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7167576 Method and apparatus for measuring dwell time of objects in an environment  
A method for tracking objects entering and exiting an environment comprises providing stereo vision cameras positioned proximate to the paths to enter the environment, such that the stereo vision...
7167575 Video safety detector with projected pattern  
A two-dimensional (2-D) machine-vision safety-solution involving a method and apparatus for performing high-integrity, high efficiency machine vision. A known structured lighting texture pattern is...
7162638 Electronic data management system and method  
An electronic data management system for accurately determining the authenticity of the electronic data and the specification of the source of unauthenticated electronic data. A drawing output...
7162101 Image processing apparatus and method  
An image processing apparatus and method, which can appropriately extract an object even when the focus of a camera having an automatic focus adjustment function shifts from the background to the...
7162055 Tracking semantic objects in vector image sequences  
A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method...
7162054 Augmented reality technology  
A tracker system for determining the relative position between a sensor and an object surface, generally comprising a sensor or sensors for detecting a pattern of fiducials disposed on an object...
7158680 Apparatus and method for processing video data  
An apparatus and methods for processing video data are described. The invention provides a representation of video data that can be used to assess agreement between the data and a fitting model for...
7158664 Image recognition apparatus  
An image processing unit determines the size of a circumscribed quadrangle of the target object, and predicts the overlap of the two different objects. If overlap is predicted, the target object is...
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....
7155037 Face recognition apparatus  
The face recognition apparatus of the present invention comprises: a face recognizer; an image input section for receiving image data of a human face; a driver for changing at least one of a...
7155032 System and method for extracting reflection and transparency layers from multiple images  
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for extracting structure from multiple images of a scene by representing the scene as a group of image layers, including reflection and...
7155031 Moving object detection method  
From a plurality of pictures 1 - 1 through 1 - 3 captured at successive time intervals, pictures 2 - 1 through 2 - 3 of regions determined in accordance with the movement of the celestial...
7151843 Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues  
Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more...
7149326 Method and software-implemented apparatus for detecting objects in multi-dimensional data  
A method for detecting the presence of an object in multi-dimensional imagery data is disclosed. The method includes: (a) providing multi-dimensional imagery data, including an array of pixels; (b)...
7149325 Cooperative camera network  
A cooperative camera network involving segmenting an image of an object and extracting a color signature from it. The color signature may be matched with the other signatures in an attempt to...
7146057 System and method for image analysis using a chaincode  
The present invention includes a method for analyzing an image to screen for target candidates wherein an edge-follower detects straight segments within a plurality of longer edges and detects also...
7146028 Face detection and tracking in a video sequence  
A method ( 100 ) and apparatus ( 700 ) are disclosed for detecting and tracking human faces across a sequence of video frames. Spatiotemporal segmentation is used to segment ( 115 ) the sequence of...
7146022 Spatiotemporal locator processing method and apparatus  
A spatiotemporal locator processing method of correcting a spatiotemporal locator capable of specifying a trajectory of a representative point of an approximate figure representing an arbitrary...
7139411 Pedestrian detection and tracking with night vision  
A system and method for detecting and tracking humans, such as pedestrians, in low visibility conditions or otherwise. A night vision camera periodically captures a an infrared image of a road from...
7139410 Apparatus for protecting occupant in vehicle  
An apparatus for protecting an occupant in a vehicle includes a pair of image sensors for taking images of an area on a seat in the vehicle. Transverse-direction shifts between corresponding...
7139409 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...
7138629 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...
7136581 Image taking apparatus and program product  
AF is started in response to the depression of a shutter button 61 by the user, and a plurality of images are obtained in succession with a time interval while a first image and a second image...
7136507 Video surveillance system with rule-based reasoning and multiple-hypothesis scoring  
A video surveillance system uses rule-based reasoning and multiple-hypothesis scoring to detect predefined behaviors based on movement through zone patterns. Trajectory hypothesis spawning allows...
7136506 Correlation based in frame video tracker  
A video correlation tracking system captures a first image frame and identifies one or more reference patches in that image frame. In a successive image frame, the new location of a reference patch...
7136505 Generating a curve matching mapping operator by analyzing objects of interest and background information  
System and method for determining a mapping operator for use in a pattern matching application, where the mapping operator enhances differences between respective objects of interest and background...
7133574 Method for recognizing position of honeycomb structure  
A position of a honeycomb structure, which is comprised of an outer shell, separation walls arranged in the form of a honeycomb within the outer shell, and a number of axially extending cells which...
7133538 Pattern matching utilizing discrete curve matching with multiple mapping operators  
System and method for determining the presence of an object of interest in a target image. Regions of a target image may be located that match an object of interest, e.g., in a template image, with...
7133537 Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object  
A method of tracking an object moving relative to a scene includes generating a background image by acquiring a plurality of images of the scene and comparing a pair of comparison images with the...
7132933 Obstacle detection device and method therefor  
Provided is a technology for helping safe driving and realizing automatic driving of vehicles, or for counting the number of passing vehicles on the road or monitoring those passing vehicles for...
7130448 Device for monitoring around a vehicle  
A device for monitoring around a vehicle capable of detecting objects present around the vehicle based on an image captured by at least one infrared camera member provided with the vehicle. The...
7130447 Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration  
A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly...
7130446 Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues  
Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more...
7127107 Land partition data generating method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus generates data concerning a partition of land such as farmland based on an observation image of the surface of the earth photographed by a high-altitude flying vehicle such...
7127083 Video surveillance system with object detection and probability scoring based on object class  
A video surveillance system uses rule-based reasoning and multiple-hypothesis scoring to detect predefined behaviors based on movement through zone patterns. Trajectory hypothesis spawning allows...
7127082 Active fiducials for augmented reality  
The present invention provides active fiducials for use with augmented reality client systems. A computer system, a method, and a computer program product are presented, which provide...
7127081 Method for tracking motion of a face  
A method for tracking the motion of a person's face for the purpose of animating a 3-D face model of the same or another person is disclosed. The 3-D face model carries both the geometry (shape)...
7123746 Method and system for detecting an object in relation to a surface  
The invention relates to a method for detecting an object ( 1 ) in relation to a surface ( 2 ). A synthetic image ( 3 c, 4 c ) is produced from at least two distinct viewpoints ( 3, 4 ), for each...
7123745 Method and apparatus for detecting moving objects in video conferencing and other applications  
An image processing system detects a moving person or other object of interest. The system generates a thresholded difference image by processing a video signal or other type of image signal...
7120875 Method and apparatus for augmented reality hybrid tracking system with fiducial-based heading correction  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for enabling accurate registration of virtual information upon real objects in selected environments from the perspective of a moveable observation platform...
7120277 Segmentation unit for and method of determining a second segment and image processing apparatus  
A method of determining segments in a series of images based on previous segmentation results and on motion estimation. A second segment ( 108 ) of a second image ( 106 ) is determined based on a...
7116800 Image segmentation system and method  
The present invention relates in general to systems used to process images. In particular, the present invention is an image segmentation system and method used to isolate the segmented image of a...
7116799 Apparatus and a method for the detection of objects  
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the detection of an object moving in the monitored region of a camera, wherein measured values are compared with reference values and an...
7113652 System and method for using normalized gray scale pattern find  
A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product, for utilizing a normalized gray scale pattern find within a machine vision system. The system and method (a)...
7113641 Method for recognizing objects in digitized images  
A method for automatically recognizing one or more structures in digitized image date includes determining sub-jets of the image graph at the nodes defined by its structure. The sub-jets correspond...
7113616 Object tracking method and apparatus using template matching  
An object is detected in comparison between an input image from an image pick-up device having a zoom mechanism and a template image stored in a manner that a first image within a view field of the...
7111869 Apparatus and method for controlling an occupant protection system in response to determined passenger compartment occupancy information  
An apparatus and method for controlling an actuatable occupant protection system ( 40 ) in a passenger compartment ( 12 ) of a vehicle ( 10 ) includes a camera ( 72 ) configured for obtaining an...
7110569 Video based detection of fall-down and other events  
A method for detecting the occurrence of a specific event is provided. The method includes: capturing image data of a scene; detecting and tracking an object of interest in the image data;...
7110023 Method and apparatus for target object extraction from an image  
Geometrical structures of a human image and a background image picked up by a camera are extracted as difference in pixel value distributions, a statistical model of the appearance of the human...
7106885 Method and apparatus for subject physical position and security determination  
Method and apparatus for analyzing an orientation of a subject. An image of an area that includes a subject to be monitored is captured, so that a model can be produced. A consistency test is then...
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