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7613354 |
Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program
A user interface unit sets a parameter based on operations of a user, and outputs to a parameter correction unit. The parameter correction unit extracts the feature quantity of pixels in an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7519222 |
Print defect detection
Systems, methods, and software to automatically detect print defects in printed matter. Some embodiments include receiving a reference image and a scanned image, wherein the reference image and the...
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7505841 |
Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system
A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which...
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7457448 |
Method and system for wavelet based detection of colon polyps
A method of identifying colon polyps in a digital volume, wherein the volume includes a plurality of values corresponding to a domain of points in a 3D space, is provided. The method includes...
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7437002 |
Image recognition system utilizing an edge image and a binary image
An image processing apparatus processes an input image, in which an edge image is created by executing an extracting operation on the input image, and a binary image is created by performing a...
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7421120 |
Apparatus correcting image by luminance histogram
An apparatus and method for selectively increasing contrasts of bright and dark regions and automatically determining an appropriate degree of correction such that the image has a corrected...
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7382920 |
Analyzing apparatus, model creating method, and computer product
A mesh is placed over an image of an element thereby dividing the image (element) into a plurality of solids. Each of the solids is then divided equally into the even number of parts....
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7359553 |
Image identification system
Methods and procedures for improving the performance and reliability of image analysis within an image identification system include a series of image qualification functions designed to quickly...
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7352900 |
Apparatus and method for processing particle images and program product for same
A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of...
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7336812 |
System for microvolume laser scanning cytometry
The present invention provides an improved integrated system for biological marker identification. The system uses Microvolume Laser Scanning Microscopy (MLSC) in order to measure patterns of...
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7312900 |
Method of descreening screened image, method of separating screened image into regions, image processing device, and program
A method of performing a descreening process with high accuracy by separating a first region from which a gradation area is to be derived and a second region from which a monotone area is to be...
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7289656 |
Systems and methods for determining inconsistency characteristics of a composite structure
Systems and methods for determining an inconsistency characteristic of a composite structure, such as inconsistency density-per-unit area. In one implementation, a method is disclosed for...
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7280253 |
System for identifying low-frequency halftone screens in image data
In a system, such as in a digital copier, for classifying image data derived from an original image, the image data is enhanced before submission to a classification analysis. In the enhancement,...
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7277591 |
Edge smoothing on raster images
A method of edge-smoothing in raster images includes: selecting an object in a raster image, the object including an edge having a plurality of edge pixels; finding all of the edge pixels of the...
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7254268 |
Object extraction
A video sequence is processed to extract one or more objects. The extracted objects are used to create a new video sequence. In particular, a user is able to select a background and/or an audio...
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7218781 |
System and method for chinese input using a joystick
A Chinese text entry system and method is provided to allow users to enter a character to a device such as a cellular phone or a PDA by adding a first few strokes required for the character using a...
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7203358 |
Method and device for measuring similarity between images
A method is disclosed for measuring similarity between images, comprising the performance of the following steps for each of the images: segmentation of the image into segments, classification of...
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7194393 |
Numerical model for image feature extraction
In one embodiment, the invention is a method for generating geometric patterns from an image having a plurality of ridges and mesh points. The method includes dividing the image into a plurality of...
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7188099 |
Texture-based image database browsing and sorting method
A texture-based image database browsing and sorting method computes the number of edge pixels of objects in static images, measures textures of the static images by numerating the number of edge...
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7155033 |
Coarse representation of visual object's shape for search/query/filtering applications
A method of coarse representation of a visual object's shape for search/query/filtering applications uses a binding box that fully encompasses the object of interest within the image to extract a...
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7151846 |
Apparatus and method for matching fingerprint
After processing, a target feature point is detected. Information about a target feature point includes the position of the ridge containing a vicinal feature point relative to the position of the...
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7123742 |
Print user interface system and its applications
A print (e.g., on paper) user interface (PUI) device for decoding an embedded message to activate a function is described. The PUI can be used for transforming an embedded message into cognizable...
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7064865 |
Image processing method and apparatus for detecting characteristic points
An image processing method and device includes the steps of detecting a crossing point that has a largest density value among pixels aligned in one direction and a smallest density value among...
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7058238 |
Image pick-up apparatus and image picking-up method
A current frame portion ( 21 ) stores therein the most recent information of an image of those fingerprint images input from an inputted unit ( 1 ), while a previous frame portion ( 22 ) stores...
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7035483 |
Image search apparatus
An image search apparatus includes a hard disk. A plurality of images photographed by a surveillance camera are recorded on the hard disk with luminance information. When an arbitrary image is...
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7027637 |
Adaptive threshold determination for ball grid array component modeling
A method for determining a number of balls in a projection space comprises determining a projection of a portion of a ball grid array, determining at least one local maximum of the projection space...
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7020591 |
Partial differential equation model for image feature extraction and identification
In one embodiment, the invention is a method for generating geometric patterns from an image having a plurality of ridges and mesh points. The method comprising the steps of: establishing a...
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6993170 |
Method for quantitative analysis of blood vessel structure
We disclose quantitative geometrical analysis enabling the measurement of several features of images of tissues including perimeter, area, and other metrics. Automation of feature extraction...
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6987885 |
Systems and methods for using visual hulls to determine the number of people in a crowd
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are presented that determine the number of people in a crowd using visual hull information. In one embodiment, an image sensor generates a conventional image of a...
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6973259 |
Method for extracting feature of binary image
Feature quantities such as an area, a circumferential length, end points, the center of gravity, and a moment are extracted for each image area. When one of the pixel immediately preceding the...
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6959088 |
Data processing apparatus and method for encryption or decryption of communication data
In order to shorten the time required for encryption and decryption of communication data, the contents of input data are analyzed by a discrimination method such as pattern matching, and in...
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6826317 |
Proofreader ability managing method and system
A technology of the present invention is capable of objectively judging an ability of a proofreader who proofreads a digitized document by use OCR programs. A method of managing an ability of a...
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6813381 |
Method and apparatus for identification of documents, and computer product
In the document identification apparatus, a ruled line feature extraction section determines a black pixel ratio of a document to be identified, and adds the black pixel ratio for each block to...
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6792134 |
Multi-mode digital image processing method for detecting eyes
The present invention comprises a digital image processing method for detecting human eyes in a digital image. This method comprises the steps of: detecting iris pixels in the image; clustering the...
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6721070 |
Apparatus and method for counting pixels in print data
An independent hardware pixel counter counts bits of print data in regions of interest. The independent pixel counter can be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and is separate from...
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6714664 |
ROAD AREA EXTRACTING APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING A ROAD AREA FROM A BLOCK MAP, DEFORMED MAP AUTOMATIC GENERATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DEFORMED MAP FROM ROAD AREA DATA OBTAINED BY THE ROAD AREA EXTRACTING APPARATUS, MAP INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION DESCRIBING METHOD
A vector block information indicating a plurality of line segment rows is read out from a block map. Each line segment row divides an area of a block from an area of a road in an image drawing...
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6704448 |
Device and method for extracting specific region from image and computer-readable recording medium storing region extraction program
A region extraction device includes a segmentation unit for dividing an input image into a plurality of regions, a pixel number counting unit for determining the ratio of pixels of a predetermined...
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6690826 |
System and method for detecting text in mixed graphics data
A system and method for identifying whether sample values of pixel samples in a sample region have two or fewer different sample values represented, such as in graphics data representing text...
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6606410 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a synchronous signal
A method for detecting a synchronous signal contained in an input image signal is provided. In the method, horizontal and vertical periods are established during which horizontal and vertical...
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6587586 |
Extracting textual information from a video sequence
A method for extracting an image representing textual information from a video sequence includes the following steps. First, receiving a sequence of video frames, each including an image of textual...
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6463171 |
Automatic defect resizing tool
A method of analyzing and classifying defects on a semiconductor wafer during a semiconductor manufacturing process using an automatic defect resizing tool to accurately measure the sizes of defects.
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6445817 |
Apparatus for counting color transitions and areas in real time camera images
A color transition and area counting device for use in a machine vision system may include an input port for inputting a stream of pixels in a frame. The pixels in the frame with particular colors...
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6415052 |
Color image processing apparatus
A color image processing apparatus for digitally reading a color document and effecting digital printing comprises a character region extracting device for extracting a character region of the...
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6373983 |
Method for detecting the occurrence of missing lines on images generated by an optical scanner
An automatic method detects missing lines occurred in an image, thereby identifying possible internal problems in the scanner. The method comprises the following steps. First, from the image of a...
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6362899 |
Error detection apparatus and method for use with engravers
An error detection apparatus and method for use with engravers, such as gravure engravers. An error value E corresponding to the difference between a set of predetermined setup parameters and...
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6327386 |
Key character extraction and lexicon reduction for cursive text recognition
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture employing lexicon reduction using key characters and a neural network, for recognizing a line of cursive text. Unambiguous parts of a cursive image,...
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6208763 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing discrete pixel images
Pixel data representative of a discrete pixel image is processed to identify structures and non-structures in the image defined by the pixel data. The structures and non-structures are processed in...
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