a mobile device and a server. The mobile device is configured to capture an image. The mobile device is further configured to transmit the image to a network. The server of the network receives the image. The server executes a recognition application to determine... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090279791 - Image identification apparatus and method for comparing an image frame with a predetermined image: An image identification apparatus for comparing an image frame with a predetermined image is disclosed. The image identification apparatus includes a transformation module, a first comparing module, a second comparing module and a determination module. The transformation module is used for transforming the predetermined image to a predetermined image data... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090279793 - Image processing apparatus and method for controlling the same: In order to provide technology with which objects in image data can be managed in a further appropriate unit, an image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data; a detection unit that detects object images included in the input image data; a determination unit that determines an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279792 - Image search method and device: An image search method that is robust and fast (with computational complexity of logarithmic order relative to the number of models). The image search includes extracting a plurality of regions from one or more model images and normalizing the regions as standard regions; setting a specific region in each normalized... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279794 - Automatic discovery of popular landmarks: In one embodiment the present invention is a method for populating and updating a database of images of landmarks including geo-clustering geo-tagged images according to geographic proximity to generate one or more geo-clusters, and visual-clustering the one or more geo-clusters according to image similarity to generate one or more visual... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20090279795 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus generates code data by connecting a plurality of first compressed codes output from one or more threads. The image processing apparatus includes a compressing unit that compresses image data by using the threads corresponding to divided compression processes; an identification-information attaching unit that attaches identification information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090279797 - Entropy encoding and decoding method and apparatus using least significant bit: Provided are entropy encoding and decoding methods. The entropy encoding method includes receiving residual coefficients obtained by frequency converting a residual image, determining a first bit string about residual coefficients having nonzero levels from among the received residual coefficients, determining at least one lower bit, including a least significant bit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279796 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes generating half-tone data by applying patterns specified by each color channel to input data, rearranging the generated half-tone data according to the characteristics of the applied patterns, and predicting the rearranged... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279798 - Fast visual degrading of images: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to visual degrading of images. Systems and methods for fast visual degrading of an entire image or localized region(s) within the image are provided. In an embodiment, a system for fast localized visual degrading of images includes a map creator and a coefficient... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20090279799 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An edge map generator/edge weighting coefficient generator performs edge detection for respective blocks that compose a moving image frame Ft, and calculates correlations between the edges of the respective blocks and those of neighboring blocks as edge weighting coefficients. A predictive vector candidate determination unit calculates a plurality of motion... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090279801 - Decoding device, decoding method, decoding program, and integrated circuit: A decoding device that improves the cache hit rate in the decoding process of compressed encoded image data. The decoding device, before the decoding process, generates a sort table for each reference picture for a plurality of MPEG data streams included in a GOP and having a frame type of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090279800 - Image compression apparatus, image expansion apparatus, and image processing apparatus: An input pixel valid-bit-number setting unit sets an input pixel valid-bit-number which is the number of gradations of input pixel data. A predictive pixel value generating unit refers to the higher-order bits of earlier already-input pixel data to generate a predictive pixel value for the higher-order bits of a new... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090279802 - Image processing device and image processing method: The purpose of the invention is to improve the Bezier approximation accuracy with relatively high speed processing so far as data amount permits, and to provide an image processing device and image processing method thereof which improves the Bezier approximation accuracy within the predetermined processing time.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279803 - Method and apparatus for converting bit-plane image, and method and apparatus for inverse-converting bit-plane image: Provided are methods and apparatuses for converting a lower bit-plane image, and methods and apparatuses for inverse-converting the lower bit-plane image, which increase the correlation of the lower bit-plane image. According to the method of converting a lower bit-plane image, pixels of the lower bit-plane image are sequentially added or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279804 - Embedded high frequency image details: A system, method, and process for embedding low frequency image details and high frequency image details into a final digital image file. A digital image file is stored with embedded low and high frequency image details that are accessible with a compatible digital image decoder and a non-compatible digital image... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090279805 - Method of coding a continuous data flow using vector quantization: Methods and systems for compressing a continuous data flow for numerous applications where it is necessary to process large data sets such as hyper-spectral data cubes in real-time. A predetermined number of 2D focal plane frames in a boundary area of a previous regional data cube close to a current... Agent: Arturo Brion

20090279806 - Image quality improving apparatus and image quality improving method: Unnecessary flare correction at the boundary between a blanking area and video signal area is suppressed. An image quality improving apparatus includes 2-dimensional low-pass filter circuit 2 that extracts low-frequency components from an input video signal; subtractor circuit 4 that obtains high-frequency components by subtracting the low-frequency components extracted by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090279807 - System, method and apparatus for image processing and image format: According to the present invention, a polarized image is captured, a variation in its light intensity is approximated with a sinusoidal function, and then the object is spatially divided into a specular reflection area (S-area) and a diffuse reflection area (D-area) in Step S402 of dividing a reflection area. Information... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (pan) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090279808 - Apparatus, method, and program product for image processing: In a case where an index indicating the magnitude of the variation rate of pixel values within a target pixel block is greater than an index threshold value, weaker block noise strength is calculated compared with a case where the index is smaller than the index threshold value; and in... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090279809 - Apparatus and method for gain correction: An apparatus and method for digital column gain mismatch correction are described. At least one test signal pixel is added to each column in an image sensor. For each column the test signal from at least one test pixel is read and compared to a target value. A correction value... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090274338 - Method and system for enhanced image alignment: Also provided is a system for analyzing image slices. The system includes an extraction module configured to extract first and second sub-slices from first and second image slices, respectively, and a shift computation module configured to compute a shift between the first and second image slices based on the first... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090274339 - Behavior recognition system: A system for recognizing various human and creature motion gaits and behaviors is presented. These behaviors are defined as combinations of “gestures” identified on various parts of a body in motion. For example, the leg gestures generated when a person runs are different than when a person walks. The system... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090274340 - Systems, methods and devices for use in assessing fat and muscle depth: Methods, systems and devices are implemented in connection with measuring subcutaneous fat and loin depth in a portion of muscle tissue. Consistent with one such method a probe is presented to the portion of muscle tissue. The probe produces a response-provoking signal in the muscle tissue used to determine the... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090274341 - Systems, methods and devices for use in filter-based assessment of carcass grading: Methods, systems and devices are implemented in connection with measuring the relative content of intramuscular fat (IMF) in a portion of muscle tissue. Consistent with one such method a probe is presented to the portion of muscle tissue. The probe produces a response-provoking signal in the muscle tissue. A resulting... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090274342 - Printer characterization, monitoring and diagnosis using dynamic test patterns generated by sensing and analyzing customer documents: A method for automated image quality based diagnosis of a document printing system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving image data to be printed on a document; printing an image on the document based on the image data; scanning the printed image on the document with a sensor; analyzing the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090274345 - Compact biometric acquisition system and method: A method of determining the identity of a subject while the subject is walking or being transported in an essentially straight direction is disclosed, the two dimensional profile of the subject walking or being transported along forming a three dimensional swept volume, without requiring the subject to change direction to... Agent: Pryor Cashman, LLP

20090274343 - Dynamic optimization of a biometric sensor: Provided is a method for dynamic optimization of a biometric sensor. The method includes receiving image data having pixel values. The pixel values are processed to determine a bias. An offset adjustment is determined to mitigate the bias. The biometric sensor is adjusted with the offset adjustment.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090274344 - Method of indentifying an individual: A method of identifying an individual in which captured images are encrypted by a transformation function and superimposed over previously recorded encrypted images. The superimposition image thus formed is used for identity verification. If the verification is negative a looping step repeats the process until positive verification is achieved.... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

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20090274351 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: An image processing apparatus includes a spectral-characteristic estimating unit that estimates, based on a pixel value of a pixel of a stained sample image, a spectral characteristic value of each wavelength at a corresponding point on a stained sample corresponding to the pixel, the stained sample image being obtained by... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090274348 - Immunodiagnostic test apparatus having at least one imager to provide agglutination evaluations during centrifugration cycle: An immunodiagnostic testing apparatus includes a centrifuge and an imager disposed in relation to the centrifuge wherein at least one image is captured of at least one test element in advance of a complete centrifugation period in order to provide predictive data concerning the presence of an agglutination reaction or... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090274349 - Method for processing biomedical images: The present invention relates to a method for highlight and to diagnose regions of interest in biomedical radiographic images, useful in the context of a CAD tool processing operating as second reader during the normal clinical and screening routine, so reducing the costs of management of the “double reading” procedure.... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090274350 - System and method for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty: Systems and methods for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a method of partitioning an image of a bone into a plurality of regions, where the method may include obtaining a plurality of volumetric image slices of the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090274347 - System and methods for determination of procedure termination: This invention relates to a system and methods for determining the initiation and/or the termination of an autonomous in vivo imaging procedure, such as by a capsule imaging the gastro intestinal tract.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090274352 - Three-dimensional microscopic magnetic resonance angiography: A method comprises performing a first T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) on a subject; injecting the subject with a contrast agent after performing the first T2WI; and waiting a predetermined period of time before performing a second T2WI on the subject. The first T2WI and second T2WI are then co-registered. The co-registered... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274353 - Background magnetic resonance imaging: An imaging controller (46) performs data acquisition in first and second scanning processes (48, 50), the first scanning process (48) including a set of data acquisitions (92, 96, 106, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130) and periods of inactivity (90, 94, 102, 110, 142, 152). A workflow manager (58) monitors the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090274354 - Dynamic tomographic image reconstruction and rendering on-demand: A method of dynamically reconstructing three dimensional (3D) tomographic images from a set of projection images is disclosed. The method includes the steps of loading a set of projection images into a memory device, determining a reconstruction method for the set of projection images, reconstructing a 3D tomographic image from... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090274358 - Method and tomography scanner for normalizing image data with respect to a contrast in the image data produced by a contrast agent: A method and a correspondingly configured tomography scanner are disclosed for normalizing image data with respect to a contrast in the image data produced by a contrast agent, the image data illustrating a tissue structure to be examined and at least part of a blood vessel system of an examination... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274355 - Method for prior image constrained progressive image reconstruction: A method for reconstructing a high quality image from undersampled image data is provided. The image reconstruction method is applicable to a number of different imaging modalities. Specifically, the present invention provides an image reconstruction method that incorporates an appropriate prior image into an iterative image reconstruction process as well... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090274357 - Systems, methods and devices for using ultrasonic probe pressure information in assessing muscle tissue quality: Methods, systems and devices are implemented in connection with measuring characteristics of a portion of muscle tissue. Consistent with one such method an ultrasound probe is presented to the portion of muscle tissue. The probe produces a response-provoking signal in the muscle tissue, and the pressure applied between the probe... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090274356 - Toeplitz random encoding for reduced acquisition in compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging: A method and a system for generating a magnetic resonance image of a subject. The method and system include generating a first pulse having first random data having a first amplitude and a first linear phase; applying the first pulse to the subject as an radio frequency pulse; collecting a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090274359 - Specimen observation method: It is an object of the present invention to provide a specimen observation method, an image processing device, and a charged-particle beam device which are preferable for selecting, based on an image acquired by an optical microscope, an image area that should be acquired in a charged-particle beam device the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090274360 - Predetermined site luminescence measuring method, predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, expression amount measuring method, and measuring apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090274361 - Machine vision technique for manufacturing semiconductor wafers: A vision system is provided to determine a positional relationship between a photovoltaic device wafer on a platen and a printing element, such as a printing screen, on a remote side of the photovoltaic device wafer from the platen. A source emits ultraviolet light along a path that is transverse... Agent: Cognex Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090274362 - Road image analyzing apparatus and road image analyzing method: In a road image analyzing apparatus capable of obviously and rapidly distinguishing a road marking from a guardrail and capable of obtaining precise position information, a pre-processing unit defines sub-areas to main image data obtained by an image pickup unit, and an edge extracting unit extracts an edge component in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090274363 - Image processing apparatus and image encoding method: A region separation unit separates an inputted color document image into a plurality of types of regions such as a character region, a clip art region and a photo image region, and a clip art region extraction unit identifies the clip art region from among the separated regions. A clip... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090274364 - Apparatus and methods for detecting adult videos: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for detecting whether a video is adult or non-adult. In certain embodiments, a learning system is operable to generate one or more models for adult video detection. The model is generated based on a large set of known videos that have been defined as adult... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson - Yahoo!

20090274367 - Image compression and decompresion method capable of encoding and decoding pixel data based on a color conversion method: An image compression and decompression method encodes and decodes pixel data based on a color conversion method. Based on the relationships of corresponding color components of two adjacent pixels, the corresponding color components are encoded either by a white and black modification, a down-sampling or an edge modification. Based on... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090274365 - Image processing device and electronic camera: An image processing device includes an interpolation color processing circuit receiving images of continuous frames to perform interpolation and color processing thereon, a storage part cyclically storing a plurality of frames of images being processed and having been processed by the interpolation color processing circuit, a plurality of image compression... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090274366 - Method and apparatus for block based image compression with multiple non-uniform block encodings: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for block based image compression with multiple non-uniform block encodings. In one embodiment, an image is divided into blocks of pixels. In one embodiment the blocks are four pixels by four pixels, but other block sizes are used... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090274368 - Image correction method and apparatus: A computer readable storage medium contains instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform detecting a flat image portion having a color variation amount less than a predetermined amount from a specific color region having a specific color in an image, measuring a size of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090274369 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, and storage medium: An image processing device includes a dividing unit for dividing objects of an input image, a metadata adding unit for adding metadata to each of the divided objects by performing OCR processing and morpheme analysis, a display unit for displaying at least one of the divided objects and the metadata... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090274370 - Compositional analysis method, image apparatus having compositional analysis function, compositional analysis program, and computer-readable recording medium: A technology is disclosed for easily executing a compositional analysis to obtain a preferred composition. Image data is acquired, the image data is analyzed, and a plurality of composition lines expressing the feature of the image data on the composition are acquired. On the composition formed of the plurality of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090274371 - Efficient model-based recognition of objects using a calibrated image system: A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted projection of the world space. The acquired image is processed to locate one or more local features of the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090274372 - Method and apparatus for measuring blockiness in video images: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing images, in particular for determining the degree of blockiness in coded images. The invention comprises apparatus and methods for determining a degree of blockiness by performing the steps of: for each of a plurality of pixels determining a vertical... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090274373 - Image processing apparatus and method for generating coordination calibration points: The invention provides an image processing apparatus for generating coordination calibration points. The image processing apparatus includes a subtracting module, an edge detection module and an intersection point generation module. The subtracting module subtracts a first image from a second image to generate a first subtracted image, and subtracts the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP Suite 1400

20090274374 - Method for matching images, image matching device, image data output apparatus, and recording medium: In an image matching device of the present invention, a feature point calculation section calculates feature points on an input document image from inputted data of the input document image; a features calculation section calculates features of the input document image in accordance with a relative position between the calculated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090274375 - Method and system for aligning and classifying images: In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2N vertex classifications. The azimuthal angles and the 2N vertex classifications are used... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us)

20090274376 - Method for efficiently building compact models for large multi-class text classification: A method of classifying documents includes: specifying multiple documents and classes, wherein each document includes a plurality of features and each document corresponds to one of the classes; determining reduced document vectors for the classes from the documents, wherein the reduced document vectors include features that satisfy threshold conditions corresponding... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Duane Morris LLP

20090274377 - Clustering system and image processing system having the same: [Means to Attain the Subject] A clustering system for classifying elements into clusters a plurality of times includes judging device. The judging device judges whether a cluster into which each element is classified is definite or indefinite at a predetermined timing between the classifications. After the predetermined timing, only the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090274378 - Encoding device and method, decoding device and method, and transmission system: The present invention relates to an encoding device and method, a decoding device and method, and a transmission system, wherein image data which is subjected to compression encoding and sent out can be output as decoded images at the receiving side in a short time. At the time of wavelet... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274379 - Graphical data processing: A method and system 13 for processing graphical data for transmission to a remote computer 15 via a data network 17, the graphical data representing an image or graphical model the display of which can be manipulated at the remote computer in real-time in accordance with control commands, for example... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090274380 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and semiconductor integrated circuit: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a filter unit which filters image signals; a sampling unit which generates first digital image signals having a first resolution by sampling the filtered image signals at a predetermined sampling frequency; and a super-resolution unit which reconstructs a second digital... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090274381 - Scalable coding: A method of encoding data comprises the steps of dividing the data into sets of data, transforming each set of data into a set of transform coefficients (A, B, C), assigning each transform coefficient to a single sub-set (S0, S1, . . . ) of the respective set of transform... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090274382 - Entropy decoding circuit, entropy decoding method, and entropy decoding method using pipeline manner: An entropy decoding circuit, an entropy decoding method, and an entropy decoding method using a pipeline manner are provided. The entropy decoding circuit includes a coefficient register unit, a first entropy decoder, a read/write control circuit, and a second entropy decoder. The first entropy decoder reads a first stream to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090274384 - Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a request for an image from a client device. The processor may be further configured to retrieve a source image corresponding... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090274383 - System and method for global image enhancement of darkened image: The subject application is directed to a system and method for global darkness image enhancement. Image data encoded in a multidimensional color space is first acquired. Thereafter, histogram data is calculated according to the acquired image data. A ramp zone associated with the calculated histogram data is then detected. A... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090274385 - Super resolution using gaussian regression: A computer implemented technique for producing super resolution images from ordinary images or videos containing a number of images wherein a number of non-smooth low resolution patches comprising an image are found using edge detection methodologies. The low resolution patches are then transformed using selected basis of a Radial Basis... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC (necl)

20090274386 - Methods and apparatus for image restoration: Methods and apparatus for restoration of a digital image. In one embodiment, a method for repairing a defect in a digital image to provide a restored image comprises determining a plurality of pixel locations to form a neighborhood relating to the defect and whether or not the neighborhood has a... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090274388 - Image correction across multiple spectral regimes: Systems, including apparatus and methods, for obtaining and/or correcting images, particularly from atmospheric and/or other distortions. These corrections may involve, among others, determining corrective information in a first (e.g., visible) wavelength regime, and then applying the corrective information in a second (e.g., longer) wavelength regime, such as infrared (IR) or... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090274389 - Image processor, integrated circuit device, and electronic apparatus: An image processor includes a statistic-data acquiring section acquiring statistic data of a luminance value of a displayed image, the statistic-value acquiring section acquires, as the statistic data, a first index regarding a shadow pixel group and a second index regarding a highlight pixel group; a brightness index computing section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090274387 - Method of capturing high dynamic range images with objects in the scene: Methods, image processors and imaging devices for capturing a high dynamic range (HDR) image. Multiple images of a scene are captured at respectively different exposure settings. A further image of an object placed in the scene is captured at one exposure setting. A first radiance image is formed from the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090274390 - Method for assessing the quality of a distorted version of a frame sequence: t

20090274391 - Intermediate point between images to insert/overlay ads: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates simulating a portion 2-dimensional (2D) data for implementation within a 3-dimensional (3D) virtual environment. A 3D virtual environment can enable a 3D exploration of a 3D image constructed from a collection of two or more 2D images, the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090274392 - Page orientation detection based on selective character recognition: A system and method for character recognition with document orientation determination is shown. The method is a detection of simple page orientation based on a limited version of character recognition. The method includes binairizing an input image which has a plurality of alphanumeric characters with a first orientation. The method... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090274393 - Automatic image cropping: Upon enabling an automatic cropping feature, a computer-implemented method for cropping a plurality of images retrieves a number of images to process among the plurality of images, and selects an image from the plurality of images to determine a set of crop values for the image until the set of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/ Ai

20090274394 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer readable storage medium: The present invention enables mixture of a core line vectorization process and a outline vectorization process, and comprises: inputting an object image of a vectorization process; extracting a core line of the object image; computing an original line width for every pixel of the core line acquired by the extracting;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262975 - Deriving or calculating identifiers from video signals: The present invention relates generally to processing video signals. One claim recites a method including: utilizing a multi-purpose electronic processor programmed for analyzing a video signal to derive or calculate an identifier from data representing picture elements of the video signal or from data representing audio accompanying the video signal;... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20090262973 - System and method for estimating interest level: The interest level estimation system of the present invention includes a gaze measurement unit that measures a person's gaze velocity and a skin potential level measurement unit that measures a person's skin potential level. The interest level estimation system also includes an interest level estimation unit. In the interest level... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090262974 - System and method for obtaining georeferenced mapping data: A system and method for acquiring spatial mapping information of surface data points defining a region unable to receive effective GPS signals, such as the interior of a building, includes an IMU for dynamically determining geographical positions relative to at least one fixed reference point, a LIDAR or camera for... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090262978 - Automatic detection of fires on earth's surface and of atmospheric phenomena such as clouds, veils, fog or the like, using a satellite system: A method for automatically detecting fires on Earth's surface using a satellite system is provided. The method includes acquiring multi-spectral images of the Earth at different times, using a multi-spectral satellite sensor, each multi-spectral image being a collection of single-spectral images each associated with a respective wavelength (λ), and each... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090262982 - Determining a location of a member: An volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262979 - Determining a material flow characteristic in a structure: An volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262981 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: An image processing apparatus estimates an estimated object region including an object on an input image on the basis of a stored object data, obtains a similarity distribution of the estimated object region and peripheral regions thereof by at least one classifier, and obtains an object region coordinate and a... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090262983 - Image processing based on object information: A CPU divides an image into plural regions and for each of the regions, generates a histogram and calculates an average brightness Y ave. The CPU determines a focus location on the image by using focus location information, sets a region at the determined location as an emphasis region, and... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090262980 - Method and apparatus for determining tracking a virtual point defined relative to a tracked member: An volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262984 - Multiple camera control system: A multiple camera tracking system for interfacing with an application program running on a computer is provided. The tracking system includes two or more video cameras arranged to provide different viewpoints of a region of interest, and are operable to produce a series of video images. A processor is operable... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090262976 - Position-determining system and method: A position-determining system for determining position and orientation of an object on a work surface parallel to an X-Y plane of a Cartesian coordinate system includes an image-capturing device, a processor and a recognition assistant. The image-capturing device is directed towards the work surface for capturing images of the object... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090262977 - Visual tracking system and method thereof: The present invention provides a visual tracking system and its method comprising: a sensor unit, for capturing monitored scenes continuously; an image processor unit, for detecting when a target enters into a monitored scene, and extracting its characteristics to establish at least one model, and calculating the matching scores of... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090262986 - Gesture recognition from co-ordinate data: A method for gesture recognition may comprise: a) receiving a first plurality of coordinates defining a first position of a limb from an image capture device; b) mapping at least one of the first plurality of coordinates to a cell; c) generating a first list of cells including cells to... Agent: Ibm Corporation (accsp) C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090262985 - Vibration measuring system, vibration measuring method, and computer program: There is provided a non-contact vibration measurement technique for a structure by continuously imaging the structure from a far distance using a PIV system and measuring vibration through image analysis. A vibration measurement method includes an imaging step for imaging an object separated by a long distance at a minute... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090262987 - Automatic face detection and identity masking in images, and applications thereof: A method and system of identity masking to obscure identities corresponding to face regions in an image is disclosed. A face detector is applied to detect a set of possible face regions in the image. Then an identity masker is used to process the detected face regions by identity masking... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20090262989 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit, a feature point extraction unit which extracts a plurality of feature points from an input image, a three-dimensional model storage unit which stores a three-dimensional model and reference feature point coordinates on the three-dimensional model, a target area setting unit which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090262988 - What you will look like in 10 years: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that create virtual images that predict the physical appearance of an individual. The system can include mechanisms that develop a virtual image based on a health record, input received from sensors or images supplied by the individual. The system thereafter progressively modifies... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090262990 - Apparatus and method for polynomial reconstruction in fuzzy vault system: Provided is a method for polynomial reconstruction in a fuzzy vault system, which includes receiving a set of matching minutiae to select a minutiae combination to be used for the polynomial reconstruction; generating a simultaneous equation using the selected minutiae combination; determining whether a root of the simultaneous equation exists;... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090262992 - Method and apparatus for mapping a structure: An area of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262994 - Model-based fusion of scanning probe microscopic images for detection and identification of molecular structures: In certain embodiments of the invention, a plurality of images of one or more subjects may be captured using different imaging techniques, such as different modalities of scanning probe microscopy. Parameters may be estimated from the plurality of images, using one or more models of known molecular structures to provide... Agent: Client 21058 C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090262993 - Pathological tissue mapping: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to quantitative analysis of tissues enabling the measurement of objects and parameters of objects found in images of tissues including perimeter, area, and other metrics of such objects. Measurement results may be input into a relational database where they can be statistically analyzed... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20090262991 - Streaming repetition coded compression: A method for transmitting a compressed image via a network, the method comprising: converting (11) the compressed image into a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images having a predetermined resolution level which is less than the original resolution of the image; transforming (12) each of the plurality... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090262995 - System for assisting preparation of medical-image reading reports: A report-data collecting unit retrieves and collects a character string in accordance with the prescribed character-string retrieval condition and the character string of annotation data. An image data display unit displays the character string and a list showing a medical image referred to while the object is being photographed. When... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090262996 - Method for image reconstruction employing sparsity-constrained iterative correction: An image reconstruction method applicable to a number of different imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), x-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is disclosed. A sparsifying image is reconstructed from a series of acquired undersampled data to provide a priori... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090262999 - Efficient features for computer-aided detection: Described herein is a technology for facilitating computer-aided detection (CAD). In one implementation, the CAD technology includes receiving an enhancement pattern (602) generated from image data. The enhancement pattern is pre-processed to produce an alert level (604, 606, 608). Computationally-intensive analysis may be performed on a region of interest if... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090262998 - Image display apparatus, image display control method, and computer readable medium having an image display control program recorded therein: Specification is received regarding which structure identifying information, each corresponding to an anatomical structure, is specified as display target structure identifying information to be displayed with a display target image when displaying the display target image, in which the positions of each pixel correspond to positions within an original image.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090263000 - Iterative segmentation of images for computer-aided detection: Described herein is a method and system for facilitating computer-aided detection (CAD). In one implementation, image data is received (302) and iterations of an iterative segmentation process is performed on the image data. Each iterative segmentation process may include ascertaining whether a segment is normal (304), removing the segment from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090262997 - Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for pre-reconstruction decomposition and calibration in dual energy computed tomography: A method of obtaining a computed tomography image of an object includes determining linear terms and non-linear beam hardening terms in a pair of line integral equations for dual-energy projection data from inserting average and difference from average attenuation terms, obtaining an initial solution of the line integral equation by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263001 - System and method for improved real-time cine imaging: A cine imaging filter and method of use that includes a denoising image-filter based on the Karhunen-Loeve transform along the temporal direction to take advantage of the high temporal correlation among images. The cine imaging filter may further include the application of a simple formula describing the quantitative noise reduction... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090263003 - Method for investigating digital images for cancer based on parameters using samples in images: A method for dividing value space of parameters into ranges using samples wherein these ranges are used for detection of cancer in a region or segment in a digital image. A method for assisting the investigation in detection of cancer in a region in a first digital image of a... Agent: George Madathilparambil George

20090263002 - Wave field microscope with sub-wavelength resolution and methods for processing microscopic images to detect objects with sub-wavelength dimensions: The invention relates to a computer implemented method for processing of microscopic images to detect objects of interest. The method includes subjecting the microscopic image to a bandpass filtering to obtain a filtered image, wherein the bandpass filtering is such as to suppress the noise and any objects which are... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090263004 - Prioritized exception processing system and method with in a check processing system and method: A system and method of processing paper checks that divides into two independent paths the processing of a data file representing a check and the digital image of the check. The data files and image files are separated both in time and in space, with the data files being used... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20090263005 - Impurity measuring method and device: An impurity measuring device includes a table (T) on which a sample (S) is to be placed with its fracture surface (h) facing up, an illuminating means (7) for irradiating the fracture surface (h) with light (L) from a plurality of directions, an image sensing means for sensing an image... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090263006 - Biochip inspecting device and biochip inspecting method: There is provided a biochip inspecting device capable of showing a manifestation state as a graphical display that can be intuitively grasped. Reading means optically reads respective sites over a biochip, on the basis of an imaging signal from an optical reader. Digitizing means digitizes manifestation states in respective sites... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090263009 - Method and system for real-time visual odometry: A method for real-time visual odometry comprises capturing a first three-dimensional image of a location at a first time, capturing a second three-dimensional image of the location at a second time that is later than the first time, and extracting one or more features and their descriptors from each of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090263008 - Method for recognizing dice dots: A method recognizing dice dots comprises the steps: projecting at least one dice with a plurality of different angle light sources; capturing a plurality of images of the dice according to the projecting times of the light sources on the dice; and recognizing dice dots based on the images through... Agent: Frenkel & Associates

20090263007 - Stereoscopic image recording device and program: If horizontal viewpoint quantity information Nx and vertical viewpoint quantity information Ny are predetermined quantities, a value of the aspect ratio of the output image data to be finally output satisfies a predetermined condition, and a 3D identification mark is contained in the output image data, then an image recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263010 - Adapting a parameterized classifier to an environment: A classifier is trained on a first set of examples, and the trained classifier is adapted to perform on a second set of examples. The classifier implements a parameterized labeling function. Initial training of the classifier optimizes the labeling function's parameters to minimize a cost function. The classifier and its... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090263011 - Detection technique for digitally altered images: Techniques are generally described to determine whether a JPEG image has undergone two compressions. Probabilities can be computed for the first digits of quantized DCT (discrete cosine transform) coefficients from a set of AC (alternate current) modes to detect or determine whether the JPEG image has undergone two compressions. The... Agent: John Whitaker Whitaker Law Group

20090263012 - Offloading processing of images from a portable digital camera: Images are offloaded from a portable camera automatically to a network server at the time the images are taken, transparently to a user of the camera. The server executes processing functions on the images and returns the output of the processing over the network to the camera and/or other user-defined... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090263013 - Apparatus, system, and method for skin tone detection in a cmos image sensor: An image sensing system provide feature tone detection. A feature tone detection module receives illumination compensated pixel data. To perform feature tone identification the illumination compensated pixel data is transformed to a color space having hue and saturation and then compared against pre-selected ranges of hue and saturation. Noise filtering... Agent: Curtis A. Vock Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090263014 - Content fingerprinting for video and/or image: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to generating a fingerprint for identifying electronic video files based at least in part on color correlograms.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090263016 - Automatic color contrast analyzer: A computerized method and apparatus to analyze color contrast are provided. In an example embodiment, a computer readable storage medium is provided that comprises executable instructions. When executed, the instructions access data associated with a visual representation including text and perform optical character recognition on the visual representation to identify... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20090263018 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method for reducing color blur: The image processing apparatus includes a first reducing part configured to reduce a component of chromatic aberration of magnification which is included in the image, and a second reducing part configured to reduce a component of longitudinal chromatic aberration which is included in the image in which the component of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090263015 - Method and apparatus for correcting underexposed digital images: A method of correcting an underexposed digital image comprises determining the stop of underexposure at which the digital image was captured, correcting for one integer stop of underexposure iteratively until the amount of underexposure correction is equal to the integer component of the determined stop of underexposure and correcting for... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090263017 - Method for reconstruction of pixel color values: A method of color reconstruction includes a first process for a first pixel and a second process for the first pixel. The first process includes extracting a first kernel from a multi-color matrix, generating first variance weights from the first kernel, and generating a first color based on the first... Agent: Fisher Technology Law

20090263019 - Ocr of books by word recognition: Disclosed embodiments of the invention provide automated global optimization methods and systems of OCR, tailored to each document being digitized. A document-specific database is created from an OCR scan of a document of interest, which contains an exhaustive listing of words in the document. Images of each word, taken from... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090263021 - Monitoring system, monitoring method and program: In order to appropriately detect abnormalities for the purpose of surveillance with it being possible to prevent an unnecessary increase in data amount of the monitoring images, a monitoring system includes an image capturing section that captures a moving image of a monitored area, a variation reduced image generating section... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263020 - Paper sheet identification device and paper sheet identification method: A paper sheet identification device that detects a stain on a paper sheet and identifies the stained condition of the paper sheet includes an area memory (12) that stores therein in advance an area where a stain is to be detected on the paper sheet as a target detection area,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090263022 - Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a... Agent: Tessera/fotonation Patent Legal Dept.

20090263024 - Apparatus for data analysis: Edge points are extracted by specifying a height (values indicating a distance from a substrate) on a pattern when edges of the pattern are extracted from a CD-SEM image. Further, LER values obtained by the extraction or a Fourier spectrum of the LER are obtained. When the same sample is... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090263023 - Video special effect detection device, video special effect detection method, video special effect detection program, and video replay device: An image boundary line candidate pixel detection section detects image boundary line candidate pixels as candidates for pixels specifying an image boundary line from each frame of video and outputs, for each frame, image boundary line candidate pixel information as information indentifying the image boundary line candidate pixels. A line... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090263025 - Image determination apparatus, image search apparatus and computer readable recording medium storing an image search program: A preprocessing section binarizes input image data and calculates a total black pixel ratio. A feature extracting section detects connected components contained in the binarized image data and detects circumscribing bounding boxes that circumscribe these connected components, respectively. Based on sizes of the circumscribing bounding boxes detected and numbers of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263026 - Content item placement: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement logo, is placed in a display environment (e.g., on a map) so that the content item does not intersect a feature, e.g., a street name or graphical representation of a landmark. The placement of the content item is facilitated at a variety... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090263027 - Image processing method: In an image processing method, extraction points are set inside the draw line as the region with less luminance change relative to the periphery, and extraction points are set on the background outside the draw line in a sample image such as a letter and a number. Pixel data of... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090263028 - Selecting best image: Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for selecting the recommended image among sequentially captured images. In aspect, a method of selecting the recommended image includes measuring a brightness value and a sharpness value for each of sequentially captured images. The measured brightness and sharpness values are combined for each image... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090263029 - Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding 3d mesh information: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding three-dimensional mesh information are provided. The method and apparatus separately encode/decode order information of elements, such as vertices and faces, of a three-dimensional mesh model (original model) in consideration of a change in an element order during encoding three-dimensional mesh information for... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090263030 - Methods and apparatuses for compressing digital image data: Methods and apparatuses for compressing digital image data are described herein. In one embodiment, a wavelet transform is performed on each pixel of a frame to generate multiple wavelet coefficients representing each pixel in a frequency domain. The wavelet coefficients of a sub-band of the frame are iteratively encoded into... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090263031 - Pixel input-output method, image compressing method, pixel input-output apparatus, image compressing apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, computer program and recording medium: When inputted pixels from an input DMA unit, a packing unit outputs data package. One data package consists of a inputted pixels. A memory control unit writes, on a write line memory at a write interval, the data package that is outputted by the packing unit. The write interval is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263032 - Image processing apparatus, method, and program: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, method, and program that are capable of improving image quality. A deblocking filter 113 adjusts the value of disable_deblocking_filter_idc, slice_alpha_c0_offset_div2, or slice_beta_offset_div2 on the basis of Activity of an image calculated by an activity calculation section 141, the total sum of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090263033 - Method and apparatus for interpolating an image: This invention concerns the interpolation of new intermediate images within an existing set of related images, for example views of a scene captured at different times, such as a sequence of film frames or video fields, or views of a scene captured from different camera positions, either simultaneously or in... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090263034 - System and method for signal processing using fractal dimension analysis: A system and method of signal processing using linear or non-linear signal transformation and fractal dimension based analysis. Using a transform process (i.e. wavelet transform, Fourier transform, ICA transform, etc.), a signal is decomposed into a series of coefficients or components. Within this transform domain, fractal dimensions of the components... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090263035 - Image noise level estimation from jpeg data: A system for estimating noise levels in a data stream includes a calculator for determining DC and AC values of DCT coefficients in coded data blocks, where the coded data blocks are within a strip of an image divided into multiple strips. A classifier is included for forming a plurality... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090263036 - Encoding device and encoding method: An encoding device 100 includes a quantization parameter generating circuit 111 that generates a provisional quantization parameter, a quantizing circuit 121 that generates quantized data by quantizing a signal to be quantized on the basis of the provisional quantization parameter, a binarizing circuit 131 that binarizes the quantized data to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090263037 - Method and apparatus for enhancing the dynamic range of an image: A method of converting an image signal from an original dynamic range to a target dynamic range includes dividing the original dynamic range and the target dynamic range in to a plurality of corresponding sub-ranges and mapping each original sub-range to its corresponding target sub-range. One of the dynamic ranges... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090263039 - Method and system for improving visual quality of an image signal: The present invention relates to an image processing system where processing modules are used for processing an incoming image-in signal (101) in at least a first layer and a second layer, wherein the processing results in at least first and second processed image signals. A signal analyzer (111) determines one... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090263038 - Method for creating photo cutouts and collages: A method for automatically producing a new digital image from a first digital image that includes regions of interest, includes obtaining a main subject belief map including an array of belief values indicating the location and relative importance of subject matter in the first digital image; producing a mask for... Agent: J. Lanny Tucker Patent Legal Staff

20090263040 - Systems and methods for performing gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy: In one embodiment, imaging a medium under evaluation includes generating acquired images of the medium, each acquired image comprising a cross-sectional image along a lateral and a depth direction of the medium that results from scanning the medium at a different depths, filtering each acquired image to remove out-of-focus portions... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090263041 - Block based image processing: Block based image processing techniques are described in which one or more processing filters are applied to an image block by block. One or more filters are identified to process an image. Attributes are obtained that describe the one or more filters. Image data is loaded into multiple input blocks... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090263042 - Line drawing processor, line drawing processing method, and program therefor: Based on an input operation by an operator, a line drawing processor sets a designated region and sets identification points in the designated region to generate first and second identification data, each data representing a colored pixel cluster linked to each of the identification points. The line drawing processor further... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090263043 - Blind deconvolution and super-resolution method for sequences and sets of images and applications thereof: The present invention relates to the image achieved by any conventional method of capture and their subsequent computer processing. The process of the invention presented is based on the simultaneous processing of the input images and their restoration (deconvolution) pixel by pixel by means of a new mathematical method. Furthermore,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090263044 - Image generation apparatus and image generation method: An image generation apparatus generates a new video sequence with a high S/N ratio and suppressed motion blurs, from an original video sequence and a still image which are generated by capturing the same dark, moving object. The image generation apparatus includes: a capture condition decision unit (105) which decides,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090263045 - Image blending using multi-splines: Multi-spline image blending technique embodiments are presented which generally employ a separate low-resolution offset field for every image region being blended, rather than a single (piecewise smooth) offset field for all the regions to produce a visually consistent blended image. Each of the individual offset fields is smoothly varying, and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090263046 - Determination of portrait against back light: A CPU 200 compares a luminance distribution characteristic of image data with a reference luminance distribution characteristic, and then confirms that the image data GD is a backlit portrait image data if similarity degree Sv between the luminance distribution characteristic of image data and the reference luminance distribution characteristic is... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090263047 - Converting bayer pattern rgb images to full resolution rgb images via intermediate hue, saturation and intensity (hsi) conversion: In one embodiment, R and B values for each G pixel element are interpolated and the RGB values are converted to HSI values. The converted HSI values are interpolated to determine interpolated HSI values for the R and B pixel elements and then the interpolated HSI values are converted to... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger