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7224498 Image reading apparatus  
Disclosed is an image reading apparatus which includes an illumination system, a reading unit, and an imaging optical system for imaging imagewise information provided on a surface of an original...
7224357 Three-dimensional modeling based on photographic images  
A system of determining three-dimensional information from the information that is contained into discrete two-dimensional images. The two images may be obtained from two uncalibrated cameras. The...
7221777 Image analysis device  
An image analysis device installed on a vehicle for detecting objects that are likely to affect the vehicle. An image processing unit included in the image analysis device sets a seeking area in a...
7221794 Foreground detection  
A system is disclosed that can find an image of a foreground object in a still image or video image. Finding the image of the foreground object can be used to reduce errors and reduce the time...
7221789 Method for processing an image captured by a camera  
A method for image processing that compensates for inconsistent edge detection. A field of view of a camera is segmented in the form of a matrix by angle and by measured range value based on...
7218757 Method and device for detecting obstruction in image sensor systems  
A method and a device for the detection of obstruction in image sensor systems made up of at least two image sensors, which record essentially the same scene. If at least one image feature of the...
7218765 Higher-order moment-based image projection method and image processing apparatus  
For the purpose of providing an image projection method for incorporating all data values along a projection axis on a projection image produced from three-dimensional data, a pixel value G at a...
7213447 Method and apparatus for detecting topographical features of microelectronic substrates  
An apparatus and method for detecting characteristics of a microelectronic substrate. The microelectronic substrate can have a first surface with first topographical features, such as roughness...
7215809 Three-dimensional image producing method and apparatus therefor  
A center of rotation O of a camera 10 is determined on an axis 45 passing through the position between pickup target objects A, B and the camera 10 in the direction from a lens 3 to a CCD ...
7215340 Object space EWA splatting of point-based 3D models  
A method renders a 3D model of a graphics object wherein the model includes discrete zero-dimensional points. A first opaque polygon is centered on each point, and the polygon is rendered to obtain...
7212664 Constructing heads from 3D models and 2D silhouettes  
A method reconstructs or synthesizes heads from 3D models of heads and 2D silhouettes of heads. A 3D statistical model is generated from multiple real human heads. The 3D statistical model includes...
7212656 Rapid computer modeling of faces for animation  
Described herein is a technique for creating a 3D face model using images obtained from an inexpensive camera associated with a general-purpose computer. Two still images of the user are captured,...
7212663 Coded-array technique for obtaining depth and other position information of an observed object  
A projection array is provided that comprises a plurality of discrete projection elements. An image array is obtained of a scene with the light projected onto it that is coded using the projection...
7212662 Method for the compressed transmission of image data for 3-dimensional representation of scenes and objects  
The invention relates to a method for the compressed transmission of image data for a three-dimensional representation of scenes and objects. A known method for transmitting video data between an...
7209163 Image processing apparatus, image output apparatus, and camera  
A camera includes a release button, an input unit, an A/D converter, a memory, a control unit, a recording unit and an output unit. The release button outputs a signal to instruct the input unit to...
7209138 Image processing  
A method of constructing a two-dimensional image includes receiving information describing a two-dimensional N-gon mesh of vertices and constructing an image by coloring at least some of the N-gons...
7209585 Picture image generation and printed material production apparatus, and a method thereof  
A printed material production apparatus comprises: a picture image input section for inputting a picture image string; a picture image conversion section for converting an inputted picture image...
7209586 Method and arrangement for detecting the spatial form of an object  
The invention relates to a method of detecting the 3D shape of objects, in which the object is pressed into a plastically deformable mass provided with markers adapted to be evaluated...
7205519 Confocal microscope display device for displaying a plurality of slice images  
A confocal microscope apparatus has a confocal scanner for scanning a sample with shifting a focal position of a light beam in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, a moving mechanism for...
7206444 System and method for locating multiple peak summits in three-dimensional data  
A method for determining peak summit locations for multiple peaks on a three-dimensional contour includes the step of determining a highest point on the contour. Next, a peak summit of a peak on...
7203356 Subject segmentation and tracking using 3D sensing technology for video compression in multimedia applications  
Three-dimensional position information is used to segment objects in a scene viewed by a three dimensional camera. At one or more instances of an interval, the head location of the user is...
7200261 Parallax image capturing apparatus and parallax image processing apparatus  
An image capturing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, includes: a capturing section for performing image capturing for the subject at a plurality of viewpoints; and...
7200262 3-dimensional image processing method, 3-dimensional image processing device, and 3-dimensional image processing system  
Illumination light having a 2-dimensional luminance distribution is used for obtaining photographed image data, and surface attributes of a real object are estimated based on photography...
7200263 Background suppression and color adjustment method  
A Gamut Enhance Module (GME) is disclosed for applying 3 independent Tone Reproduction Curves (TRC) to each of the color components of an input image. The implementation is done via three...
7194295 Medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning with the assistance of generic patient data  
The invention relates to a method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning, wherein the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the...
7194125 System and method for interactively rendering objects with surface light fields and view-dependent opacity  
A method renders a model of a 3D object. A polygon model of the 3D object is generated, and a set of input images are acquired of the object. For each vertex of the polygon model, a set of visible...
7194112 Three dimensional spatial panorama formation with a range imaging system  
Deriving a three-dimensional panorama from a plurality of images of a scene generated by a range imaging camera of the type that produces ambiguities in range information includes the steps of: (a)...
7193626 Device and method for displaying stereo image  
A stereo image displaying device comprising: a feature element specifying section 40 for specifying feature elements contained in a pair of stereo images taken with a stereo image taking section ...
7194126 Realtime stereo and motion analysis on passive video images using an efficient image-to-image comparison algorithm requiring minimal buffering  
A compact, inexpensive, real-time device for computing dense stereo range and motion field images, which are fundamental measurements supporting a wide range of computer vision systems that...
7190825 Portable communication device for stereoscopic image display and transmission  
In a method and system of correcting deformation of a 3-D image, display of different sense of distance as a photographing ratio of the left and right cameras ( 11 and 12 ) to the object ( 60 )...
7190389 Stereo camera  
A stereo camera includes a pair of photographing optical systems arranged in a common plane so that a common photographing coverage occurs between a pair of photographing areas taken by the pair of...
7190836 Efficient ordering of data for compression and visualization  
A system and method for data compression and visualization includes a system having a compression unit for compressing an input image of voxels in accordance with a weighted visualization...
7190826 Measuring the location of objects arranged on a surface, using multi-camera photogrammetry  
A method and apparatus for measuring the location of objects arranged on a convex surface. A plurality of cameras is arranged in a stationary array about the surface, and is used to capture images...
7185647 Determination of smoothness of canisters containing inhalable medicaments  
Disclosed are methods for determining the smoothness index of the interior of a metered dose container.
7188055 Method, system, and computer program for displaying chemical data  
A system, method, and computer program product for visualizing and interactively analyzing data relating to chemical compounds. A user selects a plurality of compounds to map, and also selects a...
7184150 Laser digitizer system for dental applications  
A intra-oral laser digitizer system provides a three-dimensional visual image of a real-world object such as a dental item through a laser digitization. The laser digitizer captures an image of the...
7184071 Method of three-dimensional object reconstruction from a video sequence using a generic model  
In a novel method of 3D modeling of an object from a video sequence using an SfM algorithm and a generic object model, the generic model is incorporated after the SfM algorithm generates a 3D...
7184587 Three-dimensional shape creating program, three-dimensional shape creating method, three-dimensional shape creating apparatus, and computer readable recording medium recorded with three-dimensional shape creating program  
A three-dimensional shape creating program, a three-dimensional shape creating method, a three-dimensional shape creating apparatus and a computer readable recording medium recorded with the...
7184088 Apparatus and method for obtaining 3D images  
An apparatus and method particularly, but not exclusively, suited for use in survey applications are disclosed which allow a three dimensional image of a target or target area to be created. An...
7181061 Digital camera for taking a stereoscopic pair of images  
The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit...
7181064 Histogram-based color consistency measure for scene reconstruction  
A method of testing for color consistency between corresponding portions of two-dimensional images or photographs that are used to create three-dimensional models of scenes or objects. The testing...
7177459 Robot system having image processing function  
A robot system having an image processing function capable of detecting position and/or posture of individual workpieces randomly arranged in a stack to determine posture, or posture and position...
7177455 Image pasting system using a digital detector  
A method includes obtaining a first image of a subject at a first position, changing a position between the detector and the subject, obtaining a second image, and pasting the first and images to...
7177485 Method and system for combining image data  
A system and method for combining image data are disclosed. Sensor data sets ( 210, 212 ) are received from sensors ( 112 ). An image metric ( 214 ) with slots ( 217 ) is generated by repeating the...
7177450 Face recognition method, recording medium thereof and face recognition device  
An enquiry face image shot by a video camera and the like is collated with face image data converted into database. The data converted into the database are three-dimensional shape data of surfaces...
7174051 Information processing apparatus for adaptive processing circuits  
A data processing apparatus is capable of executing a plurality of signal processes. The data processing apparatus switches processes of a pre-processing portion, a data processing portion, and a...
7174039 System and method for embodying virtual reality  
A virtual reality embodying system uses 2D images and HDRI data taken of a target object through a camera to embody virtual reality. A modeling unit compares the 2D image's coordinate with a real...
7173615 Generating a mesh  
A method of generating a mesh includes locating a reference voxel. The reference voxel is inside a surface of an object and is adjacent to at least one voxel outside the surface. The method also...
7171037 Optical inspection system and method for displaying imaged objects in greater than two dimensions  
A display for use in a printed circuit board inspection system for inspecting objects on a printed circuit board is capable of displaying a greater-than-two dimensional image of the shape of the...
7171041 Position-orientation recognition device  
Upon reception of a work sensing command from a robot controller, an image processing unit obtains a two-dimensional image of thee whole work pallet including a work, with a CCD camera (a first...