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7412098 |
Method for generating a low-dimensional representation of high-dimensional data
A method represents a class of objects. A set of samples for the objects in the class is acquired, there being one sample for each object, and each sample includes a plurality of data values...
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7411698 |
Method and device for detecting a color cast in an image
Given an image converted into a chromatic space ( 101 ), a method is used for identifying a color cast (i.e. a dominant color), through statistical analysis ( 105 ) of the distribution on an color...
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7406193 |
Image processing method and image processing apparatus for making luminance correction
An image processing method of making luminance correction on the basis of a luminance histogram showing luminance level distribution of image data expressing an image by a numerical value. A...
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7394931 |
Image processing method, program, and apparatus
An image processing method according to this invention includes: generating a histogram by counting a number of pixels for each predetermined color section in a color system having no singular...
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7394930 |
Automatic white balancing of colour gain values
A method and an related apparatus for performing a white balance operation on an image with pixels, wherein global colour gain values common for substantially all pixels of the image are first...
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7392156 |
Method and system for determining histograms
Histograms are widely used to explore data, to present data, and to persuade with data. A method and system for identifying all possible histograms from a data sample using histogram appearances....
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7391907 |
Spurious object detection in a video surveillance system
A system detects an object in frames of a video sequence to obtain a detected object, tracks the detected object in the frames of the video sequence to obtain a tracked object, and classifies the...
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7388998 |
Apparatus and method for controlling brightness of moving image signals in real time
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, which calculates the histogram of an image on the basis of moving image information that is input in real time, and corrects and...
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7382973 |
Data processing apparatus, information processing system and computer-readable recording medium recording selecting program
The present invention provides a data processing apparatus comprising a first additional information acquisition unit for acquiring the first additional information with regard to a first...
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7382933 |
System and method for semantic video segmentation based on joint audiovisual and text analysis
System and method for partitioning a video into a series of semantic units where each semantic unit relates to a generally complete thematic topic. A computer implemented method for partitioning a...
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7382898 |
Method and apparatus for detecting left objects
A method and apparatus for detecting objects (e.g., bags, vehicles, etc.) left in a field of view are disclosed. A long-term representation and a short-term representation of the field of view are...
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7376271 |
Method for quantization of histogram bin value of image
A method for quantization of a color histogram bin value of an image or video, and more particularly, a method for non-uniform quantization of a color histogram bin value of an image (or video)...
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7376250 |
Apparatus, method and program for moving object detection
The present invention detects a moving object by generating the distance information of the moving object, detecting the object motion, determining the object distance, detecting the object image...
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7372991 |
Method and apparatus for summarizing and indexing the contents of an audio-visual presentation
A method for creating a summary of an audiovisual presentation initiates with segmenting a frame of the audiovisual presentation. Then, a slide region of the segmented frame is identified. Next, a...
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7372982 |
User interface for molecular array feature analysis
A method to allow an analyst or other user of molecular-array data to directly tailor pixel-intensity integration of scanned pixel-based representations of features of a molecular array to produce...
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7372975 |
Method for secure background modeling in images
A method processes a sequence of input images securely. A sequence of input images are acquired in a client. Pixels in each input image are permuted randomly according to a permutation π to...
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7362887 |
Face identification apparatus, face identification method, and face identification program
A face identification apparatus for identifying a face is designed to have a face region expectation measure for expecting his/her face region within the image; a pupil-candidate-point detection...
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7359573 |
Contrast compensation apparatus and method thereof
A contrast compensation apparatus and a method thereof utilize a simplified hardware structure and a low contrast distortion. The contrast compensation apparatus includes a pixel value detection...
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7359100 |
Image correction method, program, and apparatus
An image correction method of this invention includes a step of identifying a first pixel that satisfies one of predetermined conditions as to a pixel level, which are set for each color component,...
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7358994 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium thereof, and program thereof
In image processing apparatus and method for displaying and printing a person image photographed by a digital camera, it is possible to automatically correct image data and output the person image...
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7349574 |
System and method for processing non-linear image data from a digital imager
A system and method process non-linear image data, still or video, from a digital imager. Noise generated by analog-to-digital converters is filtered from a pixel of digital image data. Moreover,...
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7346207 |
Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus, and appearance inspection apparatus
In an image defect inspection method and apparatus which detects a gray level difference between corresponding portions of two images, automatically sets a threshold value based on the distribution...
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7346191 |
Moving obstacle detecting device
An aspect of the present invention provides a moving obstacle detecting device installed in or on a moving body for detecting moving obstacles in the vicinity of the moving body, the moving...
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7343040 |
Method and system for modifying a digital image taking into account it's noise
A system and a method for calculating a transformed image from a digital image and from formatted information related to defects of an appliance chain for image capture and/or restitution. The...
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7343038 |
Method for evaluating contamination on surface of object and imaging box used for the method
There is provided a method for evaluating the contamination by quantifying the surface contamination of an object such as a window glass plate, a wall, or the like in such a manner that the...
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7342572 |
System and method for transforming an ordinary computer monitor into a touch screen
A system and method for turning a regular computer monitor screen into a touch screen using an ordinary camera. It includes an image-screen mapping procedure to correct for the non-flatness of the...
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7340093 |
Luminescent intensity analysis method and apparatus
An image including a signal component and a background component is digitized into a brightness distribution and is divided into the signal component and the background component. An optimized...
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7336815 |
Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus, and appearance inspection apparatus
In an image defect inspection method and apparatus which detects a gray level difference between corresponding portions of two images, automatically sets a threshold value based on the distribution...
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7330581 |
Image defect inspection method, image defect inspection apparatus and appearance inspection apparatus
A new image defect inspection method and a new image defect inspection apparatus capable of being used for automatic setting of a threshold value for an appearance inspection apparatus with a high...
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7327879 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded
Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a...
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7321699 |
Signal intensity range transformation apparatus and method
A system and method for manipulating image data is disclosed. Generally, the system and method identifies useful grey-levels within an input image. The image is then scaled based upon the...
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7321686 |
Image processing apparatus and method for improving the contract of an image
Processing for improving the contrast of an image of interest is executed by an image processing circuit in an X-ray photography apparatus. The image is decomposed into coefficient values of a...
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7319787 |
Automatic contrast enhancement
A method of automatic contrast correction comprises providing digital image data, representing the data in the form of a brightness histogram, determining a measure of central tendency for said...
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7313551 |
Processing device and method for an automatic perception system
The invention relates to a processing device for an automatic perception system that involves the use of STN calculation units ( 1 ) which receive data from a data bus ( 7 ) and which are...
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7313248 |
Steganographic image encoding
A steganographic image encoding method ( 100 ) is disclosed. The method ( 100 ) defines a candidate set of incoherent pixel groups in a digital image, each pixel group comprising at least two...
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7310444 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium
An image processing apparatus creates a pixel value histogram of an objective image, and approximates a predetermined range of the created histogram by a bended line formed from two straight lines....
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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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7307766 |
Black and white image detection
A method and apparatus for classifying an input image as black and white or color is described. The method calculates a first ratio of a color pixel portion to a total pixel portion in the input...
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7305127 |
Detection and manipulation of shadows in an image or series of images
Systems, methods, and computer program products that identify and allow manipulation of shadows in a still frame (photo mode), or series of frames (movie mode). Manipulation of shadows includes...
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7305089 |
Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same
The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing...
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7298898 |
System and method for image segmentation
An image segmentation apparatus, preferably integrally implemented in a device such as an FPGA, including a buffer memory for storing pixel data, a digital filter in communication with the buffer...
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7298383 |
Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image
An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. The contrast of all pixels in the...
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7283668 |
Method and apparatus for color-based object tracking in video sequences
A method and apparatus for tracking a color-based object in video sequences are provided. According to the method, an initial object area in one frame of video sequences desired to be tracked is...
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7283667 |
Image processing unit, image processing method, and image processing program
The present invention provides an image processing unit capable of differentiating two images with a difference which the user expects to see, an imaging processing method thereof, and an image...
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7277577 |
Method and system for detecting threat objects using computed tomography images
A method of and system for detecting threat objects represented in 3D CT data uses knowledge of one or more predefined shapes of the threat objects. An object represented by CT data for a region is...
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7269293 |
Video data enhancement method
A method for enhancing video data includes inputting image data, providing a first threshold, generating a first mean gray level, generating a first minimum gray level, generating a first maximum...
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7268753 |
Apparatus and method of controlling brightness of image
Provided are an image brightness controlling apparatus and method, and an adaptive brightness controlling apparatus and method based on the brightness degree and/or brightness range of an image....
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7266232 |
Apparatus and method for inspecting pattern
An inspection apparatus ( 1 ) has an image pickup part ( 2 ) for performing an image pickup of a substrate ( 9 ), an operation part ( 4 ) to which an image signal is inputted from said image pickup...
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7263222 |
Automated color control in film-to-digital transfer
A system and method for automatically adjusting color parameters during a film-to-digital transfer. An operator uses standard telecine equipment to preview scenes in order to determine a natural...
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7262778 |
Automatic color adjustment of a template design
The present invention generates a color template design. According to one aspect, a source image is selected. A histogram is generated for the selected source image. Colors are suggested...
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