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Image Analysis > Image Segmentation Image SegmentationImage Segmentation patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/22/07 - 20070269109 - Method and apparatus for processing selected images on image reproduction machines A method and apparatus for processing an image using a copier, scanner or camera by designating the part of the image to be processed with at least one small uniquely designed indicia element, such as a patterned tile or lightly adherent tab, and processing the image according to the location ... 11/22/07 - 20070269108 - Foreground / background separation in digital images A method for providing improved foreground/background separation in a digital image of a scene is disclosed. The method comprises providing a first map comprising one or more regions provisionally defined as one of foreground or background within the digital image; and providing a subject profile corresponding to a region of ... 11/08/07 - 20070258643 - Method, a system, a computer program product and a user interface for segmenting image sets The current invention relates to the segmentation of image sets in four dimensions. A method for segmenting image sets comprises steps for defining deformation by at least one control point in a deformation area defined in four dimensions and modifying the content of said deformation area based on said control ... 11/08/07 - 20070258642 - Geo-coding images A unique system, method, and user interface are provided that facilitate more efficient indexing and retrieval of images. In particular, the systems and methods involve annotating or geo-coding images with their location metadata. Geo-coded images can be displayed on a map and browsed or queried based on their location metadata. ... 10/18/07 - 20070242882 - Image processing apparatus for identifying the position of a process target within an image When image data of a partial image of a document that includes a plurality of process targets and a plurality of codes are input, a code included in the partial image is recognized, and relative position information that represents the relative position of a process target region to the code ... 10/11/07 - 20070237393 - Image segmentation using spatial-color gaussian mixture models A spatial-color Gaussian mixture model (SCGMM) image segmentation technique for segmenting images. The SCGMM image segmentation technique specifies foreground objects in the first frame of an image sequence, either manually or automatically. From the initial segmentation, the SCGMM segmentation system learns two spatial-color Gaussian mixture models (SCGMM) for the foreground ... 10/04/07 - 20070230783 - Method of processing, for example of inserting contours of a digital image and corresponding device A device processes an initial digital image with at least one contour zone. The device may have a magnifier able to magnify the initial image into a magnified digital image. The magnifier may have a detector able to detect the contour zones of the initial digital image, a determinater able ... 10/04/07 - 20070230782 - Method, a computer program, and apparatus, an image analysis system and an imaging system for an object mapping in a multi-dimensional dataset The apparatus 40 arranged for enabling an object mapping in a multi-dimensional dataset has an input 42 for receiving the multi-dimensional dataset in any suitable form. The core of the apparatus is formed by a processor 44, such as a conventional microprocessor or signal processor, a background storage 48 (typically ... 09/27/07 - 20070223815 - Feature weighted medical object contouring using distance coordinates A method for segmenting contours of objects in an image, comprising a first step of receiving an input image containing at least one object, said image comprising pixel data sets of at least two dimensions, a second step of selecting a reference point of said input image within the object, ... 09/13/07 - 20070211940 - Method and system for interactive image segmentation A method for segmentation of an image interactively with a user utilizes level set segmentation and includes selecting by user input respective areas of object and of background; initializing an embedding function implementing a segmentation boundary according to the selecting; computing intensity distributions and for the respective areas of object ... 09/13/07 - 20070211939 - Region-competitive deformable mesh adaptation An image segmentation method segments a plurality of image features in an image. The plurality of image features are segmented non-simultaneously in succession. The segmenting of each image feature includes adapting an initial mesh to boundaries of the image feature. The segmenting of each image feature further includes preventing the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183663 - Intra-mode region-of-interest video object segmentation The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic segmentation of a region-of-interest (ROI) video object from a video sequence. ROI object segmentation enables selected ROI or “foreground” objects of a video sequence that may be of interest to a viewer to be extracted from non-ROI or “background” areas of the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183662 - Inter-mode region-of-interest video object segmentation The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic segmentation of a region-of-interest (ROI) video object from a video sequence. ROI object segmentation enables selected ROI or “foreground” objects of a video sequence that may be of interest to a viewer to be extracted from non-ROI or “background” areas of the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183661 - Multi-mode region-of-interest video object segmentation The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic segmentation of a region-of-interest (ROI) video object from a video sequence. ROI object segmentation enables selected ROI or “foreground” objects of a video sequence that may be of interest to a viewer to be extracted from non-ROI or “background” areas of the ... 07/19/07 - 20070165948 - Mesh models with internal discrete elements An image processing system having image data processing means of segmentation of an object of interest using an unstructured deformable mesh model composed of surface (TJ) and internal (THJ) discrete elements, and further means of refining said mesh model by automatically dynamically adapting the size of the internal discrete elements ... 07/12/07 - 20070160289 - Video segmentation using statistical pixel modeling A method for segmenting video data into foreground and background portions utilizes statistical modeling of the pixels. A statistical model of the background is built for each pixel, and each pixel in an incoming video frame is compared with the background statistical model for that pixel. Pixels are determined to ... 05/24/07 - 20070116357 - Method for point-of-interest attraction in digital images A method for point-of-interest attraction towards an object pixel in a digital image by first performing object segmentation resulting in a contour-based or a region-based representation of object pixels and background pixels of the image. Secondly a vector distance transform image is computed comprising a vector displacement of each background ... 05/24/07 - 20070116356 - Video foreground segmentation method A fully automatic, computationally efficient segmentation method of video employing sequential clustering of sparse image features. Both edge and corner features of a video scene are employed to capture an outline of foreground objects and the feature clustering is built on motion models which work on any type of object ... 05/24/07 - 20070116355 - Method and device for detecting the orientation of an image The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the orientation of an image in a set of images. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: choosing a reference image from among the set of images, detecting the orientation of said image as a function ... 05/17/07 - 20070110310 - Method and apparatus for performing segmentation based on partial differential equations Disclosed is a method and system for propagating information about an image to segment a target structure. An input to denote a region of interest of the image containing the target structure is received. A first seed is set outside of the target structure and a second seed is set ... 05/10/07 - 20070104365 - Automatic character code recognition/display system, method, and program using mobile telephone In one embodiment, when a mobile telephone accessible to the Internet accesses a homepage provider server, character codes of the homepage accessed is identified. Thereafter, a homepage is displayed using character codes in the mobile telephone on the basis of the identification. The homepage provider server provides information for identifying ... 04/12/07 - 20070081725 - System and method for shape regulation of segmented target objects A method for regulating an object segmentation result to conform a shape of the object segmentation result to a pseudo-round type of shape includes: calculating a set of shape-constraint measures at each point on a boundary of an object segmentation result; searching for one or more matched point pairs on ... 04/12/07 - 20070081724 - System and method for validating an image segmentation algorithm A system and method for validating an image segmentation algorithm are provided. The method for validating an image segmentation algorithm comprises: determining a region of interest in an image; segmenting the image from a first point in the region of interest by using a computer-based segmentation algorithm to obtain a ... 03/29/07 - 20070071319 - Method, apparatus, and program for dividing images Segmentation of the faces and facial parts, such as eyes, mouths, and noses included in an image is avoided as much as possible, when the image is divided to perform divided printing, for example. Whether the size of each of a specified number of smaller regions is greater than the ... 03/22/07 - 20070065010 - Method for segmenting an image A method for segmenting an image, which divides an image into several sub-images and outputs the same onto an N×N display respectively. (A) identifying coordinates of each of the four corners of the input image and calculating the resolution of the input image; (B) calculating respective sampled positions and resolutions ... 03/22/07 - 20070065009 - Ultrasound image enhancement and speckle mitigation method A method for enhancing an ultrasound image is provided, wherein the ultrasound image is segmented into a feature region and a non-feature region, while sufficiently utilizing features contained in the ultrasound image, in particular including some inconspicuous features. The enhanced image according to present invention is not susceptive of the ... 03/15/07 - 20070058865 - System and methods for image segmentation in n-dimensional space A system and methods for the efficient segmentation of globally optimal surfaces representing object boundaries in volumetric datasets is provided. An optical surface detection system and methods are provided that are capable of simultaneously detecting multiple interacting surfaces in which the optimality is controlled by the cost functions designed for ... 03/15/07 - 20070058864 - Method for auto-cropping a scanned image The present invention provides a method for dynamically refine the threshold values of R(Red), G(Green), B(Blue) colors for determining a borderline pixel in response to the values of a background image, thereby to precisely determine the borderlines of the Area of Interest (AOI). The method of the invention first searches ... 03/08/07 - 20070053589 - Method and system for segmenting image data Methods and system for segmenting image data are provided. The method includes fitting a topological atlas to acquired image data and generating spatially varying priors based on the fitted topological atlas. The method further includes segmenting the acquired image data based on the spatially varying priors. ... 03/01/07 - 20070047811 - Method for background generation and its system for video surveillance A background generating method of low process cost for use in detecting a moving object based on subtraction process performed between an input image and a base image, and an apparatus with the function of detecting a moving object using its background. The apparatus consists of a feature vector extractor ... 03/01/07 - 20070047810 - System and method for lattice-preserving multigrid method for image segmentation and filtering A method for segmenting a digitized image includes providing a digitized image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points on an N-dimensional grid, defining a weight between each pair of adjacent points in the image based on the intensity difference of each said point pair, marking ... 02/22/07 - 20070041641 - Image processing apparatus A foreground extracting section extracts the foreground of each of the first to the N-th frames, and a foreground-accumulated-image configuration section configures a front accumulated image obtained by overlapping the foregrounds of the first to the N-th frames viewed from the future side and a rear accumulated image obtained by ... 02/22/07 - 20070041640 - Image processing device An area to be subjected to the image correction process such as an area of a human image in an image containing the human image is automatically specified, and an image correction process such as the gradation process is executed only for the specified area. ... 02/22/07 - 20070041639 - Image segmentation by assigning classes to adaptive mesh primitives Quantification of metric or functional parameters often requires image segmentation. A crucial part of such method is the model of the surface characteristics of the object of interest (features), which drives the deformable surface towards the object boundary in the image. According to the present invention, sections of the mesh ... 02/15/07 - 20070036434 - Topology-based method of partition, analysis, and simplification of dynamical images and its applications A dynamical image of is an array of black-and-white images, or frames, of arbitrary dimension. Dynamical images are constructed from gray scale and color images, video sequences etc. A method of topological analysis and decomposition of dynamical images through computation of homology groups of the frames is provided. Each frame ... 02/15/07 - 20070036433 - Recognizing data conforming to a rule Systems and/or methods (“tools”) are described that enable a recognition system to recognize user-entered data conforming to a data rule. The tools may do so by providing data regions for a document. With these data regions, the recognition system may better determine what information on the document is user-entered and ... 02/15/07 - 20070036432 - Object detection in images The invention applies a segmentation operation to an input image to identify foreground objects of interest, and then applies a shadow removal operation to remove any detected shadows from the foreground segmentation. The shadow removal algorithms can leave holes and bisections in the segmentation map, however, which will then subsequently ... 02/08/07 - 20070031039 - Segmentation of digital images A method and system for segmenting a digital image, the digital image comprising at least some mixed pixels whose visual characteristics are determined by a mixture of the visual characteristics of part of two or more portions of the image A method comprises the steps of: selecting one or more ... 02/08/07 - 20070031038 - Boolean complement methods and systems for video image processing a region of interest An image-processing method, system and program-product. Data indicative of a video image displayable with a display device associated with a data-processing apparatus can be scanned. At least one region of non-interest among the data can be identified, in response to compiling the data. Thereafter, at least one region of interest ... 02/08/07 - 20070031037 - Stereo image segmentation Real-time segmentation of foreground from background layers in binocular video sequences may be provided by a segmentation process which may be based on one or more factors including likelihoods for stereo-matching, color, and optionally contrast, which may be fused to infer foreground and/or background layers accurately and efficiently. In one ... 02/01/07 - 20070025616 - Editing of presegemented images/volumes with the multilabel random walker or graph cut segmentations Presegmentation or prior, pre-existing segmentation of an object obtained through other means will be presented for interactive editing of a segmented object in an image or volume. Prior segmentation will be seamlessly combined with graph cuts or the random walker methods. Editing of the presegmentation is possible, while maintaining the ... 02/01/07 - 20070025615 - Method and apparatus for estimating shot boundaries in a digital video sequence A method of estimating a shot boundary in a digital video sequence comprises calculating a measurement of dissimilarity between each frame in the video sequence and its previous frame based on at least one of de-emphasized luminance differences and absolute color differences. Each frame is tested against shot boundary dissimilarity ... 01/18/07 - 20070014473 - System and method for graph cuts image segmentation using a shape prior A system and method for graph cut image segmentation using a shape prior is provided. In this method, an initial shape is applied to a portion of an image to be segmented. A narrowband is formed around a border of the shape, and a minimized graph cut is calculated for ... 01/11/07 - 20070009153 - Segmentation of digital images A method and system for segmenting a digital image is presented allowing manipulation of an image, for example by extracting a foreground portion of the image and overlaying the extracted foreground onto a new background. The invention provides an automated process requiring only a single user selection of an area ... 01/04/07 - 20070003139 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer program A data processing apparatus produces electronic data from a document image in which a text part, a photograph part, etc. are mixed. This electronic data enables a user to display information in a required part. The apparatus extracts an object from an input image and integrates information on the extracted ... 01/04/07 - 20070003138 - Method for segmenting an image and an image transmission system and image transmission unit therefore A method (500) for segmenting an image comprises the step of identifying (502) one or more regions in the image. The method further comprises the steps of applying a single embedded surface for a Level Sets representation of said image; and performing region control logic (504) to enable said Level ... 12/28/06 - 20060291721 - Efficiently labelling image pixels using graph cuts A method of solving an energy minimization problem, the method comprising: a. constructing a graph representative comprising a set of nodes; two terminals; a set of N-links each connecting a pair of the nodes; and a set of T-links each connecting one of the terminals with one of the nodes; ... 12/21/06 - 20060285745 - Shape priors for level set representations This invention relates to shape priors for level set representations. An embodiment of the invention comprises a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a shape model can be built directly on level set space using a collection of samples. The shape model can be constructed using ... 12/21/06 - 20060285744 - Method for adjusting image display range of a document camera A method is used with a document camera and an image display device for adjusting the image display range. The document camera includes an image synthesis controller and a graphics buffer. In the method, a first image frame and a second image frame are received by the image synthesis controller. ... 12/14/06 - 20060280365 - Method and system for segmentation, classification, and summarization of video images In a technique for video segmentation, classification and summarization based on the singular value decomposition, frames of the input video sequence are represented by vectors composed of concatenated histograms descriptive of the spatial distributions of colors within the video frames. The singular value decomposition maps these vectors into a refined ... 12/14/06 - 20060280364 - Automatic image cropping system and method for use with portable devices equipped with digital cameras An automatic image cropping system is for use with a portable device having an image capture mechanism and a limited resource for storing or transmitting captured information. The system includes a region of interest suggestion engine defining plural image region candidates by performing image segmentation (20) on an image stored ... 12/07/06 - 20060274939 - Printer and printing method A copy-forgery-inhibited (CFI) pattern image is effectively printed irrespective of difference in information of (CFI) pattern setting between a host unit and a printing apparatus in relation to printing of a (CFI) pattern image. A (CFI) pattern image, for example, “COPY INHIBIT” is set on the printer side while a ... 12/07/06 - 20060274938 - Automated document processing system An automated document processing system is configured to normalize zones obtained from a document, ant to extract articles from the normalized zones. In one configuration, the system receives at least one zone from the document, and applies at least one zone-breaking factor, thereby creating normalized sub-zones within which text lines ... 11/30/06 - 20060269130 - Method of segmentation of a sequence of three-dimensional images, in particular in pharmaco-imagerie c) a merging (50b) of the samples grouping together those whose evolution model is specific to the same structure, said merging following, preceding or including a classification of all the voxels of said image or sequence of images or of a zone of interest of the latter by aggregation with ... 11/16/06 - 20060257023 - Method and system for image border color selection An exemplary method for selecting a color of a border surrounding an image, includes segmenting the image into regions, selecting a region not containing any color that is present at an outer edge of the image in an amount exceeding a threshold value, and selecting a border color based on ... 11/09/06 - 20060251325 - Particle filter based vessel segmentation A system and method for particle filter based vessel segmentation are provided, the system including a processor, a Particle Filter unit in signal communication with the processor, and a Vessel Segmentation unit in signal communication with the processor; and the method including receiving image data for a vessel, initializing the ... 11/09/06 - 20060251324 - Method for image data processing A method for exploiting the nonlinear structure of hyperspectral imagery employs a manifold coordinate system that preserves geodesic distances in the high-dimensional hyperspectral data space. Data representing physical parameters such as a scene is divided into a set of smaller tiles. The manifolds derived from the individual tiles are then ... 11/02/06 - 20060245649 - Method and system for recognizing objects in an image based on characteristics of the objects A characteristics-based image recognition method for recognizing objects in an image is implemented using an image sensor and a register. The image sensor has a plurality of pixel sensing elements. The method includes: setting a grayscale threshold value of the image; acquiring pixel values of each row sequentially in the ... 11/02/06 - 20060245648 - System and method for processing images with leaky windows Disclosed is a method and system for processing image data, which may be generated by a scanning subsystem, and the segmentation and treatment of leaky windows or segments within the image. In addition to the identification of window regions or segments having leaky boundaries, the method and system include the ... 10/26/06 - 20060239554 - Automatic determination of the standard cardiac views from volumetric data acquisitions A system and method for automatically determining the standard cardiac image views as defined by the American Heart Association from volumetric data of the chest including the heart. The system and method can be used by a health practitioner to quickly see the two dimensional views from which a diagnosis ... 10/26/06 - 20060239553 - Ct/mri heart isolation using a graph cut algorithm A method and related system for automatically and efficiently isolating the heart in Computer Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging cardiac scans is disclosed. The method involves segmenting a heart within a set of volumetric data. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the set of volumetric data ... 10/26/06 - 20060239552 - System and method for using learned discriminative models to segment three dimensional colon image data A system and method for using learned discriminative models to segment a border of an anatomical structure in a three dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. A discriminative probability model is computed for each voxel in the 3D image. Thresholding is performed on each discriminative probability model. One or more two ... 10/05/06 - 20060222243 - Extraction and scaled display of objects in an image A method, system and apparatus perform detection and scaled display of objects in an image. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an image that includes a face of a person. The method also includes extracting a part of the image that includes the face. The method includes scaling the ... 09/21/06 - 20060210161 - Digital signal coding with division into tiles modifying (E7) the partitioning of the signal. ... 09/21/06 - 20060210160 - Model based adaptive multi-elliptical approach: a one click 3d segmentation approach A seed point is selected inside a structure that is to be segmented in image data. An adaptive model is defined around the seed point, and a preprocessing filter is applied only within the bounding region. A presegmentation of the preprocessed result is performed, and the bounding region is expanded ... 09/21/06 - 20060210159 - Foreground extraction approach by using color and local structure information A method for extracting a foreground object from an image comprises selecting a first pixel of the image, selecting a set of second pixels of the image associated with the first pixel, determining a set of contrasts for the first pixel by comparing the first pixel with each of the ... 09/21/06 - 20060210158 - Object-specific segmentation The invention relates to the field of efficient segmentation of collections of anatomical structures in medical imaging. For example, in radiotherapy planning, the segmentation of a collection of several anatomical structures, which represent the target volume in risk organs is required. When using model based segmentation, organ models represented by ... 09/21/06 - 20060210157 - Method and apparatus for summarizing a music video using content anaylsis A method and apparatus are provided for segmenting and summarizing a music video (507) in a multimedia stream (505) using content analysis. A music video (507) is segmented in a multimedia stream (505) by evaluating a plurality of content features that are related to the multimedia stream. The plurality of ... 09/14/06 - 20060204092 - Reproduction device and program An optical disc stores an AVClip including a video stream and a graphics stream showing a subtitle. A resolution for the AVClip is obtained from Clip information. After this, a ratio is calculated between the obtained resolution and a resolution of a display apparatus that can be connected to a ... 08/31/06 - 20060193516 - Background maintenance of an image sequence A system and method for maintaining a background model of an image sequence by processing on multiple spatial scales. These multiple spatial scales include a pixel scale, a regional scale and a frame scale. The image sequence undergoes pixel processing that determines a current background model and provides an initial ... 08/31/06 - 20060193515 - Image processing method for removing glasses from color facial images An image processing method obtains a glassless image from a color frontal facial image bearing glasses by using a recursive principal component analysis (PCA) reconstruction. The image processing method comprises the steps of a) receiving an RGB color frontal facial image; b) extracting candidates of eye regions from the received ... 08/17/06 - 20060182341 - Method for automatically determining the position and orientation of the left ventricle in 3d image data records of the heart A method is disclosed for automatically determining the position and orientation of the left ventricle and/or adjacent regions in 3D image data records of the heart that have been recorded with the aid of an imaging, tomographic method after injection of contrast agent. In the method, the left ventricle is ... 08/17/06 - 20060182340 - Multidimensional segmentation based on adaptive bounding box and ellipsoid models A seed point is selected inside a structure that is to be segmented in image data. An adaptive model is defined around the seed point, and a preprocessing filter is applied only within the bounding region. A presegmentation of the preprocessed result is performed, and the bounding region is expanded ... 08/10/06 - 20060177133 - Systems and methods for segmentation of volumetric objects by contour definition using a 2d interface integrated within a 3d virtual environment (integrated contour editor) Systems and methods for a fully integrated contour editor are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a 2D interface which allows a user to define and edit contours on one image slice of the data set at a time is provided along with a 3D interface which allows ... 08/10/06 - 20060177132 - Cropping a digital image and preserving reserves A method of cropping a digital image and preserving a reserve for subsequent use includes cropping the digital image to produce a first cropped digital image, the first cropped digital image having a first size and a first aspect ratio; determining, based on the location of the cropping, at least ... 08/03/06 - 20060171587 - Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program A binary image is generated by binarizing a multilevel image. An edge image is generated by extracting an edge component in the multilevel image. The binary image is segmented into a plurality of regions with different attributes. An outline candidate of a halftone region is extracted from the edge image. ... 08/03/06 - 20060171586 - Method of database-guided segmentation of anatomical structures having complex appearances A method for segmenting an anatomical structure of interest within an image is disclosed. The anatomical structure of interest is compared to a database of images of like anatomical structures. Those database images of like anatomical structures that are similar to the anatomical structure of interest are identified. The identified ... 08/03/06 - 20060171585 - Method for visualization of plaque deposits from 3d image data records of vessel structures A method is disclosed for visualization of plaque deposits from 3D image data records of vessel structures, in particular of the coronary vascular system, in which at least one predeterminable section of the vessel structure with the plaque deposits is segmented in the 3D image data record in order to ... 07/27/06 - 20060165286 - Particular image area partitioning apparatus and method, and program for causing computer to perform particular image area partitioning processing It is detected whether or not a face image is included in an image represented by applied image data. When the face image is detected, an image area g1 including the detected face image is cut out. A plurality of rectangular projection information creating windows w are set radially from ... 07/27/06 - 20060165285 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading process apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus is provided with a halftone frequency determining section for determining a halftone frequency of an image data consisting of plural color components. The halftone frequency determining section is provided with a flat halftone discriminating section for extracting information of density distribution per segment block, and discriminating, ... 07/27/06 - 20060165284 - Manifold learning for discriminating pixels in multi-channel images, with application to image/volume/video segmentation and clustering A manifold learning technique is applied to the problem of discriminating an object boundary between neighboring pixels/voxels in an image. The manifold learning technique is referred to as locality preserving projections. The application is for multi-channel images, which may include registered images/volumes, a time series of images/volumes, images obtained using ... 07/27/06 - 20060165283 - Methods and apparatus for detecting scenes in a video medium Methods and apparatuses of detecting the beginnings and endings of scenes in video media, especially videotapes of “Reality TV” scenes, are disclosed. The video medium defines an array of pixels, and comprises a sequence of video frames. Each frame has a set of pixel data values for representing an image, ... 07/27/06 - 20060165282 - Image segmentation A image obtained by a camera is segmented into regions. Information about signs of curvature values of an intensity of the image is computed as a function of pixel location. Pixel locations are assigned to different segments, each according to one or more, or a combination of the signs for ... 07/20/06 - 20060159342 - Multilevel image segmentation A multilevel image segmentation technique using graph cuts is disclosed. A reduced resolution image is generated from a full resolution image which is to be segmented. The reduced resolution image is then segmented in order to identify a boundary between an object and a background within the image. The identified ... 07/20/06 - 20060159341 - 3d image segmentation A delineation of a structure of interest can be performed by fitting 3D deformable models, for example, represented by polygonal measures, to the boundaries of the structure of interest. The deformable model fitting process is guided by minimization of the sum of an external energy, based on image feature information, ... 07/13/06 - 20060153451 - System and method for detecting ground glass nodules in medical images Detecting ground glass nodules in medical images includes calculating a probability distribution function of background lung tissue in a chest image, estimating a variation range of the background tissue probability distribution function, estimating a probability distribution function of an image point belonging to a ground glass nodule from the variation ... 07/13/06 - 20060153450 - Integrated image processor An integrated image processor implemented on a substrate is disclosed. An input interface is configured to receive pixel data from two or more images. A pixel handling processor disposed on the substrate is configured to convert the pixel data into depth and intensity pixel data. In some embodiments, a foreground ... 07/13/06 - 20060153449 - Block-based parallel image thinning methods, computer program products and systems A block-based parallel image thinning method segments an input image into blocks, determines the block flag of each of the segmented blocks, and determines a preservation condition of an object pixel of a corresponding block. Then, the method determines a removal condition of the object pixel for which the preservation ... 07/13/06 - 20060153448 - System and method for adaptively separating foreground from arbitrary background in presentations System and method for distinguishing between foreground content and background content in an image presentation. An initial background model is provided, and a final background model is constructed from the initial background model using the image presentation. The foreground content and background content in the image presentation are then distinguished ... 07/13/06 - 20060153447 - Characteristic region extraction device, characteristic region extraction method, and characteristic region extraction program The conventional image retrieving method is not satisfactory in accuracy of retrieval. There has been a demand for a general-purpose method capable of rapidly retrieving characteristic parts. The object is achieved by acquiring image data representing an image with pixels arranged in a dot matrix pattern, detecting the edge pixels ... 07/06/06 - 20060147116 - Image segmentation method and device the convergence of each of the control points (Vi) towards the candidate point, which minimizes said energy, so providing an estimated contour of the object to be segmented. According to the invention, the energy associated with each candidate point includes a colour discrimination term. ... 07/06/06 - 20060147115 - System and method for image segmentation by a weighted multigrid solver A method of segmenting a digitized image includes providing a digitized image on a domain of points on an N%N grid, defining a weight between each pair of adjacent points in the image based on the intensity difference of each said point pair, marking a subset of points in the ... 07/06/06 - 20060147114 - Image segmentation in time-series images The basic principle of deformable models consists of the adaptation of flexible surfaces, such as triangular meshes to structures in the image. The optimal adaptation of an initial mesh is solved by energy minimization, where maintaining the shape of a geometric model is traded off against detected feature points of ... 06/22/06 - 20060133670 - Stamp sheets A method and apparatus for creating and/or using a stamp sheet is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first image of a first overview of a first collection of media objects, where the first image has graphical content representing the media objects and a first machine readable ... 06/15/06 - 20060126933 - Foreground detection using intrinsic images A temporal sequence of images is acquired of a dynamic scene. Spatial gradients are determined using filters. By taking advantage of the sparseness of outputs of the filters, an intrinsic background image is generated as median filtered gradients. The intrinsic background image is then divided into the original sequence of ... 06/15/06 - 20060126932 - Method for automatically determining a region of interest for text and data overlay Provided is a method for the automatic determination of a region of interest in an image, comprising the steps of: segmenting the image into a plurality of smaller regions, each region extending over a plurality of pixels; performing an analysis on each of said regions to characterize an aspect of ... 06/08/06 - 20060120601 - System and method for map and position-determination enhancement A system and methods for map and position determination enhancement. The method includes obtaining at least one image of a view in an area. Also, identifying at least one high-contrast feature in the image of the area and, embedding the high-contrast feature in a map of the area. The result ... 06/01/06 - 20060115153 - Page background estimation using color, texture and edge features An algorithm for estimating which pixels belong to the background of a scanned page. The algorithm is particularly designed to handle situations in which the page background varies in color/intensity, as is case when bleed-through artifacts from the reverse side of the page appear in the background. In determining background ... 05/25/06 - 20060110039 - Adaptive segmentation of television images A method (100) and system (600) for adaptively segmenting pixel elements in an image frame is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of segmenting pixel elements into at least one first region based on a selection criteria (110), refining the selection criteria (150) based on information associated with each of ... 05/25/06 - 20060110038 - Image processing Video data is segmented by representing the pixel location, RGB values and other features such as motion vectors, as points in a multidimensional segmentation space. Initialized segments are represented as locations in the segmentation space and segment membership then determined by the distance in segmentation space from the data point ... 05/25/06 - 20060110037 - Simultaneous segmentation of multiple or composed objects by mesh adaptation Deformable models are used for the segmentation of structures in 3D images. The basic principle of such methods consists of the adaptation of flexible meshes to the image. However, the simultaneous segmentation of multiple or composed objects often causes problems in that spatial relationships between the objects are violated, or ... 05/18/06 - 20060104510 - Gpu accelerated isoperimetric algorithm for image segmentation, digital photo and video editing A system and method for segmenting an object in an image using an isoperimetric ratio in a graphics processing unit is disclosed. The object is identified by one or more selected pixels located within the object. The system includes a graphics processing unit and software loadable on the graphics processing ... 05/11/06 - 20060098871 - Digital ink labeling Digital ink strokes may be fragmented to form a training data set. A neighborhood graph may be formed as a plurality of connected nodes. Relevant features of the training data may be determined in each fragment such as local site features, interaction features, and/or part-label interaction features. Using a conditional ... 05/11/06 - 20060098870 - Region competition via local watershed operators An exemplary method of segmenting an object from a structure of interest is provided. A user-selected point in an image is received. A watershed transformation is performed on the user-selected point to determine a primary object. A neighboring watershed region is added to the primary object based on region competition ... 05/04/06 - 20060093216 - System and method for detection of ground glass objects and nodules A method for detecting ground glass objects in a digitized image comprises the steps of determining intensity statistics from a plurality of ground glass objects, determining an intensity map of the distance of each point in an image from a mean intensity of said ground glass objects wherein one or ... 05/04/06 - 20060093215 - Methods of representing and analysing images A method of representing at least one image comprises deriving at least one descriptor based on colour information and colour interrelation information for at least one region of the image, the descriptor having at least one descriptor element, derived using values of pixels in said region, wherein at least one ... 04/27/06 - 20060088213 - Method and device for dividing target image, device for image recognizing process, program and storage media According to a region dividing device, a region dividing member generates a plurality of primary region groups, each of which includes a plurality of primary regions. Each of the plurality of primary regions is characterized by each measured value of feature values. A basic region group generating member generates a ... 04/06/06 - 20060072821 - Direct volume rendering of 4d deformable volume images A method and system are presented for direct volume rendering of a deformable volume dataset that represent an object in motion. An original 3D image dataset of the object is acquired at an initial stage of the motion, and segmented. Deformed 3D image datasets of the object are acquired at ... 04/06/06 - 20060072820 - System and method for checking framing and sharpness of a digital image A system and method for providing both sharpness and framing information of a digital image to a user. An original image is captured and processed by an electronic device. At the same time, a portion of the original image is selected, cropped and processed to create a final zoomed image. ... 04/06/06 - 20060072819 - Image forming apparatus and method A method and apparatus of copying a document includes scanning a document and obtaining an image signal from the scanned document. Micro segmentation processing is performed on the image signal, and first data indicative of a type of pixel is output for at least one pixel. Macro segmentation processing is ... 04/06/06 - 20060072818 - Method and system for automatically inscribing noisy objects in scanned image data within a minimum area rectangle A minimum area rectangle inscription method and system for automatically generating a minimum area rectangle that inscribes and bounds an approximately rectangular object (or “noisy” object) contained within scanned image data. The minimum area rectangle inscription method chooses an interior point located inside the object boundary and determine perimeter points ... 04/06/06 - 20060072817 - Method for robust analysis of biological activity in microscopy images A robust object segmentation method for analysis of biological activity receives an input image and performs segmentation confidence mapping using the input image to generate segmentation confidence map output. A thresholding is performed using the object segmentation confidence map to generate a high confidence object mask output. An object segmentation ... 03/23/06 - 20060062457 - Image segmentation using isoperimetric trees In a method of image segmentation, a tree is derived from input data. A no-fill ordering of a matrix is produced, the matrix representing the tree. A system of linear equations is solved with respect to the matrix, obtaining a solution. The solution is used to define a family of ... 03/23/06 - 20060062456 - Determining regions of interest in synthetic images An algorithm for finding regions of interest (ROI) in synthetic images based on an information driven approach in which sub-blocks of a set of synthetic image are analyzed for information content or compressibility based on textural and color features. A DCT may be used to analyze the textural features of ... 03/23/06 - 20060062455 - Determining regions of interest in photographs and images An algorithm for finding regions of interest (ROI) in images and photos based on an information driven approach in which sub-blocks of an image are analyzed for information content or compressibility based on the discrete cosine transform. The sub-blocks of low compressibility are grouped into ROIs using a morphological technique. ... 03/16/06 - 20060056695 - Method for concealing data in curves of an image A method of concealing data in images imperceptibly alters curves therein, such as through adding a value representing the data to be hidden to each of a number of B-spline control points representing the original curve. The altered control points characterize the imperceptibly altered curve, which replaces the original curve ... 03/16/06 - 20060056694 - Method for segmenting anatomical structures from 3d image data by using topological information A method is disclosed for segmenting anatomical structures, in particular the coronary vessel tree, from 3D image data. In the method, a starting point is initially set in the 3D image data, and at least one known anatomically significant point and/or at least one known anatomically significant surface are/is identified ... 03/16/06 - 20060056693 - Load allocation when executing image processing using parallel processing For image processing for repeatedly executing process segment sets including N (N is an integer of 3 or greater) unit process segments Lc, Lm, Ly, Lk, Llc, Llm and Ldy, unit process segments are executed by M (M is an integer of 2 or greater but less than N) processing ... 03/16/06 - 20060056692 - Method for segmenting a medical data set In a method for segmentation of a medical data set, the segmentation is implemented using markings, the markings being set in the generation of the data set. ... 03/16/06 - 20060056691 - System and method for 3d visualization of lung perfusion or density and statistical analysis thereof A system and method for 3D visualization of a pair of lungs are provided. The method comprises: segmenting image data of the pair of lungs and lung parenchyma; generating a 3D map as a function of the segmented image data; and rendering the 3D map as a color-coded semi-transparent 3D ... 03/16/06 - 20060056690 - Methods and systems for 3d segmentation of ultrasound images A method for three dimensional (3D) segmentation of an object is provided. The method obtains a volumetric data set containing object data and non-object data in proximity to the object data, the object data having a reference axis extending through the object data. The method defines at least one reference ... 03/16/06 - 20060056689 - Image segmentation using template prediction The invention relates to image segmentation using templates and spatial prediction. The templates of neighboring pixels are used for predicting the features of a current pixel. The pixel is assigned to the segments of neighboring pixels according to the deviation of its features from the templates. ... 03/09/06 - 20060050960 - System and method for anatomical structure parsing and detection A method for segmenting a digitized image includes providing a digitized image comprising a plurality of intensities defined on a lattice of pixels, initializing a Bayesian prior probability and likelihood function for segmenting said image, decomposing said image into a union of a plurality of subspaces wherein each subspace is ... 03/09/06 - 20060050959 - System and method for image segmentation by solving an inhomogenous dirichlet problem A method of segmenting a digitized image includes marking a subset of pixels in an image, defining edge conductances between each pair of adjacent pixels in the image based on the intensity difference of each said pixel pair, associating a probability potential with each unmarked pixel, and using a multigrid ... 03/09/06 - 20060050958 - System and method for volumetric tumor segmentation using joint space-intensity likelihood ratio test A method for segmenting a digitized image includes providing a digitized volumetric image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in an N-dimensional space, identifying a target structure in said image, forming a window about said target structure whose size is a function of the target ... 03/02/06 - 20060045336 - Method of image segmentation An image segmentation method including: selecting a region of interest including an object whose image is to be segmented; detecting the edge of the object; repeatedly performing, until a specified precision is obtained, a process in which by using a layered mesh structure based on the detected edge, a mesh ... 02/16/06 - 20060034513 - View assistance in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging Standardized or preset views for a given application are used to assist in volumetric scanning and diagnosis. By displaying one or more images of a standard view during acquisition, the scan is guided to assure proper positioning of the volumetric scan. The location of a user identified view within the ... 02/16/06 - 20060034512 - Adaptive image improvement A method includes analyzing an input image at least to determine locations of human skin in the input image and processing the input image at least to improve, on a per pixel basis, the areas of human skin of the input image. Another method included in the present invention includes ... 02/16/06 - 20060034511 - Method and apparatus for visualization of biological structures with use of 3d position information from segmentation results A data processing methodology (and corresponding data processing apparatus) for visualizing the characteristics of a particular object volume in an overall medical/biological environment comprises the following computer operated steps: receiving a source image data set as pertaining to the overall environment; establishing a first contour surface within the environment, and ... 02/09/06 - 20060029276 - Object image detecting apparatus, face image detecting program and face image detecting method An object image detecting apparatus for determining whether an object image exists in a detection target image includes: an image reading unit reading a predetermined region of the detection target image as a detection target region; a feature vector producing unit dividing an image included in the detection target region ... 02/09/06 - 20060029275 - Systems and methods for image data separation A method includes receiving a first set of one or more data nodes specified by a user using a first specification mode, receiving a second set of one or more data nodes specified by a user using a second specification mode, and automatically identifying a data node to be separated ... 02/02/06 - 20060023945 - Search engines and systems with handheld document data capture devices Embodiments of the disclosed innovations provide systems and methods for locating data associated with rendered documents. Some embodiments support the use of a handheld document data capture device. ... 01/26/06 - 20060018540 - Surface region identification by image area segmentation The present invention provides a technique to identify layout of surface regions of an object by image area segmentation. A plurality of images is acquired by imaging an object under a plurality of mutually different illumination conditions. By performing area segmentation on this plurality of images, the layouts of the ... 01/26/06 - 20060018539 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program An image region dividing section (105) partitions each of input images into a small regions, and a small region synthesized image generation section (106) generates a base image of each small region, which is an image including only diffuse reflection, from each input image. An image interpolation section (107) generates ... 01/19/06 - 20060013482 - System and methods of organ segmentation and applications of same A method for segmentation of an organ of a living subject with a variable shape and boundary and surrounded by structures and tissues in connection with an image containing the organ. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of initializing a contour inside the organ in the image, introducing ... 01/12/06 - 20060008146 - Image processing apparatus and method In order to produce a high-quality output of an image which is a mixture of images having different characteristics, there is provided an image processing apparatus having an image memory storing an entered color image and a feature detector, arranged for detecting a feature signal from the entered color image ... 01/12/06 - 20060008145 - Image data processing apparatus and method, and image data processing program When a face image of a character in an image represented by image data fed to a mask data creating apparatus is detected, face image areas of the detected character are respectively extracted by different two types of processing. An appropriate degree is calculated for each of the face image ... 01/12/06 - 20060008144 - Vectorized image segmentation via trixel agglomeration A computer implemented method transforms an image comprised of pixels into a vectorized image specified by a plurality of polygons that can be subsequently used to aid in image processing and understanding. The pixelated image is processed to extract edge pixels that separate different colors and a constrained Delaunay triangulation ... 01/12/06 - 20060008143 - Hierachical image segmentation An apparatus 1000 includes an input 1010 for receiving an N-dimensional signal, N≧2. A storage 1030 stores a composite model of a composite structure for estimating parameters of the model with respect to the signal. The composite model is based on constituent models 210-290 that each correspond to a constituent ... 01/05/06 - 20060002608 - Image analysis A method for the automated analysis of digital images, particularly for the purpose of assessing the presence and severity of cancer in breast tissue based on the relative proportions of tubule formations and epithelial cells identified in digital images of histological slides. The method includes the step of generating a ... 12/22/05 - 20050281464 - Particular image area partitioning apparatus and method, and program for causing computer to perform particular image area partitioning processing It is detected whether or not a face image is included in an image represented by fed image data. When the face image is detected, an image area g1 including the detected face image is cut out. A plurality of rectangular projection information creating windows w are set radially from ... 12/22/05 - 20050281463 - Method and apparatus for processing binary image A method and an apparatus for processing a binary image are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) dividing the binary image input from an image source into a plurality of image blocks; b) extracting feature information from each of the image blocks; and c) determining the type of ... 12/22/05 - 20050281462 - System and method of automated processing of multiple microarray images Methods, systems and computer readable media for automatically separating multiple microarray images provided as a single combined image of the multiple microarray images. Methods, systems and computer readable media are provided for providing at least one image containing multiple microarray images thereon, automatically locating the features in the microarray images, ... 12/15/05 - 20050276477 - Image processing methods and systems Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically crop an image to a desired size. Automating the cropping process, while at the same time providing a high quality, cropped image, can be accomplished by employing a comprehensive approach that includes one or more of contextual cropping ... 12/08/05 - 20050271274 - Image processing apparatus and method, and program An image processing apparatus for processing an image includes the following elements. A repeating-component extracting unit extracts repeating components, which are repeatedly appearing, similar components in the image, from the image. A repeating-component location adjusting unit adjusts the location of the repeating components by equally locating the repeating components extracted ... 12/08/05 - 20050271273 - Foreground extraction using iterated graph cuts Techniques are disclosed to provide more efficient and improved extraction of a portion of a scene without requiring excessive user interaction. More particularly, the extraction may be achieved by using iterated graph cuts. In an implementation, a method includes segmenting an image into a foreground portion and a background portion ... 12/08/05 - 20050271272 - Identifying selected pixels in a digital image The present application provides for accurately identifying a selection of pixels in a digital image. A pixel edgewalk procedure utilizes pixel reference points situated around a pixel, such as at pixel vertices, to determine where to draw an outline to encompass selected pixels. Each pixel reference point is represented by ... 12/08/05 - 20050271271 - Segmenting a series of 2d or 3d images The invention relates to an apparatus having means for segmenting a series of 2D or 3D images obtained by monitoring a patient's organ or other body part, wherein a first segmentation is carried out on a first image of the series of images and wherein the first segmentation is used ... 12/01/05 - 20050265601 - Watershed segmentation to improve detection of spherical and ellipsoidal objects using cutting planes In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of detecting a desired object at a candidate pixel from an image is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) selecting a representative point in the desired object; (b) determining first representative cross-sections of the desired object by passing ... 11/24/05 - 20050259871 - Manual windowing with auto-segmentation assistance in a scanning system A manual windowing with auto-segmentation assistance method and system are disclosed that include defining manual tags to be assigned to one or more windows via a tag selection module, assigning the defined manual tags to the one or more windows via a manual tag assignment module and auto-segmenting the one ... 11/24/05 - 20050259870 - Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus An object of the present invention is to enable the detection of a mixture ratio indicating the mixture state of a plurality of objects, such as a background image and a moving object image. A normal-equation adder 541 extracts mixed pixel data according to a motion, and also extracts background ... 11/17/05 - 20050254708 - Segmentation of the left ventricle in apical echocardiographic views using a composite time-consistent active shape model A method for segmenting a portion of a clip is provided. A first active-shape model of the portion is creating in a first state. A second active-shape model of the portion is created in a second state. A combined model for segmenting the portion is generated. The combined model is ... 11/10/05 - 20050249412 - Multimedia event detection and summarization A method detects events in multimedia. Features are extracted from the multimedia. The features are sampled using a sliding window to obtain samples. A context model is constructed for each sample. An affinity matrix is determined from the models and a commutative distance metric between each pair of context models. ... 10/20/05 - 20050232485 - Method and apparatus for determining a region in an image based on a user input Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying a particular region in an image based on a user specification and information in the image, such as color and texture information. Initially, the user specifies a region using a single closed contour. The user input specifies the region of interest in the ... 10/20/05 - 20050232484 - Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium storing program therefor A image processing device has a reading unit, a graphics area extraction unit, a writing area extraction unit, a character string extraction unit and an association unit. The reading unit reads a document. The graphics area extraction unit extracts a graphics area from the document read by the reading unit. ... 10/13/05 - 20050226504 - Image processiong apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes an object extracting unit, a selecting unit, and an object storing unit. The object extracting unit extracts an object from a target image through a plurality of processing, and outputs the result of extracting the object. The selecting unit selects at least a part of ... 10/13/05 - 20050226503 - Scanned image content analysis Scanned image content is analyzed by identifying and quantifying each of a number of pixel categories in sub-regions of a rectangular grid defined over the scanned-in image data. The counts or other quantities are compared with predetermined pixel distributions, and the sub-regions are characterized in response to the comparison. An ... 10/13/05 - 20050226502 - Stylization of video The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a system for stylizing video, such as interactively transforming video to a cartoon-like style. Briefly stated, the techniques include determining a set of volumetric objects within a video, each volumetric object being a segment. Mean shift video segmentation may be used ... 10/06/05 - 20050220343 - Automatic character code recognition/display system, method, and program using mobile telephone In one embodiment, when a mobile telephone accessible to the Internet accesses a homepage provider server, character codes of the homepage accessed is identified. Thereafter, a homepage is displayed using character codes in the mobile telephone on the basis of the identification. The homepage provider server provides information for identifying ... 09/29/05 - 20050213816 - Image segmentation by base point selection and wavefront propagation A method partitions an image into segments. The image includes pixel points. A set of base points is selected in the image. A wavefront is initialized and emitted from each base point. Each wavefront is propagated according to a speed function until a termination condition is satisfied to determine a ... 09/22/05 - 20050207646 - Image processing method, apparatus therefor and memory medium storing program The invention intends, in preparing so-called ID photograph by cutting out an area from the image of a person, to obtain an appropriate area with simple operations. The method the invention comprises a designation step s201 of designating a rectangle circumscribed about a face area on an original image including ... 09/15/05 - 20050201618 - Local watershed operators for image segmentation We propose local watershed operators for the segmentation of structures, such as medical structures, from an image. A watershed transform is a technique for partitioning an image into many regions while substantially retaining edge information. The proposed watershed operators are a computationally efficient local implementation of watersheds, which can be ... 09/08/05 - 20050196041 - Segmentation of structures based on curvature slope A system and method for segmentation of structures in an image based on curvature slope are provided, the system including a processor, a curvature slope unit in signal communication with the processor for computing curvature slopes in the image and discarding voxels having a slope not satisfying specifications, and a ... 08/18/05 - 20050180631 - System and method for visual echo cancellation in a projector-camera-whiteboard system A system and method for transmitting a clear image of a whiteboard work surface for remote collaboration. The image is separated into two portions; the projected image of the work surface, and the writing physically added to the whiteboard by participants. This separation allows several benefits. The bandwidth requirements are ... 08/11/05 - 20050175238 - Process for drafting a curve in a computer-aided design system A curve is created in a computer-aided design system, based on a set of points inputted by the user. A polyline is computed and the curvature envelope along said polyline is computed to determine particular points (A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5) on thepolyline, which are extrema of curvature. Segmenting ... 08/04/05 - 20050169526 - Density nodule detection in 3-d digital images An algorithm is quickly scans a digital image volume to detect density nodules. A first stage is based on a transform to quickly highlight regions requiring further processing. The first stage operates with somewhat lower sensitivity than is possible with more detailed analyses, but operates to highlight regions for further ... 07/28/05 - 20050163373 - Method for adaptive image region partition and morphologic processing A fast image region partition method receives a component labeled image and performs a two pass Zone Of Influence (ZOI) creation method to create a Zone Of Influence (ZOI) image. The two pass ZOI creation method performs a first pass scan to create a first pass intermediate distance image and ... 07/21/05 - 20050157928 - Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium therefor In an image processing apparatus, an input image is synthesized with a stored image supplied from a storage unit and having been shifted so that the positions of the pixels in the image areas of the input image and of the stored image, associated with a telop, will coincide. The ... 07/21/05 - 20050157927 - Image digitization system, portable terminal unit, and character data delivery method An image digitization system is provided for implementing application software allowing a user to enjoy communication with other users using character data itself and for changing the character data, used by the application software, to increase gaming pleasure. In response to an instruction from the user, a portable terminal unit ... 07/21/05 - 20050157926 - Method and apparatus for automatically determining image foreground color A foreground color for a digital image is automatically determined by dividing the colors of the pixels of at least a part of the digital image into a number of color clusters in a color space, and for at least one cluster selecting a color being related to the at ... 07/21/05 - 20050157925 - Method for interactive segmentation of a structure contained in an object The invention relates to a method for the interactive segmentation of a structure contained in an object from a three-dimensional image of the object. In an expansion mode a region expansion process is carried out, the results of said process simply being completely or partly undone again in a contraction ... 07/14/05 - 20050152599 - Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium therefor In an image processing apparatus, an input image is synthesized with a stored image supplied from a storage unit and having been shifted so that the positions of the pixels in the image areas of the input image and of the stored image, associated with a telop, will coincide. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050147298 - Detection of sky in digital color images A method of detecting sky in a digital color image having pixels is disclosed. The method includes identifying pixels from the digital color image representing an initial sky region; developing a model based on the identified sky pixels, wherein such model is a mathematical function that has inputs of pixel ... 06/16/05 - 20050129312 - Unit for and method of segmentation The segmentation unit (100,200,300) for assigning a first pixel of a first image of a sequence of images to a segment comprises an assignment unit (102) for assigning a first homogeneity value to the first pixel on basis of the first image; an averaging unit (103) for calculating an average ... 06/09/05 - 20050123197 - Method and image processing system for segmentation of section image data A method is for segmentation of section image data of an examination object, in which a target structure is determined in the section image data and an anatomical norm model is selected whose geometry can be varied on the basis of model parameters. The model parameters are organized hierarchically on ... 06/09/05 - 20050123196 - Method and system for user-aided boundary delineation through the propagation of implicit representations A method of incorporating user supplied information in level-set based image segmentation includes providing a digital image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points, providing an embedding function on the image domain, obtaining from a user a control point in the image, selecting two end points ... 06/02/05 - 20050117802 - Image processing method, apparatus, and program L1c=D×2.170 ... 06/02/05 - 20050117801 - Method for partitioning a pattern into optimized sub-patterns A method is provided for dividing a pattern into a plurality of sub-patterns, each sub-pattern being adapted for use with an image search method that can provide a plurality of sub-pattern search results. The method represents the pattern as a plurality of feature points, generates candidate partitions of the plurality ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |