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7522765 System and method for localizing imaging devices  
A system and method for localizing imaging devices in a network using images taken by the imaging devices. The relative position and orientation of a network of camera-equipped communications...
7518636 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
Shakiness of a panoramic video can be reduced by an image processing method comprising: setting a common coordinate system which can be transformed from individual coordinate systems of a plurality...
7519210 Method of assessing localized shape and temperature of the human body  
A method of objectively quantifying assessments of joints having arthritis for purposes of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The objective measurements utilize known imaging modalities including...
7515759 3D video coding using sub-sequences  
A stereo-view image sequence is coded in an H.264-based sub-sequence coding by coding a first view of the stereo-view image sequence into a base layer of a sub-sequence coding. The second view of...
7512262 Stereo-based image processing  
Images of the same scene from multiple cameras may be use to generate a stereo disparity map. At least a portion of the stereo disparity map may be compared to a kernel image to detect and/or...
7511731 Image photographing apparatus and image processing method  
In an image generation apparatus capable of generating an image of an arbitrary view point, to enable a user to easily set a view point position of a reconstructed image in an actual space, there...
7512261 System and method for calibrating multiple cameras without employing a pattern by inter-image homography  
Interactive multi-view video presents new types of video capture systems, video formats, video compression algorithms, and services. Many video cameras are allocated to capture an event from...
7512494 Vehicle mounted image processor and method of use  
A vehicle-mounted detecting device and corresponding method for detecting a distance between the vehicle and an object outside the vehicle. The detecting device extracts edge intersection points...
7512250 System and method for fast illumination-invariant background subtraction using two views  
A method for eliminating errors in foreground object detection in digitized images comprises providing a reference camera and a secondary camera, vertically aligning each said camera with a...
7508982 Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for removing noise from stereoscopic image pair  
Light that is incident through a pair of object lenses of digital binocular glasses is photographed by a pair of image pickup devices to obtain a pair of images (stereoscopic image) generating a...
7508977 Image processing apparatus  
A method of generating model data representative of a model in a three-dimensional space of an object from input signals representative of a set of images of the object taken from a plurality of...
7509241 Method and apparatus for automatically generating a site model  
A method and apparatus for automatically combining aerial images and oblique images to form a three-dimensional (3D) site model. The apparatus or method is supplied with aerial and oblique imagery....
7508979 System and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors  
A system and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors is disclosed. In the training stage, pairs of images taken simultaneously from a pair of stereo cameras are...
7508978 Detection of grooves in scanned images  
A system and method locate a central groove in a document such as a book, magazine, or catalog. In one implementation, scores are generated for points in a three-dimensional image that defines a...
7508980 Method for preparing stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation system  
A method for preparing stereo images by using a surveying instrument, which comprises an image pickup means for acquiring an image in a collimating direction, and a distance measuring and angle...
7508972 Topographic measurement using stereoscopic picture frames  
Disclosed is a topographic measurement system wherein at least one satellite is used to scan the earth surface and send picture frames of a target area captured at different positions to an earth...
7505617 Fiducial-less tracking with non-rigid image registration  
A method and system is presented for tracking patient motion in image guided surgery, using skeletal reference structures instead of fiducial markers.
7502125 Measuring technology and computer numerical control technology  
A measuring apparatus of this invention comprises: a projector; a camera; a generator that generates, from a photographed image of a fringe pattern projected by the projector at a time of...
7502496 Face image processing apparatus and method  
A face image processing apparatus, includes: a face region detecting unit configured to detect a face feature point of a person from a plurality of images picked up by a plurality of imaging units...
7499184 Three-dimensional measuring apparatus and three-dimensional measuring method  
The invention provides a measuring apparatus that can efficiently analyze a three-dimensional image by simultaneously recording a circular streak image and a straight-line streak image at a...
7499586 Photographing big things  
The subject application provides an architecture that facilitates producing a single image that can visualize a scene too large to depict from any single perspective view. These images can be...
7499585 Apparatus and method for describing 3-dimensional image data and apparatus and method for retrieving 3-dimensional image data  
Provided is an apparatus and method for describing three-dimensional, image data, an apparatus and method for retrieving three-dimensional image data, and a computer-readable recording media for...
7496217 Method and image processing system for segmentation of section image data  
A method is for segmentation of section image data of an examination object, in which a target structure is determined in the section image data and an anatomical norm model is selected whose...
7496226 Multi-camera inspection of underwater structures  
A method, system and apparatus for viewing and imaging an underwater structure from a submersible platform, navigating along the structure and constructing a map of the structure in the forms of a...
7492927 Facial image processing methods and systems  
In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with...
7489813 Method and system for detecting the three-dimensional shape of an object  
The invention relates to a method for detecting the three-dimensional shape of an object ( 2 ) during which an object ( 2 ) provided with photogrammetrically evaluable marks ( 4 ) is placed on a...
7489812 Conversion and encoding techniques  
A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of receiving depth data for a plurality of points in the image sequence, utilising the depth data and a...
7489809 Interactive virtual endoscopy  
The invention relates to a method for processing of a three-dimensional image data set, wherein the three-dimensional image data set is converted to a data set suitable for a two-dimensional image...
7489425 Method for controlling an operating process of a printing machine  
A method for controlling an operating process of a printing machine uses parameters of 3-D scenes taken with only one camera. A learning phase is performed in which the object in a non-moving state...
7489319 Light source device for three-dimensional display  
A highly precise and durable light source device 50 for a three-dimensional display does not use a mechanical construction and thus can rapidly move an illuminating point on a light source to a...
7486816 Three-dimensional measurement apparatus  
A three-dimensional measurement apparatus of a slit light (or pseudo slit light) projection type that is adapted to prevent deterioration of measurement accuracy and to be easily miniaturized....
7486817 Apparatus for and method of generating image, and computer program product  
An apparatus includes a stereoscopic display region calculator calculating a stereoscopic display region to reproduce a three-dimensional positional relationship in image data displayed on a...
7486804 Method and device for detecting three-dimensional information  
An image of an object illuminated by illumination light having given intensity is formed as an optical image. The distance between respective points of the object is determined on the basis of a...
7486815 Method and apparatus for scene learning and three-dimensional tracking using stereo video cameras  
A method and apparatus are provided for learning a model for the appearance of an object while tracking the position of the object in three dimensions. Under embodiments of the present invention,...
7483563 Image processing apparatus and method  
Technology is provided for changing one or more image attributes pertaining to depth perception in a two-dimensional image to emphasize the perceived stereoscopy of the two-dimensional image and...
7483564 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional shadow lightening  
A method of image processing is provided, the method including acquiring a digital image having a three-dimensional shadow, determining a boundary of the three-dimensional shadow, and lightening...
7483590 Image processing apparatus and image processing method for non-planar image, storage medium, and computer program  
Such processes as compression, storage and reproduction of an image mapped on a three-dimensional coordinate system such as a spherical surface or a cylindrical surface are performed suitably by...
7480398 Method of registering a sequence of 2D image data with 3D image data  
The present invention relates to a method for registration of a sequence of 2D image data ( 5 ) of a hollow channel ( 2 ), in particular of a vessel, recorded with an imaging endoluminal instrument...
7480402 System and method for producing an augmented image of an organ of a patient  
System for displaying an augmented image of an organ of a patient, including an image fusion processor coupled with a stereoscopic image detector, a tomographic image processor, and with a display,...
7477777 Automatic compositing of 3D objects in a still frame or series of frames  
Systems, methods, and computer program products that provide broadcast-quality photo-realistic rendering of one or more 3D objects added to a still frame (photo mode), or series of frames (movie...
7477776 Method and apparatus for determining a plane of symmetry of a three-dimensional object  
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a plane of symmetry of a three-dimensional object from at least two two-dimensional mappings, wherein the mappings are obtained from different...
7477775 Microscope system  
A CPU executes a process for building an image, which is projected on three planes such as XY, YZ, and XZ planes mutually intersecting in three-dimensional space, of a three-dimensional image...
7474782 Apparatus and method for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium  
In an apparatus for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium, a data arranging unit arranges input data in a form of M1×M2 data pixels on a page basis to thereby generate...
7474399 Dual illumination system for an imaging apparatus and method  
A dual illumination system is disclosed for use with an imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus defines a light-tight imaging compartment with an interior wall having a view port extending into...
7471821 Method and apparatus for registering a known digital object to scanned 3-D model  
Method and apparatus for registering an object of known predetermined geometry to scanned three dimensional data such that the object's location may be verified. Such a known object may comprise a...
7463761 Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides  
Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides are provided. One or more microscope slides are positioned in an image acquisition device that scans the specimens on...
7463257 Parallax scanning through scene object position manipulation  
One aspect of the invention includes and method of generating virtual autostereoscopic images using a computer. The method may include defining at least one object in a virtual three-dimensional...
7460687 Watermarking scheme for digital video  
A pointing position detection device is provided which, along with enabling a human being to perform pointing operation in a natural manner, can perform detection at high accuracy. The device...
7460686 Security monitor device at station platform  
The present invention provides a more reliable safety monitoring device on the station platform, where the safety monitoring device detects the fall of a person on the platform edge on the...
7460733 System and method for registration and modeling of deformable shapes by direct factorization  
A method of registering and modeling a deformable shape in a digitized image is provided, comprising the steps of providing a measurement matrix W of N measurements of P points of a D-dimensional...