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7617173 Method and system for improving security of postage indicia utilizing resolution and pixel size  
The present invention includes methods for printing and verifying postage indicia. At least a portion of the indicia is printed with a resolution characteristic that may be changed from indicium to...
7616817 Three dimensional shape correlator  
A three dimensional shape correlation computer software program which uses laser radar data for target identification. The correlation program obtains a scan of laser radar data of a target from a...
7616816 System and method for mission-driven visual information retrieval and organization  
The present invention provides a virtual data collection system and method that provides an image analyst with full-control of the image, including the ability to retrieve and reorganize...
7613661 Method and system for detecting duplicate printing of indicia in a metering system  
A method of detecting possible duplicate printing of postal indicia including receiving image data for printing a current postal indicium, determining a number of pixels that will be printed in a...
7613341 Gap detection in a drawing  
A technique for searching for a gap in a drawing is disclosed. The technique includes sweeping an evaluation line across at least a portion of the drawing, detecting on the evaluation line an...
7610194 Dynamic database reordering system  
A dynamic database reordering system provides a linguistics database that contains words that are ordered according to a linguistics model that dictates the order in which words are presented to a...
7606741 Information gathering system and method  
A system, apparatus and method for filling forms, including using a graphical capture device, are described herein.
7606418 Writing analytic apparatus and writing analytic program  
A writing analysis apparatus analyzes a content of a writing, probes into various kinds of images contained in the given writing, etc., in a time series manner. The writing analytic apparatus...
7605847 Digital camera having subject judgment function  
A subject judgment program is capable of reducing the calculation load on a computer functioning as a device for judging the subject in a subject image. In a controller of a digital still camera,...
7602999 Image searching device, image forming device, image searching method, image searching program, and computer-readable storage medium  
The subject invention provides an image searching device ensuring both accuracy and speed in image searching operation. The image searching device comprises: characteristic generation section 10 ...
7602943 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program  
An image processing apparatus includes a map generation unit, a temporary area arrangement unit and a target area detection unit. The map generation unit acquires a map of scores in which each...
7599896 Apparatus for multiprocessor-based control of a multiagent robot  
An architecture for robot intelligence enables a robot to learn new behaviors and create new behavior sequences autonomously and interact with a dynamically changing environment. Sensory...
7599867 System and method for chart pattern recognition and analysis in an electronic trading environment  
A system and method are provided for chart pattern recognition and analysis. In one embodiment, a graphical interface is provided to enable a trader to select a portion of a chart to be used in the...
7599558 Logo processing methods and circuits  
A logo processing method includes: within a plurality of video frames sequentially received from a video source, comparing a base frame with at least a portion of the other video frames to generate...
7599523 Personal identification device and method  
The invention aims at providing personal identification in environments where non-contact is required, with high accuracy even though using a finger vein pattern images unclear and susceptible to...
7596271 Image processing system and image processing method  
This invention provides an image processing system and image processing method which can specify and save an input image which matches a predetermined pattern and also simplify the determination...
7593573 Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle  
A method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular for detecting and representing the traffic situation in front of a driver are provided. A night vision information...
7593000 Touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation  
A method, system, and apparatus of a touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes...
7589716 System for software interaction using printed form identity  
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, by printing information related to at least...
7586490 Systems and methods for three-dimensional sketching  
Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal...
7583856 Method for determining optimal chamfer mask coefficients for distance transform  
The coefficients of a chamfer mask are, to within a multiplicative scale factor making it possible to give them an integer value, approximations of the Euclidian distances separating the pixels...
7583840 Methods and systems for detection of repeating patterns of features  
Methods and system for automatic identification of repeating patterns of slanted stripe features (marks) on an item.
7583833 Method and apparatus for manufacturing data indexing  
A method, apparatus, and a system for generating an index for storing data. A pattern associated with a first set of data is determined. The first set of data is stored. A determination is made as...
7580571 Method and apparatus for detecting an orientation of characters in a document image  
An apparatus and method for extracting a predetermined number of consecutive characters from a document image; converting the consecutive characters into a set of symbols using layout information...
7580570 Accuracy model for recognition signal processing engines  
Signals to be processed are categorized based on signal characteristics such as physical aspects, context, conditions under which the signals were generated and source, and/or based on other...
7577296 System and method for evaluating laser projection equipment  
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating performance of a projector. An imaging screen is configured to produce an image of a pattern projected thereon. A camera is configured to capture and...
7577273 Steganographically encoded video, deriving or calculating identifiers from video, and related methods  
This application relates, e.g., to processing video and audio. One claim recites a method including: utilizing a multi-purpose electronic processor programmed for analyzing a video signal to derive...
7574054 Using photographer identity to classify images  
A method of identifying at least one particular person of interest in a collection of digital images taken over time, includes providing the collection of digital images with each digital image...
7574051 Comparison of patterns  
A first visual image or other pattern (A) is represented by a first ordered set of elements (x i ) each having a value and a second pattern (B) is a represented by a second ordered set of element...
7574046 Optimized lighting method for slider serial reading using class variance  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for setting a light source parameter in order to recognize an identification mark on an object surface. In one embodiment, a grayscale image is...
7574045 Model-based recognition of objects using a calibrated image system  
A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted...
7574018 Virtual reality scene generator for generating training images for a pattern recognition classifier  
Systems and methods are provided for generating training samples for a classification system associated with a vehicle occupant protection system. A three-dimensional virtual reality scene is...
7570815 Comparing patterns  
A first image (or other pattern) is represented by a first ordered set of elements A each having a value and a second pattern is represented by a second such set. A comparison of the two involves...
7568209 Method and system for the management of targeted material insertion using a campaign manager  
A media manager can insert targeted material into content in accordance with a campaign. A campaign can identify the location in the content where the targeted material should be inserted. A...
7565548 Biometric print quality assurance  
Quality of biometric prints is enhanced by any one of several different methods. In one embodiment, if a biometric print does not have a high enough quality, the biometric print is discarded. In...
7565013 Character recognition method, method of processing correction history of character data, and character recognition system  
A handwritten character of each writer may have two or more characteristics and the characteristics are not always identical to those of a character in a correction history registered in the past....
7561739 Analyzing scripts and determining characters in expression recognition  
A mechanism for recognizing and inputting handwritten mathematical expressions into a computer by providing part of a multi-path framework is described. The part of the multi-path framework...
7561738 Symbol grouping and recognition in expression recognition  
A mechanism for recognizing and inputting handwritten mathematical expressions into a computer by providing a part of a multi-path framework is described. The part of the multi-path framework...
7561737 Mathematical expression recognition  
A mechanism for recognizing and inputting handwritten mathematical expressions into a computer by providing a multi-path framework is described. The framework may include symbol grouping and...
7555766 Audience response determination  
An audience response determination apparatus detects the state of an audience and the individual states of the members of the audience to determine the response of the audience to the content of...
7551784 Continuous inference for sequence data  
Dynamic inference is leveraged to provide online sequence data labeling. This provides real-time alternatives to current methods of inference for sequence data. Instances estimate an amount of...
7551781 Active matrix acquisition and targeting system  
The present invention is a system and method of acquiring airborne objects utilizing a plurality of acquisition systems. The present invention is an active matrix acquisition system which includes...
7551756 Process and device for detecting faces in a colour image  
The invention relates to a device and a process for detecting faces in a colour image. The process is such that it comprises the steps of: detection of the flesh coloured pixels in the...
7548650 Geometric search engine  
One implementation provides a method to provide information associated with a previously designed component having a geometry that is similar to a geometry of a source component. In this...
7545954 System for recognizing events  
A system recognizes events. The system includes a sequence of continuous vectors and a sequence of binarized vectors. The sequence of continuous vectors represents spatial-dynamic relationships of...
7542606 Use of Hausdorff distances in the earth mover linear program  
A method and apparatus for comparing data is described. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving a first set of data pertaining a first object and a second set of data pertaining...
7539580 Method and apparatus for detecting artifactual output from a chemical analyzer  
A computer implemented method for examining data from a chemical analyzer for artifactual results is provided. A set of rules are established to identify artifactual results based upon experience...
7539563 System and method for identifying objects in a space  
A system and method for identifying objects existing in a space. The system includes a mobile robot obtaining object identification information of each object in the space and transmitting the...
7539326 Method for verifying an intended address by OCR percentage address matching  
An OCR percentage matching algorithm achieves a significant reduction in false mismatches accounting for combinations of unprocessed spaces, missing characters, extra characters and character...
7536051 Digital pen calibration by local linearization  
X-y positions of a digital pen's tip may be determined by using a calibration parameter to map the x-y positions of the respective centers of images captured by the pen's camera. The calibration...