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7619784 Pacing and error monitoring of manual page turning operator  
Systems and methods for pacing and error monitoring of a manual page turning operator of a system for capturing images of a bound document are disclosed. The system includes a speaker for playing...
7606424 Combined forward and reverse correlation  
Improved correlation techniques employ data from forward (template-to-reference) and reverse (reference-to-template) correlation to identify valid correlation peaks, enforce symmetry in correlation...
7570793 Correction method for data of a plurality of optoelectronic sensors  
The invention relates to a method for providing corrected data in order to generate a model of a monitoring area which is located in the respective visual range of at least two opto-electronic...
7558413 Method for detecting polyps in a three dimensional image volume  
A method for detecting target objects in a three dimensional (3D) image volume of an anatomical structure is disclosed. A set of candidate locations in the image volume are obtained. For each...
7551782 System and method of user interface and data entry from a video call  
A system and method for imaging an object, and using reference templates to recognize and enhance object image, including the identification of a template for a specific area of a target object to...
7529410 Local localization using fast image match  
A technique is disclosed for determining a portion of a document corresponding to a captured image. A user employs a pen to create a stroke in a document, and images are captured by a camera...
7492926 Method for identifying a person from a detected eye image  
A method for identifying a person from the detected eye image has been developed, the steps of which are: (a) discriminating the image difference by comparing the detected personal eye image with...
7486825 Image processing apparatus and method thereof  
An image processing apparatus for detecting, at high precision, the contours of the eyes and the lips from an image including a shot of the face is provided. The apparatus includes an image input...
7442930 Method for correcting distortions in electron backscatter diffraction patterns  
A method is provided for correcting magnetic field distortions in an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) pattern. An EBSD pattern is firstly generated from a sample placed within an electron...
7437017 Image processing method  
In accordance with an image processing method, a data region is detected from input image data. The input image data is rotated in accordance with inclination of an image. Determination is made...
7428336 Efficient detection of constant regions of an image  
A technique that improves image analysis efficiency by reducing the number of computations needed to detect constant regions. Constant region detection according to the present techniques includes...
7409090 Handwritten character input device and handwritten character input processing method  
The present invention provides a handwritten character input device and handwritten input character processing method enabling easy selection of a text input area and reliable input of handwritten...
7330604 Model-based dewarping method and apparatus  
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...
7324710 Method and device for determining nominal data for electronic circuits by capturing a digital image and compare with stored nominal data  
A method and a corresponding device for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device. In the...
7301547 Augmented reality system  
A virtual reality system surveys a real-world environment, generates 3D data that defines the real-world environment, renders a virtual 3D environment using the 3D data, retrieves a virtual object...
7298907 Target recognizing device and target recognizing method  
A target recognizing device that creates a template concerning a target by itself is provided. The device comprises a robot camera for creating continuous images showing a target and an arithmetic...
7269286 Discrete curve symmetry detection  
System and method for detecting symmetries of discrete curves. A mapping operator is applied to a first discrete curve to amplify its features, generating a first mapped discrete curve. A...
7263202 Watermarking to control video recording  
Video programs are identified by watermark data subliminally conveyed within the picture data. By reference to such program identification data, video recording devices can automatically identify...
7228428 Method and apparatus for embedding encrypted images of signatures and other data on checks  
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a check validation scheme wherein a payor's signature is digitized, encrypted and embedded on the front...
7149357 Fast invariant pattern search  
Rotation and scale invariant profiles are generated for matching to a pattern template using a fast regular shaped pattern construction method. The invention achieves rotation invariant matching,...
7139430 Character recognition  
Character recognition includes detecting a union of characters, preprocessing the union of characters, comparing the preprocessed union of characters with one or more template symbols, and applying...
7106904 Form identification method  
A form identification method which can identify forms without errors even if a form is inputted from a scanner in different direction or the form is enlarged/shrunk. A form registration method...
7103199 Character recognition method and apparatus  
A character recognition method is provided, in which the method includes the steps of: picking up images in a motion picture by changing brightness for each image; extracting a character area from...
7062093 System and method for object recognition  
A system and method recognize a user-defined model object within an image. The system and method recognize the model object with occlusion when the model object to be found is only partially...
7061980 Method of describing object region data, apparatus for generating object region data, video processing method, and video processing apparatus  
An object-region-data describing method for describing object region data relating to a time-series variation of an object region in video data including a plurality of frames, the method...
7054492 Fast regular shaped pattern searching  
An accumulation method for fast pattern search can accurately locate regular shaped patterns of interest. The method can be used for invariant search to match patterns of interest in images where...
7029172 Temperature profile determination  
Apparatus for determining the temperature profile of the surface being sprayed or otherwise treated, the apparatus comprising four electric arc spray guns ( 1 ) spraying molten steel. The guns ( 1...
7016539 Method for fast, robust, multi-dimensional pattern recognition  
Disclosed is a method for determining the absence or presence of one or more instances of a predetermined pattern in an image, and for determining the location of each found instance within a...
7010157 Stereo image measuring device  
The present invention discloses a stereo image measuring device capable of carrying out high-speed and highly reliable three-dimensional measurement for a stereo image, easily correcting any...
7002604 Screen rotation  
The invention method and system provides rotation of an image on a display screen. A graphics library translates on-screen coordinates from a base viewing mode to a desired alternate viewing mode....
6999605 Picture matching processing according to environment variations  
A window picture (robust window picture) is selected as a model window picture, which is unlikely to be influenced by the variations in an environment and selected irrespective of the variations in...
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...
6957387 Apparatus for reproducing an information signal stored on a storage medium  
An apparatus for reproducing an information signal stored on a first storage medium ( 4 ). The apparatus comprises a reading unit ( 2 ) for reading the information signal from the first storage...
6888958 Method and apparatus for inspecting patterns  
The difference data between the real patter data Sij, and a 5×5 window with a noticed pixel in the center and the design pattern data Rij obtained by the design pattern data of the window being...
6885371 System and method of identifying a selected image object in a three-dimensional graphical environment  
A system and method of locating a selected point in a bounded area of a three-dimensional graphical environment is described in which boundary points are assigned to boundaries of the area wherein...
6845178 Automatic separation of subject pixels using segmentation based on multiple planes of measurement data  
A method and apparatus for characterizing pixels in an image of an object surface by providing at least two images of the surface wherein each pixel has a unique location common to all of the...
6813382 Image outline determination method, image outline determination apparatus, image outline determination program storage medium, image input apparatus and image input program storage medium  
An image input apparatus receives image data from a scanner having a reading surface on which an original image is placed, the image data being generated through reading the reading surface. An...
6781718 Image correction method and image correcting apparatus  
An image correcting method and apparatus is disclosed in which processing other than a smoothing process can be performed in accordance with conditions of a line such as correction of a line width...
6771808 System and method for registering patterns transformed in six degrees of freedom using machine vision  
A system and method for utilizing a search tool that registers transformation of a trained pattern by at least four degrees of freedom to register the instance of a pattern in an arbitrary...
6714680 Method and apparatus for image positioning processing  
Radiation images recorded serially on a plurality of sheets overlapping partially are positioned accurately. An image positioning processing apparatus comprises overlap area detection means for...
6711290 Character recognition  
A method of character recognition includes detecting a union of characters, preprocessing the union of characters, comparing the preprocessed union of characters with one or more template symbols,...
6701002 Test method for image pickup devices  
In order to make it easier to specify the area with a shape other than a rectangle on the image plane of an image pickup device and to analyze an element in the range thereof, a test method of an...
6668084 Image recognition method  
The present invention provides an image recognition method whereby the influence of noise due to fluctuations of the ambient environment can be minimized and which has good response and high...
6665452 Correction conversion circuit for converting to image data skew of which is corrected and skew quantity correction method  
According to an image data correction conversion circuit and a skew quantity correction method respectively according to the present invention, image data for predetermined lines is stored, the...
6580821 Method for computing the location and orientation of an object in three dimensional space  
A method for computing the location and orientation of an object in three-dimensional space. The method comprises the steps of: (a) marking a plurality of feature points on a three-dimensional...
6574367 Method and apparatus for pattern matching encoding  
An apparatus for pattern matching encoding includes a pattern extracting unit for extracting patterns in input binary or multi-level image data, an accumulating/match-checking unit for accumulating...
6563951 Method and a device for matching images  
In a method for matching two images, each consisting of a plurality of pixels and having partially overlapping contents, the degree of correspondence between the contents of the images is...
6522776 Method for automated determination of reticle tilt in a lithographic system  
A method, system, and storage medium for determining retide tilt in a lithographic system is provided. Test patterns contained on a reticle are printed in a photoresist located on an upper surface...
6462812 Golf ball indicia verification system  
A system for inspecting indicia on a golf ball is disclosed herein. The system uses a multitude of cameras to analyze indicia that has been printed on the surface of the golf ball in order to...
6337926 Image recognition method, image recognition apparatus, and recording medium  
In an image recognition method of recognizing a plurality of images from an input image, the plurality of images to be recognized including at least one of a specific image and images provided by...
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