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7620234 |
Image processing apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional model of an object from a collection of images of the object recorded at different viewpoints and segmented using semi-automatic segmentation techniques
In an image processing apparatus 2 , images of a subject object 210 and data defining the positions and orientations at which the images were recorded are processed to generate a...
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7613340 |
Image processing method, image processor, and program for causing a computer to execute the processing method
A method of performing image processing on an image synthesized from a natural image and a computer graphic (CG) image. In this method, the synthesized image is separated into a natural-image...
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7609888 |
Separating a video object from a background of a video sequence
Video object cutting and pasting is described. In one implementation, pre-segmentation of video frames into regions is performed prior to a 3-D graph cut segmentation. The 3-D graph cut...
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7609884 |
Mutual information based registration of 3D-image volumes on GPU using novel accelerated methods of histogram computation
The invention provides, in some aspects, methods and apparatus for registering 3D image volumes by utilizing a graphics processing unit (GPU) to facilitate maximizing the “mutual information”...
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7609275 |
System and method for mosaic rendering of three dimensional image
A system and method for a mosaic rendering of a 3D model is provided. Textures are created using polygon information related to a vertex of each face of an inputted 3D model, a normal, and a face...
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7606416 |
Landmark detection apparatus and method for intelligent system
A landmark detection apparatus and method, the apparatus including a first detection unit that generates N first sample blocks in a first sampling region using a first weighted sampling method...
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7600183 |
System and method for data publication through web pages
A system and a method for publishing a newspaper page or other data through a Web page, to make it available more easily through a network such as the Internet. The data is automatically converted...
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7599090 |
Method and apparatus for automatically segmenting a microarray image
A microarray image is segmented into discreet segments for respective spots in the microarray image based on locating microarray image rows and columns by maximizing scores associated with vertical...
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7596270 |
Method of shuffling text in an Asian document image
A method, system, and computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions are provided, for randomly relocating text character images of a scanned-in Asian character document to...
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7595920 |
Processing apparatus and processing method of color image information
An image processing apparatus for color image information inputs a combination of component values of reference colors that constitute a processing color, and converts the combination of component...
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7589728 |
Digital oscilloscope display and method for image quality improvement
A method and apparatus for displaying an acquired signal on an oscilloscope. The method comprises the steps of acquiring an analog signal, digitizing the analog signal and determining a plurality...
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7574069 |
Retargeting images for small displays
A method retargets an image to a different size. An input image is segmented into regions. Selected regions are cut from the input image to construct a background image. The background image is...
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7574031 |
Nodule boundary detection
A method of detecting the extent of a lung nodule in a scan image comprises fine segmenting ( 14 ) a region around the nodule into foreground and background, filling holes within foreground areas (...
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7567301 |
Flat panel television
According to the invention, performing torn curb correction processing by referring to plural correction tables 113 a to 113 c for plural display areas A, B, C, D, E, and P makes it possible to...
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7565014 |
Method for automatically defining regions of interest for matching and visualizing forensic images
A method and apparatus for an automated system to extract a high quality signature from an image having areas not relevant for specific identification purposes which can lead to misleading image...
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7557963 |
Label aided copy enhancement
Regions within a scanned document are labeled according to content. These labeled regions allow for particular enhancement and sharpening methods to be applied. The labeled regions may be further...
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7555149 |
Method and system for segmenting videos using face detection
A method generates a summary of a video. Faces are detected in a plurality of frames of the video. The frames are classified according to a number of faces detected in each frame and the video is...
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7551777 |
Method and system for displaying large data signals
Displaying a large data signal includes processing the input data to generate sets of hierarchical multi-resolution histograms that capture the frequency distribution of the signal, in a single...
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7536050 |
Using graph cuts for editing photographs
An image editing system comprises an input device for inputting an image, a graphical user interface for selecting background and object seeds for the image, and an image processor for editing the...
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7536048 |
Method and apparatus for automatically determining image foreground color
A foreground color for a digital image is automatically determined by dividing the colors of the pixels of at least a part of the digital image into a number of color clusters in a color space, and...
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7532214 |
Automated medical image visualization using volume rendering with local histograms
Methods and apparatus are configured to provide data to render (medical) images using direct volume rendering by electronically analyzing a medical volume data set associated with a patient that is...
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7508983 |
Method and device for dividing target image, device for image recognizing process, program and storage media
According to a region dividing device, a region dividing member generates a plurality of primary region groups, each of which includes a plurality of primary regions. Each of the plurality of...
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7507204 |
Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image
The present invention relates to a 3D ultrasound diagnostic forming a 3D ultrasound image only with volume data exiting within contour by automatically detecting the contour of a target object,...
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7505841 |
Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system
A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which...
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7502685 |
Vehicle navigation apparatus and method with traveling direction indication at guidance intersection
A vehicle navigation apparatus is provided which can reliably guide a vehicle along a guidance route when the vehicle approaches an intersection of interest at which it is to make a turn even if...
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7487438 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing a digitized form, extracting information from a filled-in form, and generating a corrected filled-in form
Methods and apparatus for comparing blank forms represented in a digital format to digitized filled-in forms are described. Different errors are attributed different weights when attempting to...
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7477782 |
System and method for classifying follicular units
A system and method for classifying follicular units based on the number of hairs in a follicular unit of interest comprises (i) acquiring a digital image of a body surface having a follicular unit...
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7474846 |
Method and apparatus of determining the best focus position of a lens
A method and apparatus for accurately auto focusing a lens of an imaging device. An imaged scene is split into an array of zones. The minimum and maximum sharpness score for each zone is determined...
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7471826 |
Character segmentation by slices
A method for segmentation of characters in text that segments text into lines, words and slices and determines at least one of fixed pitch and proportional pitch prior to segmentation. The method...
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7466455 |
Image processing method and system for performing monochrome/color judgement of a pixelised image
An image processing system and method are provided for judging whether a pixelised image or a part thereof is a monochrome or a color image. To increase the reliability of the judgement, instead of...
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7463769 |
Radiometric calibration from a single image
Radiometric calibration of an image capture device (e.g., a digital camera) using a single image is described. The single image may be a color image or a grayscale image. The calibration identifies...
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7450757 |
Image processing device and image processing method
Distribution data is generated by a distribution data generation portion, a second range is specified by a specifying portion, the second range is mapped to a first range by a mapping portion, and...
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7437000 |
Full spectrum color detecting pixel camera
This invention comprises the means for the capture of full spectrum images in an electronic camera without the use of color primary filters to limit the spectral color gamut of the captured image....
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7424149 |
Adaptation of potential terms in real-time optimal path extraction
The invention relates to a method for segmenting an image [IM] by path extraction using minimization of at least a potential [POT], said potential being calculated [CAS] from a feature [FEA] of the...
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7409085 |
Method and apparatus for determining symmetry in 2d and 3d images
A method of determining symmetry in an image, a method of determining a symmetry plane line segment of a 3D image, a method of determining a symmetry line of a 2D image, and a computer program...
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7391895 |
Method of segmenting a radiographic image into diagnostically relevant and diagnostically irrelevant regions
A method of segmenting a radiographic image into diagnostically relevant and diagnostically irrelevant regions comprising: acquiring a digital radiographic image including a matrix of rows and...
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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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7382907 |
Segmenting occluded anatomical structures in medical images
A method for segmenting an anatomical structure having portions occluded in a digital image wherein the digital image is produced by a projection-based medical imaging modality. The method includes...
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7382899 |
System and method for segmenting
A segmentation system ( 100 ) for segmenting a first image feature ( 214 ) in a first video image from an adjacent second image feature ( 216 ) in the first video image on basis of motion and on an...
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7379593 |
Method for image segmentation from proved detection of background and text image portions
A method is provided for segmenting scanned image data in accordance with mixed raster content processing, further including windowing for purposes of extracting particularly classifiable objects,...
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7379562 |
Determining connectedness and offset of 3D objects relative to an interactive surface
A position of a three-dimensional (3D) object relative to a display surface of an interactive display system is detected based upon the intensity of infrared (IR) light reflected from the object...
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7379071 |
Geometry-driven feature point-based image synthesis
A method and system uses geometry-driven feature point analysis to synthesize images including for example facial expressions. Given the feature point positions (geometry) of an expression, the...
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7359552 |
Foreground detection using intrinsic images
A temporal sequence of images is acquired of a dynamic scene. Spatial gradients are determined using filters. By taking advantage of the sparseness of outputs of the filters, an intrinsic...
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7356182 |
Method and apparatus for measuring image complexity
One embodiment of the invention pertains to a method of determining a measure of image complexity. An image is subdivided the image into a plurality of small image regions. Multiple statistical...
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7352897 |
Method and means for dividing an image into character image lines, and method and apparatus for character image recognition
A method for dividing a character image into lines, comprising the following steps: segment-dividing step for, in term of pixels, dividing a character image into a plurality of character image...
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7352881 |
Method for tracking facial features in a video sequence
A method ( 100 ) of tracking facial features in a video sequence is disclosed. The method receives ( 110 ) as input facial features for tracking in a first frame of the video sequence. The video...
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7352490 |
Method and system for generating contone encoded binary print data streams
A method and system to convert an electronic image file described in a page description language containing both contone and non-contone image objects to an intermediate binary format image. The...
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7340096 |
Method for identification of tokens in video sequences
A method for identifying of tokens in a video sequence is described. First, the video sequence is scanned for boundaries between consecutive parts of the sequence where the appearance of the tokens...
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7330593 |
Segment based image matching method and system
An image matching method and system for use with multiple images of a scene captured from different angles. Image matching is performed by identifying a plurality of segments within at least two...
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7330589 |
Image partitioning apparatus and method
An image processing apparatus sets an image reference position in an input image, calculates a distribution of weights from the image reference position, sets a starting position in the input...
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