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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...