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7379599 Model based object recognition method using a texture engine  
A geometric hashing method usable by a machine vision system for model-based recognition of an object. More specifically, in a computer having a texture engine, a method of pattern matching for...
7379564 Movable body circumstance monitoring apparatus  
A movable body circumstance monitoring apparatus includes element for capturing an image of a surrounding of a movable body depending upon movement of the movable body, deriving at least four...
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...
7379562 Determining connectedness and offset of 3D objects relative to an interactive surface  
A position of a three-dimensional (3D) object relative to a display surface of an interactive display system is detected based upon the intensity of infrared (IR) light reflected from the object...
7379561 Method and system for differentially and regularly modifying a digital image by pixel  
Th invention relates to a method and system for modifying a digital image ( 100 ) consisting of pixels. Said digital image is divided into areas ( 103 ). At least one area value is assigned to each...
7379560 Method and apparatus for monitoring human attention in dynamic power management  
Method and apparatus of the present invention include an image-capturing device coupled to a computer system. An image captured by the image-capturing device is analyzed using a face tracking...
7376262 Method of three dimensional positioning using feature matching  
An object positioning solves said problems encountered in machine vision, which employs electro-optic (EO) image sensors enhanced with integrated laser ranger, global positioning system/inertial...
7376248 Method and device for detecting an object in a vehicle in particular for occupant protection systems  
In optical image processing methods for determining the occupation of a vehicle seat, it is advantageous to know the position of the vehicle seat ( 14 ), even in the case when said seat is...
7376247 Target detection system using radar and image processing  
A target detection system using an EHF radar and the image processing is disclosed, in which the processing time is shortened by mutually complementing the disadvantages of the EHF radar and the...
7376246 Subspace projection based non-rigid object tracking with particle filters  
A method tracks non-rigid objects in a video acquired of a cluttered scene by a camera. The method uses a particle filter. The tracking includes the following steps: motion transition estimation,...
7376245 Automatic tracking method for golf swing  
Provided is an automatic tracking method for a golf swing, the following steps of: attaching colored marks onto a golfer and a golf club; adopting a specific still image as a reference image to...
7376244 Imaging surveillance system and method for event detection in low illumination  
A surveillance system and method is provided for detecting and event and then capturing an image of the event under low illumination conditions. A camera captures a current image and a prior...
7372996 Method and apparatus for determining the position of a vehicle seat  
Systems and methods are provided for editing an image of a vehicle interior to isolate the occupant of a vehicle seat. An image generator ( 102 ) generates an image of a vehicle interior. A contour...
7372977 Visual tracking using depth data  
Real-time visual tracking using depth sensing camera technology, results in illumination-invariant tracking performance. Depth sensing (time-of-flight) cameras provide real-time depth and color...
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...
7370970 Eyeglass detection method  
The presence of eyeglasses worn by a human subject is detected regardless of whether the subject's head is viewed frontally or in profile. Image data within search windows defined relative to the...
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...
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...
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...
7366635 Methods and apparatus for generating shaped gradients  
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for calculating or applying a gradient over a region in a multi-dimensional space. A boundary defines the shape of the region....
7366323 Hierarchical static shadow detection method  
There is provided a hierarchical shadow detection system for color aerial images. The system performs well with highly complex images as well as images having different brightness and illumination...
7365324 Testing apparatus using charged particles and device manufacturing method using the testing apparatus  
A system for further enhancing speed, i.e. improving throughput in a SEM-type inspection apparatus is provided. An inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate produces a crossover...
7362921 Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object using shape  
A method is disclosed for representing a sequence of images constituting a moving image by processing signals corresponding to the image. An object appearing in one image is identified in the...
7362883 Lane marker recognition method  
A lane marker recognition method comprises the steps of inputting an image including a lane marker, extracting luminance change points in the image, and estimating the position of the lane marker...
7362882 Method and device for compensating for shadows in digital images  
The invention relates to a method for generating a computed digital image of a scene, which can be illuminated with different luminous intensities at a first illumination angle by a first light...
7362881 Obstacle detection system and method therefor  
An obstacle detection system using stereo cameras mounted on a vehicle, to detect an obstacle existing on a ground plane at a high speed and in a high precision even with the stereo cameras being...
7362880 Unresolved target detection improvement by use of multiple matched filters approach at different spatial phases  
A method and system for detecting a point source target using multiple matched filters are disclosed. A sensor, which is preferably an infrared focal plane array, includes a plurality of pixels for...
7359530 Object-based raster trapping  
Trapping graphics during pre-press workflow involves intensive computation. In this invention, the trapping engine uses simple bounding boxes, colors, and temporal order information, to eliminate...
7359529 Image-detectable monitoring system and method for using the same  
A monitoring system and method is provided that can detect and capture an image at a monitored position as an analog video signal, and in response, convert the analog video signal into a digital...
7359526 Method and apparatus for determining camera pose from point correspondences  
A method and apparatus for determining camera pose from point correspondences. Specifically, an efficient solution to the classical five-point relative pose problem is presented. The problem is to...
7356165 Imaging apparatus performing a high reliability data analysis  
Provided is an imaging apparatus which can detect an occurrence of a vibration using imaged images without a new constituent such as a vibration sensor being added thereto, wherein when imaging a...
7356164 Method and apparatus for finding feature correspondences between images captured in real-world environments  
Techniques for computing a globally consistent set of image feature correspondences across a wide range of viewpoints suitable for interactive walkthroughs and visualizations. The inventive...
7352882 System and method for determining compactness in images  
An image processing system for recognizing image features in three dimensional images, which can be medical images, uses a mask generator for generating masks that are used by a candidate searcher...
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...
7352880 System and method for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time by integrating visual ques  
A face detection and tracking system for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time from an input image comprises: a background removing unit which extracts an area having a motion by...
7346420 Component feeder exchange diagnostic tool  
A method and apparatus for facilitating validation of component feeder exchanges in pick and place machines are provided. A pre-exchange image of a component from a feeder is acquired and compared...
7346419 Component feeder exchange diagnostic tool  
A method and apparatus for facilitating validation of component feeder exchanges in pick and place machines are provided. A pre-exchange image of a component from a feeder is acquired and compared...
7346217 Digital image enhancement using successive zoom images  
A method and Electro-Optical (EO) system for processing imagery comprising selecting a first frame of data as a template frame; capturing a second frame of data using the EO system, for a plurality...
7346196 Rotatable bay window switch box surveillance camera and illuminator for facial recognition  
A surveillance camera and illuminator are covertly mounted in a partially rotatable bay window inner frame mounted within an electrical switch box. The bay window inner frame can thus be pivoted...
7346193 Method for detecting object traveling direction  
An object of the invention is to provide a target travel direction detecting method capable of detecting the travel direction of efficiently detecting the travel direction of a target by using a...
7346191 Moving obstacle detecting device  
An aspect of the present invention provides a moving obstacle detecting device installed in or on a moving body for detecting moving obstacles in the vicinity of the moving body, the moving...
7346189 Illumination-invariant object tracking method and image editing system using the same  
An illumination-invariant object tracking method and an image editing system using the same are provided. The illumination-invariant object tracking method involves: designating an initial position...
7346188 Motion detection method and device, program and vehicle surveillance system  
Based on an input image from an imaging device and a preset background image, a digitized image is generated for each frame. The digitized images are compared. Then, an increased region, a...
7346187 Method of counting objects in a monitored environment and apparatus for the same  
Methods and system for determining, a number of objects, without tracking each of the objects, in first and second fields-of-view. First and second video frames are received from first and second...
7346186 Video and audio content analysis system  
The present invention is directed to various methods and systems for analysis and processing of video and audio signals from a plurality of sources in real-time or off-line. According to some...
7343278 Tracking a surface in a 3-dimensional scene using natural visual features of the surface  
A facility for determining the 3-dimensional location and orientation of a subject surface in a distinguished perspective image of the subject surface is described. The subject surface has innate...
7343031 Method of tracking position and velocity of objects' borders in two or three dimensional digital images, particularly in echographic images  
A method of tracking position and velocity of objects' borders in two or three dimensional digital images, particularly in echographic images. A sequence is acquired of at least two consecutive...
7343026 Operation recognition system enabling operator to give instruction without device operation  
An operation recognition system including an object to be operated, at least one camera, a processor, and a controller. At least one camera is configured to acquire image data of an operator in a...
7340078 Multi-sensing devices cooperative recognition system  
Disclosed here is an information processing system capable of recognizing actions and circumstances of a user with respect to both space and time as a “situation” to recognize the user's...
7340077 Gesture recognition system using depth perceptive sensors  
Three-dimensional position information is used to identify the gesture created by a body part of interest. At one or more instances of an interval, the posture of a body part is recognized, based...