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7620257 |
Image processor
An image processor includes a JPEG 2000 codec. The JPEG 2000 codec generates a plurality of levels of encoded data, and a checksum circuit integrates the encoded data for each of the levels to...
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7620251 |
Apparatus for selecting image of specific scene, program therefor, and recording medium storing the program
Images of various scenes can be classified with high accuracy by considering a characteristic part corresponding to a desired one of the scenes in the images and a change in position or area...
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7620249 |
Analysis of patterns
A first pattern (A) is represented by a first ordered set of elements (x i ) each having a value whilst a second pattern (B) is represented by a second ordered set of element (u i ) each having a...
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7620248 |
System and method for validating graphical components of images
A system and method for improved validation of images is provided. Validation of any target image may be performed by creating a model of graphical components of a source image or a reference model...
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7616819 |
Detecting device and authentication device
A detecting device includes: multiple sensors composed with a plurality of sensor circuits arrayed on a plane, each of which generates at least one detected signal that corresponds to a distance...
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7613336 |
Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library,...
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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...
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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...
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7606411 |
Robotic gesture recognition system
A gesture recognition system enabling control of a robotic device through gesture command by a user is provided, comprising a robotic unit, a video or infrared camera affixed to the robotic unit,...
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7602999 |
Image searching device, image forming device, image searching method, image searching program, and computer-readable storage medium
The subject invention provides an image searching device ensuring both accuracy and speed in image searching operation. The image searching device comprises: characteristic generation section 10 ...
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7599562 |
Method for transmitting data between different computers
Transmitting data between different computers includes selecting data stores in a first computer with a stylus, generating a transmission identification code corresponding to the data selected,...
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7593549 |
Apparatus and method for utilizing biometrics in medical applications
In the present invention, the user will sign onto a system, utilizing a biometrics authentication or identification procedure. Once authentication and identification takes place, local, regional,...
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7590290 |
Fail safe image processing apparatus
Methods of capturing image pixel data representing a scene may be practiced using a camera and may be implemented as software, such as an application program executing within the camera. The...
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7580551 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing and/or comparing handwritten and/or biometric samples
A computer based method of biometric analysis which compares a first vector from a first biometric sample with a second vector from a second biometric sample. The vectors have at least one...
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7580159 |
Method, program, and apparatus for preventing a reproduction of an anti-copy document, and a medium storing the program
An image processing apparatus includes a first pattern detecting mechanism, a memory, and a pattern identity determining mechanism. The first pattern detecting mechanism detects a background dot...
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7574051 |
Comparison of patterns
A first visual image or other pattern (A) is represented by a first ordered set of elements (x i ) each having a value and a second pattern (B) is a represented by a second ordered set of element...
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7574039 |
Video based fire detection system
A fire detection system has a video sensor, a processor, and a database. The database has a statistical model representing the characteristics of a fire. The video sensor captures images, and sends...
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7570815 |
Comparing patterns
A first image (or other pattern) is represented by a first ordered set of elements A each having a value and a second pattern is represented by a second such set. A comparison of the two involves...
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7570814 |
Data processing device, data processing method, and electronic device
The cellular phone is provided with a storing unit including: a first storing unit for storing special character data, which includes at least one of pictogram data representing an expression and...
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7570801 |
Device suitable for placing components on a substrate
A device comprises an imaging device, a placement element connected to the imaging device for placing a component on a substrate, as well as an optical system having an optical axis. The placement...
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7570794 |
System and method for evaluating a machined surface of a cast metal component
A method and system are provided for non-contact evaluation of a machined surface of a cast-metal part, including a vision-based porosity inspection station. A digital image of the machined surface...
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7567689 |
Authentication apparatus and authentication method
An authentication apparatus and authentication method in which ID information and a registered facial characteristic amount of the principal and of an associated individual associated with the...
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7561734 |
Machine learning of document templates for data extraction
The present system can perform machine learning of prototypical descriptions of data elements for extraction from machine-readable documents. Document templates are created from sets of training...
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7561724 |
Registration method, as for voting
A method for registration comprises providing a computer and a server in communication via a network, an intranet and/or the Internet, and entering data into the computer for communication to the...
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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...
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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...
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7545969 |
Method and system for wide-area ultraviolet detection of forensic evidence
The present invention comprises a method for detecting and analyzing forensic evidence. A digital image is taken of background radiation from a suspected-evidence area suspected to contain...
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7542591 |
Target object detecting method, apparatus, and program
Detecting a predetermined target object from a digital image reliably and rapidly. The standard face detecting section performs detection process for detecting a standard face from a photograph...
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7536064 |
Image comparison by metric embeddings
Systems and methods are presented for image comparison by metric embeddings. In one implementation, a graph is created from each image to be compared. Graph metrics are then embedded in families of...
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7536053 |
Method and apparatus for the correction of nonlinear field of view distortion of a digital imaging system
Nonlinear distortions of imaging optics within a computer vision system are quantified as corrective values within a viewing window defined by a pixel array. A test artifact is displaced within an...
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7532759 |
Method, system and computer software product for selecting elements of a digital image
A method and system for selecting image elements, such as image pixels or vectors, of a digital image provide a set of lexical classifiers, such as a set of color names, which characterize a visual...
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7526110 |
Biometric information authentication device, biometric information authentication method, and computer-readable recording medium with biometric information authentication program recorded thereon
For personal authentication using biometric information, to allow for unfailing authentication without increasing verification time even for an authentication object that is not supported only by a...
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7523474 |
System and method for providing user control over repeating objects embedded in a stream
Many media streams contain “objects” that repeat. Repeating objects in a media stream are defined as any section of non-negligible duration, i.e., a song, video, advertisement, jingle, etc.,...
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7519225 |
Image processing method and apparatus for extracting an image
An object of the present invention is to extract an image closest to a reference image from among a plurality of candidate images. A plurality of candidate images similar to the reference image are...
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7515755 |
Method and device for the automated recognition of semi-finished products
Semifinished products, especially strand sections that are cut off from continuous cast strands, are marked in steel mills and rolling mills so that individual pieces can be tracked. The marks...
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7515754 |
Image control apparatus, image control method and program
An image control apparatus having an image database storing plural pieces of image information, for controlling the plural pieces of image information, the image control apparatus including: a...
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7515751 |
Method and system for searching for words and phrases in active and stored ink word documents
In a computing device, a method and system for searching for matching ink words or phrases, by comparing a given search term of at least one word (and possibly alternates) with the words in a...
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7510629 |
Method and device for analysing surface structure in paper or board
A method for analyzing in real-time in a paper machine or board machine the surface structure of a web ( 1 ) of paper or board which method comprises the direction of an imaging system towards a...
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7508986 |
Document recognition device, document recognition method and program, and storage medium
In document recognition processing for accurately recognition a document image at high speed, a shape feature is extracted from a component included in an input document image, and the degree of...
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7508547 |
Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program
An electronic file corresponding to a scanned original image is specified on the basis of the original image. If the electronic file corresponding to the original image cannot be specified, the...
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7499590 |
System and method for compiling images from a database and comparing the compiled images with known images
A method and system for discovering from a database an object which is confusingly similar with a known object. A database, such as the internet, is searched for objects which, when discovered, may...
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7499583 |
Optical inspection method for substrate defect detection
A method and apparatus for inspecting the surface of articles, such as chips and wafers, for defects, includes a first phase of optically examining the complete surface of the article inspected at...
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7499569 |
Hand pattern switching apparatus
A camera for taking an image of movement of a hand, and a hand pattern switching apparatus which operates an object equipment based on the result of the image taken by the camera, having a storage...
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7492963 |
Method for adjusting image data
The present invention provides a determination method to obtain the optimum image output quality. The method comprising the standard white plate is scanned prior to the scanning document sheet to...
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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...
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7483572 |
Recovering a non-linear warping function from images
A method determines a warping function between a first image and a second image. For each pixel in each scan-line of the first image, a distance matrix is constructed which represents distances...
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7483548 |
Method for detecting object formed of regions from image
An apparatus for detecting a person or the like from an image extracts candidates, which are considered to human body regions, from the image. Region likelihood probabilities of the respective...
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7474768 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable medium storing program
An image processing apparatus for processing image data including: appending information generating unit for receiving image data and generating an appending information based on contents of the...
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7469057 |
System and method for inspecting errors on a wafer
A method and system is disclosed for inspecting defects on a wafer. After acquiring at least one digitized image of at least one portion of a wafer, at least one design database file corresponding...
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7466854 |
Size checking method and apparatus
A pair of edges that are located at ends as viewed in the widthwise direction of a design pattern are recognized. On the basis of the edge direction in which the paired edges are recognized, edge...
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