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7248736 |
Enhancing images superimposed on uneven or partially obscured background
This invention provides a method of leveling an image of a non-uniform background. The method uses all or a portion of the image data from the original image and mathematical algorithms to...
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7242801 |
Image preprocessing for probe mark inspection
Digital image processing methods are applied to an image of a semiconductor interconnection pad to preprocess the image prior to an inspection or registration. An image of a semiconductor pads...
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7242809 |
Digital video segmentation and dynamic segment labeling
A method and system for segmenting video into an optimal set of video clusters that correspond loosely to one or more events, date ranges, time ranges, chapters or other logical segmentations of...
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7239737 |
User interface for quantifying wafer non-uniformities and graphically explore significance
A graphical user interface for controlling analysis of a wafer map is provided. The user interface provides a graphical selection control for selecting a region of the wafer map for statistical...
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7239748 |
System and method for segmenting an electronic image
A system and method of identifying foreground segments in a JPEG image. The method includes the steps of: selecting a block in the JPEG image; extracting a set of DCT coefficients from the block,...
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7239908 |
Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment
Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the...
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7236630 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program
An image region dividing section ( 105 ) partitions each of input images into a small regions, and a small region synthesized image generation section ( 106 ) generates a base image of each small...
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7236615 |
Synergistic face detection and pose estimation with energy-based models
A method for human face detection that detects faces independently of their particular poses and simultaneously estimates those poses. Our method exhibits an immunity to variations in skin color,...
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7231074 |
Method for determining the efficacy of an anti-cancer treatment using image analysis
An apparatus, system, method, and computer readable medium containing computer-executable code for implementing image analysis uses multivariate statistical analysis of sample images, and allows...
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7221787 |
Method for automated analysis of digital chest radiographs
A method for automatically segmenting lung regions in a chest radiographic image comprising; providing an input digital chest radiograph image; preprocessing the input digital radiographic image;...
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7221794 |
Foreground detection
A system is disclosed that can find an image of a foreground object in a still image or video image. Finding the image of the foreground object can be used to reduce errors and reduce the time...
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7220001 |
Defect correction based on “virtual” lenslets
A system constructs an image using virtual lenslets.
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7218778 |
Methods and system for sectionalized complexity-based process selection
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
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7218332 |
Method and apparatus for windowing and image rendition
Systems and methods are presented for processing and rendering image data during a single pass through the image data. A method includes loading scanlines of image data into a rolling band buffer,...
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7212670 |
Method of feature identification and analysis
A method for efficiently and accurately inventorying image features such as timber, including steps of segmenting digital images into tree stands, segmenting tree stands into tree crowns, each tree...
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7212684 |
Methods and systems for cumulative, complexity-based process selection
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
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7212301 |
System and method for centralized, automatic extraction of data from remotely transmitted forms
One or more parameters such as time is reported to a center using a form. The center then automatically extracts data from the form and converts it for storage and subsequent processing or review....
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7209587 |
Amorphous region and boundary/chain topology for an object recognition system
The present invention features a method for identifying objects in an image and automatically generating of object recognition code. First, an image is segmented and coded in a first plane in at...
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7209581 |
System and method for ground glass nodule (GGN) segmentation
A system and method for ground glass nodule (GGN) segmentation is provided. The method comprises: selecting a point in a medical image, wherein the point is located in a GGN; defining a volume of...
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7206772 |
Method of operating a plant and a control system for controlling the same
A novel apparatus and method for controlling a system with multiple observable variables is disclosed. The apparatus and method disclosed use elements of the bottom-up and top-down strategies of...
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7206456 |
Video coding and decoding
A video coding and decoding method, wherein a picture is first divided into sub-pictures corresponding to one or more subjectively important picture regions and to a background region sub-picture,...
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7203343 |
System and method for determining likely identity in a biometric database
A system and method for finding one or more target biometric samples that are similar to or match a query biometric sample. A query feature vector is generated from a query biometric vector. The...
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7203346 |
Face recognition method and apparatus using component-based face descriptor
Provided are a face recognition apparatus and method in which a facial image is divided into facial component images. The apparatus includes a component division unit that divides an input facial...
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7203370 |
Image processing apparatus which records images in a compressed state and outputs compressed images in an expanded state
An image signal processing apparatus includes two JPEG codecs. A plurality of frames of image signals periodically input from a multiplexer are individually compressed by the two JPEG codecs, and...
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7203359 |
Split screen technique for improving bandwidth utilization when transferring changing images
A method is provided for transferring digital image data. The method identifies areas of the image that frequently change and divides the image into regions based on the identified areas. The...
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7203360 |
Learnable object segmentation
A segmentation method receives a learning image and an objects of interest specification. A segmentation learning method creates a segmentation recipe output. It performs a segmentation application...
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7203354 |
Knowledge based computer aided diagnosis
A method of extracting computer graphical objects including at least one vessel structure from a data volume of a portion of an anatomy, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing knowledge...
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7200266 |
Method and apparatus for automated video activity analysis
The invention is a new method and apparatus that can be used to detect, recognize, and analyze people or other objects in security checkpoints, public-places, parking lots, or in similar...
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7197181 |
Quick method for color-based selection of objects in a raster image
A quick method of selecting an object in a raster image, comprises the steps of: selecting a seed region in a raster image with an input device, wherein the raster image comprises at least one...
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7193636 |
Image processing device and method therefor and program codes, storing medium
Firstly, a template image is created (S 501 ). Then, an image I t is photographed (S 502 ). And the sensor output is acquired (S 503 ). A model view matrix M t is calculated on the basis of the...
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7194295 |
Medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning with the assistance of generic patient data
The invention relates to a method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning, wherein the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the...
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7190274 |
Consciousness judging apparatus
A consciousness judging apparatus, which detects a vehicle driving state and judges consciousness of a driver, comprising a monotonousness detection section to obtain monotonousness, a camera which...
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7190837 |
Compression of mixed raster content (MRC) image data
In a mixed raster content (MRC) image data format, where a separation plane is used to define portions of the image to compressed in a lossy or lossless manner, edge pixels are identified in the...
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7190832 |
Computational methods for the segmentation of images of objects from background in a flow imaging instrument
In automated computation-based interpretation of images, the accuracy and reliability of the detection and delineation of objects, known as “object segmentation,” is implemented so as to...
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7187800 |
Method and apparatus for image segmentation using Jensen-Shannon divergence and Jensen-Renyi divergence
A method of approximating the boundary of an object in an image, the image being represented by a data set, the data set comprising a plurality of data elements, each data element having a data...
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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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7177471 |
Shape priors for level set representations
This invention relates to shape priors for level set representations. An embodiment of the invention comprises a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a shape model can be built...
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7173740 |
Image forming apparatus
This invention provides a system which can obtain the same output irrespective of a reading system by previously storing different parameters used at the image processing times for respective...
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7170647 |
Document processing apparatus and method
A document processing apparatus for segmenting a color document image into regions obtains a binary image by binarizing a color image, and extracts regions having different background colors from...
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7167575 |
Video safety detector with projected pattern
A two-dimensional (2-D) machine-vision safety-solution involving a method and apparatus for performing high-integrity, high efficiency machine vision. A known structured lighting texture pattern is...
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7168038 |
System and method for scaling and repositioning drawings
A computer system and method relating to editing an electronic document having both text and drawings is disclosed. Drawings may be rescaled and/or repositioned responsive to a change in line...
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7167172 |
Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure contained in an object, notably for medical image analysis
The invention relates to a method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure, contained in an object, from one or more two-dimensional images which represent a slice of the object. The method...
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7164500 |
Method and apparatus for the automatic generation of image capture device control marks
Image capture device control marks are automatically generated within a computer or printer and automatically printed on pages output from the printer. The control marks when detected by a control...
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7162082 |
Method and apparatus for performing a clean background subtraction
A background subtraction apparatus of the present invention includes a key point locator for locating key points on a known object type, a boundary point locator for locating boundary points of the...
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7162055 |
Tracking semantic objects in vector image sequences
A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method...
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7162065 |
Prostate boundary segmentation from 2D and 3D ultrasound images
A fast semi-automatic prostate contouring method is provided using model-based initialization and an efficient Discrete Dynamic Contour (DDC) for boundary refinement. The user initiates the process...
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7160680 |
Mutation analysis by mass spectrometry using photolytically cleavable primers
The invention relates to a method of a mass-spectrometric analysis of known mutation sites in the genome, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), using the method of restricted primer...
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7162084 |
System and method for automatically detecting and extracting objects in digital image data
An object detection and extraction system and method for processing digital image data. The system and method segregates objects contained within a single image and allows those objects to be...
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7158692 |
System and method for mining quantitive information from medical images
A system for image registration and quantitative feature extraction for multiple image sets. The system includes an imaging workstation having a data processor and memory in communication with a...
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7154541 |
Image processing device
In accordance with the present invention, a mixture ratio indicating the state of mixture of a plurality of objects such as a background image and the image of an object is detected. A pixel value...
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