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7619751 High-accuracy pattern shape evaluating method and apparatus  
A quantity (or dispersion value) of a distribution of edge position due to random noise is expected to be reduced statistically to 1/N when N edge position data items are averaged. Using this...
7616818 Method of determining the orientation of an image  
The orientation of an image such as a radiographic image is deduced from the digital representation of the image. In one embodiment the curvature is calculated and a decision on the orientation of...
7616805 Pattern defect inspection method and apparatus  
The pattern defect inspection apparatus is operable to detect defects by comparing a detection image, which is obtained through scanning by an image sensor those patterns that have the identical...
7616804 Wafer edge inspection and metrology  
Some aspects of the present invention relate to a wafer inspection method. A plurality of images is acquired about an edge portion of a wafer. Each of the images comprises a pixel array having a...
7616217 Dynamic exploration of electronic maps  
A mapping engine receives map data from a map server and displays electronic maps. The mapping engine also receives one or more templates that specify metrics to show with the map. The templates...
7613363 Image superresolution through edge extraction and contrast enhancement  
A technique for generating high-resolution bitmaps from low-resolution bitmaps. A low-resolution bitmap is magnified to form a magnified image. Edge detection is performed on the magnified image to...
7613355 Image processing device and registration data generation method in image processing  
In an image processing device, a contour image generation section extracts edge points according to image data acquired by an image acquiring section, and generates a contour image of a object...
7606423 Method and apparatus for blocking artifact detection and measurement in block-coded video  
A method includes detecting vertical edge pixels in an image and analyzing the detected vertical edge pixels by horizontal location in the image to detect a spatial periodicity in the detected...
7606405 Dynamic tumor diagnostic and treatment system  
A workstation imports medical images that depict a tumor and provides tools that enable a physician to see the results of prior therapies, plan future therapies, predict the outcome of future...
7602964 Method and apparatus for detection of failures in a wafer using transforms and cluster signature analysis  
Detecting spatial failures in a wafer can be performed quickly and accurately by using transformations and cluster signature analysis. For this technique, a system can receive failure coordinates...
7599568 Image processing method, apparatus, and program  
A blur checking region is determined by selecting a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear in a digital photograph image as the blur checking region. Then, an image of a region...
7599561 Compact interactive tabletop with projection-vision  
The subject application relates to a system(s) and/or methodology that facilitate vision-based projection of any image (still or moving) onto any surface. In particular, a front-projected computer...
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...
7596273 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program  
Edges are efficiently extracted from digital photographic images. A reduction rate determining means determines reduction rates for images, such that larger images are assigned higher reduction...
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...
7590307 Edge direction based image interpolation method  
A method for interpolating pixel data of an omitted line by use of pixel data from an interlaced scan, for de-interlacing an interlaced video image. Image edge direction is detected at the center...
7590288 Method and/or apparatus for detecting edges of blocks in an image processing system  
An apparatus comprising an edge detector circuit, an edge strength detector and an edge strength threshold circuit. The edge detector circuit may be configured to determine a plurality of default...
7590280 Position detection apparatus and exposure apparatus  
An exposure apparatus for exposing an object to light. The apparatus includes a camera which captures an image of a mark on the object to obtain image data corresponding to the image, an extraction...
7587272 Method for locating difficult access points on a map  
A method of locating difficult access points on a topological map includes: analyzing curvilinear distances using a chamfer mask to catalogue approximate values C(V) of the Euclidean distances...
7587088 Method and apparatus for image processing  
The methods and apparatuses determine contour points from image data and carried out a segmentation process on the basis of the contour points, during which associated contour points are combined...
7586520 Image correction apparatus, image correction program storage medium, image correction method, and image correction system  
The present invention has an object to provide an image correction apparatus which can correct image blur properly, a storage medium storing an image correction program which makes a computer...
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...
7576894 Device and method for sharpening image signal  
A device for sharpening an image signal for receiving an image signal input, detecting and sharpening the object edge of the image signal input by using a detection period, and outputting an image...
7567724 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program of image processing method, and recording medium in which program of image processing method has been recorded  
The present invention is applied, for example, to resolution conversion. An edge gradient direction v 1 with the largest gradient of pixel values and an edge direction v 2 orthogonal to the edge...
7567715 System and method for representing and encoding images  
A system and method for representing and encoding an input image. Pixels associated with the structural part of the image are referred to as “sketchable,” and pixels associated with the texture...
7567713 Method utilizing intensity interpolation for measuring edge locations in a high precision machine vision inspection system  
A method for operating a video tool to perform precision edge detection in an image. The method includes determining estimated image intensity values corresponding to positions along a straight...
7565015 Edge pixel identification  
The teachings provided herein disclose a method for the identification of edge pixels within a digital image. The method operates by generating edge-state codes for a plurality of pairs of...
7561720 Single camera system and method for range and lateral position measurement of a preceding vehicle  
A system for determining range and lateral position of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a camera and a processor. The camera is configured to view a region of interest including the...
7557963 Label aided copy enhancement  
Regions within a scanned document are labeled according to content. These labeled regions allow for particular enhancement and sharpening methods to be applied. The labeled regions may be further...
7555163 Systems and methods for representing signed distance functions  
A system and method for implicitly computing signed distance values in a graphics application. In one embodiment, rather than storing numerous distance values along a given raster scan line, only...
7554552 Method of graphical generation of vectors with dark contours  
The field of the invention is that of graphical libraries providing graphical functions used for the drawing of symbologic images. One of the fields of favored application is the generation of...
7551173 Pixel accurate edges for scanline rendering system  
A method ( 2500 ) of converting a monotonic curve into edge information is disclosed. A method ( 2800 A) of determining an integer edge crossing value, Xi, for a new edge crossed by a scanline...
7542608 Method for automatically cropping image objects  
A method for automatically cropping image objects, including: an object contour detecting step, an image dividing step, and an image merging step. The object contour detecting step detects object...
7539344 Boundary detection method between areas having different features in image data  
An image processing device includes a feature emphasis unit for extracting first image frequency information from image data for each first unit area, a boundary provisional determination unit for...
7532762 Image coding/decoding method, image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus for obtaining decoded images having small distortion in DCT based standard coding/decoding  
An image coding method is provided, in which the method includes the steps of: extracting edge information which represents an edge part of an original image; obtaining density information of an...
7526131 Image processing apparatus and methods  
A method is provided of processing digital image data representing an image of an object to determine data representing a boundary for said object, the method comprising: inputting said image data;...
7522763 Method of measuring occluded features for high precision machine vision metrology  
A method of measuring occluded features in machine vision metrology. The method allows for high precision measurement of features that are partially obscured by an extraneous object (e.g., an...
7522752 Central location of a face detecting device, method and program  
A central location of a face detecting device comprises an image input means for inputting a captured face image, a horizontal edge detecting means for detecting a horizontal edge having a...
7519209 System and methods of organ segmentation and applications of same  
A method for segmentation of an organ of a living subject with a variable shape and boundary and surrounded by structures and tissues in connection with an image containing the organ. In one...
7515772 Document registration and skew detection system  
Disclosed methods and systems perform electronic registration of digitally captured images in real-time and performs accurate and robust digital image processing by analyzing the entire digitally...
7515314 Method for correcting negative film images  
A correction scheme derives correction parameters from an interval between image data in a negative film. In one embodiment, a scanner uses the correction parameters to correct image data scanning.
7512290 Image processing apparatus with SIMD-type microprocessor to perform labeling  
An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of processor elements including registers and configured to process respective data items, a global processor configured to control the plurality...
7508970 Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting a collimation edge in digital image radiography  
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which collimation edges in an X-ray image are located from information in the X-ray image.
7508969 Image processing apparatus and method and recording medium  
An image processing method for extracting a characteristic amount of a photographed image from the photographed image obtained by photographing an object, comprises a passing through deleting step...
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...
7499600 Method for characterizing a digital imaging system  
A method for use in characterizing a digital imaging system ( 53 ) having an array of imaging elements ( 35 ), and in particular for measuring the modulation transfer function (sometimes called the...
7496471 Surveying apparatus and method of analyzing measuring data  
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for minimizing the influence of disturbing signals during calculation of shape elements from coordinate points. An aim of the embodiments of the...
7496231 Color interpolation method  
Disclosed is a color interpolation method. The present invention decides a precise position of an edge with use of a G value in a unit pixel structure with a size of 3×3, thereby using different...
7492923 Method and device for detecting the occupancy state of a seat  
A method and a device for detecting the occupancy state of a seat, e.g., in a vehicle, and for use in activating a restraint mechanism allocated to the seat, as a function of the occupancy state,...
7489822 Image processing apparatus and method for detecting a direction of an edge in the vicinity of a pixel of interest and generating all color signals for each pixel by interpolation using color signals of a pixel of interest and its neighbor pixels, and a recording medium having a program recorded thereon for causing the apparatus to perform the method  
An image processing apparatus comprises a first color signal detection section of detecting a first color signal indicating a color component of a pixel of interest from the pixel of interest, a...