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7586534 Multi-eye image pickup device, adjusting method and device therefor, and image-area adjusting system and method  
A multi-eye image pickup device includes a left-side optical unit and a right-side optical unit. At a time of adjustment, an adjustment target mark is located so as to be slightly shifted in a...
7555158 Apparatus for recovering background in image sequence and method thereof  
Provided is a background recovering apparatus for deleting an object of an arbitrary region and recovering a background covered with the object. The apparatus includes a storing block for storing...
7386226 Stereo camera system and stereo optical module  
This stereo camera system is constituted of a stereo optical module which acquires a stereo image, a central control unit which evaluates an object as a target based on the stereo image acquired by...
7366602 Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system  
A roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system that...
7336296 System and method for providing position-independent pose estimation  
A system and method to estimate the absolute coarse pose of a rigid body, and more specifically of an individual's head as captured by overhead wide-angle cameras, by integrating position and pose...
7292262 Electronic firearm sight, and method of operating same  
A firearm sight can detect engagement of a firing pin with a cartridge, and can respond to this event by saving an image which shows a target and reticle at a point in time just prior to the...
7259778 Method and apparatus for placing sensors using 3D models  
Method and apparatus for dynamically placing sensors in a 3D model is provided. Specifically, in one embodiment, the method selects a 3D model and a sensor for placement into the 3D model. The...
7239339 Position detection apparatus, position detection method and position detection program  
A position detection apparatus that is able to easily detect self-position during autonomous movement by a humanoid robot that moves by the use of legs or automobile. The position detection...
7215363 System and method for scanning a surface of a moving object  
The present invention relates to a system and method for the imaging of surfaces of box like objects conveyed along a path. The objects are conveyed past at least one camera which is positioned at...
7212228 Automatic camera calibration method  
In an automatic camera calibration method in a system comprising a plurality of cameras, the automatic camera calibration method is characterized in that for each of the cameras, the estimated...
7196719 Angled axis machine vision system and method  
An angled axis machine vision system having two cameras angled with respect to roil axis. Provides advantages of horizontal alignment between two cameras and eliminates problem of utilizing...
7158656 Three dimensional object pose estimation which employs dense depth information  
Dense range data obtained at real-time rates is employed to estimate the pose of an articulated figure. In one approach, the range data is used in combination with a model of connected patches....
7151454 Systems and methods for location of objects  
Systems and methods that may be employed to visually locate and/or track objects equipped with active RFID tags. The disclosed systems and methods may employ an articulated camera/s, such as closed...
7098998 Depth measuring method and depth measuring apparatus  
Where a point corresponding to a point of interest P 1 is not detected and a depth value thereof is not known and where points corresponding to surrounding points Pi and Pj are detected and depth...
7092109 Position/orientation measurement method, and position/orientation measurement apparatus  
A first error coordinate between the image coordinate of a first indicator, which is arranged on the real space and detected on a first image captured by a first image sensing unit, and the...
7068317 Photoelectric conversion apparatus  
This invention is to decrease the sensor pitch, prevent saturation by external light, accurately determine skimming, simplify skimming determination, and prevent any difference in influence of the...
7042491 Image signal output method, image signal output device, rangefinder, and imaging device  
An image signal output device for use in a passive range finder. The device can correct the sensitivities of sensor arrays according to the amount of incident light. The output device has line...
7015944 Device for improving visibility in vehicles  
The present invention relates to a device for improving visibility in a vehicle, especially in darkness, bad weather and fog, including one or more laser headlights radiating laser light of a...
6975361 Imaging system, two-dimensional photographing device and three-dimensional measuring device  
A system comprises a two-dimensional photographing device and a three-dimensional measuring device that is removably attached to the two-dimensional photographing device. The two-dimensional...
6853738 Optical object recognition system  
An object recognition system comprises a memory for storing a plurality of distance ranges with different distance labels associated with respective distance ranges. The controller converts...
6842189 Road monitoring method for a vehicle and a system thereof  
In order to measure an actual distance from a vehicle to a target, the target is detected from a picture signal generated by a camera mounted on a vehicle, a horizontally estimated distance of the...
6834163 Camera system having at least two first cameras and two second cameras  
The invention relates to a camera system, especially for photogrammetric applications. The camera system contains at least two first cameras ( 1, 2 ), which are inclined towards each other so that...
6801875 Methods, systems, and software for performing measurements  
Methods of measuring widths of illumination spots and distances between two points, and predicting detected signal widths are provided. Systems, software, and kits for performing the methods of the...
6782118 System for measuring, substantially instantaneously, the distance and trajectory traveled by a body in flight during sports competitions  
A system for measuring the distance traveled by bodies in flight during sports events, the bodies executing trajectories having a common predetermined take-off area, and a variable landing point...
6587809 Position and orientation detection system  
A system for determining the position, orientation and deformation in 3 dimensional space of a moving object in real-time is provided having a plurality of activatable markers which are mounted...
6587597 Image input method, image input apparatus, and recording medium  
When compositing a plurality of acquired partial images, the effects of differences in viewpoint contained in the partial images can be reduced, and a high quality wide-viewfield image is inputted....
6483950 Determining a depth  
A three-dimensional image is derived from two-dimensional images. At least one of the two-dimensional images has a predetermined number of pixels. Depth measurements are derived from the...
6483536 Distance measuring apparatus and method employing two image taking devices having different measurement accuracy  
A distance measuring apparatus is disclosed, which measures the entire image of a target object by employing a light-section method within a short time, without assigning any specific feature to...
6445293 Versatile camera system for secure document transactions  
On the preferred embodiment, this system comprises two video cameras 18 and 20 , a document tray 12 performing document detection, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen 10 , a push button ...
6198501 Military range scoring system  
A military range scoring system with a plurality of imagers capable of viewing reference points and impact points for ordinance aimed at the reference points, imager position controllers, and data...
6181815 Subject image extraction device  
A main image pickup section for picking up a main image and two or more subsidiary image pickup sections for picking up subsidiary images are used to shoot a subject. A 3-D object on which a...
6175381 Image processing method and image processing apparatus  
In an image processing method and an image processing apparatus in which information on the distance to a subject is successively allocated to each pixel of a processing target picture to generate...
6026188 System and method for recognizing a 3-D object by generating a rotated 2-D image of the object from a set of 2-D enrollment images  
A three-dimensional object X is recognized by a method which includes the steps of: a) storing in a memory, a set of two-dimensional enrollment images X 1 -X n of the object X as viewed from n...
5991437 Modular digital audio system having individualized functional modules  
A system for high accuracy calibration of a scanning system, which provides an object for calibration of a known geometry, such as a plane or a sphere. Upon that object is marked a pattern of...
5990935 Method for measuring camera and lens properties for camera tracking  
A method and apparatus for performing a lens calibration procedure which is executed for each camera and lens pair. The calibration procedure is performed to determine the camera and lens nodal...
5917958 Distributed video data base with remote searching for image data features  
A data storage device located at a first location stores data representing plural images of a dynamic video image stream. A host processor located at a second location stores a program file...
5889550 Camera tracking system  
A camera tracking system determines the three dimensional (3D) location and orientation of the film plane of a camera providing live recording of a subject, thereby defining a 3D coordinate system...
5889505 Vision-based six-degree-of-freedom computer input device  
A vision-based controller provides translational and rotational control signals to a computer or other input driven device. The controller includes a tracked object, positioned in space and having...
5793900 Generating categorical depth maps using passive defocus sensing  
A method is disclosed for generating a categorical depth map of a scene using passive defocus sensing. In a preferred embodiment three synchronized CCD cameras focused at different distances detect...
5784098 Apparatus for measuring three-dimensional configurations  
N lines of line-shaped light are projected onto the object by means of a measuring light projecting lens. The light carrying the image of the object is passed through the eyepiece lens 17 in an...
5684531 Ranging apparatus and method implementing stereo vision system  
A laser-directed ranging system for use in telerobotics applications and other applications involving physically handicapped individuals. The ranging system includes a left and right video camera...
5673082 Light-directed ranging system implementing single camera system for telerobotics applications  
A laser-directed ranging system has utility for use in various fields, such as telerobotics applications and other applications involving physically handicapped individuals. The ranging system...
5668595 Multi-lens imaging apparatus having a mechanism for combining a plurality of images without displacement of registration  
This invention relates to a multi-lens imaging apparatus and, more particularly, to a multi-lens imaging apparatus for obtaining a single high-fine image by synthesizing a plurality of images...
5642289 Drum lead measuring method and apparatus capable of precisely evaluating lead shape  
Any shape lead formed on various types of drum may be measured without employing an exclusively-used profiling plane by a lead shape measuring apparatus. The lead shape measuring apparatus includes...
5633705 Obstacle detecting system for a motor vehicle  
An obstacle detecting system for a motor vehicle which is capable of detecting not only the distance to an obstacle(s) existing in front of the motor vehicle and the width thereof, but also its...
5581625 Stereo vision system for counting items in a queue  
A number of items present in a substantially linear queue are counted by examining two images of a scene including the queue that are taken from vantage points offset relative to each other. Depth...
5457325 Contact-free procedure for measuring the three dimensional shape of an object, particularly a human foot, by imaging the object and the indentation left by the object  
A contact-free tridimensional process for measuring the form of an object, such as a foot, using digitization. This process consists of setting the object on a flexible cradle, for the two-phase...
5436655 Endoscope apparatus for three dimensional measurement for scanning spot light to execute three dimensional measurement  
Arranged within a measuring-light generating unit of an endoscope apparatus for three dimensional measurement, according to the invention, are measuring means, a lamp for outgoing a normal...
5424952 Vehicle-surroundings monitoring apparatus  
A vehicle-surroundings monitoring apparatus is free from mistakenly identifying a lane marker on a road surface or a guard rail as a vehicle traveling in the blind spot of a nearby lane. A distance...
5418608 Three dimensional mapping systems and methods  
A system for three dimensional mapping of a submarine surface includes (a) a light source for projecting a beam of collimated light that is reflective from the submarine surface including a laser...
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