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7620237 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
Two aiming targets are arranged at positions that are away from two infrared cameras by a predetermined distance. One of the infrared cameras images one of the aiming targets, and the other of the...
7620235 Device for scanning three-dimensional objects  
A scanning system and method for constructing a three-dimensional model of an object, the scanning system comprising: a scanning device ( 2 ) and a scanning template member ( 4 ). The scanning...
7620221 System and method for enhancing an object of interest in noisy medical images  
The invention relates to a system and a method for detecting an object of interest in a sequence of medical images. Said viewing system comprises alarm detection means ( 20 ) for detecting a set of...
7620218 Real-time face tracking with reference images  
A method of tracking a face in a reference image stream using a digital image acquisition device includes acquiring a full resolution main image and an image stream of relatively low resolution...
7620216 Method of tracking a human eye in a video image  
A human eye is tracked between successively produced video image frames by consecutively applied eye location techniques. First, potential eye candidates within a local search window are identified...
7620207 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...
7620206 Image processing device and method, and distribution medium  
To make it possible to accurately track a prescribed part a low-resolution overall image is taken in from an input image, and a medium-resolution image, whose center is the head part, is extracted...
7620205 Method for characterizing shape, appearance and motion of an object that is being tracked  
A method for generating Pairwise Active Appearance Models (PAAMs) that characterize shape, appearance and motion of an object and using the PAAM to track the motion of an object is disclosed. A...
7620204 Method for tracking objects in videos using covariance matrices  
A method is provided for tracking a non-rigid object in a sequence of frames of a video. Features of an object are extracted from the video. The features include locations of pixels and properties...
7620203 Imaging system analysis methods and apparatus  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing an imaging system or an image produced by the imaging system are disclosed. The imaging system is configured to sense a target on a...
7620202 Target orientation estimation using depth sensing  
A system for estimating orientation of a target based on real-time video data uses depth data included in the video to determine the estimated orientation. The system includes a time-of-flight...
7616807 System and method for using texture landmarks for improved markerless tracking in augmented reality applications  
A method of tracking a pose of a moving camera includes receiving a first image from a camera, receiving a sequence of digitized images from said camera, recording, for each of said sequence of...
7616806 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
A first object and a second object arranged in an actual space with coordinates (Xn, Zn) and (Xn−D, Zn) are imaged, and respective coordinates x 1* and x 2* of the first object and the second...
7616780 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...
7616779 Method for automatic key posture information abstraction  
The method for automatic key posture information abstraction of this invention comprises the steps of: Abstracting from a series of continuous digitized images spatial features of objects contained...
7616699 Method of soft bit metric calculation with direct matrix inversion MIMO detection  
A telecommunication MIMO receiver implements soft bit metric calculation with direct matrix inversion MIMO detection. The receiver has a detector that detects data symbols in a received signal by...
7613361 Information processing method and device  
An information processing device for obtaining placement information regarding an imaging device of markers to be calibrated that are provided upon the imaging device, includes: a first image...
7613342 Method and device for displaying or searching for object in image and computer-readable storage medium  
A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a curvature scale space (CSS) representation of the...
7613332 Particular-region detection method and apparatus, and program therefor  
In the invention, a particular-region such as red-eye region of a photographed image is detected, the image including a person as an object. At first a particular region candidate satisfying...
7613329 Apparatus for controlling the position of a screen pointer that detects defective pixels  
An apparatus for controlling the position of a screen pointer includes a light source for illuminating an imaging surface, thereby generating reflected images. The apparatus includes a navigation...
7613325 Human detection device and human detection method  
The present invention provides a human detection device which detects a human contained in a moving picture, and includes the following: a spatiotemporal volume generation unit which generates a...
7613324 Detection of change in posture in video  
Input video data is processed to detect a change in a posture of a person shown in the video data. The change of posture may be the result of an event, for example, the person falling or getting...
7613323 Method and apparatus for determining camera pose  
A method and apparatus for determining camera pose characterized by six degrees of freedom (e.g., for use in computer vision systems) is disclosed. In one embodiment an image captured by the camera...
7613322 Periodic motion detection with applications to multi-grabbing  
A method of video surveillance may include performing on input video at least one of the operations selected from the group consisting of motion detection and change detection, recording a motion...
7613321 Moving object tracking method using occlusion detection of the tracked object, and image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus for performing a tracking of a moving object by setting a tracking area corresponding to a moving object appearing in a video image, by setting a plurality of feature...
7609908 Method for adjusting the brightness of a digital image utilizing belief values  
A method of processing a digital image, including the steps of: assigning belief values to pixels in the digital image, wherein the belief values are proportional to a belief that the pixels are...
7609856 Smoke detection method based on video processing  
The static and dynamic characteristics of smoke are developed for extracting smoke pixels of an image and effective smoke detection. In static characteristic, a chromaticity-based analysis is...
7609855 Method of analyzing moving objects using a vanishing point algorithm  
A process of video capture, segmentation, tracking, and mapping to obtain position and time data for motion analysis. The moving object is captured in video in a series of frames at a known frame...
7609854 Method for displaying medical image information dependent on a detected position of the observer  
In a method for representation of medical image information on a display medium an image representation parameter is varied dependent on the position of the observer. Superimpositions of data sets...
7609853 Detecting a composition of an audience  
Methods and apparatus for detecting a composition of an audience of an information presenting device are disclosed. One disclosed method captures images of the audience, determines a number of...
7609372 System and method for measuring length of camera lens  
A system for measuring a total track length of a telescopic lens includes a testing chart, a light source, a processor, a display screen and a range finder. The lens and an image sensor are...
7606425 Unsupervised learning of events in a video sequence  
Methods and systems for the unsupervised learning of events contained within a video sequence, including apparatus and interfaces for implementing such systems and methods, are disclosed. An...
7606411 Robotic gesture recognition system  
A gesture recognition system enabling control of a robotic device through gesture command by a user is provided, comprising a robotic unit, a video or infrared camera affixed to the robotic unit,...
7606393 Image selection based on image content  
An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the...
7606392 Capturing and processing facial motion data  
Capturing and processing facial motion data includes: coupling a plurality of sensors to target points on a facial surface of an actor; capturing frame by frame images of the plurality of sensors...
7606391 Video content scene change determination  
An apparatus and method of detecting scene changes within a video frame sequence. A video data frame pixel array is partitioned into pixel groups within a frame difference engine. Video data...
7605696 System and method for real time location tracking and communications  
Disclosed is a system and method for tracking location of objects (personnel) at a site. The system comprises: a central server, plurality of remote locator tags disposed on the objects, plurality...
7603518 System and method for improved media identification in a storage device  
Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event...
7603208 Geospatial image change detecting system with environmental enhancement and associated methods  
An image change detecting system may include an image processor cooperating with the database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected geospatial image, an image...
7602944 Method and system for counting moving objects in a digital video stream  
A method and system are provided for counting moving objects in a digital video stream. In contrast to known computationally-expensive methods, areas of motion are determined by threshold...
7602943 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program  
An image processing apparatus includes a map generation unit, a temporary area arrangement unit and a target area detection unit. The map generation unit acquires a map of scores in which each...
7602942 Infrared and visible fusion face recognition system  
A face detection and recognition system having several arrays imaging a scene in the infrared and visible spectrums. The system may use weighted subtracting and thresholding to distinguish human...
7602941 Component fusion for face detection  
A system and method for object detection are provided where the system includes a component detection unit for detecting components in an image, a component fusion unit in signal communication with...
7599789 Beacon-augmented pose estimation  
A beacon-augmented pose estimation system includes positionable beacons that can determine their own 3-D geospatial coordinates and transmit those coordinates back to the pose object. An imaging...
7599558 Logo processing methods and circuits  
A logo processing method includes: within a plurality of video frames sequentially received from a video source, comparing a base frame with at least a portion of the other video frames to generate...
7599549 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer readable medium, in which an image processing program is recorded  
A plurality of landmarks, which are employed in statistical models, such as an ASM, that is, a plurality of landmarks that represent the shape and the like of a predetermined subject, such as a...
7599526 Imaging system and program for detecting a movement of a subject and initializing imaging devices to perform subject authentication based on the movement  
An imaging system is provided which can efficiently capture an authentication image of a subject by an imaging device provided around a position toward which the subject is moving. The imaging...
7599520 Detection of multiple targets on a plane of interest  
A system and method for determining positions of multiple targets on a planar surface is described. The targets subject to detection may include a touch from a body part (such as a finger), a pen,...
7599519 Method and apparatus for detecting structural elements of subjects  
Structural element candidates, estimated to be predetermined structural elements of a predetermined subject, are detected from an image that includes the subject. The subject that includes the...
7599502 Sound control installation  
The invention concerns a sound control installation for at least one electrical unit comprising two cameras ( 4, 5 ) to take pictures of an area (A) in a space containing the electrical units;...