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6868415 Information linking method, information viewer, information register, and information search equipment  
On an information registering equipment, content of interest rendered by media, such as a video image of interest distributed by TV broadcasting is captured and displayed. Position/area on the...
6850639 Color space quantization descriptor structure  
The present invention relates to a color space quantization descriptor structure for performing quantization of a color space in order to search a multimedia based on contents when multimedia...
6671290 Receiving apparatus and recording/reproducing system for digital broadcasts  
An apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal includes a tuner operable to select a desired transmission channel over which to receive the digital broadcast signal and demodulate a...
6043897 Image forming apparatus  
In an image forming apparatus for reading a document image and forming the document image on a paper, document image data are divided into a plurality of blocks and the document image data are...
5774357 Human factored interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus  
A human interface device for a user, including a data transmission selector for selecting at least one of a plurality of simultaneously transmitted programs being responsive to an input; a program...
5764804 Data encoding and decoding system  
A data encoding system for encoding input color pixel data and outputting encoded data. The data encoding system includes a reference pixel generating device which outputs reference pixel data...
5663763 Picture signal encoding method and apparatus and picture signal decoding method and apparatus  
An encoding and decoding apparatus and method which has the primary benefit over the prior art of not requiring storage of the nonlinear sequence of numbers representative of the quantization...
5574503 Adaptive interframe video data compression and start-up techniques  
A start-up and compression technique for transmitting data. A process is provided which utilizes the calculated difference between individual pixel values of subsequent video frames to the current...
5543844 Method and apparatus for coding image data  
Input image data is divided into a plurality of blocks. An orthogonal transform device subjects the input image data to orthogonal transform every block. A memory temporarily stores output data...
5469208 Dequantization using decrements and multiply  
A dequantization device is provided for receiving input quantized data values and providing output dequantized data values. A conditional decrement device receives the input quantized data values...
5450506 Image data processing apparatus and method  
An image data processing apparatus generates output data representing an image in a spatial domain from a plurality of sets of input data, each representing in a spatial frequency domain a sub...
5434623 Method and apparatus for image data compression using combined luminance/chrominance coding  
A technique is provided for a color imaging system having a luminance component and two color difference (chrominance) components, which allots more space in the compressed data stream to the...
5404168 Method and apparatus for encoding an image signal using a multi-stage quantizing number determiner  
A quantizing number is determined using multiple stages of code amount estimating circuits. Thus, an optimum quantizing number may be selected from among a number of quantizing numbers which is not...
5389973 Quantization control circuit  
A quantization control circuit determines an optimum scaling factor for quantizing orthogonal transformation coefficient data that correspond to a predetermined time period of a digital video...
5347310 Apparatus for compression encoding video signals  
Apparatus for compression encoding video signals, comprising block segmenting circuits for segmenting a vertical interval, such as a field or frame, of video picture elements into a plurality of...
5258924 Target recognition using quantization indexes  
An apparatus for detecting the presence of a target in an n-dimensional array of digital data samples comprises: 1) a reading module, which reads the samples from the data array in overlapping...
5257209 Optical flow computation for moving sensors  
A method for using a computer-based imaging system, which may be in motion, to observe a moving object and determine its motion. The imaging system is used to obtain at least two images separated...
5194746 Method and device for examining components with data digitized into a large number of gray levels  
A method and device for processing and representing data corresponding to defects in a part, wherein an initial image is discretized into a plurality of image points and the intensity at each point...
5125046 Digitally enhanced imager for the visually impaired  
The invention consists of an apparatus and method for creating high resolution, high contrast images to enhance the functional vision of visually impaired individuals. The apparatus includes an...
4737844 Method for the generation of real-time control parameters for smoke-generating combustion processes by means of a video camera  
A method for generating real-time control parameters by a video camera for smoke-generating combustion reactions is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a video camera is used for obtaining a...
4706121 TV schedule system and process  
A system (90) controls a television receiver (126) to allow user selection of broadcast programs from schedule information. A data processor (110) is connected to receive the schedule information...
4656507 Quad-edge video signal detector  
Apparatus and method for processing a raster scan video signal representing an image and detecting the outline of one or more objects in the image represented by the video signal. The steps of the...
4395732 Statistically adaptive analog to digital converter  
An improvement in an analog-to-digital converter wherein a series string of capacitors is utilized to generate reference voltages for the comparators of the converter. The digitized output of the...
4268863 Threshold selection circuit  
A threshold selection circuit, suitable for a processing unit for the processing of video signals obtained from an angle tracking device, is provided with a number (N) of video integrators to...
4120589 Method and apparatus for measuring the distribution of a light field about the optical axis of a light source  
A video signal produced by picking up the light image of light projected upon a screen is quantized by a plurality of voltage comparators grouped in pairs and applied with different reference...
4053928 Edge detection analyzer  
A contrast detection analyzer for detecting all edges sensed during a cirar scan and their angles with respect to vertical, wherein an edge near the center of the scan is detected, the angle is...
3963866 System for determining the contour of a plane form  
Disclosed is a system for determining the contour of a plane form in which system the plane form is exposed to an industrial television camera; the video signal from the camera is converted into a...
3827804 COLOR SEPARATION FOR DISCRIMINATION IN PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS  
A color separation system is provided for use in combination with a pattern recognition system which is particularly useful in blood cell analysis. The color separation means include filtering...
3621129 DETECTION DEVICES FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS  
Detection devices for image analysis systems employing line scanning in which detection is in part governed by inspecting video signal from portions of scan lines intersecting a feature under...
3354266 Isophote converter  
3249690 Video quantizer producing binary output signals at inflection points of input signal  
3005045 Video quantizing and contour level apparatus  
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