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7457456 Image generation method and device  
An image generation method for generating a viewpoint-modified image is carried out based on camera information sensed by one or a plurality of image sensing unit sensing an image around an image...
7456977 Wireless substrate-like sensor  
A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition...
7457437 Method and device for optically detecting the open state of a vehicle door  
The invention relates to a method for detecting the position of an object within the interior or a vehicle equipped with a door ( 4 ). The inventive method is characterized by recording a sequence...
7456864 Digital camera for capturing a panoramic image  
A digital camera comprises an angular velocity detector for detecting angular velocity of a camera body in a yaw direction and a pitch direction. In capturing panoramic image, when movement of the...
7454054 Three-dimensional shape input device  
A three-dimensional shape input device for entering a three-dimensional shape of an object by a light projection method is provided, which includes a light projecting portion for projecting...
7453489 Image processing apparatus, image pickup system, image display system, image pickup display system, image processing program, and computer-readable recording medium in which image processing program is recorded  
An image processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with (a) reduction calculation sections for reducing the number of a plurality of input image data, corresponding to a plurality...
7454045 Determination of feature boundaries in a digital representation of an anatomical structure  
A virtual anatomical structure can be analyzed to determine enclosing three-dimensional boundaries of features therein. Various techniques can be used to determine tissue types in the virtual...
7450248 Three-dimensional measuring method and three-dimensional measuring apparatus  
After calibration for three-dimensional measurement has been completed, specification of a range of height to be measured is accepted, and using a homography matrix corresponding to the specified...
7450783 Methods and systems for measuring the size and volume of features on live tissues  
Methods and systems for measuring volume and size of features such as lesions, tumors, sores, and wounds external to animal, human and plant skin, using 3D structured light scanners are provided....
7450749 Image processing method for interacting with a 3-D surface represented in a 3-D image  
The invention relates to an image processing method for displaying a processed image of a three dimensional (3-D) object using a two-dimensional display means and for interacting with the surface...
7447558 Apparatus for determining a three dimensional shape of an object  
An apparatus is described that uses cameras arranged on, in, or about a structure adapted to fit over, around, or about an object to be measured. Projectors are arranged on, in, or about the...
7447342 Method and system for using cutting planes for colon polyp detection  
A method of identifying a polyp in a digital image of a colon, wherein said image comprises a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of voxels in a 3-dimensional space, is provided. The...
7447349 Method and a system for processing digital images  
A method for processing digital images includes generating a plurality of images of reduced size from a two-dimensional image, with the reduced sizes being different from each other. The reduced...
7444013 Method and apparatus for recovering depth using multi-plane stereo and spatial propagation  
An image processing system recovers 3-D depth information for pixels of a base image representing a view of a scene. The system detects a plurality of pixels in a base image that represents a first...
7444014 Extended depth of focus microscopy  
Imaging techniques. The focus of an imaging device is varied while acquiring an image of an object. The resulting blurred image is deconvolved to generate, in one embodiment, a two-dimensional...
7440610 Apparatus and method for image based coordinate determination  
An embodiment of the present invention utilizes the Precision Strike Suite (PSS). PSS performs tasks including but not limited to the generation of true geodetic coordinates and elevation of an...
7440620 Infrared safety systems and methods  
The present invention relates to an automated safety system having at least one projector to direct electromagnetic energy into a region of space associated with a security, warning, or safety...
7440609 Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure  
The invention relates to a method for segmentation of a three-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional data set, especially a medical data set. The method uses a three-dimensional deformable...
7440585 Autonomous vehicle and motion control therefor  
There are provided an autonomous vehicle, and an apparatus and method for estimating the motion of the autonomous vehicle and detecting three-dimensional (3D) information of an object appearing in...
7436136 Camera based anti-pinch system  
An anti-pinch control system is used to identify obstructions in a path of movement for a powered vehicle member, such as a vehicle window for example. A pinching area is identified for the vehicle...
7437025 Sensing system for detection and control of deposition on pendant tubes in recovery and power boilers  
A system for detection and control of deposition on pendant tubes in recovery and power boilers includes one or more deposit monitoring sensors operating in infrared regions of about 4 or 8.7...
7436990 Blood flow dynamic analyzer and its method, and image diagnostic apparatus  
According to the present invention, a Fourier transformation is executed on a time-concentration curve for an inflow artery and a time-concentration curve for each tissue on the basis of a...
7436988 3D face authentication and recognition based on bilateral symmetry analysis  
There is provided a novel approach for automatic human face authentication. Taking a 3D triangular facial mesh as input, the approach first automatically extracts the bilateral symmetry plane of...
7433502 Three-dimensional, digitized capturing of the shape bodies and body parts using mechanically positioned imaging sensors  
There is described a photogrammetric method and an arrangement for the three-dimensional digitizing of bodies and body parts ( 26 ) which are covered with a marked, elastic cover ( 14 ), which...
7433510 Information presentation apparatus and information presentation system using the same  
A three-dimensional position posture relation detection unit detects a relation of relative three-dimensional position and posture between an image input unit and a target object using the image of...
7433507 Imaging chain for digital tomosynthesis on a flat panel detector  
A method of creating and displaying images resulting from digital tomosynthesis performed on a subject using a flat panel detector is disclosed. The method includes the step of acquiring a series...
7433496 In-vehicle image correcting device and night driving view field supporting device  
An in-vehicle image correcting device for correcting an image picked up by a near-infrared camera ahead of one's own vehicle in which an obstacle is difficult for a driver to visually recognize...
7433493 Abnormal behavior detector  
A technique for detecting an abnormal behavior by monitoring moving objects such as human being and a car. The place where the abnormal behavior of the moving objects occurs is deduced from the...
7430312 Creating 3D images of objects by illuminating with infrared patterns  
According to a general aspect, processing images includes projecting an infra-red pattern onto a three-dimensional object and producing a first image, a second image, and a third image of the...
7430323 Method and apparatus for 4-dimensional image warping  
A method of atlas mapping and an apparatus for image mapping are provided. The method includes generating a four dimensional template, linearly transforming the four dimensional representation of a...
7428329 Pickup image processing device of electronic part mounting device and pickup image processing method  
An existing electronic part mounting device can have the function of correcting the parallax of a camera pickup image only by addition or modification of software without using a telecentric lens....
7428330 Cyclopean virtual imaging via generalized probabilistic smoothing  
A cyclopean virtual imaging system provides a view from a virtual camera placed symmetrically or midway between the calibrated cameras of a physical stereo pair. Such a system may be used in video...
7428328 Method of forming a three-dimensional image of a pattern to be inspected and apparatus for performing the same  
In a method and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional image for an inspection pattern, a reference intensity function of an inspection X-ray is formed in accordance with a continuous scanning...
7428334 Methods and systems for 3D segmentation of ultrasound images  
A method for three dimensional (3D) segmentation of an object is provided. The method obtains a volumetric data set containing object data and non-object data in proximity to the object data, the...
7426345 Slide photograph data creation system, and slide photograph data  
A slide photograph data creation system includes a digital camera for making high-magnification photographs of samples, a sample transporter for holding and transporting samples, a controller for...
7426292 Method for determining optimal viewpoints for 3D face modeling and face recognition  
A method determines an optimal set of viewpoints to acquire a 3D shape of a face. A view-sphere is tessellated with a plurality of viewpoint cells. The face is at an approximate center of the...
7424155 Two-dimensional code recognition processing method, two-dimensional code recognition processing apparatus, and storage medium  
A two-dimensional code recognition processing method for recognizing a two-dimensional code made of a plurality of square cells arranged in accordance with predetermined layout rules. The method...
7421098 Facial recognition and the open mouth problem  
A method, for electronic face recognition using geodesic representations, of processing such a geodesic representation of a face having a mouth and being able to adopt open-mouthed or closed mouth...
7421111 Light pen system for pixel-based displays  
An interactive display system includes a pixel-based display surface and a light pen. A sequence of patterns is projected onto the display surface. The sequence of patterns has a unique sequence of...
7421112 Cargo sensing system  
A cargo sensing system is configured to determine if cargo is present within a container. In one implementation, the cargo sensing system senses lines within an image of a cargo space. The lines...
7418126 Image distortion correcting method and apparatus, and storage medium  
An image distortion correcting apparatus is provided with an image input section to input an image of a flat rectangular paper surface imaged by an imaging section, as an input image, an imaging...
7418127 Apparatus for testing infrared camera  
An apparatus for testing infrared cameras includes: a front plate which has holes arranged in line, and which is adapted to emit an amount of infrared light; and a back plate which is disposed in...
7414732 Method and device for determining the 3D profile of an object  
The invention relates to a method for determining the 3D profile of an object. In order to improve a method of this type, several sections of the object ( 5 ) are measured. During at least one...
7415152 Method and system for constructing a 3D representation of a face from a 2D representation  
A method and system for generating 3D images of faces from 2D images, for generating 2D images of the faces at different image conditions from the 3D images, and for recognizing a 2D image of a...
7415147 Method of and system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography  
A method of and a system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography are provided, wherein the photoelectric projections are generated from the projection data...
7415151 3D color information acquisition method and 3D color information acquisition device  
A method of acquiring 3D color information and a 3D color information acquisition apparatus, suitable for obtaining a 3D model of an object, use a pattern light source to acquire topography data...
7411604 Synchronization of a stereoscopic camera  
A method for synchronizing the recordings of two video cameras which are operated in parallel for the three-dimensional representation of an image sequence includes fading a light signal into the...
7411669 Substrate defect inspection method, computer readable storage medium, and defect inspection apparatus  
In the present invention, data on a substrate image picked up by an image pickup unit is outputted to a difference calculation unit where a difference image from a normal substrate is calculated. A...
7412091 System and method for registration of cubic fisheye hemispherical images  
Systems and methods for registering hemispheric images obtained using a fisheye lens for panoramic viewing, relating to spatial alignment and colour balancing of complement half-side images derived...
7409075 Image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium  
In each of frames of specified image data, a covered background area or an uncovered background area is detected. In an image in the first frame, a user inputs the contour of an object in the...