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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...