|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7171285 |
Mobile robot using image sensor and method for measuring moving distance thereof
In a mobile robot and a method for measuring a moving distance thereof, by including an image capture unit for photographing the bottom surface according to motion of a mobile robot at a certain...
|
|
|
7171060 |
Method of perceptual 3D shape description and method and apparatus for searching 3D graphics model database using the description method
A method of perceptual 3-dimensional (3D) shape description and a method and apparatus for searching a perceptual 3D graphics model database established using the description method are provided....
|
|
|
7170592 |
Method of inspecting a sphere without orienting the sphere
The present invention is directed to a method of inspecting a curved object comprising the steps of acquiring inspection image data of a curved object using a detector, generating adjusted image...
|
|
|
7167584 |
Device for acquiring a three-dimensional shape by optoelectronic process
The invention concerns a device for acquiring the three-dimensional shape of an object ( 10 ) by opto-electronic process, comprising a chromatic system ( 18 ) for illuminating the object ( 10 ) and...
|
|
|
7167172 |
Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure contained in an object, notably for medical image analysis
The invention relates to a method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure, contained in an object, from one or more two-dimensional images which represent a slice of the object. The method...
|
|
|
7164786 |
Image sensing and image processing apparatuses
Images sensed through object lenses 100 R and 100 L, having zoom lenses, with image sensors 102 R and 102 L are processed by image signal processors 104 R and 104 L, and an image of an object...
|
|
|
7164789 |
Three-dimensional active vision with glyph address carpet
A method for reconstructing three dimensional shapes from two dimensional image domains uses glyph address carpets as a structured light pattern. The glyph address carpet includes a glyph encoding...
|
|
|
7164787 |
Enhancing two-dimensional contrast images rendered from three-dimensional streak tube imaging lidar (STIL) data
A method is provided for enhancing two-dimensional contrast images rendered from three-dimensional STIL data. Briefly, the rendered contrast image data is scaled based on a mean intensity value of...
|
|
|
7164788 |
Enhancing two-dimensional range images rendered from three-dimensional streak tube imaging lidar (STIL) data
A method is provided for enhancing two-dimensional range images rendered from three-dimensional STIL data. Briefly, the rendered range image data is modified to compensate for jitter effects...
|
|
|
7164785 |
Apparatus and methods of generation of textures with depth buffers
A three dimensional (3-D) image is generated from a plurality of portions of an image of an object, each captured portion of the image is based on a scan width of an image capture device. A range...
|
|
|
7164784 |
Edge chaining using smoothly-varying stereo disparity
A method links edges in stereo images into chains which correspond to physical contours in a scene. First, edges are detected in the stereo images. Edges between the stereo images are matched, such...
|
|
|
7161606 |
Systems and methods for directly generating a view using a layered approach
Apparatuses and methods are presented that use a direct synthesis approach using layers in order to directly generate a virtual view from a pair of images. In one embodiment, a range space is...
|
|
|
7162074 |
Adjusting apparatus for stereoscopic camera
An adjusting apparatus for adjusting a brightness balance between a pair of images taken by a stereoscopic camera, comprises an offset amount adjusting means for adjusting a brightness offset of...
|
|
|
7162064 |
Method for operating a computed tomography device
A method for operating a computed tomograph device is provided by which volume data pertaining to a volume area of a test object can be recorded. A marking for identifying a reconstruction area to...
|
|
|
7161614 |
Device and method for converting two-dimensional video to three-dimensional video
There is provided parallax correction means for correcting a parallax for each area calculated by parallax calculation means in accordance with the magnitude of a motion vector for the area...
|
|
|
7161596 |
Display location calculation means
Display location calculation means and methods for calculating a display location are disclosed. It has become common for users to indicate a point on a display in order to communicate with a...
|
|
|
7158665 |
Image processing device for stereo image processing
In a correlation process between image patterns seen by two stereo-viewing cameras, the process can be made faster by using only the information related to a coordinate in the direction having a...
|
|
|
7155042 |
Method and system of measuring characteristics of an organ
The invention provides a method of measuring characteristics of an organ or part thereof from multiple images of the organ or part thereof, the method comprising the steps of defining the spatial...
|
|
|
7155030 |
Camera calibration system using planar concentric circles and method thereof
The invention relates to a camera calibration system and method thereof which is capable of easily performing camera calibration using a concentric circle pattern. According to the invention, a...
|
|
|
7151849 |
Efficient block transform including pre-processing and post processing for autostereoscopic displays
Image data processing techniques utilizing multiple processes operating on one or more processors of one or more computer systems can be used to efficiently rearrange or reparameterizing image data...
|
|
|
7149346 |
Three-dimensional database generating system and method for generating three-dimensional database
In addition to height data for objects being calculated from stereographic pair images photographed from a satellite, information on outlines is also extracted, and by integrating this height data...
|
|
|
7149345 |
Evaluating method, generating method and apparatus for three-dimensional shape model
In order to simply generate an accurate three-dimensional shape model, the generating method has the step (# 1 ) of arranging a three-dimensional shape model in an initial state in a virtual space,...
|
|
|
7146036 |
Multiframe correspondence estimation
Systems and methods of multiframe correspondence estimation are described. Light patterns reflected from the scene are captured at one or more capture planes. In one aspect, a sequence of patterns...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7142709 |
Generating image data
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to process image data. A data structure includes a plurality of nodes that represent processing to be performed upon image data....
|
|
|
7142312 |
Laser digitizer system for dental applications
A laser digitizer system provides a visual three-dimensional image of a real-world object such as a dental item through a laser digitization. The laser digitizer captures an image of the object by...
|
|
|
7142208 |
Method for interactive segmentation of a structure contained in an object
The invention relates to a method for the interactive segmentation of a structure contained in an object from a three-dimensional image of the object. In an expansion mode a region expansion...
|
|
|
7142726 |
Three-dimensional scene reconstruction from labeled two-dimensional images
A method constructs three-dimensional (3D) models of a scene from a set of two-dimensional (2D) input images. The 3D model can then be used to reconstruct the scene from arbitrary viewpoints. A...
|
|
|
7139424 |
Stereoscopic image characteristics examination system
A stereo camera and an examination screen having a pattern based on grid lines are arranged at prescribed positions relative to each other. The stereo camera photographs the examination screen to...
|
|
|
7139423 |
Method for building a three-dimensional scene by analyzing a sequence of images
The process comprises the following steps: calculating, for an image, a depth map corresponding to the depth, in the three-dimensional space, of image pixels; calculating, for an image, a...
|
|
|
7138645 |
Calibration pattern unit photographed by an imaging system to acquire an image for obtaining correction information
A calibration pattern unit which obtains correction information of an imaging system by imaging at the imaging system is formed by combining a plurality of three-dimensionally arranged planes. The...
|
|
|
7136522 |
Systems for spectral multiplexing of source images to provide a composite image, for rendering the composite image, and for spectral demultiplexing of the composite image to animate recovered source images
Methods and apparatus for spectrally-encoding plural source images and for providing the spectrally-encoded plural source images in a composite image, for rendering the composite image in a...
|
|
|
7136171 |
Method for the extraction of image features caused by structure light using template information
A method for use with a non-contact range finding and measurement system for generating a template guide representative of the surface of a observed object, and for utilizing the template guide to...
|
|
|
7136521 |
Optical arrangement for producing stereoscopic images
An optical arrangement for stereoscopic viewing of objects which is outfitted with an imaging system and with at least one lens group with a fixed focal length which is arranged between the imaging...
|
|
|
7133539 |
Three-dimensional terrain-information generating system and method, and computer program therefor
A three-dimensional terrain-information generating system extracts a road region from altitude information arranged on a two-dimensional plane and adjusts the position and scale by matching 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...
|
|
|
7133551 |
Semi-automatic reconstruction method of 3-D building models using building outline segments
A semi-automatic reconstruction method of 3-D building models using building outline segments is introduced. The core technology of the present invention is called the “Split-Merge-Shape”...
|
|
|
7127101 |
Automatic selection of cranial remodeling device trim lines
A method and system for producing cranial remodeling devices to correct for head deformities in infants is described. The system operates on three dimensional digital captured data of a head to...
|
|
|
7127100 |
System and method for analyzing an image
A system and method for analyzing an image. The system may comprise a computer which includes a CPU and a memory medium which is operable to store one or more programs executable by the CPU to...
|
|
|
7127091 |
Method and apparatus for visualizing a limited part of a 3D medical image-point-related data set, through basing a rendered image on an intermediate region between first and second clipping planes, and including spectroscopic viewing of such region
For visualizing a limited part of a 3D medical image-point-related data set, Selectively, a geometrically selected part of the data set is suppressed and an image rendered based on any...
|
|
|
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...
|
|
|
7123777 |
System and method for panoramic imaging
The present invention provides a system for processing panoramic photographic images. The system includes a mirror for reflecting an image of a scene, a mounting assembly for mounting the mirror on...
|
|
|
7123766 |
Method and system for recognizing and selecting a region of interest in an image
A method and system for recognizing and selecting a portion of an image. The method and system employs user-controlled region growing to select a region within an image. The user manipulates a user...
|
|
|
7123767 |
Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components
A programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital mode of the patient's dentition, identifies points in...
|