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Image Analysis > Image Enhancement Or Restoration Image Enhancement Or RestorationImage Enhancement Or Restoration 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 - 20070269125 - Bit-accurate film grain simulation method based on pre-computed transformed coefficients Bit-accurate creation of a film grain pattern occurs by first establishing a set of bit-accurate transformed coefficients. The set of bit-accurate transformed coefficients undergo frequency filtering and a subsequent bit-accurate inverse transformation to yield the film grain pattern. ... 11/08/07 - 20070258655 - Method of adjusting image quality and apparatus operable to execute the same In order to process motion image data including a plurality of frames, two or more frames are extracted from the frames as still image data. Image quality adjustment is performed with an identical adjustment condition for each of the extracted frames to obtain adjusted still image data. ... 11/08/07 - 20070258654 - Motion assisted data enhancement Embodiments related to enhancing data are disclosed. ... 11/01/07 - 20070253633 - Image enhancement employing partial template matching A method of image-resolution enhancement employing partial-template matching, including storing at least a portion of an image, and selecting from the image a window comprising a plurality of adjacent line segments having pixels, the window including a target pixel. The method also includes comparing the pixels of the window with ... 11/01/07 - 20070253631 - System and method for enhancing stored binary images A multifunction apparatus and method for enhancing store binary image data, is disclosed. The method includes retrieving the stored binary image data, converting the binary image data into higher-resolution image data, determining image enhancement processes, and applying the image enhancement processes to the higher-resolution image data to produce an enhanced ... 10/11/07 - 20070237415 - Local processing (lp) of regions of arbitrary shape in images including lp based image capture Various embodiments of methods, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and systems for determining one or more regions of one or more images for modification to remove information, through application of one or more criteria to the one or more images, selecting one or more modifications to be made to the one ... 10/04/07 - 20070230814 - Image reconstructing method An image reconstructing method for reconstructing an image accurately even if the true support is unknown. An initial image (I) is denoted by (ginitial) (S1300). A measured support is subjected to an expansion processing (S1400) to generate an image (d) showing the support (D) (S1500). Snakes are applied to the ... 08/30/07 - 20070201757 - System and method for optical character recognition in an image Described is a system and method for optical character recognition in an image. The method comprising identifying a connected component in an image, computing at least one parameter for the connected component and selecting a portion of the image corresponding to the connected component for optical character recognition when the ... 08/23/07 - 20070196028 - Multi-purpose digital image editing tools using background processing A multi-purpose digital editing tool with background processing which permits different enhancements from a single tool, or multiple tools from a single enhancement. The user may exchange enhancements while preserving an applied tool, or exchange the tool while preserving an applied enhancement. The user may select a first area in ... 08/23/07 - 20070196027 - Perceptual image preview Systems and methods for perceptual image preview are described. In one aspect, a naive preview image is generated by downsampling a larger image. Perceptual features of the larger image are then detected. Information associated with the detected perceptual features is then incorporated into the naive preview image to create a ... 08/16/07 - 20070189629 - Correlation-based color mosaic interpolation adjustment using luminance gradients Processing a digitized image signal includes selectively adjusting interpolated color values on the basis of correlations between pre-identified reference patterns of values and the patterns of values within the neighborhoods in which the interpolated color values reside. The reference patterns may be various possible combinations of a high reference value ... 08/16/07 - 20070189628 - Method and apparatus for creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images. The system operates by receiving a plurality of glyph images, wherein a glyph image specifies a characteristic shape of a character in a font, and wherein each glyph image in ... 08/16/07 - 20070189627 - Automated face enhancement An automated face enhancement system and process which can automatically improve faces in videos or other images by applying cosmetic effects, given only a small amount of user interaction for initialization. For an input video, the system will first track the face and eye locations, and classify pixels in the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183679 - Image processing method, image processing device and mobile communication terminal A noted image information extraction section 31 specifies a region of a noted image in an original image, and noted image information containing information relating to position and size of the noted image WMM region within the original image is extracted. Continuing on, mask image formation means 31 forms a ... 07/19/07 - 20070165960 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and computer program To efficiently execute correction of pixel values of a motion-presence area of captured image data. In correction processing for pixel values of a particular area such as a motion-presence area, initial values of the differences or ratios between white balance adjusted image data and flash image data are set, and ... 07/12/07 - 20070160307 - Modification of viewing parameters for digital images using face detection information A method of modifying the viewing parameters of digital images using face detection for achieving a desired spatial parameters based on one or more sub-groups of pixels that correspond to one or more facial features of the face. Such methods may be used for animating still images, automating and streamlining ... 06/28/07 - 20070147695 - Interpolation of image correction parameters Apparatus are provided, including a macrouniformity compensation mechanism to modify data exchanges between device-independent image data and a one-dimensional imaging device, to compensate for a lack of macrouniformity caused by the one-dimensional imaging device. The macrouniformity compensation mechanism includes an input-output value converter to convert an input intensity value for ... 06/21/07 - 20070140579 - Image signal processing apparatus, method of image signal processing, and image signal processing system An image signal processing apparatus includes an image pickup unit operable to take image information; an image signal-processing unit operable to process the image information; a display unit operable to display the image information on a display; a recording unit operable to record the image information onto a recording medium; ... 06/21/07 - 20070140578 - Image adjustment apparatus, image adjustment method and computer readable medium An image adjustment apparatus includes: a feature information acquisition part that acquires feature information concerning a target image to be adjusted with respect to an adjustment item; an item decision part that selects an item as the adjustment item from among a plurality of predetermined adjustment item candidates based on ... 06/21/07 - 20070140577 - Background intensity correction of a scan of a document One exemplary method of the present invention is for background intensity correction of a scan of pixel values of a document, wherein the scan has at least one background pixel area and at least one non-background pixel area. The method includes segmenting the scan into the at least one background ... 06/14/07 - 20070133893 - Method and apparatus for image noise reduction A method and apparatus that allows for image denoising in an imaging device. The method and implementing apparatus selects a kernel, which includes neighboring pixel pairs for a identified pixel, determines average output signal values for pixel pairs in the correction kernel, determines the difference in the average values and ... 06/07/07 - 20070127834 - Method of directed pattern enhancement for flexible recognition A directed pattern enhancement method receives a learning image and pattern enhancement directive. Pattern enhancement learning is performed using the learning image and the pattern enhancement directive to generate pattern enhancement recipe. An application image is received and a pattern enhancement application is performed using the application image and the ... 06/07/07 - 20070127833 - Automatic generation of metadata for a digital image based on ambient conditions A method and system is provided for automatically generating metadata for a digital image based on ambient conditions. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include determining a plurality of ambient conditions associated with a location of a subject of a digital image captured with a mobile image capture device, the ambient ... 05/31/07 - 20070122049 - Systems and methods for minimizing aberrating effects in imaging systems An imaging system for reducing aberrations from an intervening medium, and an associated method of use are provided. The system may be an optical or task-based optical imaging system including optics, such as a phase mask, for imaging a wavefront of the system to an intermediate image and modifying phase ... 05/24/07 - 20070116372 - Signal processing device, signal processing method, program, and recording medium A signal processing device, signal processing method, and program and recording medium which provide images and the like closer approximating real world signals. The signal processing device includes a processing region setting unit, a movement vector setting unit, a model generator, a normal equation generator, an activity detector, a weighting ... 05/10/07 - 20070104384 - Apparatus and methods for enhancing digital images A method for enhancing a digital image involves selecting an image as an original image to be enhanced, creating by a pixel mapping procedure at least two images altered from the original image in a first image attribute, each of the altered images differing in the first image attribute, displaying ... 05/10/07 - 20070104383 - Stabilization of objects within a video sequence A simplified general model and an associated estimation algorithm is provided for modeling visual data such as a video sequence. Specifically, images or frames in a video sequence are represented as collections of flat moving objects that change their appearance and shape over time, and can occlude each other over ... 05/10/07 - 20070104382 - Detection of local visual space-time details in a video signal The invention relates to video signal processing such as for TV or DVD signals. Methods and systems for detection and segmentation of local visual space-time details in video signals are described. Furthermore, a video signal encoder is described. The method described comprises the steps of dividing an image into blocks ... 05/03/07 - 20070098291 - Image stabilization apparatus, method thereof, and program product thereof An image stabilization apparatus of the present invention includes a detection unit which detects an amount of an image blur between a plurality of image data, an evaluation unit which selects at least one image data to use in correcting image blur from the plurality of image data according to ... 05/03/07 - 20070098290 - Automatic compositing of 3d objects in a still frame or series of frames Systems, methods, and computer program products that provide broadcast-quality photo-realistic rendering of one or more 3D objects added to a still frame (photo mode), or series of frames (movie mode). The basic steps performed during creation of an image include analysis of a 2D image frame during a set up ... 05/03/07 - 20070098289 - Signal processing device, and signal processing method, and program, and recording medium The present invention relates to a signal processing device and signal processing method, and program and recording medium, whereby images and the like closer approximating real world signals can be obtained. An object which is moving at a movement amount v in the horizontal direction is photographed, and an image ... 05/03/07 - 20070098288 - Enhancing low quality videos of illuminated scenes A method enhances a low quality video. An input video Vjin is acquired of a scene under uncontrolled illumination. The input video Vjin is smoothed to produce a noise-reduced video Sj. Temporal gradients Gtj (x, y) are determined for each frame j of the noise reduced video Sj. The gradients ... 04/26/07 - 20070092154 - Digital camera provided with gradation correction function A histogram is generated from image data, and two distribution areas are detected. A gamma curve used for gamma correction of the image data is changed into a gamma curve corresponding to the luminance ranges of the two distribution areas. The luminance values of each pixel in the two distribution ... 04/26/07 - 20070092153 - Person image correcting apparatus and method A person image correcting apparatus and a person image correcting method that reproduce face colors of persons in an image group consisting of a plurality of images shot under identical shooting conditions, with an appropriate color and/or density, prevent variations in the background colors, and effectively perform correcting process, even ... 04/26/07 - 20070092152 - Clear image using pixel voting A user provides a plurality of digital images of a single subject all taken from a single location and with common camera settings. This set of digital images is parsed one pixel location at a time. For each pixel location, a set of pixel colors is extracted from each of ... 04/12/07 - 20070081737 - Anti-clipping method for image sharpness enhancement An image processing system provides image enhancement and anti-clipping units. The anti-clipping unit for image sharpness enhancement, operates such that any shoot artifacts in the enhanced image that go beyond pixel value lower/upper bounds are properly adjusted back within the lower and upper bounds, without causing prominent edge jaggedness artifacts ... 04/12/07 - 20070081736 - Tracking of a subimage in a sequence of images The method provides the identification, in a succession of acquired images each formed from a matrix of pixels, of a following sub-image extracted from a following acquired image corresponding to a prior sub-image extracted from a prior acquired image. The method comprises the steps of: —calculating, for the prior sub-image, ... 03/29/07 - 20070071348 - Method and apparatus for bit resolution extension A bit resolution-extension method is provided. The bit resolution-extension method includes acquiring the shortest distance from a central pixel to a positive contour and the shortest distance from the central pixel to a negative contour in a filtering region which scans the positive contour comprising large pixels of a fixed ... 03/29/07 - 20070071347 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program An unnecessary component such as acne is removed completely from a predetermined structure such as a face in a photograph image without manual operation and skills. An acne removal unit fits to a face region as the structure in the image a mathematical model generated according to a statistical method ... 03/29/07 - 20070071346 - Method and apparatus for judging direction of blur and computer-readable recording medium storing a program therefor Without use of special hardware such as an angular rate sensor, a direction of blur can be judged with high accuracy. A parameter acquisition unit obtains weighting parameters for principal components representing directions of blur in a predetermined structure in an image by fitting to the structure a mathematical model ... 03/29/07 - 20070071345 - Device and method for enhancing image contrast We describe a device that dynamically increases the contrast of the effective gray level based on the gray level distribution of serial images, performs soft-transfer of dynamic contrast adjustment curve when a scene switch occurs thereby realizing adaptive contrast enhancing while effectively avoiding image flicker. A device and associated method ... 03/29/07 - 20070071344 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the ... 03/29/07 - 20070071343 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the ... 03/29/07 - 20070071342 - Video acquisition with integrated gpu processing Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the ... 03/29/07 - 20070071341 - Method for combining two images based on eliminating background pixels from one of the images Two or more images are combined by designating one image as a threshold image based on information within the images themselves. Pixels in this threshold image are then segregating into foreground and background pixels according to some criteria. An alpha value is set to zero for background pixels indicating that ... 03/15/07 - 20070058879 - Automatic detection of panoramic camera position and orientation table parameters A panoramic camera is configured to automatically determine parameters of a table upon which the camera is situated as well as positional information of the camera relative to the table. In an initialization stage, table edges are detected to create an edge map. A Hough transformation-like symmetry voting operation is ... 03/15/07 - 20070058878 - Method for simulating film grain by mosaicing pre-computer samples Film grain is simulated in an output image using pre-established blocks of film grain from a pool of pre-established blocks. Successive film grain blocks are selected by matching the average intensity of a block from the pool to the average intensity of a successive one of a set of M×N ... 02/15/07 - 20070036455 - Image processing content determining apparatus, computer readable medium storing thereon image processing content determining program and image processing content determining method An image processing content determining apparatus 100, a computer readable medium storing thereon an image processing content determining program and an image processing determining method being capable of determining the content of an image processing with simple operation is provided. The image processing content determining apparatus includes: a basic figure ... 02/15/07 - 20070036454 - System and method for sensor device manufacturer oriented calibration A system and method for providing image calibration data for calibrating a digital medical image are disclosed. The system comprises a computer-based platform hosting a medical imaging software application. The computer-based platform is used for accessing a digital medical image, using at least the medical imaging software application. The computer-based ... 02/15/07 - 20070036453 - Image quality control in an imaging system A method of and system for controlling image quality in a digital image printing system, such as a medical image printing system, is provided a digital medical image including a set of pixels, each of which has a pixel value, is acquired from a medical image source. A medical image ... 02/15/07 - 20070036452 - Technique for simulating film grain using frequency filtering Simulation of film grain in an image can occur by compressing a video image, then transmitting compressed video together with a message containing at least one parameter indicative of the original film grain, to a decoder, and restoring the original grainy appearance of images by having the decoder simulating film ... 02/08/07 - 20070031055 - Method of adaptive image contrast enhancement The contrast of a digital image is enhanced by forming a histogram of the luma values of an active area of the image, computing “initial” bin indices that partition the histogram into bins of substantially equal population, mapping the “initial” bin indices into “final” bin indices that are more uniformly ... 02/01/07 - 20070025633 - Method and apparatus for illumination compensation of digital images A method for enhancing the quality of a digital image by using a single user-defined parameter. A virtual image is created based on the single user-defined parameter and the original digital image. An adaptive contrast enhancement algorithm operates on a logarithmically compressed version of the virtual image to produce adaptive ... 01/18/07 - 20070014482 - Pixel data generating method A method of generating pixel data of a missing block in an image frame is disclosed. Edge points are detected from neighboring image side adjacent to the missing block. A direction is calculated for each edge point. Edge lines are formed from edge points based on the direction thereof to ... 01/11/07 - 20070009168 - Method for enhancing a digital image while suppressing undershoots and overshoots A method is provided for enhancing the details of an image while suppressing or preventing shoots that would otherwise occur during a prior art enhancement process. The enhancing method is based on recognizing that Shoots are likely to occur at edges of an image to be enhanced, and therefore, if ... 01/11/07 - 20070009167 - Contrast enhancement of images A method and system for contrast enhancement of an input image that utilizes luminance values of pixels of the input image to derive transforms. The method down-samples and partitions an image into sub-images whereby transforms are generated for selected sub-images. The selected sub-image transforms are used to generate an output ... 01/04/07 - 20070003155 - 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 ... 01/04/07 - 20070003154 - Video object cut and paste Video object cutting and pasting is described. In one implementation, pre-segmentation of video frames into regions is performed prior to a 3-D graph cut segmentation. The 3-D graph cut segmentation uses temporal coherence and a global color model to achieve accuracy of video object boundaries. A 2-D local graph cut ... 12/28/06 - 20060291739 - Apparatus, method and program for image processing Graininess reduction processing is carried out with accuracy by finding a degree of graininess in an image. For this purpose, a parameter acquisition unit obtains a weighting parameter for a principal component representing the degree of graininess in a face region found in the image by a face detection unit, ... 12/28/06 - 20060291738 - Method of zooming image in wireless terminal and wireless terminal implementing the same A method and wireless terminal for zooming an image in a wireless terminal are provided, in which information of a selected image is analyzed, when a predetermined image is selected in an image edit mode; control is authorized to a second controller, if the selected image is a high resolution ... 12/21/06 - 20060285763 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program Image data to be recovered having a loss part is input into an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates restoration data with the loss part corrected. The image processing apparatus includes a thinning processing unit, an end-point extraction unit, a pair-of-connection-end-point extraction unit and a connection unit. The ... 12/21/06 - 20060285762 - Image completion with structure propagation Image completion with structure propagation is described. In one aspect, synthesized patches for an unknown region in an input image are automatically generated. The synthesized patches are generated from a known region in the input image based on information from one or more curves. The one or more curves were ... 12/21/06 - 20060285761 - Processing raw and pre-processed digital images A unified method for processing Raw and pre-processed digital images is provided. The method may include receiving digital image data and determining if the data is Raw or pre-processed. If the digital image data is Raw, the method may further include receiving modifications to the Raw image data, applying a ... 11/30/06 - 20060269158 - Remote sensing imagery accuracy analysis method and apparatus A method of enhancing a resolution of an image by fusing images includes applying a principal component analysis to a multispectral image to obtain a plurality of principal components, and replacing a first component in the plurality of principal components by a panchromatic image. The method further includes resampling remaining ... 11/30/06 - 20060269157 - Calculation of enlargement parameter based on portion of training image According to some embodiments, a set of images may be determined, including at least one training image and at least one image to be provided to a viewer. A reduced training image may be created based on the training image, and at least one enlarging parameter may be calculated based ... 11/16/06 - 20060257041 - Apparatus, method, and program for image processing In order to cause a structure such as a human face in an image to become unidentifiable while causing the image to have a natural finish, a parameter acquisition unit obtains weighting parameters representing a characteristic of an individual in a face region in the image by fitting to the ... 11/16/06 - 20060257040 - Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus comprises: an image exposure portion that forms a latent image by optically exposing a recording medium based on entered image data; a thermal development portion that visualizes the latent image by heating the recording medium exposed by the image exposure portion; at least one counter each ... 11/16/06 - 20060257039 - Apparatus and method for processing image A template representative of an image of a human face is provided. At least one of the template and image data is rotated to adjust a relative angle between an original orientation of the template and an original orientation of the image data, so as to exclude an angle range ... 11/02/06 - 20060245660 - Adaptive filters and apparatus, methods, and systems for image processing An adaptive filter according to one embodiment includes an N×N two-dimensional convolution, where N is an odd integer greater than one. Pixels of an image are filtered by moving the N×N kernel across the image. At each pixel location, the kernel coefficients are determined by the image pixels within the ... 10/26/06 - 20060239577 - Process of using computer modeling, reconstructive modeling and simulation modeling for image guided reconstructive surgery The invention provides both a quantitative and qualitative real time assessment of the surgical procedures in a method of image guided reconstructive surgery using computer modeling and simulation modeling. ... 10/19/06 - 20060233452 - Text enhancement methodology in scanned images of gray-scale documents The present invention is to provide a text enhancement methodology of gray-scale levels of a scanned image so as to enhance text legibility. The text enhancement methodology includes the following steps of: utilizing a window block pattern as a fumdamental processing unit to read the scanned image, wherein the window ... 10/12/06 - 20060228040 - Method and system for enhancing portrait image that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original ... 10/12/06 - 20060228039 - Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original ... 10/12/06 - 20060228038 - Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original ... 10/12/06 - 20060228037 - Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original ... 10/12/06 - 20060228036 - Volumetric image enhancement system and method A technique is described for enhancing three dimensional or volumetric image data, such as thick slice or slab data, or data for slices stacked in a third dimension orthogonal to an imaging plane. The technique processes the image data by reference to data parameters both in two dimensions and in ... 10/05/06 - 20060222258 - Image restoration with gain control and shoot suppression A image restoration process using gain control and shoot suppression is provided. For each sample of the input observed image, a restored sample is determined by image restoration. Further, a shoot suppression coefficient is calculated by a shoot detector. A global gain is multiplied to a detail component, wherein the ... 10/05/06 - 20060222257 - Trc smoothing algorithm to improve image contours in 1d color controls Printing occurs when a marking engine deposits ink on a substrate to produce a pattern. The printed pattern can differ from the desired pattern when the marking engine is out of adjustment, the substrate and ink do not interact optimally, or for other reasons. A tone reproduction curve can be ... 09/28/06 - 20060215925 - Image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and electronic camera for controlling degree of noise reduction in image data An image processing device changes degree of noise reduction for image data in accordance with tone correction to be performed according to the image data and includes a change rate acquisition part and a noise reduction part. The change rate acquisition part obtains, at a plurality of portions in the ... 09/28/06 - 20060215924 - Perfecting of digital image rendering parameters within rendering devices using face detection Within a digital rendering device, such as printers, hard copy and soft copy display, and copiers, rendering parameters of a digital image are perfected as part of an image rendering process using face detection within said rendered image to achieve one or more desired image rendering parameters. Default values are ... 09/21/06 - 20060210188 - Image correcting method, image correcting apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon An image correcting method includes: (a) acquiring original image information to be corrected; (b) setting a confirmation range for confirming an effect of a correction; (c) producing corrected image information; and (d) displaying, on an image display section, an original image based on the original image information and a corrected ... 09/21/06 - 20060210187 - Method for enhancing image quality by saturation The present invention relates to a method for enhancing an image quality by saturation. The method includes the step of: determining a minimum gain value ‘SatGainMin’ and a maximum gain value ‘SatGainMax’ of a gain value ‘PGain’ of a pre-amplifier; defining a first to a third ranges based on the ... 09/14/06 - 20060204120 - Image evaluation method, image evaluation device, and storage medium having program stored thereon In the present invention, an image evaluation method includes: (a) a step of acquiring image information to be evaluated; (b) a step of setting an evaluation area for the acquired image information, the evaluation area being smaller than an area corresponding to the image information; (c) a step of obtaining ... 09/07/06 - 20060198557 - Fragile audio watermark related to a buried data channel The present invention relates to methods, devices, a signal and recorded medium relating to a fragile watermark (WM) in a media signal. According to the invention a fragile watermark is provided in or in coding related to a buried data channel (40, 42, 44, 46) provided in the audio samples ... 08/31/06 - 20060193530 - Group average filter algorithm for digital image processing This present invention discloses a system and method for enhancing images of barcodes and other similar objects taken by the digital camera connected to or embedded in a mobile device. This filter works by converting the image into its equivalent gray scale. The algorithm then computes the mean pixel intensity ... 08/24/06 - 20060188169 - Extended range image processing for electro-optical systems A method and apparatus for processing imagery using images acquired via any known Electro-Optical (EO) system. In accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a first frame of data is selected as a template frame (e.g., a given frame). A second frame of data can be captured using the ... 08/24/06 - 20060188168 - Enhancement of decompressed video A method and apparatus for enhancing the video quality of compressed video signals adaptively removes distortions and ringing effects embedded in the decompressed images. The apparatus operates in conjunction with decoder devices installed in set-top boxes, satellite receivers, TV broadcast channel servers, digital still cameras, DVD players and recorders, large ... 08/17/06 - 20060182363 - Method for correcting inhomogeneities in an image, and an imaging apparatus therefor A method is for correcting inhomogeneities in an image that is recorded from an examination object. The method includes recording an image to be corrected, calculating a correction image from the image to be corrected and correcting the recorded image with the aid of the correction image in order to ... 08/17/06 - 20060182362 - Systems and methods relating to enhanced peripheral field motion detection Systems and methods, etc., and the like for harnessing the human peripheral field motion detection (“PFMD”) system to detect and analyze features in a digital image, including the interpretation of images such as radiographic images in medical and other fields. The systems, methods, etc., include providing a series of images ... 08/17/06 - 20060182361 - Selection of alternative image processing operations to maintain high image quality In an image enhancement method, a regular enhancement function and an aggressiveness parameter are computed using characteristics of a digital image. A first, relatively slow enhancement algorithm is applied to the digital image using the regular enhancement function, when an aggressiveness parameter is in a predetermined high range. A second, ... 08/17/06 - 20060182360 - Method and apparatus for darker region details using image global information A method for processing a digital input image data indexed to represent positions on a display such that the digital data is indicative of an intensity value for each position. The intensity value for each position is adjusted to generate an enhanced value based on retinex theory by operating only ... 08/17/06 - 20060182359 - Method and apparatus for image processing based on a mapping function A method for processing a digital input image data indexed to represent positions on a display such that the digital data is indicative of an intensity value for each position. The intensity value for each position is transformed to generate an enhanced value, using a mapping function which transforms the ... 08/10/06 - 20060177144 - Apparatus and method for data processing by using a plurality of data processing apparatuses and recording medium storing program for executing the method A data processing method using a plurality of data processing apparatuses is provided. In the method, a current data processing apparatus adaptively processes data using data processing history information of a previous data processing apparatus. The method includes receiving data from one of the data processing apparatuses, receiving data processing ... 08/03/06 - 20060171603 - Resampling of transformed shared image techniques This disclosure describes a number of devices or techniques that can be capable of obtaining an operational capacity for a shared image device; estimating at least one operational resource to perform a transformation of one or more images based at least in part on the obtaining the operational capacity; and ... 07/27/06 - 20060165308 - Noise reduction in diffusion tensor imaging data using bayesian methods A method and computer program product for reducing noise in diffusion tensor imaging data utilizes an optimization function performed on voxels or pixels of the image. The optimization function includes a neighborhood relevance component that considers diffusion tensor matrices from neighboring pixels or voxels. The neighborhood relevance component is modeled ... 07/13/06 - 20060153470 - Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original ... 07/13/06 - 20060153469 - Image processing based on ambient air attributes A method of processing a digital image captured by a camera includes providing an ambient air measuring device associated with the camera; using the ambient air measuring device to measure air attributes at substantially the time the digital image was captured; determining a transform for modifying the digital image from ... 07/13/06 - 20060153468 - Imaging system and method for optimizing an x-ray image The invention relates to an imaging (X-ray) system for observing the motion of an object in the vascular system of a body volume (10). An X-ray apparatus (3) in this system generates two-dimensional projection images (4) of the body volume (10). In a module (5) the position of the tip ... 06/29/06 - 20060140500 - Image processing system An image signal processing apparatus includes: data path portion for processing a raw image signal and merging and concentrating with non-linear filtering portion, color space transformation portion, geometry transformation portion, linear filtering portion and gain adjustment portion to output a processed signal; and control and judgment portion for receiving the ... 06/29/06 - 20060140499 - Apparatus and method for data processing by using plurality of data processing apparatuses and recording medium storing program for executing the method A data processing method is provided in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses share their attribute information such that an optimum data processing apparatus or an optimum combination of data processing apparatuses can optimally process input data. The method includes receiving attribute information of at least one of the ... 06/29/06 - 20060140498 - Apparatus and method for processing an image An image processing apparatus is provided for enhancing the image processing function without having to increase the circuit scale. The image processing apparatus includes an image divider, a pixel processor, and an image coupler. If the number of horizontal pixels on the width of an input image is larger than ... 06/29/06 - 20060140497 - Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates an image processing device and method, recording medium, and program. A simple-type angle detecting unit 901 simply detects the angle as continuity using correlation from an input image. A determining unit 902, based on the angle thus simply obtained, connects a switch 903 to a terminal ... 06/22/06 - 20060133688 - System and process for generating high dynamic range video A system and process for generating High Dynamic Range (HDR) video is presented which involves first capturing a video image sequence while varying the exposure so as to alternate between frames having a shorter and longer exposure. The exposure for each frame is set prior to it being captured as ... 06/22/06 - 20060133687 - System and method for image display enhancement A method for displaying digital images on a display device. The method includes obtaining an input image set including one or more input image, processing the input image set to generate an output image set including a number of output images, displaying the output image set in a sequence on ... 06/22/06 - 20060133686 - Film grain simulation technique for use in media playback devices Simulation of a block of film grain for addition to a block of an image occurs by first establishing at least one parameter at least in part in accordance with an attribute of the image block At least one at least one block of film grain is simulated from at ... 06/15/06 - 20060126959 - Method and apparatus for enhancing a digital image A system and method processes original digital numbers (DNs) provided by a satellite imaging system to produce a set of spectral balanced and contrast enhanced multispectral images. Spectral balancing is achieved based on physical characteristics of sensors of the imaging system as well as compensation for atmospheric effects. The DNs ... 06/08/06 - 20060120616 - Equipment and image forming system A remote control system in which an equipment and a remote controller are connected with each other through a network, wherein the remote controller includes: a first display section which displays an operation screen sent from the equipment, an input section which sets an operation guide position, and a first ... 06/08/06 - 20060120615 - Frame compensation for moving imaging devices A method for stabilizing a video comprising includes transforming a current frame to remove an unwanted camera motion from the current frame, cropping a portion of the transformed current frame located outside a field of view, transforming preceding and subsequent frames to place them into the local coordinate system of ... 06/01/06 - 20060115173 - Video signal processing device and method for processing gradation step In a horizontal-direction processing section, a comparing circuit sequentially compares pixel values of two adjacent pixels in a video image. A detecting circuit detects a horizontal flat region in which a difference between the pixel values compared by the comparing circuit is within a specified range. A horizontal boundary of ... 06/01/06 - 20060115172 - Face enhancement in a digital video A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises processing a first plurality of pixel values associated with a first face in a first frame of a digital video to generate a first enhanced pixel value, filtering the first enhanced pixel value to generate a first filtered ... 05/25/06 - 20060110061 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program There are provided an image processing apparatus and method. In this apparatus and method, high-frequency components are converted by multiple-frequency transformation in accordance with tone conversion used to change the dynamic range, thereby obtaining a high-quality image. For example, an original image undergoes tone conversion on the basis of a ... 05/25/06 - 20060110060 - Method for run-time streak removal A method for run-time streak removal from a scanned image includes providing a scan line of image data from the scanned image; detecting corrupted data within the scan line; evaluating image data located in a neighborhood before and after the corrupted data on the scan line; if the evaluated image ... 05/18/06 - 20060104533 - High dynamic range images from low dynamic range images A method for displaying an image includes receiving an image having a first luminance dynamic range and modifying the image to a second luminance dynamic range free from being based upon other images, where the second dynamic range is greater than the first dynamic range. The modified image is displayed ... 05/11/06 - 20060098889 - Digital image processing system and method for emphasizing a main subject of an image A system and method for automatically altering an image having pixels is disclosed. An image is segmented into regions and various features of the regions are extracted and used to calculate a confidence factor, or belief value, that a particular region is a main subject of the image. The belief ... 05/11/06 - 20060098888 - Imaging device and image processing program for estimating fixed pattern noise from partial noise output of available pixel area An imaging device of the present invention includes an image capturing unit, a noise obtaining unit, a fixed noise calculating unit, and a noise eliminating unit. The image capturing unit generates image data by photoelectrically converting, pixel by pixel, a subject image formed on an available pixel area of a ... 05/11/06 - 20060098887 - Mehthod for image conversion A method is proposed for image conversion of image data with a first contrast range to image data with a second contrast range. Fourier coefficients of a Fourier transform of the image data are entered in a neural network by calculating parameters for carrying out windowing. ... 05/04/06 - 20060093233 - Ringing reduction apparatus and computer-readable recording medium having ringing reduction program recorded therein A ringing reduction apparatus includes image restoration means for restoring an input image with image degradation to the image with less degradation using an image restoration filter; and weighted average means for performing weighted average of the input image and the restoration image obtained by the image restoration means. In ... 05/04/06 - 20060093232 - Unified metric for digital video processing (umdvp) The present application develops a unified metric for digital video processing (UMDVP) to control video processing algorithms. The UMDVP metric is defined based on coding information of MPEG encoded video for each pixel in a frame. The definition of the UMDVP metric includes local spatial features. The UMDVP metric can ... 04/20/06 - 20060083438 - Sharpness adjustment method and program and electronic endoscope apparatus The sharpness of an image obtained by an endoscope is adjusted. A sharpness enhancement amount is determined for each pixel based on the value of each pixel which forms a luminance distribution image. Further, a portion contributing to adjustment of brightness and a portion contributing to adjustment of saturation in ... 04/13/06 - 20060078216 - Image correction apparatus, method and program An identification-data memory is connected to a light-source identifying circuit. Data representing a type of characteristic quantity to be used in making an identification and identification points are stored in the identification-data memory with regard to each type of a plurality of light sources. Based upon input image data, a ... 04/13/06 - 20060078215 - Image processing based on direction of gravity A method of processing a digital image to produce an improved digital image, includes receiving the digital image captured with a camera; providing a gravity detection device integral with the camera; using the gravity detection device to determine the direction of gravity relative to the coordinate system of the camera ... 04/13/06 - 20060078214 - Image processing based on direction of gravity A method of processing a digital image to produce an improved digital image, includes receiving the digital image captured with a camera; determining a first vanishing point associated with the digital image; determining a second vanishing point associated with the digital image corresponding to a direction orthogonal the first vanishing ... 04/06/06 - 20060072844 - Gradient-based image restoration and enhancement A gradient-based image enhancement and restoration method and system which applies an orientation-isotropy adaptive filter to the gradients of high structured regions, and directly suppresses the gradients in the noise or texture regions. A new gradient field is obtained from which image reconstruction can progress using least mean squares. The ... 04/06/06 - 20060072843 - Remapping methods to reduce distortions in images The present invention provides software, methods, and systems for characterizing an actual scan pattern of a scanning beam device. The characterization of the actual scan pattern may be used in an image remapping method and/or a drive signal remapping method to reduce distortions in an image. ... 04/06/06 - 20060072842 - Image segmentation based on block averaging A method and system for improving the quality of a video image (100) segmented into a plurality of blocks (110, 115, 120) of known size is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of associating a value to each of said blocks and altering said associated value corresponding to a selected ... 03/30/06 - 20060067587 - Image processing device for processing image having luminance information, and control method thereof An image processing device by which a user can operate a window level value without being conscious of a photometric interpretation of an image is provided. In the image processing device, the operation direction for increasing or decreasing the window level value is reversed according to the photometric interpretation of ... 03/09/06 - 20060050981 - Technique for parallel mri imaging (k-t grappa) The subject invention relates to a method for reconstructing a dynamic image series. Embodiments of the subject invention can be considered and/or referred to as a parallel imaging-prior-information imaging (parallel-prior) hybrid method. A specific embodiment can be referred to as k-t GRAPPA. The subject method can involve linear interpolation of ... 03/09/06 - 20060050980 - Image processing apparatus, electronic camera, scanner, and image processing method An image processing apparatus which calculates noise values based on signal levels of image signals and, reduces based on the noise values, the noise included in image signals which is output from a subject image sensor, including: a noise value output unit which, takes a certain image sensor as a ... 03/09/06 - 20060050979 - Method and device of image correction Image correction device (100), which has movement detecting means (120) for detecting an image area having movement according to an image signal and image correcting means (170) capable of providing the image signal with image correction and switching correction methods according to a control signal, further contains movement boundary detecting ... 03/02/06 - 20060045373 - Automatic image correcting circuit A automatic image correcting circuit includes a plurality of image correcting blocks each of which has a sum data calculating unit calculating sum data based on gray-scale values of input image data and an image correcting unit correcting the input image data based on a statistical value, and a statistical ... 03/02/06 - 20060045372 - Image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image An image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image are described. First, a first image is input. Then, a control module determines if an unwanted object processing step is needed, and obtains a result. If the result is no, the first image is directly sent to an output ... 03/02/06 - 20060045371 - Methods and systems for enhancing images Methods and systems for enhancing an image including a plurality of image pixels are provided. The method includes segmenting the image by comparing an image pixel CT number to a plurality of predetermined thresholds. The methods further include filtering the plurality of image pixels based on the comparison and generating ... 03/02/06 - 20060045370 - Method for the selective rendering of body structures The invention relates to a method for the formation of a selective rendering of body structures of an object to be examined from a primary image data set. It is the object of the invention to achieve simple and fast selection or deselection given body structures. In order to achieve ... 02/16/06 - 20060034537 - Human body detecting device and human body detecting method A human body detecting device for detecting whether a person is included in a photographed image, including: near infrared ray light sources having different wavelengths; an imaging lens which converges light to form a subject image; an imaging element which forms a subject picture; a storing unit which stores the ... 02/16/06 - 20060034536 - Systems and methods relating to magnitude enhancement analysis suitable for high bit level displays on low bit level systems, determining the material thickness, and 3d visualization of color space dimensions Systems and methods, etc., comprising magnitude enhancement analysis configured to display intensity-related features of high-bit images, such as grayscale, on low-bit display systems, without distorting the underlying intensity unless desired, measuring the thickness of materials, and/or enhancing perception of saturation, hue, color channels and other space dimensions in a digital ... 02/16/06 - 20060034535 - Method and apparatus for enhancing visibility to a machine operator A method and apparatus for providing a view of a work area. The method and apparatus includes capturing a first image of a first desired portion of the work area, removing at least one object from the image, and providing the first image with the at least one object removed ... 01/19/06 - 20060013500 - Method and apparatus for super montage large area spectroscopic imaging The disclosure relates to Method and Apparatus for Super Montage Large area Spectroscopic Imaging. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method for producing a spectroscopic image of an object includes the steps of (a) irradiating the object with light to thereby produce from the object scattered and/or emitted light ... 01/19/06 - 20060013499 - Converting the resolution of an image using interpolation and displaying the converted image An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of converting a resolution of an image using an interpolation method. The interpolation method determines a pixel value of an interpolated pixel based on a weighting factor, which is generated based on a pixel value and a distance value of ... 01/12/06 - 20060008172 - Image compensating system and method for a mobile terminal imaging device An image correction system for a mobile communication terminal having a camera is provided. In one embodiment, the image correction system comprises a processing unit for detecting and correcting an undesirable image orientation for an image captured by the camera, wherein the undesirable orientation is calculated according to a first ... 01/12/06 - 20060008171 - Digital photography with flash/no flash extension A system and method for improving digital flash photographs. The present invention is a technique that significantly improves low-light imaging by giving the end-user all the advantages of flash photography without producing the jarring look. The invention uses an image pair—one taken with flash the other without—to remove noise from ... 01/12/06 - 20060008170 - System and method for compensating for motion blur in optical navigation A method and system for compensating for motion blur in optical navigation adds a correction offset to an image navigation value to adjust for varying velocities along a moving web. Reference and comparison images are acquired at different times from a moving web. The instant velocities of the web are ... 01/12/06 - 20060008169 - Red eye reduction apparatus and method A method, and an apparatus employing the method, of reducing red eye effect from image data having image attributes. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying image data with a first image attribute having characteristics of red eye pixels, determining a centroid of the identified image data having characteristics of ... 01/05/06 - 20060002623 - Methods and systems for complexity-based segmentation refinement Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002622 - Methods and system for sectionalized complexity-based process selection Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002621 - Methods and systems for complexity-based process selection Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002620 - Methods and systems for cumulative, complexity-based process selection Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002619 - Methods and systems for complexity-based variable process selection and application Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002618 - Methods and systems for complexity-based regional process selection Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002617 - Methods and systems for alternative, complexity-based process selection Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002616 - Method and systems for complexity-based process combination Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing. ... 01/05/06 - 20060002615 - Image enhancement method and system for fiducial-less tracking of treatment targets A method and system are presented for enhancing one or more images of an object, so as to increase the visibility within the images of one or more structures within the object. The object may be an anatomical region of a patient, and may include one or more reference structures, ... 12/22/05 - 20050281475 - Method and system for reducing effects of undesired signals in an infrared imaging system Effects of undesired infrared light are reduced in an imaging system using an infrared light source. The desired infrared light source is activated and a first set of imaging data is captured during a first image capture interval. The desired infrared light source is then deactivated, and a second set ... 12/15/05 - 20050276503 - Apparatus to measure noise in image signal and method thereof An apparatus to measure noise in an image signal and a method thereof. The apparatus includes an area division unit to divide an image signal having noise therein into a plurality of areas and to output area information corresponding to the plurality of areas, a variance calculation unit to calculate ... 12/15/05 - 20050276502 - Increasing gamma accuracy in quantized systems Embodiments for providing increased gamma accuracy in quantized display systems are herein described. Both system and method embodiments are provided to enhance image quality in three primary and multiprimary display systems. ... 12/08/05 - 20050271293 - Method of and system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography A method of and a system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography are provided, wherein the photoelectric projections are generated from the projection data acquired using at least two x-ray spectra for scanned objects; wherein a neighboring scheme is provided; the method comprises computing the statistics including ... 12/01/05 - 20050265620 - Image display apparatus, image display method and image display program An image display apparatus having: an image display section to display images; a data transmitting section to transmit image data to the display section; and a data processor to update images on the display section in a predetermined order by processing the image data between the display section and the ... 12/01/05 - 20050265619 - Image providing method and device Visual-field information including information on sight-line direction (theta, phi) and on field angle (gamma) in visual-field area of input fish-eye image is input in real-time. From the input visual-field information, a drawing area of a plane is calculated in real-time that is orthogonal to the sight-line direction and has an ... 11/17/05 - 20050254720 - Enhanced surgical visualizations with multi-flash imaging A method enhances an output image of a 3D object. A set of input images are acquired of a 3D object. Each one of the input images is illuminated by a different one of a set of lights placed at different positions with respect to the 3D object. Boundaries of ... 11/10/05 - 20050249428 - Method of weeding out repeating patterns from programs A method of weeding out repeating patterns, such as commercials, from programs comprises the steps of obtaining at least one data section from an input source, analyzing the data section to find out at least one repeating pattern and automatically tagging each repeating pattern as a video pattern, saving a ... 11/03/05 - 20050244072 - Determination of main object on image and improvement of image quality according to main object A CPU 411 splits selected image data GD into a plurality of areas (pixel data groups), analyzing the image data GD in terms of area units, and determining the color range of the areas of the image data GD. The CPU 411 determines color range areas by associating adjacent areas ... 10/27/05 - 20050238247 - Signal processing apparatus and method, and recording medium and program for controlling the same A signal processing apparatus includes a generator operable to generate a second image signal by converting a first image signal into the second image signal; a calculation unit operable to calculate a correction amount based on an evaluation of the second image signal relative to the first image signal; and ... 10/20/05 - 20050232506 - Enhancing images superimposed on uneven or partially obscured background This invention provides a method of leveling an image of a non-uniform background. The method uses all or a portion of the image data from the original image and mathematical algorithms to construct a model image that reflects the non-uniform background of the original image and subtract the model image ... 10/13/05 - 20050226524 - Method and devices for restoring specific scene from accumulated image data, utilizing motion vector distributions over frame areas dissected into blocks Disclosed is a method of restoring specific scene whose objectives are to provide a specific scene restoration system having a sufficient detection rate enough to easily detect and pick up the specific scene from a plenty number of video data, or to detect in real time such scene as those ... 10/13/05 - 20050226523 - Augmenting a set of pixels The invention teaches the removal of unwanted features from an image, or the transformation of a region, by selectively expanding at least one region, and then selectively contracting the region. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a ... 10/13/05 - 20050226522 - Detection of hanging wires in digital color images A method of improving a digital color image having pixels, the method includes identifying pixels from the digital color image representing one or more sky regions; detecting sky occlusion regions by examining the sky regions; developing a model based on the identified sky pixels, wherein such model is a mathematical ... 10/13/05 - 20050226521 - Method and apparatus for producing a 3-d model of a semiconductor chip from mosaic images A three-dimensional model of a semiconductor chip is produced from coarsely aligned mosaic images of respective layers of the semiconductor chip using an improved method for aligning the mosaic images, so that minimal operator intervention is required to produce the model. A line detection algorithm is applied to each of ... 10/06/05 - 20050220356 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing method comprises an extracting process of extracting a characteristic amount of an input image, a generating process of generating a high frequency component of the input image, a gradation converting process of converting a gradation of the input image on the basis of the characteristic amount, and ... 10/06/05 - 20050220355 - Generic image hallucination Techniques are disclosed to enable generation of a high-resolution image from any generic low-resolution image. In one described implementation, a method includes extracting, at a training phase, a plurality of primal sketch priors from training data. At a synthesis phase, the plurality of primal sketch priors are utilized to improve ... 10/06/05 - 20050220354 - Temporal noise reduction and local contrast amplification The present invention relates to a method for processing images, wherein images scanned by at least one detector device are processed, and to a device for carrying out the method. According to the present invention, an image is produced from a sequence of chronologically successive individual images by temporal averaging ... 09/29/05 - 20050213839 - Image processing method and software for suppressing granular noise and image processing apparatus for implementing the method An image processing method for suppressing granular noise in photographic image data comprises steps of: selecting a target pixel from a group of pixels constituting the photographic image data; selecting a plurality of directions extending from the target pixel; selecting a pair of basis pixels located on each of the ... 09/29/05 - 20050213838 - Defective pixel correcting method, software and image processing system for implementing the method A defective pixel correcting method, for correcting one or more of defective pixels present in visible light image data, the one or more of pixels being determined as defective by using the visible light image data and infrared light image data, the method includes the steps of: (a) determining one ... 09/22/05 - 20050207668 - Method for processing an image acquired through a guide consisting of a plurality of optical fibers A method for processing an image acquired through a guide consisting of a plurality of optical fibers includes, for each optical fiber, isolating on the acquired image a zone corresponding to the optical fiber, locally processing each zone individually to correct the photon flux detected in each optical fiber, then ... 09/15/05 - 20050201632 - Resolution changing method and apparatus When a plurality of reference pixels do not include the boundary of a block, the pixel data of an interpolation pixel is computed by performing the first kind of interpolation processing by use of a plurality of the pixel data of the reference pixels. When a plurality of reference pixels ... 09/15/05 - 20050201631 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program A pattern matching section compares reference taps supplied by one area extracting section with a reference tap component of a training pair pre-stored in a training-pair storing section, selects a training pair including a reference tap component having highest similarity to the reference taps, and supplies the selected training pair ... 09/01/05 - 20050190983 - Asynchronous calibration and correction of a solid-state detector A system and method for asynchronous calibration of a solid-state detector are provided. A first offset is obtained with a first frame interval. A second offset image is obtained with a second frame interval that is shorter than the first frame interval. A third offset image is obtained with a ... 08/18/05 - 20050180650 - Image processing method, image processor and image processing program product An image processing method includes a step of obtaining an input image, and a transformation step of performing multiple image transformations including multiple geometric transformations. The transformation step includes calculating correspondences between image coordinates of the input image and image coordinates of the output image based on multiple coordinate transformation ... 07/28/05 - 20050163393 - Visibility improvement in color video stream A new image enhancement process based on an integrated neighborhood dependent nonlinear approach for color images captured in various environments such extremely low lighting, fog or underwater. The new process is a combination of two independent processes: luminance enhancement and contrast enhancement. The luminance enhancement, also regarded as a process ... 07/28/05 - 20050163392 - Color image characterization, enhancement and balancing process A method of characterizing and enhancing the pixels in an image, which is captured at all lighting conditions. The method enable dynamically enhancement of images captured at extremely low lighting conditions. Each pixel of the image, represented by I SUB (x, y) where x is the horizontal axis coordinate value ... 07/28/05 - 20050163391 - Image correcting apparatus, and image correcting program storage medium An image correcting apparatus comprises: an analyzing section that performs a predetermined image analysis for an image to determine a correction value defining an image correction to the image; a correction alteration section that alters the correction value determined by the analyzing section or a correction target in accordance with ... 07/28/05 - 20050163390 - Method for improving the depth of field and resolution of microscopy This invention is about a microscopic technology for improving depth of field and resolution by obverse and opposite scanning and 3D image combination. According to the above-mentioned design, the thickness of the three-dimensional image can be increased, and the image resolution and the depth of field can be improved. After ... 07/21/05 - 20050157938 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, noise-amount estimate apparatus, noise-amount estimate method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus processes input pixel data and outputs the processed pixel data as output pixel data. The image processing apparatus includes an input reliability calculation section for calculating an input reliability indicating the reliability of the input pixel data, an output reliability calculation section for calculating an output ... 07/14/05 - 20050152613 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program product therefore An image processing apparatus includes: characteristic parameter recognizing unit that recognizes a characteristic parameter of selected image data from the selected image data that is selected by a user; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on a plurality of image data individually using, as one of target ... 07/14/05 - 20050152612 - Applying an adjusted image enhancement algorithm to a digital image A method is described for applying an image enhancement algorithm to input digital images represented in different input color spaces including identifying the input color space of an input digital image, and applying a color space transformation to the input digital image represented in the input color space to form ... 06/30/05 - 20050141778 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image processing program The present invention relates to a processing the processing can be applied without generating the deterioration of the sharpness when the puckering or spotting is removed from the face or neck of the portrait. To solve the above problem, an image signal expressing a color image is obtained, and the ... 06/30/05 - 20050141777 - Generation of image quality adjustment information & image quality adjustment with image quality adjustment information A CPU 200 extracts ornamental image data and layout control information from an ornamental image file FF. When the layout control information does not include characteristic values, the CPU 200 analyzes the ornamental image data to acquire characteristic values representing a tendency of image quality of the ornamental image data. ... 06/23/05 - 20050135696 - Image reading apparatus and image reading method Sensitivity error, image distortion, and background noise upon synthesizing images obtained by an imaging apparatus, and lack of resolution upon reading the entire area of a sample at a time are solved. While moving the sample by the distance that corresponds to the resolution, the sample is read using all ... 06/23/05 - 20050135695 - Method for radiological image processing A method for radiological image processing that includes: locating, on a radiological image provided by an imaging device, elements that may constitute signs of micro-calcification and displaying an image on which the intensity of elements thus localized is enhanced. ... 06/23/05 - 20050135694 - Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image. ... 06/16/05 - 20050129326 - Image processing apparatus and print system An image processing apparatus commonly used for the image processing of images for various applications, comprising: an image acquisition device which acquires an image obtained by photographing an object; an application information setting device in which the application information indicating the application of the image acquired by the image acquisition ... 06/16/05 - 20050129325 - Image processing apparatus and method Directions normal to images of an object captured by at least two cameras from different points of view are aligned with each other to form corrected object images, and a correspondence is determined between at least one pixel position on a horizontal line in one of the corrected object images ... 06/16/05 - 20050129324 - Digital camera and method providing selective removal and addition of an imaged object A digital camera and a method produce a desired image from an image captured with the digital camera. The digital camera includes a computer program that, when executed by a controller of the digital camera, implements processing a set of captured images to produce the desired image within the digital ... 06/09/05 - 20050123212 - Selecting an image processing path to provide desired noise In processing a digital image to provide a desired grain appearance, a noise table is formed that represents noise magnitude vs. intensity of the image. A plurality of potential image processing paths are provided. Each path has one or more image transforms. The noise table is modified according to the ... 06/09/05 - 20050123211 - Digital image processing system and method for processing digital images Disclosed is an automatic digital image enhancement method, including: determining the defects existing in the image based on pixel values, such as pixel luminance values and pixel color values, of the input digital image, and making corrections based on the determination results. The method can process images of digital photos, ... 06/09/05 - 20050123210 - Print processing of compressed noisy images A fast technique utilizes overcomplete DCT representations and performs de-blocking, de-noising and de-blurring by thresholding and transforming the transform coefficients to process images obtained from inexpensive sensors/cameras with low-quality compressed image output. A color balance algorithm is used to compensate for hue shifts. Quality differences between color channels and inter-channel ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |