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7620247 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium  
This invention has as its object to allow high-precision and high-speed retrieval in consideration of position information of image feature amounts upon retrieving similar images based on image...
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...
7606393 Image selection based on image content  
An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the...
7602417 Image processing method, imaging apparatus, and storage medium storing control program of image processing method executable by computer  
An image processing method is provided for detecting the position of a specific subject from a moving image and combining a display of detection result indicating the detected position with the...
7593144 Controlling scanning and copying devices through implicit gestures  
A scanning machine ( 10 ) includes a scan surface ( 12 ) for receiving a page or pages to be scanned. A motion detector ( 20 ) monitors the copy surface to detect movement of the pages. In response...
7558424 Scene change determination device/method and data transfer device/method  
The scene change determination device of the present invention comprises a first extraction unit for extracting a plurality of pixels used for determination from the first image data, a second...
7551783 Methods, functional data, and systems for image feature translation  
Methods, functional data, and systems are provided for image feature translation. An image is decomposed into sub images, each sub image having its features identified by feature attributes. The...
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...
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...
7538776 Automatic color adjustment of a template design  
The present invention generates a color template design. According to one aspect, a source image is selected. Colors of a selected template design are adjusted automatically using color data...
7522747 Vehicle detection apparatus and method  
A front-going vehicle is recognized by using a camera image from a camera for monitoring the front of one's own vehicle and detection data from a radar for detecting position of an object in front...
7522176 Dynamically generating mini-graphs to represent style and template icons  
Various technologies and techniques are described that enhance ease of selection of chart styles using dynamically generated icons to represent style and templates. As one non-limiting example, a...
7508960 Projection of light patterns for liveness verification of biometrics  
The biometric system disclosed herein comprises device for providing a pattern; the device having a source of light and a source for providing a pattern. The source of light is operative to...
7492949 Process and system for the semantic selection of document templates  
Document templates could improve the speed, cost, and quality of documentation if appropriate templates could be located without undue selection burden. Semantic retrieval (IR) can greatly improve...
7492947 Image processing method and image processing apparatus  
This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the...
7486802 Adaptive template object classification system with a template generator  
A method of performing object classification within a collision warning and countermeasure system ( 10 ) of a vehicle ( 12 ) includes the generation of an object detection signal in response to the...
7474808 Image processing device and image processing method  
A partial image identifying section extracts objects from an inputted image inputted by an image inputting section, and identifies types of the objects. A characteristic information generating...
7463773 Fast high precision matching method  
An initial search method uses the input image and the template to create an initial search result output. A high precision match uses the initial search result, the input image, and the template to...
7444004 Image recognition system, image recognition method, and machine readable medium storing thereon an image recognition program  
There is provided an image recognition system which recognizes a subject, which is moving with respect to an image capturing unit, included in an image captured by the image capturing unit,...
7424153 Shape priors for level set representations  
This invention relates to shape priors for level set representations. An embodiment of the invention comprises a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a shape model can be built...
7421147 Hybrid template matching for imaging applications  
Training sets consisting of pairs of input images and desired images can be used to produce maps intended for future use in transforming input images into final images. The maps, however, often...
7418112 Pedestrian detection apparatus  
A pedestrian detection apparatus of the present invention extracts a whole-body region and a prospective head region based on a pattern matching between an input image picked up by an infrared...
7394578 Facsimile device reading lines of image data divisively in a sub-scanning direction  
This facsimile device comprises inputting means for inputting image data of a subject copy having a width in a main scanning direction larger than an A3-size width, reading means for divisively...
7391899 System and method for three dimensional change detection and measurement of a scene using change analysis  
A method ( 100 ) comprises steps of: receiving a first digital model ( 102 ) of a first three-dimensional scene comprising at least one object; receiving a second digital model ( 112 ) of a second...
7379599 Model based object recognition method using a texture engine  
A geometric hashing method usable by a machine vision system for model-based recognition of an object. More specifically, in a computer having a texture engine, a method of pattern matching for...
7346196 Rotatable bay window switch box surveillance camera and illuminator for facial recognition  
A surveillance camera and illuminator are covertly mounted in a partially rotatable bay window inner frame mounted within an electrical switch box. The bay window inner frame can thus be pivoted...
7330610 System and method for updating a sign-on logo image file in a computer  
A system for updating a sign-on logo image file in a computer includes: a storage medium ( 7 ) for storing image files; application software ( 1 ) for loading a selected image file, converting the...
7319790 Image comparing apparatus, image comparing method, computer readable medium recording program for image comparison, photographing apparatus, and photographing method  
An image comparing apparatus for comparing a particular inspect image with a search image containing a subject shown on the inspect image, including a search-image supplying unit storing therein a...
7308140 Method and device for measuring similarity between images  
A method of measuring a similarity between images is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) computing a statistical dissimilarity between the images; (b) computing a perceptual...
7305106 Object detection apparatus, object detection method and recording medium  
An object detection apparatus is provided that detects a target object in an image more securely and at higher speed than the conventional one. The human body detection apparatus for detecting a...
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...
7283657 Method and system for automatically orienting a spherical object  
A system, methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically orienting spherical objects, such as game balls, for subsequent downstream processing comprises a series of processing steps that can...
7272260 Image recognition-processing device and method using pattern elements  
A image recognition device using pattern elements is disclosed. The device comprises an image recognition device, a recording medium, and an image processing device which is be capable of executing...
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...
7260244 Print inspection method and print inspection apparatus  
A method of inspecting a defect on a surface of a printed matter includes a step of applying a gray scale erosion filter to a non-defect surface of a printed matter to prepare a gray scale erosion...
7231087 Matching binary templates against range map derived silhouettes for object pose estimation  
A method for approximating an object's pose from a camera generated image of a scene is performed by first extracting a binary map from the image. The binary map is filtered to include silhouettes...
7212673 Rotational symmetry detection for configurations of discrete curves  
System and method for characterizing configurations of discrete curves based on detected symmetries in the configuration. A configuration of discrete closed curves is received. A plurality of...
7212301 System and method for centralized, automatic extraction of data from remotely transmitted forms  
One or more parameters such as time is reported to a center using a form. The center then automatically extracts data from the form and converts it for storage and subsequent processing or review....
7197166 Iris extraction method capable of precisely determining positions and sizes of irises in a digital face image  
The present invention relates to an iris extraction method. In the method, two searching regions are defined in a face image. A deformable template match algorithm and an energy function are used...
7194453 Image retrieval method and apparatus  
A plurality of images and image features of each of the plurality of images are stored in a form correlated with the images in an external storage device of an image retrieval apparatus. In...
7194131 Image selection based on image content  
An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the...
7171049 Method and apparatus for alphanumeric recognition  
A method and apparatus for recognizing alphanumeric characters in which a set of unknown characters is received from an imaging system and a set of known characters from a storage device. A first...
7149339 Non-destructive inspection of downhole equipment  
The present invention provides non-destructive computed tomography (CT) methods of testing downhole equipment. The non-destructive CT methods enable both extrinsic and intrinsic testing to ensure...
7139432 Image pattern matching utilizing discrete curve matching with a mapping operator  
System and method for determining the presence of an object of interest in a target image. Regions of a target image may be located that match an object of interest, e.g., in a template image, with...
7139429 Image recognition scheme  
An image recognition method comprises the steps of: a) examining as to how much input image parts resemble a predetermined figure comprising a plurality of elements, and giving a first score on...
7139421 Methods and apparatuses for detecting similar features within an image  
The invention provides methods and apparatuses for finding features that are similar in the image. The invention finds the similar features by searching portions of the image for features that are...
7136529 Information presentation system  
An information presentation system includes a template matching unit which performs template matching between input information and a template group stored, a plurality of associated information...
7134143 Method and apparatus for data packet pattern matching  
A pattern matching engine supports high speed (up to at least 2.4. Gbits per second line rate speeds) parallel pattern matching operations in an unanchored fashion. The engine is preferably...
7117192 Text and imagery spatial correlator  
A text and imagery spatial correlator automatically relates the geographic locations where events referenced in text occur to those same geographic locations appearing in imagery. In the preferred...
7097022 Device, method and program for paper discrimination  
The image manipulation unit ( 17 ) corrects the tilt and color shade of the paper-piece image data obtained by the optical sensor unit ( 13 ). The template comparison unit ( 18 ) makes the...
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