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7227661 |
Image generating method, device and program, and illicit copying prevention system
An added information encoding part repeatedly arranges two kinds of copy inhibition code arrays of the unit two-dimensional arrays to which copy inhibition codes are assigned, and condition code...
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7227994 |
Method and apparatus for imbedded pattern recognition using dual alternating pointers
A method and apparatus for finding a reference pattern (RP) with K elements imbedded in an input pattern IP with repeating substrings uses dual pointers to point to elements in the RP to compare...
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7218759 |
Face detection in digital images
A method and apparatus for the detection of faces in a digital image captured under a variety of lighting conditions are provided. Rather than subjecting an entire image to computationally...
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7219086 |
System and method for hyper-spectral analysis
A hyper-spectral analysis method for characterizing or distinguishing diverse elements within hyper-spectral images. A plurality of patches of pixels from within the hyper-spectral images are...
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7215791 |
Color quantization and similarity measure for content based image retrieval
The invention determines the degree of similarity between a target image and each of a plurality of reference images. The measure used for the degree of similarity between images is based on the...
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7215807 |
Nondestructive inspection method and apparatus
The present invention relates to a method for inspecting a crack in a metal surface or the like, and, particularly, to an inspection method and apparatus for nondestructive inspection such as...
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7215825 |
Image-generating method and image-generating system
An image-generating system for generating data of an image on the basis of data of a photographic image obtained by capturing an image of an object. The image-generating system includes a color...
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7212667 |
Color image processing method for indexing an image using a lattice structure
A color image processing method is provided. The color image processing method includes the step of: (a) indexing a color image by assigning representative colors of an image to a color space...
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7212674 |
Method, apparatus and recording medium for face extraction
A human face is extracted easily from an image including the face. An image including a human face and a face template comprising data of outlines representing a face shape are displayed on a...
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7202791 |
Method and apparatus for modeling behavior using a probability distrubution function
A method and apparatus are disclosed for modeling patterns of behavior of humans or other animate objects and detecting a violation of a repetitive pattern of behavior. The behavior of one or more...
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7194131 |
Image selection based on image content
An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the...
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7194134 |
Hierarchical, probabilistic, localized, semantic image classifier
Described herein is a technology for semantically classifying areas of an image (and/or the images themselves) as one of a number of multiple discriminating categories. More particularly, the...
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7194127 |
Method and system for searching for images based on color and shape of a selected image
A method and system that allows a user to find images using a query by example is disclosed. Images similar to the selected image are retrieved based on color or shape. Each clip in a clip catalog...
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7194147 |
Methods and systems for improving display resolution in achromatic images using sub-pixel sampling and visual error filtering.
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for converting an achromatic, higher-resolution image to a lower-resolution image with reduced visible errors. These systems and...
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7190829 |
Speedup of face detection in digital images
Improved methods and apparatuses are provided for use in face detection. The methods and apparatuses significantly reduce the number of candidate windows within a digital image that need to be...
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7187386 |
Paint color matching and coordinating system
A paint color matching and coordinating system comprises an interface for receiving an input reference color, a processor capable of reading a memory, a memory including (1) instructions readable...
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7184593 |
Method and apparatus for detecting local features of video, and recording medium storing the method
A method of detecting local features of video which includes the steps of: extracting a first static image and a second static image from a video made up of a plurality of static images;...
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7181064 |
Histogram-based color consistency measure for scene reconstruction
A method of testing for color consistency between corresponding portions of two-dimensional images or photographs that are used to create three-dimensional models of scenes or objects. The testing...
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7181047 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying and localizing an area of relative movement in a scene
A method and apparatus for localizing an area in relative movement and for determining the speed and direction thereof in real time is disclosed. Each pixel of an image is smoothed using its own...
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7177464 |
System and method for approximating pixel color utilizing an optimized octree
A method for approximating pixel colors in a display utilizing anoptimized color palette is provided. A color octree of a target display is generated by mapping the RGB color information from each...
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7177470 |
Method of and system for detecting uniform color segments
The present invention provides a method of detecting segment boundaries for a series of successive frames in a video sequence. The method includes the steps of acquiring color information from each...
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7174034 |
Redeye reduction of digital images
A redeye reduction system creates a first matrix of candidate pixels by comparing a color-and-brightness parameter of image pixels to a first threshold. Cohesive groups of candidate pixels are...
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7171051 |
Method and apparatus for performing fixed blocksize compression for texture mapping
Method and apparatus for providing texture and/or alpha compression. In one embodiment, the present invention incorporates stored palettes, e.g., a luminance palette and a chrominance palette such...
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7167519 |
Real-time video object generation for smart cameras
An apparatus and method for video object generation and selective encoding is provided. The apparatus includes a detection module for detecting a first object in at least one image frame of a...
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7164811 |
Pocket-pen ultra-high resolution MEMS projection display in combination with on-axis CCD image capture system including means for permitting 3-D imaging
A small portable “pocket pen size” projector/image grabber device for allowing an individual to gather, share and exploit information in a projected format in real time, day or night, with...
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7159787 |
Method and apparatus for recording data
A method for storing data including the steps of providing a sheet of media and printing a raw data pixel on the sheet of media, the raw data pixel being printed at a density and a color such that...
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7162077 |
Palette-based image compression method, system and data file
A system and method involving the compression of palette-based color images. Compression is based upon coding for boundaries that exist in the original uncompressed image, where such boundaries...
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7158667 |
Image display device
In an image display device for receiving and displaying image data, color converter converts the image data on the basis of conversion characteristics data stored in a conversion characteristics...
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7149007 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
In the case of private scan, an entire control section saves, on a hard disk device, “setting information/data” for scan as a record, and reads, when necessary, “setting information/data”...
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7149325 |
Cooperative camera network
A cooperative camera network involving segmenting an image of an object and extracting a color signature from it. The color signature may be matched with the other signatures in an attempt to...
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7149349 |
Scanning and detecting a number of images
The disclosed a number of methods for scanning and individually detecting a number of images on a scanner platen. In one method, the scanner scans the platen one scanline after another and performs...
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7149329 |
Rapid computer modeling of faces for animation
Described herein is a technique for creating a 3D face model using images obtained from an inexpensive camera associated with a general-purpose computer. Two still images of the user are captured,...
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7136073 |
Automatic tone mapping for images
An image processing method for processing image data comprises the steps of obtaining scanpath data corresponding to original image data, determining regions of interest for the original image data...
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7133552 |
Method of extracting face using color distortion information
Disclosed is a face extraction method using color distortion information. The face extraction method includes extracting color distortion information from the given image, determining a skin color...
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7130461 |
Systems and method for automatically choosing visual characteristics to highlight a target against a background
A method for choosing visual characteristics of a characteristic space within a region includes calculating a mean characteristic of the region, determining a covariance of the region, inverting...
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7127125 |
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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7123769 |
Shot boundary detection
A video segment is processed to identify frames representing shot boundaries in the video segment. Initially, a partial block-based comparison technique is used to determine the amount of change...
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7120298 |
Method for obtaining and using medical data
For detecting and statistically securing correlations between the iris of a test subject and his state of health, a data bank with images of the iris of M test subjects is established by means of...
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7120296 |
Information processing method
An information processing method, comprising acquiring a photographed image of a color sample including specific color markers, binarizing a signal indicating luminosity of the photographed image,...
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7120300 |
Method for finding representative vectors in a class of vector spaces
The present invention provides a technique for retrieving pictures from a large database that is less complex and uses significantly less memory and computational resources than current techniques....
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7119838 |
Method and imager for detecting the location of objects
A device detects the location of objects in an environment by receiving an optical image and converting the optical image of the lost object into a color digital image. The device employs software...
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7117098 |
Machine-readable storage medium for analyzing distribution of macromolecules between the cell membrane and the cell cytoplasm
The present invention provides systems, methods, and screens for an optical system analysis of cells to rapidly determine the distribution, environment, or activity of fluorescently labeled...
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7116838 |
Enhancing the tonal and spatial characteristics of digital images using selective spatial filters
A method of enhancing the tonal and spatial characteristics of a digital image, includes receiving a source digital image including a plurality of pixels; producing a tone scale function that can...
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7116443 |
Neutral pixel detection using color space feature vectors wherein one color space coordinate represents lightness
A method for neutral pixel detection using color space feature vectors wherein one color space coordinate represents lightness is provided. The method includes the following steps: a) receiving an...
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7117226 |
Method and device for seeking images based on the content taking into account the content of regions of interest
A method of seeking images, from an example image, from amongst a plurality of images stored in a database, each of the stored images being associated with an index, representing at least one...
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7113637 |
Apparatus and methods for pattern recognition based on transform aggregation
In order to improve pattern recognition, various kinds of transformations are performed on an input object. One or more recognition algorithms are then performed on the input object transforms in...
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7110600 |
Document identifying device and method
The invention relates to a document discriminating apparatus and a discriminating method for use in processing documents at financial institutions. A characteristic portion inherent in an optional...
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7103215 |
Automated detection of pornographic images
A method of detecting pornographic images, wherein a color reference database is prepared in LAB color space defining a plurality of colors representing relevant portions of a human body. A...
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7099044 |
Color image processing apparatus and method and color image forming apparatus and method
A color image processing apparatus includes at least patch image output units which output patch image data, based on patch data in a storage area, a patch data extractor which extracts read patch...
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7095889 |
Method of and apparatus for image processing
A monochromatic image signal is made from a color image signal. Values of brightness of pixels in a color border region of a type where two color regions which are small in brightness difference...
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