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7473040 High definition camera pan tilt mechanism  
In various embodiments, a High Definition (HD) camera may be controlled by one or more motors in a base of the HD camera. Cables and other components may be used to manipulate the camera lens...
7471846 Perfecting the effect of flash within an image acquisition devices using face detection  
Within a digital acquisition device with a built in flash unit, the exposure of an acquired digital image is perfected using face detection in the acquired image is provided. Groups of pixels that...
7468739 Image data creating and storing device and image display device  
Provided is an image display system in which image data of a commercial product as an article ( 8 ) is freely selected and given to a purchaser by using two-way communication such as Internet and...
7468747 Image management system to obtain images of persons with open eyes  
A subject user is photographed in a photographing system in a theme park. At this time, photographs are taken a plurality of times at a predetermined time interval. Further, an instruction is given...
7466356 Method and apparatus for setting a marker on an object and tracking the position of the object  
A digital imaging system that allows the user to select and mark objects with markers is disclosed. The digital imaging device tracks the position of the marked objects even when the marked objects...
7466321 Method and apparatus for the creation of cartoon effect videos  
A user provides a plurality of video frames for processing, and selects a cartoon color palette. The color of all selected pixels within all selected video frames is changed to that of the closest...
7463754 Adaptive probabilistic visual tracking with incremental subspace update  
A system and a method are disclosed for adaptive probabilistic tracking of an object within a motion video. The method utilizes a time-varying Eigenbasis and dynamic, observation and inference...
7463284 Image processing apparatus and image processing method for producing an image from a plurality of images  
An image processing apparatus comprises a detection unit adapted to detect a positional shift of a main object in each of the images, a coordinate converting unit adapted to convert coordinates of...
7463753 FLIR-to-missile boresight correlation and non-uniformity compensation of the missile seeker  
The present invention provides for simple and streamlined boresight correlation of FLIR-to-missile video. Boresight correlation is performed with un-NUCed missile video, which allows boresight...
7460150 Using gaze detection to determine an area of interest within a scene  
Using gaze detection to determine image information collected from a scene. In order to determine the gaze of persons within a scene, images of the faces of those persons are obtained, and the gaze...
7457432 Specified object detection apparatus  
Unlike in the prior art in which the correspondence between a feature and a judgment value in an intended area is obtained by a single threshold value, the correspondence of the judgment value is...
7457436 Real-time crowd density estimation from video  
A system and method for automated and/or semi-automated analysis of video for discerning patterns of interest in video streams. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is directed to...
7453497 Object trackability via parametric camera tuning  
A method and apparatus are described for improving object trackability via parametric camera tuning. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to whether the camera settings loaded cause...
7454037 System, method and computer program product for adaptive video processing  
A method for adaptive video processing includes identifying an object in a frame of video data, determining an object confidence value associated with the identified object, and determining if the...
7453506 Digital camera having a specified portion preview section  
A digital camera has an image capturing unit, a display unit, a face portion detecting unit, face portion selecting device and a control unit. The image capturing unit photoelectrically captures an...
7450835 Tripod device for mounting a camera and tracking movable objects  
A tripod device and system for mounting a camera and tracking movable objects includes a base with a camera mount, a processor, a user interface, actuators for rotating and tilting the camera...
7450735 Tracking across multiple cameras with disjoint views  
Tracking and surveillance methods and systems for monitoring objects passing in front of non-overlapping cameras. Invention finds corresponding tracks from different cameras and works out which...
7447336 Stroke information measuring apparatus and stroke information measuring method  
A stroke information measurement device and a stroke information measurement method, by which stroke information, such as the stroke time, stroke length, etc., of a swimming swimmer can be measured...
7447331 System and method for generating a viewable video index for low bandwidth applications  
A system and method for generating a viewable video index for low bandwidth applications are provided. The exemplary aspects of the present invention solve the problems with the prior art systems...
7447381 Method and apparatus for filtering an image  
Objects are detected in an image using a spatially variant filter. The size of the filter is adjusted based on the portion of the image being processed by the filter. Portions of the image which...
7447335 Apparatus for detection of objects  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for locating objects (such as exploded or unexploded ordnance). The embodiments take advantage of spectroscopic features of an object's paint or...
7444003 Method and apparatus for identifying objects depicted in a videostream  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for rapidly analyzing frame(s) of digitized video data which may include objects of interest randomly distributed throughout the video data and wherein...
7440587 Method and apparatus for calibrating sampling operations for an object detection process  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects an object in an image. During operation, the system determines a relationship between sampling parameters and a detection rate...
7433494 Moving body detecting apparatus  
Provided is a moving body detecting apparatus capable of detecting only a body to be notified without detecting a body similar in feature to the body to be notified. To confirm whether a break-in...
7428012 Image processing method including generating face region information and a digital camera including face region identification unit  
Effectively reducing a noise on the face region to improve the picture quality of the entire image A digital camera according to the invention includes: an digital signal processor for performing...
7428000 System and method for distributed meetings  
A system and method for teleconferencing and recording of meetings. The system uses a variety of capture devices (a novel 360° camera, a whiteboard camera, a presenter view camera, a remote view...
7428314 Monitoring an environment  
An environment is monitored by capturing image data depicting the environment and analysing the image data to identify moving foreground objects. Upon identifying an object, the movement of said...
7423686 Image pickup apparatus having auto-focus control and image pickup method  
To track a region of interest (“ROI”) such as, for example, in a viewfinder of a camera, both the location and distance of a point in the ROI are estimated for a time in the future, based on...
7421727 Motion detecting system, motion detecting method, motion detecting apparatus, and program for implementing the method  
A motion detecting system which can set a proper set value for motion detection processing carried out by a camera server through a setting terminal. A setting terminal is connected to a camera...
7412076 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program  
A floodlight section emits light with a predetermined blinking pattern. The emitted light is reflected by a reflecting object. An image capturing section captures the light reflected by the...
7409076 Methods and apparatus for automatically tracking moving entities entering and exiting a specified region  
Techniques for tracking entities using a single overhead camera are provided. A foreground region is detected in a video frame of the single overhead camera corresponding to one or more entities....
7408572 Method and apparatus for an on-chip variable acuity imager array incorporating roll, pitch and yaw angle rates measurement  
A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with...
7405752 Mobile communication system, mobile communication terminal and program thereof for displaying video at desired positions  
In a mobile communication terminal 10 , a position information assigning section 24 associates images acquired by the photographing section 20 with position information concerning the...
7403634 Object tracking apparatus and method  
An image input device inputs image sequence data. A memory stores each image of the image sequence data. A tracking point indication unit initially indicates a plurality of tracking points on a...
7403217 System and method of self-discovery and self-calibration in a video conferencing system  
A method of self-discovery and self-calibration is provided for allowing arbitrary placement of audio and video components in a multimedia conferencing system. In particular, one or more markers...
7400344 Object tracking method and object tracking apparatus  
An object tracking method and an object tracking apparatus. Based on two or more frames of images acquired at different time points from an imaging unit, an image changing area is detected between...
7394916 Linking tracked objects that undergo temporary occlusion  
A method and system is configured to characterize regions of an environment by the likelihoods of transition of a target from each region to another. The likelihoods of transition between regions...
7391887 Eye tracking systems  
An eye tracking system includes an eye camera and a scene camera for supplying video data to interlace electronics indicative of an image of the user's eye and an image of the scene observed by the...
7391886 Digital camera with image tracking system  
A digital camera system includes an input member for selecting at least one of an individual profile and a group profile and a memory operatively coupled to the input member. The memory includes...
7391888 Head pose assessment methods and systems  
Improvements are provided to effectively assess a user's face and head pose such that a computer or like device can track the user's attention towards a display device(s). Then the region of the...
7382936 Surveillance camera apparatus having a selecting operation of image information in a receiving side  
A surveillance camera apparatus which has an image signal transmission apparatus transmitting an image signal and an image signal reception apparatus receiving an image signal from the image signal...
7379563 Tracking bimanual movements  
Hands may be tracked before, during, and after occlusion, and a gesture may be recognized. Movement of two occluded hands may be tracked as a unit during an occlusion period. A type of...
7370975 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus which includes: an imaging device; a reference luminance property storage device that stores a predetermined reference luminance property; a luminance property...
7369680 Method and apparatus for detecting an event based on patterns of behavior  
A system and apparatus are disclosed for modeling patterns of behavior of humans or other animate objects and detecting a violation of a repetitive pattern of behavior. The behavior of one or more...
7369681 System and method for tracking positions of objects in space, time as well as tracking their textual evolution  
A system and method including cameras for monitoring objects such as documents, at multiple locations, and for recording the objects' movement through space and time. The objects are marked with...
7369682 Adaptive discriminative generative model and application to visual tracking  
A system and a method are disclosed for an adaptive discriminative generative model with a probabilistic interpretation. As applied to visual tracking, the discriminative generative model separates...
7369158 Launch monitor system with a calibration fixture and a method for use thereof  
The present invention is directed to a launch monitor system that measures flight characteristics of an object moving in a predetermined field-of-view. The system includes a support structure, a...
7365779 Image processing apparatus for selectively storing specific regions of an image  
The invention provides an image processing apparatus that can reduce the memory capacity of a memory forming part of the image processing apparatus and can correct the optical axis misalignment of...
7362369 Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time  
An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially...
7352881 Method for tracking facial features in a video sequence  
A method ( 100 ) of tracking facial features in a video sequence is disclosed. The method receives ( 110 ) as input facial features for tracking in a first frame of the video sequence. The video...