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8179424 |
3D display method and apparatus
A method and apparatus directed to the field of autostereoscopic displays. The method provided is for creating images or image data suitable for use with an autostereoscopic display. The method...
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8103087 |
Fault inspection method
A fault inspection method and apparatus in which the scattergram is separated or objects of comparison are combined in such a manner as to reduce the difference between an inspection object image...
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8094148 |
Texture processing apparatus, method and program
A texture processing apparatus includes a CG data acquisition unit acquiring calculator graphics (CG) data including CG model data, camera data, light data, texture data items, and a preset...
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8063930 |
Automatic conversion from monoscopic video to stereoscopic video
The invention is a method for converting a monoscopic video movie passively acquired using a single camera to a stereoscopic video movie. The method comprises generating stereoscopic pairs...
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8044991 |
Local positioning system and method
A local positioning system which includes a video camera, a computer communicating with the video camera and a target object sighted by the video camera and having a target object coordinate...
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8024768 |
Broadcasting video content to devices having different video presentation capabilities
Frames of broadcast video received at a device are cropped to produce rendered frames on a display of the device, the cropping being based on both (a) a predetermined value indicating a location...
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8009024 |
Automotive display device showing virtual image spot encircling front obstacle
A display device of the present invention is mounted on an automotive vehicle. An obstacle located in front of the vehicle is detected by a camera, and its features including speed, distance, size,...
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7876978 |
Regions of interest in video frames
A first representation of a video stream is received that includes video frames, the representation expressing the video frames at a relatively high pixel resolution. At least one of the video...
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7859655 |
Method involving a pointing instrument and a target object
A first method determines a position of a point of interest on a target object surface in a target object coordinate system using orientation and distance measurements of a pointing instrument in...
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7783079 |
Motion assisted data enhancement
A method of enhancing data. A trace may be determined from a target data point in a target frame and a respective data point in an adjacent frame. At least an approximate value of the target data...
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7756675 |
Group-determination-table generating device and method
In a communication system having at least three communication devices communicating with each other, a seating-order determination device for generating seating-order information for information...
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7671887 |
System and method of navigating a medical instrument
A system for navigating an image-guided object through an imaged subject supported on table in relation to an image acquired by an image detector is provided. The system includes a first tracking...
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7562177 |
Signal protocol assembly
A signal protocol assembly is adapted to bridge electronic communications across a plurality of communications platforms allowing a plurality of electronic devices to transfer data therebetween....
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7272242 |
Object detection in electro-optic sensor images
A method of object detection in an image uses a background anomaly approach that searches for anomalies of a particular size and shape that are distinguishable from the image's local background....
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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...
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6894973 |
Fair bandwidth sharing for video traffic sources using distributed feedback control
An apparatus and a smethod providing fair bandwidth sharing by adjusting video image quality in a data packet network comprises a network load detection means for detecting a network load and a...
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RE38420 |
Derivation of studio camera position and motion from the camera image
Studio camera position and motion may be derived from the camera image by separating out the background and deriving from a background having a number of areas of hue and/or brightness different...
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6373508 |
Method and system for manipulation of objects in a television picture
In a method for manipulation of a movable object displayed in a television picture, the distance between the object and fixed basic positions is detected at a time t together with the distance...
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6333726 |
Orthogonal projection concealment apparatus
A pixel array-based orthogonal projection concealment apparatus applicable for continuously matching a mobile platform to its changing background integrates power means, sensing and inputting means...
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6304298 |
Method and apparatus for determining the position of a TV camera for use in a virtual studio
A method of determining the position of a TV camera relative to a patterned panel being viewed by the TV camera including the steps of: identifying a plurality of edge points of the pattern from...
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6141033 |
Bandwidth reduction of multichannel images for machine vision
The invention provides methods and apparatus for reducing the bandwidth of a multichannel image. In one aspect, the methods and apparatus call for acquiring a multichannel training image...
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6044168 |
Model based faced coding and decoding using feature detection and eigenface coding
The method uses a three-dimensional face model and a technique called eigenface decomposition to analyze the video at one end. The facial feature locations and eigenface coding of the face image...
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5738522 |
Apparatus and methods for accurately sensing locations on a surface
Apparatus for merging a video image sequence of a dynamic phenomenon occurring on a natural background into a high resolution background image, the apparatus including a background remover...
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5687249 |
Method and apparatus for extracting features of moving objects
The present invention is intended to reconstruct or acquire the shape of an object without rotating it. A TV camera with a fish-eye lens is used to conduct the image-sensing of a vehicle as a...
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5574447 |
Method and apparatus for modifying characters entered on a computer keyboard
A keyboard for use with a computer has an array of keys including a space key and modifiable keys with apparatus for detecting when keys are pressed and generating a key code corresponding to keys...
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5543608 |
Method and the system for identifying a visual object with a polarizing marker
An identifying procedure and system for identifying a visual object, the object to be identified (1) being marked with a polarizing surface (2) provided in the region of the object. Observation of...
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5528287 |
Multi-level retarder plate polarization dependent imaging
A system for detecting the presence of an energy polarization altering dielectric material, such as ice or snow, on a surface, such as a part of an aircraft, which normally specularly reflects...
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5502482 |
Derivation of studio camera position and motion from the camera image
Studio camera position and motion may be derived from the camera image by separating out the background and deriving from a background having a number of areas of hue and/or brightness different...
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5428402 |
Tint detection circuit for automatically selecting a desired tint in a video signal
Tint detection circuit for automatically selecting a desired tint in a video signal, including a limit signal generator coupled to receive first (R), second (G) and third (R) color signals in order...
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5423554 |
Virtual reality game method and apparatus
A one or two player virtual reality game efficiently detects and tracks a distinctively colored glove. According to the preferred basketball embodiment, a single player equipped with the...
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5406326 |
Video system for producing video image simulating the appearance of motion picture or other photographic film
Digital signals are generated and stored for each pixel of a frame of a preferably high definition video originated material. A computer reads the digital signals and converts them to binary image...
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5371542 |
Dual waveband signal processing system
A dual waveband signal processing system (DWSPS) is disclosed for differentiating between an primary target signal and background clutter to detect targets and objects with a particularly unique...
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5283839 |
Apparatus capable of figure-ground segregation
Apparatus which segments visual scenes into discrete objects. The apparatus is able to perceptually group the elements corresponding to a coherent figure, and to segregate them from the background...
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5260873 |
Medical image displaying apparatus
A medical image displaying apparatus is provided with a display device, which reproduces a visible image from an image signal made up of a series of image signal components representing a medical...
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5223934 |
Partial magnification recording method and apparatus thereof
Video camera (camcorder) having the partial magnification recording function for a predetermined object, which can be later reproduced after recording a magnified image on a video tape and to RAM,...
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5218440 |
Switched resistive neural network for sensor fusion
An electronic image processing system uses data provided by one or more sensors to perform cooperative computations and improve image recognition performance. A smoothing resistive network, which...
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5130795 |
Positive automatic target locator indentification system (ATLIS), for ATR system testing
A method and means for positively identifying and locating a plurality of ving test targets during a test of Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) equipment. The targets are identified by attached...
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5109425 |
Method and apparatus for predicting the direction of movement in machine vision
A computer-simulated cortical network computes the visibility of shifts in the direction of movement and computes: 1) the magnitude of the position difference between the test and background...
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5097327 |
Apparatus for detecting a moving object in a motion picture sequence
An apparatus for to extracting a video signal corresponding to a moving object in a video signal representing moving and stationary object comprises means for detecting a contour in the video...
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5091776 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing the quality of a video signal produced by electronic shearography
The purpose of the present invention is to improve the quality of a video signal generated by the method of nondestructive testing known as electronic shearography. In electronic shearography, two...
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5087976 |
Automatic adjustment apparatus for independently adjusting different regions of a picture raster
An automatic picture adjustment apparatus in which input video signals are subjected to level conversion for picture quality adjustment within a time period which is shorter than one vertical...
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5067160 |
Motion-pattern recognition apparatus
The apparatus recognizes a motion of an object which is moving and is hidden in an image signal, and discriminates the object from the background within the signal. The apparatus has an image...
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H000881 |
TV seeker electronic color filter
A TV seeker electronic color filter that has a three color striped solid te video sensor chip mounted in the optical path of a TV camera of a missile with the color filter stripes being manually...
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4838685 |
Methods and apparatus for motion estimation in motion picture processing
Methods and apparatus for motion estimation in motion picture processing are disclosed in which an initial velocity vector is selected as an estimation of the displacement of a region from a...
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4786154 |
Enhanced-image operating microscope
An improved operating microscope includes a beamsplitter for splitting a portion of the visible image of the object, and an image enhancement device for performing image enhancement techniques on...
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4774571 |
Computerized ticket dispenser system
A computerized ticket dispensing system which includes a first camera for reading the license plate of a vehicle entering a parking area, and a second camera for reading the license plate of the...
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H000515 |
Polarized target detector
A system for enhancing targets by rotating a polarized filter in front of a V tracker system to enable an operator to pick out and track targets more effectively from a cluttered background...
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4652921 |
Image processing apparatus
Video signals from radiography equipment (14) are converted to digital form and transferred via a buffer store, (2) to a parallel transfer disc store (3) in real time. These signals can then be...
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4465940 |
Electro-optical target detection
An apparatus directed to a signal processing circuit for combining data from several spectral bands to enhance the signal-to-background ratio of a target detection system. Two spectral bands, with...
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4450483 |
Circuit for improving the quality of digitized line images
The invention relates to a system for sequentially analyzing each data point representing a digitized video line image and modifying the point to improve the quality of the image based upon an...
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