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7027620 Method of recognizing partially occluded and/or imprecisely localized faces  
A method of recognizing a test face given an imprecise localization and/or a partially occluded face. Using an eigenspace representation of the learning image, a subspace is computed that...
7028271 Hierarchical processing apparatus  
A hierarchical processing apparatus includes a data input unit for time-sequentially inputting pattern data in a particular hierarchical level, a calculation parameter control data memory for...
7024037 Cross-polarized imaging method for measuring skin ashing  
A process for measuring skin ashing is provided. The process comprises selecting a desired skin testing area and acguiring an image of the area using x-polarization technique. The image is analyzed...
7020307 Rock fragmentation analysis system  
A rock fragmentation analysis system is provided for analyzing blasted rock (or other fragmented particles) to assess quality of a blast for efficient processing of subsequent operations in a mine,...
7016529 System and method facilitating pattern recognition  
A system and method facilitating pattern recognition is provided. The invention includes a pattern recognition system having a convolutional neural network employing feature extraction layer(s) and...
7015908 Image generation system and information storage medium  
There are provided an image generation system and information storage medium which can generate an image of a simple object with reduced processing load, the brightness of the simple object being...
7016535 Pattern identification apparatus, pattern identification method, and pattern identification program  
Collation can be carried out at a high speed without reducing the accuracy thereof, whereby processing of identifying documents is accurately performed at a high speed. To this end, characteristic...
7013045 Using multiple documents to improve OCR accuracy  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for processing data in which inputs of a plurality of records including respective entries in a first field and in a second field are...
7006970 Method for detecting similarity between standard information and input information and method for judging the input information by use of detected result of the similarity  
Disclosed is a method for obtaining a precise detected value of a similarity between voices or the like. Standard and input pattern matrices, each having a voice feature amount as a component, are...
7004394 Portable terminal capable of invoking program by sign command and program invoking method therefor  
A portable terminal capable of invoking programs by a sign command and a program invoking method therefore. In the portable terminal, a storage stores programs and symbols linked to the programs. A...
7006672 Entrance management apparatus and entrance management method  
Feature amounts of faces of visitors photographed at a first gate are registered in a registration section in relation to entrance permission time information items each of which defines a period...
7003156 Object detection method and a video data retrieval method  
A video data description method. Both feature data of predetermined object and feature data of background area are extracted from a frame of input video. The feature data of predetermined object...
7003157 Sheet handling system  
A sheet handling method and a sheet handling system in which various types of sheets can be easily determined in a short period of time, which contributes to increasing efficiency in subsequent...
6990236 Fast method of finding approximate nearest neighbor in high-dimensional space with a dynamically changing sample  
A method of approximating a nearest neighbor includes identifying a target value in an image; selecting a range about the target value; analyzing each neighboring value to determine if the...
6990226 Pattern recognition method  
A method includes setting lead eye boxes and lead eye points on a gate and a support bar of a lead frame, before clamping the lead frame, and determining whether or not the lead frame is seated in...
6985609 Method for identifying an object image  
A method for identifying the position, quantity, kind, etc. of an object. A Standard Object image is positioned on a picture so as to be around an arbitrary point (Arrangement Point), normal vector...
6980829 Portable terminal system and operation method thereof  
A portable terminal wirelessly transmits a taken still image to a predetermined base station. An image processor receives the still image and extracts a digital watermark from the image. Further,...
6980308 Apparatus and method for image processing and print system for preventing forgery  
In an image processor in a print system, an output device processes input data and outputs the processed data, while a detector detects whether data of a specified pattern is included in the input...
6976630 Bar-code reader, method of reading a bar code, and computer product  
In an optical scanner, an optical scanner optically scans a bar code to obtain signal strength of light reflected from black bars and white bars of the bar code, an extracting unit extracts edge...
6975346 Method for suspect identification using scanning of surveillance media  
A method, program and apparatus for criminal suspect identification are provided. Monitoring and video recording are used to collect information at a given location. In response to specific events,...
6967655 Character-string information output apparatus, character-string information output system, character-string information output method, character-string information input apparatus, character-string information input system, character-string information input method, storage medium and character-string information recording apparatus  
There is provided a character-string information output apparatus that can avoid any confusion due to a difference between character string commands, and that can improve its expandability. An...
6964018 Document editing processing method and apparatus and program furnishing medium  
A document editing processing apparatus which enables formulation of a hybrid multimedia document containing e.g., an image readily and speedily. Each time a character is input, dictionary...
6963665 Method and apparatus for determining form sheet type  
A form sheet type determining method and apparatus for determining to which of predetermined form sheets an input form sheet corresponds. A plurality of sets of keywords are registered in a keyword...
6963425 System and method for locating color and pattern match regions in a target image  
A system and method for locating regions in a target image that match a template image with respect to color and pattern information. The method may comprise performing a first-pass search using...
6961465 System and method for efficient determination of recognition initial conditions  
A system ( 200 ) and method creates ( 312 ) a reduced-resolution version of an image and uses the reduced resolution version to identify ( 324 ) recognition initial conditions. The recognition...
6961464 Method for creating a database such as a dictionary used for a word conversion system  
Character (or letter) information is extracted from source information, word information is extracted from the character information, and a database is created of the word information. Thereby, the...
6959099 Method and apparatus for automatic face blurring  
An image processing system is disclosed that provides automatic face or skin blurring for images. All faces or skin can be blurred, or specific faces can be blurred. In one aspect of the invention,...
6959112 Method for finding a pattern which may fall partially outside an image  
A method is provided for finding a whole pattern in an image, where at least a portion of the whole pattern falls outside the boundary of the image. The method includes, for each candidate pose of...
6949081 Sensing and interactive drug delivery  
An interactive drug delivery system includes a drug delivery module, an optical probe, a local controller, and an optional central controller. The drug delivery module is constructed and arranged...
6947574 Method and system for interleaving OCR and ABL for automated mail sorting  
A method and system for automated sorting machines is provided in which a feedback between OCR and ABL takes place. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a loose coupling between...
6934849 Method and system for authorizing a commercial transaction  
The invention relates to a method and system for authorizing a commercial transaction between a customer and a goods or service provider via an authorization service provider with authentication of...
6930690 Preserving gray colors  
Method and apparatus for preserving gray colors in an electronic document. An electronic document is received. The document contains a plurality of objects having a plurality of object types....
6927774 Character display device and character display method  
A character display device and method therefor are adapted to obtain a proximal reference point of each character comprising a character series and calculate display coordinates of each character...
6925122 Method for video-based nose location tracking and hands-free computer input devices based thereon  
A method for tracking the location of the tip of the nose with a video camera, and a hands-free computer input device based thereon have been described. According to this invention, a convex shape...
RE38758 Self-clocking glyph shape codes  
This invention provides self-clocking glyph shape codes for encoding digital data in the shapes of glyphs that are suitable for printing on hardcopy recording media. Advantageously, the glyphs are...
6912308 Apparatus and method for automatic form recognition and pagination  
A pen-based system that automatically identifies either single page or multi-page forms when data is a written on paper copies of the form. The system captures pen stroke data as an untrained user...
6912449 Image processing apparatus, robot apparatus and image processing method  
Each of plural image processing means is informed of address information of storage means in which image data to be read is stored upon request of the image data to be read by each of the plural...
6907131 Method and program for producing photographs with autographed messages written in customized character fonts  
A novel and unique method and program for producing a photograph of a celebrity figure with personalized and autographed messages. The method includes the steps of collecting signatures and...
6907133 Automatic surveying system  
An automatic surveying system includes a telescopic optical system; an image pickup device for picking up an image of a graduated face of a level rod, to which the telescopic optical system is to...
6901236 Method, program, and apparatus for preventing a reproduction of an anti-copy document, and a medium storing the program  
An image processing apparatus includes a scanning mechanism, first and second memories, an image accumulating mechanism, a detecting mechanism, a determining mechanism, and a code assigning...
6898313 Scalable layered coding in a multi-layer, compound-image data transmission system  
A data coder prepares a frame of data for transmission over a data channel. The frame is first broken into a series of non-overlapping blocks. The blocks are analyzed to determine if they are a...
6891979 Pocket scanners  
A method and system is disclosed for facilitating the input of information into a computing device by a scanning means. A pocket scanner that has only the minimum components/parts therein and will...
6888955 Picture recognition apparatus and method  
The variations in appearance of an object caused by the variations in a capturing environment are estimated to be modeled, and the object model thus obtained is previously registered in a database....
6888962 Image processing device for detecting one-color marks of a number of colors and image processing method thereof  
To provide an image processing device able to accurately discriminate a specified image in an input image data, the input image is converted to binary based on black and red color extraction blocks...
6885769 Business form handling method and system for carrying out the same  
A business form handling system includes an image reading device for reading a business form and a terminal apparatus installed at the window for discriminatively deciding whether a read image...
6885768 Image recognition apparatus, method and program product  
A digital copying machine 10 having a capability of functioning as an image recognition apparatus detects a character region from input image data and obtains character code data by recognizing...
6873710 Method and apparatus for tuning content of information presented to an audience  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for tuning the content of information presented to an audience, for example, on a large display screen or an information kiosk. A disclosed content selection...
6870947 Method of processing items in a check processing system and an apparatus therefor  
A method of processing a deposit slip item in a check processing system comprises the steps of (a) capturing an image of the deposit slip item, (b) extracting account owner data from the captured...
6868181 Method and device for determining a similarity of measure between a first structure and at least one predetermined second structure  
At least one base element is defined for structures, and surroundings-related information is assigned to each of these base elements. The surroundings-related information characterizes the...
6861216 DNA detection device  
A process for detecting a complementary DNA fragment is performed utilizing a DNA micro-array, a radiation image storage panel containing a stimulable phosphor, and a spacer sheet having plural...