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7415612 |
Image encrypting method, and image decrypting method
An image decrypting apparatus derives spectral reflectance of the face of an original on the basis of obtained original image data, built-in light source data and basis function data, and obtains...
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7405737 |
Method for specifying paint color from computer graphics picture
A paint color is specified from a computer graphics picture by displaying a computer graphics picture suitable for the impression of a desired paint color on a display unit, obtaining color...
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7403836 |
Automatic work apparatus and automatic work control program
The automatic work apparatus extracts the target image of which photos are taken by the left and right CCD cameras, specifies the spatial position of the target and executes an operation to the...
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7397939 |
Method and apparatus for automatic removal of optical artifacts in scanning
A system and method for removing optical iridescent artifacts in an image includes scanning an article having a transparent and reflective surface to create the image, identifying potential optical...
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7394468 |
Converted digital colour image with improved colour distinction for colour-blinds
A method is provided for converting a digital colour image to a digital colour image with improved colour distinction. This method improves the colour distinction in a colour image for an observer...
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7394574 |
Method and device for electronically correcting the color value in film scanners
A method for digitizing images stored on film material has, after the image conversion by means of a digitizing device firstly an electronic color value correction independent of user inputs. A...
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7391900 |
Image processing method for removing glasses from color facial images
A method for obtaining a glassless image is disclosed. The image processing method comprises the steps of (a) receiving an RGB color frontal facial image; (b) extracting candidates of eye regions...
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7382894 |
Method for automatic identification of a hair region
A method for automatic identification of a hair region is provided wherein edges are identified from an original image including a face and hair, the direction and length of the lines which form...
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7379507 |
Method and device for modulation recognition of digitally modulated signals with multi-level magnitudes
A modulation recognition method and device for digitally modulated signals with multi-level magnitudes are provided. The modulation recognition method includes selecting plural quantization sizes...
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7366349 |
Two-dimensional array spectroscopy method and apparatus
A spectroscope includes a light source providing a first and a second range of wavelengths, a dispersion unit to receive light and to output the first and second range of wavelengths at different...
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7362334 |
System for regional data association and presentation and method for the same
A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the...
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7362336 |
Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection
A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an...
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7355737 |
Apparatus and method for two-color printing based on single color data
A printer 10 has a reception unit 28 for receiving print commands from a host 12 , and has print heads 64, 66 capable of printing multiple colors. A data processing part 24 applies a...
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7355741 |
Data processing apparatus for condensed printing
When multiple pages of a document are condensed and printed on a single sheet of printing media, an image data generator condenses the page image data by a prescribed reduction ratio. A sequence...
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7356187 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting the model threshold of a support vector machine for text classification and filtering
An information need can be modeled by a binary classifier such as support vector machine (SVM). SVMs can exhibit very conservative precision oriented behavior when modeling information needs. This...
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7346211 |
Image type classification using color discreteness features
A method and system for classifying images between natural pictures and synthetic graphics is provided. In embodiments of the invention, a picture/graphic classification method and system...
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7339701 |
Method for darkness correction of trapped pixels
A method for correcting for edge defects caused by print characteristics of a print engine includes printing a set of actual color patches corresponding to a desired set of colors; defining an edge...
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7336401 |
Systems and methods for estimating an image marking process using event mapping of scanned image attributes
Methods and systems used to automatically identify the marking process used for an image on a substrate based on spatial characteristics and/or color of the image. Image types which are classified...
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7336812 |
System for microvolume laser scanning cytometry
The present invention provides an improved integrated system for biological marker identification. The system uses Microvolume Laser Scanning Microscopy (MLSC) in order to measure patterns of...
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7336819 |
Detection of sky in digital color images
A method of detecting sky in a digital color image having pixels is disclosed. The method includes identifying pixels from the digital color image representing an initial sky region; developing a...
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7333653 |
Detecting and correcting redeye in an image
Systems and methods of detecting and correcting redeye in an image are described. In one aspect, pixels of the input image are segmented based on projections of color values of the pixels onto...
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7333671 |
Image processing method to improve image sharpness
A method for processing an image to increase sharpness of the image without changing hue characteristics. The method includes performing a transformation process to transform an original image...
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7333654 |
Digital image processing system and method for emphasizing a main subject of an image
A system and method for automatically altering an image having pixels is disclosed. An image is segmented into regions and various features of the regions are extracted and used to calculate a...
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7333655 |
Evaluating graphic image files for objectionable content
Computer based method and apparatus for evaluating a graphic image file for the presence of objectionable visual content. The graphic image file comprises a number of pixels each having spectral...
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7330584 |
Image processing apparatus and method
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, applied to e.g. a TV conference system or a TV telephone system, in which an image to be transmitted or received is captured and...
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7315645 |
Medium category determination method for a multi-function peripheral
A medium category determination method for a multi-function peripheral, which uses an algorithm to enhance the differences in the luminance values of three primary color and the corresponding...
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7310165 |
Dynamic color rendering dictionaries
Dynamic Color Render Dictionaries are provided to automatically switch color rendering behavior between object types. The implementation resides entirely within the Color Render Dictionary (CRD)...
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7308137 |
Method of determining color composition of an image
A method of determining color composition of an image includes calculating an intensity value and a saturation value for each pixel of the image, comparing the calculated intensity and saturation...
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7302094 |
Transparency and/or color processing
A system or method of automated image processing that can automatically determine a color and transparency for a pixel with an observed color when given the pixel and a background reference color....
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7301672 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Information that is required for laying out character string data is entered, as are character string data. The printing attributes for the data are then edited, and are employed to extract contour...
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7298895 |
Method for automatically classifying images into events
A method for obtaining and automatically classifying images into events comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a group of images from a digital source, wherein the images are in chronological...
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7298902 |
Method and system for performing image mark recognition
A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The...
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7298907 |
Target recognizing device and target recognizing method
A target recognizing device that creates a template concerning a target by itself is provided. The device comprises a robot camera for creating continuous images showing a target and an arithmetic...
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7295702 |
Method for segmenting an image
A method for isolating an element of an image made up of pixels comprising the steps of classifying the pixels into different groups based on the color value of the pixel, blurring the image,...
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7295703 |
Method for scanner characterization for color measurement of printed media having four or more colorants
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for the improved characterization of an image scanner or similar image input terminal so as to enable the device to be employed in the...
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7295686 |
Method of processing red eye in digital images
In a method of processing red eye in digital images, a skin area is first determined in an image. Then all inner boundaries within the skin area are picked up. The inner boundaries are matched with...
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7283139 |
Image processing device for transmitting color with fidelity and product selling method using the same
An image processing device ( 1 ) provides a client device ( 3 ) with a first test pattern image, acquires the results of evaluation concerning distinguishability of the image by human eyes,...
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7283664 |
Interactive computer aided analysis of images from sensor combinations
A method of interactively using a computer to select a sensor combination for analyzing images of a scene in order to distinguish between objects or patterns. Two or more images are acquired, each...
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7280707 |
Registration of separations
Images may be registered using temporal (time-based) and spatial information. In a film implementation, because film is a sequence of frames, using information from neighboring frames may enable a...
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7277584 |
Form recognition system, form recognition method, program and storage medium
A plurality of binary images are obtained from one form image by binarizing the form image by using a plurality of binarizing threshold values for improving a recognition rate of the search form...
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7277191 |
Fast efficient window region coalescing in a two-pass auto-windowing environment
A method and apparatus are provided for the processing of an image, such as a document. The invention determines the location of differing content types within the document allowing specialized...
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7266237 |
System and method for a heuristics-based approach for determining a number of colors in an image
A method for determining a number of colors in a digital image includes receiving a digital image and determining a total number of pixels in the digital image. A proportion of the total number of...
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7263220 |
Method for detecting color objects in digital images
A method for detecting an object in a digital image including the steps of performing color quantization on a model image including the object and on a search image that potentially includes the...
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7262779 |
Differential imaging colorimeter
A differential imaging colorimeter system and method which utilizes a RGB color camera to provide accurate differential colorimetry which can be employed as a portable, dedicated, offline system....
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7260257 |
System and method for whiteboard and audio capture
A system that captures both whiteboard content and audio signals of a meeting using a digital camera and a microphone. The system can be retrofit to any existing whiteboard. It computes the time...
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7257251 |
Chrominance smoothing
A method for reducing chrominance entropy in a digital color image. This method is practiced in relation to pixels in the two chrominance channels in a luminance-chrominance-chrominance...
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7257276 |
Digital image interpolation method
A digital image interpolation method is disclosed which a projection point (x, y) of the original image corresponding to a pixel of the transformed image first is determined. According to...
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7256785 |
Assigning subpath attributes in a drawing
Techniques for assigning a subpath attribute to a subpath in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current path having a current subpath, matching a...
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7251358 |
Color measurement profile with embedded characterization
A data structure by which a color management system can model color behavior of a color device. More particularly, the data structure includes a measurement component including a collection of...
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7248733 |
Color-image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium
Conventionally, a color-image processing apparatus, such as a computer, or the like, cannot determine whether or not color-image data stored in an image storage device, such as a hard disk, or the...
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