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6493042 |
Feature based hierarchical video segmentation
Systems and methods for detecting robust fade and dissolve and video sequences. The systems and methods use a two step approach to detect both discontinuous cuts and gradual changes in a video...
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6493470 |
Image processing method and apparatus for detecting the tilt amount of input image data
An image processor which corrects tilt of an input image without operator intervention. Projections of two partial images of an original are obtained at check points determined from input image...
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6490534 |
Camera measurement system
A camera based measurement system which can automatically determine tailor body measurements with one camera, few pictures and without requiring the customer to wear special garments. The present...
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6484047 |
Continuous detection and analysis of tissue changes
A method of detecting tissue changes includes the following steps: a) taking a tissue structure scan for at least one part of a patient's body and all of the tissue structure scan data is stored;...
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6480620 |
Method of and an apparatus for 3-dimensional structure estimation
A method of 3-dimensional structure estimation of the invention, making use of a plurality of stereo-pictures, repeats, for each pixel of a first picture, a step of extracting corresponding small...
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6480626 |
System and method for rapidly accessing image information using segmentation tags
Segmentation tags are associated with image data. The segmentation tags of the image data are accessed using only a lookup table, which is created using information from the header of the image,...
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6466694 |
Document image processing device and method thereof
A processing device performs region identification of an input image, and then performs an intra-region recognition process. The type code of each region and the individual code of a recognition...
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6463174 |
Macroblock-based segmentation and background mosaicking method
There is disclosed a macroblock-based segmentation and background mosaicking method for object-based coding of image sequence having a stationary background. An image comprising a background having...
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6459810 |
Method and apparatus for forming variant search strings
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for forming variant search strings. The method includes receiving a search string and parsing the search string to locate a mistaken search...
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6445819 |
Image processing method, image processing device, and recording medium
An image processing method, image processing device and recording medium are provided in which the effects of erroneous extraction of a region assumed to correspond to a main portion within an...
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6438403 |
Method and apparatus for cardiac analysis using four-dimensional connectivity
An imaging system enables cardiac functioning within a particular cardiac chamber to be imaged. The system acquires imaging data that includes intensity values for four-dimensional voxels within a...
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6437881 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image of an original document supplied from a scanner portion or the like is, in an attribute-determining portion, subjected to a process for determining whether each pixel is a character pixel...
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6430566 |
Image processing apparatus and control method therefor
A retrieval condition for retrieving desired image data is input from a user interface, and the input retrieval condition is analyzed by a text processing unit. On the basis of the analysis result,...
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6429950 |
Method and apparatus for applying object characterization pixel tags to image data in a digital imaging device
A method and apparatus uses simple interpretive programming language commands to generate and register object characterization information in the form of tags appended to a plurality of pixel...
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6426809 |
Image transmitting system and image transmitting method
Input image information undergoes color conversion processing in a color conversion section 1 , then is separated into first piece of image data, second piece of image data, and selection data in...
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6424742 |
Image processing apparatus for discriminating image field of original document plural times and method therefor
An image processing apparatus incorporating a field separating section for separating an original image into plural types of fields in response to a first image signal obtained at a rough density...
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6411735 |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing between noisy continuous tone document types and other document types to maintain reliable image segmentation
A method and apparatus are disclosed for distinguishing noisy continuous tone document types from other document types such as halftone or text, in order to maintain reliable image segmentation. In...
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6411731 |
Template-based image recognition and extraction
Position, size and attribute regarding one or a plurality of areas in an image are held as template information. Block areas such as text areas and figure areas are extracted from a document image...
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6404907 |
Method for sequencing nucleic acids with reduced errors
Nucleic acid polymers are sequenced by obtaining forward and reverse data sets for forward and reverse strands of a sample nucleic acid polymer. The apparent base sequences of these forward and...
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6404925 |
Methods and apparatuses for segmenting an audio-visual recording using image similarity searching and audio speaker recognition
Methods for segmenting audio-video recording of meetings containing slide presentations by one or more speakers are described. These segments serve as indexes into the recorded meeting. If an...
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6400844 |
Method and apparatus for segmenting data to create mixed raster content planes
An improved technique for compressing a color or gray scale pixel map representing a document using an MRC format includes a method of segmenting an original pixel map into two planes, and then...
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6396949 |
Machine vision methods for image segmentation using multiple images
Machine vision methods for segmenting an image include the steps of generating a first image of the background of an object, generating a second image of the object and background, and subtracting...
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6393136 |
Method and apparatus for determining eye contact
A method and apparatus determine when a subject is looking at a specific target area by estimating a divergence angle between (1) the direction in which the subject is looking and (2) the direction...
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6393054 |
System and method for automatically detecting shot boundary and key frame from a compressed video data
A system for detecting shot boundary in a compressed video data without decompression includes a difference detector that detects content difference between frames. When the difference detector...
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6389163 |
Method and apparatus for automatic image segmentation using template matching filters
The present invention is a method and apparatus for automatic image segmentation using template matching filters. The invention generally segments differing binary textures or structures within an...
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6385338 |
Image processing method and apparatus
An image processing apparatus comprises: an image input unit to input an image; an image thinner for getting the OR of (m dots in the vertical direction)×(n dots in the horizontal direction) for...
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6385476 |
Method and apparatus for intracardially surveying a condition of a chamber of a heart
A condition, such as an electrical property, of a chamber of a heart is surveyed with a catheter having a condition sensor at its distal tip. A method for surveying the chamber includes the steps...
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6381364 |
Content texture sensitive picture/video encoder/decoder
A picture/video encoder is provided with operating logic for segmenting objects with random texture from objects with structured texture in a picture/video frame, and generating random function...
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6381363 |
Histogram-based segmentation of images and video via color moments
A histogram-based segmentation of images in a video signal via color moments is initialized by a user defining regions in objects of interest from one or more images, key frames or pictures of the...
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6377703 |
Apparatus and method for determining an area encompassing an image for scanning the image
A scanner performs an initial low resolution scan of an area including an image and, after analyzing the initial scan data to determine the type of the image, a computer sends commands to the...
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6377698 |
Method of locating highly variable brightness or color regions in an image
A method of locating highly variable brightness or color regions in an image having at least one specifically ordered region corresponding, for example, to the image of an optical code defined by...
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6368285 |
Method and apparatus for mapping a chamber of a heart
A method for intracardially mapping a condition such as an electrical or mechanical property of a chamber of a heart uses a catheter having a distal tip and at least one condition sensor contained...
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6370263 |
Method and device for registering and collating palm imprints
There is disclosed a method of registering palm imprints of individuals to be identified to authenticate the individuals. Each palm imprint is divided into parts having regions with predetermined...
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6356657 |
Image processing method and apparatus for discriminating an input image area or an attribute of image information in the discriminated area
An image block is detected by raster scanning an input image and chasing surrounding black pixels around a detected black pixel as the start point in sequence. Further, by judging the feature of...
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6351560 |
Apparatus, method, and program for locating an objective on a form and a recording medium for recording the program for locating the objective on the form
An apparatus, a method, and a program locate an objective on a form without a black background function or specific marks irrespective of whether or not there are ruled lines on the form. The...
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6349144 |
Automated DNA array segmentation and analysis
A segmentation method of a frame of image information including a plurality of spaced DNA spot images corresponding to a plurality of DNA spots. The image information includes image intensity level...
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6337917 |
Rule-based moving object segmentation
A rule-based method which detects and tracks the moving objects in video frames in an automated way is invented. The method can be used in object based image sequence compression applications....
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6335980 |
Method and system for the segmentation of lung regions in lateral chest radiographs
A method and system for the automated segmentation of the lung regions in lateral chest radiographs. This is achieved according to the invention by providing an improved computerized, automated...
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6332037 |
Invariant, Eigenvalue based, non-degenerate data structure characterization, storage and retrieval indexing method
Disclosed is a method for enabling easy characterization, storage and retrieval of multi-dimensional data structures involving use of a translation, rotation and scaling invariant index which...
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6327384 |
Character recognition apparatus and method for recognizing characters
In a projection means black pixel histograms of a binary stationary image are generated in both the vertical and the horizontal direction. In a text type judgment means, in accordance with these...
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6324309 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes a pixel number transforming section for processing input image data composed of a plurality of regions, each being represented by a plurality of pixels with a...
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6324302 |
Method and a system for substantially eliminating erroneously recognized non-solid lines
Certain characters and symbols are often erroneously recognized as non-solid periodic lines such as dotted lines and single chain lines. The erroneous recognition stems out from recognition...
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6310984 |
Image processing system with image cropping and skew correction
A system and method is described for automatically determining in a scanned document image the presence of unwanted extraneous information caused by an extraneous device and scanner background...
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6307957 |
Multispectral imaging and characterization of biological tissue
A light image is conveyed from a biological tissue through a flexible optical system to an image receiver, where it is converted to a form which may be entered into a computer. The computer...
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6307963 |
Image detection method, image detection apparatus, image processing method, image processing apparatus, and medium
To provide an image detection method for judging whether a specific image is present in an input image by temporarily holding the input image signal, obtaining data from the held data like a circle...
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6304677 |
Smoothing and fitting point sequences
A method and apparatus implementing a technique for entering a representation of a desired curve into a computer. In one aspect, the technique includes receiving an ordered sequence of points...
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6301385 |
Method and apparatus for segmenting images prior to coding
To segment moving foreground from background, where the moving foreground is of most interest to the viewer, this method uses three detection algorithms as the input to a neural network. The...
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6301386 |
Methods and apparatus for gray image based text identification
Methods and apparatus for gray image based text identification. A gray image of a document is preferably subsampled to reduce the amount of information to be processed, while retaining sufficient...
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6292574 |
Computer program product for redeye detection
A computer program product for detecting eye color defects of a subject in an image due to flash illumination comprises: a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon...
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6289120 |
Method and system for processing images of forms which have irregular construction and/or determining whether characters are interior to a form
A method and system for processing images. An input or scanned image is first processed into a plurality of rectangles. Using these rectangles, a rough classification process is performed to...
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