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7623736 Registration of three dimensional image data with patient in a projection imaging system  
A method for determining a translation of a three-dimensional pre-operative image data set to obtain a registration of the three-dimensional image data with a patient positioned in a projection...
7623714 Form recognition system, method, program, and storage medium  
The similarity between a search form and a registered form is calculated on a page-by-page basis in a predetermined order. Every time the page similarity is calculated, it is determined whether or...
7620266 Robust and efficient foreground analysis for real-time video surveillance  
Systems and methods for foreground analysis in real-time video include background subtraction and foreground detection, shadow removal, quick lighting change adaptation, static foreground region...
7620237 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
Two aiming targets are arranged at positions that are away from two infrared cameras by a predetermined distance. One of the infrared cameras images one of the aiming targets, and the other of the...
7620206 Image processing device and method, and distribution medium  
To make it possible to accurately track a prescribed part a low-resolution overall image is taken in from an input image, and a medium-resolution image, whose center is the head part, is extracted...
7620204 Method for tracking objects in videos using covariance matrices  
A method is provided for tracking a non-rigid object in a sequence of frames of a video. Features of an object are extracted from the video. The features include locations of pixels and properties...
7616806 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
A first object and a second object arranged in an actual space with coordinates (Xn, Zn) and (Xn−D, Zn) are imaged, and respective coordinates x 1* and x 2* of the first object and the second...
7613357 Method for warped image object recognition  
A computer vision system includes distorting optics producing distorted or warped input images. The system includes an integral feature object classifier trained using an undistorted image space....
7609896 Recorder and method therefor, player and therefor, program, and recording medium  
A recorder operable to compress and code first image data of a moving image, and record the compressed and coded first image data on a data recording medium, including: an extracting mechanism...
7609894 Adaptive sampling region for a region editing tool  
Properties of pixels in a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different property distributions. The different subdivisions can...
7609892 Image processing method, image processing system, and image processing program  
The process captures a plurality of images under a light source whose luminance varies over time, such as a fluorescent lamp, under such an imaging condition that a plurality of images that are...
7609891 Evaluation of element distribution within a collection of images based on pixel scatterness  
A method of evaluating element distribution within a data set, such as pixel characteristics whose scatterness is quantified. Scatterness is evaluated for individual scale levels as the image is...
7609876 Virtual grid alignment of sub-volumes  
A computer-implemented method for aligning sub-volumes includes receiving a data volume, providing a plurality of parameters of the sub-volumes, and determining a start point of each of the two or...
7609874 System and method for prediction of pitting corrosion growth  
A system and method predicts pitting corrosion growth using imaging technology. In an embodiment, a first module preprocesses images to locate seed points, and a second module models a corrosion...
7609860 Bilinear illumination model for robust face recognition  
A method recognizes a face in an image. A morphable model having shape and pose parameters is fitted to a face in an image to construct a three-dimensional model of the face. Texture is extracted...
7609859 Method and system for generating bi-linear models for faces  
A method generates a three-dimensional, bi-linear, illumination model for arbitrary faces. A large number of images are acquired of many different faces. For each face, multiple images are acquired...
7606442 Image processing method and apparatus  
In a method of and an apparatus for processing image data representing an image saliency data for the image is generated by determining a series of features of the image and the determined features...
7606435 System and method for encoding and decoding using texture replacement  
The invention provides devices and methods that process images. The invention processes a received signal representing information of texture and information of an image, which has the texture...
7602995 Correcting image distortion caused by scanning  
An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product is disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image....
7602935 Data processing apparatus and associated method of identifying an image data source by detecting variations in strength of different light receiving elements  
A data processing apparatus and data processing method enabling a camera generating image data to be identified easily with a high reliability, which identify if a predetermined image generating...
7600191 Image display method, program, and image display apparatus  
A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of...
7599560 Embedded interaction code recognition  
In accordance with embodiments of the invention, embedded interaction code (EIC) symbols are recognized. EIC dots are generated based on effective EIC symbols, which have been generated by...
7599559 Method for collecting data for color measurements from a digital electronic image capturing device or system  
A method for providing an intensity or brightness measurement using a digital image-capturing device comprising: selecting a target area within a field of view of the image-capturing device, the...
7599549 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer readable medium, in which an image processing program is recorded  
A plurality of landmarks, which are employed in statistical models, such as an ASM, that is, a plurality of landmarks that represent the shape and the like of a predetermined subject, such as a...
7598955 Hinted stem placement on high-resolution pixel grid  
Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for rendering a hinted character for display in grayscale on a grayscale output device in accordance with a hinted stem placement policy. In one...
7596250 Method and apparatus for analyzing biological tissue specimens  
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing images of irregularly shaped objects, such as biological specimens, in particular of human or animal origin, or images...
7593595 Photographic document imaging system  
An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture...
7593577 Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object in an image  
A method representing an object appearing in still or video image for use in searching, wherein the object appears in the image with a first two-dimensional outline, by processing signals...
7593576 Systems and methods of managing audio and other media  
The present invention relates generally to fingerprinting (e.g., deriving identifying data from audio or other media content). One claim recites a method including: obtaining identifying data...
7593566 Data recognition device  
A data recognition device including: a recognizing unit that specifies, out of processing target data that changes in time series, predetermined recognition target data parts from the first to the...
7593561 Computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters  
A method for computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters using a digital computer obtains digital mammography data for a single view image and normalizes and filters the image data to...
7590941 Communication and collaboration system using rich media environments  
A system that enables communication and collaboration among individuals using rich media environments. A system according to the present techniques includes a set of rich media environments each...
7590310 Methods and apparatus for automated true object-based image analysis and retrieval  
The present invention is an automated and extensible system for the analysis and retrieval of images based on region-of-interest (ROI) analysis of one or more true objects depicted by an image. The...
7590287 Method for generating a quality oriented significance map for assessing the quality of an image or video  
A method for generating a quality oriented significance camp for assessing the quality of an image or video, comprising the steps of extracting features of the image or video, determining a...
7590286 Image recognition apparatus and program for recognizing the substance of an image, particularly in a motion picture environment  
A relatively inexpensive image recognition apparatus offering a high image recognition rate. An image recognition apparatus recognizes movements of players matched against each other between...
7590265 System and method for extracting reflection and transparency layers from multiple images  
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for extracting structure from multiple images of a scene by representing the scene as a group of image layers, including reflection and...
7587078 Automated image analysis  
One automated imaging process, as described herein, includes: a) obtaining digital images of objects in a biological sample; b) selecting a plurality of objects of interest from the digital images;...
7583816 Device for detecting a road traveling lane using an edge histogram  
A device for detecting a road traveling lane, which is capable of stably defining a position of a boundary of a traveling lane. The device has edge point detection means (ED) for detecting a...
7580587 Device and method for correcting image including person area  
A person area is detected from an inputted image, a category to which a person shown in the person area belongs is recognized, a correction area is extracted from the person area, and the...
7577297 Pattern identification method, device thereof, and program thereof  
In a pattern identification device performing pattern identification of data which has been input by hierarchically extracting features, a primary feature is extracted and distribution of at least...
7577294 Background maintenance of an image sequence  
A system and method for maintaining a background model of an image sequence by processing on multiple spatial scales. These multiple spatial scales include a pixel scale, a regional scale and a...
7577276 Fingerprint matching device and method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to a fingerprint collation apparatus and method, a recording medium and a program, which can increase the throughput of fingerprint collation and decrease a data...
7567730 Detecting an orientation of characters in a document image  
An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of detecting an orientation of characters in a document image are disclosed. The orientation of the characters is determined...
7567714 System, method and apparatus for clustering features  
A method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an expansion shape to...
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...
7561742 Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files  
Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files. The method involves recognizing and removing reference labels from the raster illustrated...
7561741 Apparatus for operating a mobile communication terminal with integrated photographic apparatus and method thereof  
A method for operating a mobile communication terminal with an integrated photographic apparatus is provided. The method comprises producing a first image from a first object with the photographic...
7561726 Automated landmark extraction from three-dimensional whole body scanned data  
A method for automated landmark extraction from three-dimensional whole body scanned data extracts feature points as landmarks from a plurality of point clouds obtained from a three-dimensional...
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...
7551980 Apparatus, process, and program for controlling movable robot control  
An apparatus 1 for controlling a movable robot recognizes the person to be followed up from an image taken by a camera C by an image processing portion 20 , controls leg portions R 1 of a...