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5784485 Method and apparatus for automated pattern recognition  
The present invention relates to a new and useful Automated Pattern Recognition Device comprising a neural-network system, implemented on a general purpose computer, and capable of recognizing not...
5751286 Image query system and method  
Images in an image database are searched in response to queries which include the visual characteristics of the images such as colors, textures, shapes, and sizes, as well as by textual tags...
5642434 Method for shape detection using density correlation valves  
Each pixel of a density reference area of a reference image is assigned a predetermined coefficient value in accordance with whether the pixel is located within a peripheral boundary of a to be...
5598482 Image rendering system and associated method for minimizing contours in a quantized digital color image  
The apparatus and method of the present invention quickly determines the presence of contours in a digital color image by determining the busy and the non-busy (smooth) regions of the original...
5568568 Pattern recognition apparatus  
A pattern recognition system is disclosed that uses a predetermined minimal number of comparison pixels in a pattern recognition process for input image recognition. For each pixel within a...
5561722 Pattern matching method and pattern recognition apparatus  
A pattern matching multiplies distances between an input pattern and standard patterns by distance-scale correcting weight coefficients respectively prepared for the standard patterns. This yields...
5537615 Production of an image model and inspection of a pixel representation of an image  
A method of inspecting a pixel for tolerable variation from a corresponding selected pixel in a master image comprises establishing a data word of which the bits each indicate whether or not all...
5500906 Locating curvilinear objects using feathered fiducials  
A method and apparatus for locating curvilinear objects of variable scale in digitized images using feathered fiducials. The leathered fiducials are constructed by: defining a range of tolerated...
5271068 Character recognition device which divides a single character region into subregions to obtain a character code  
A character recongintion device has a subdivider, a features calculator and a character code recognition device. Image data for a single character area is extracted from scanned character image...
5261010 Automatic mask threshold  
An improved method for finding the mask threshold for a maskable bilevel correlator operates on a series of frames of information. Beginning with an initial threshold, two rates are computed. The...
5255354 Comparison of image shapes based on near neighbor data  
Shapes are compared by obtaining a measure of dissimilarity based on near neighbor data. First, an image of one shape is analyzed to obtain, for each pixel position, a distance to the nearest pixel...
5214717 Pattern recognition data processing device using an associative matching method  
This invention pertains to a data processing system for pattern recognition by sorting the scores of the candidate patterns by their feature vectors per an associative matching method. It aims...
5121440 Analog video character recognition system  
A video character recognizer is provided, comprising an analog signal processor for receiving an analog video signal and for generating a position signal and a pixel signal therefrom in response to...
5091968 Optical character recognition system and method  
A system and method are disclosed for optical scanning and recognition of alphanumeric characters of different sizes and fonts such as E13B, OCRA, OCRB, and Farington 7B type fonts recorded on...
5077805 Hybrid feature-based and template matching optical character recognition system  
A feature-based character recognition identification and confidence level are determined for an unknown symbol. If the confidence level is within an intermediate range, the feature-based...
5046110 Comparator error filtering for pattern inspector  
A laser pattern inspection and/or writing system which writes or inspects a pattern on a target on a stage, by raster scanning the target pixels. Inspection can also be done by substage...
5020110 Arrangement for checking documents  
An arrangement for checking or examining bank-notes or similar documents include a detector, such as a CCD array of, for example, 256 photocell devices. The documents are scanned by the photocell...
5014327 Parallel associative memory having improved selection and decision mechanisms for recognizing and sorting relevant patterns  
A parallel associative memory provides a way of recognizing or identifying observed data patterns. Each of a plurality of memories stores a plurality of recognition patterns. In response to receipt...
4850025 Character recognition system  
A character recognition system extracts character blocks to contain a minimum character unit therein. The character recognition system has the capability of re-combining and/or re-extracting...
4841473 Computer architecture providing programmable degrees of an almost condition  
This invention features a new computer system architecture comprising a variable comparison of input data with programmable Template data. The system has the capability to provide an "almost"...
4783830 Pattern recognizing content addressable memory system  
A pattern recognizing content addressable memory system and method therefor, according to the present invention, "translates" patterns into a point in N-dimensional space. In both the analog and...
4776023 Pattern inspection method  
Two kinds of image corresponding to a reference pattern and a pattern to be inspected are converted into binary images and local images cut out from the binary images are compared with each other...
4747151 Apparatus for determining the degree of variation of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for determining the degree of variation of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by...
4747152 Apparatus for determining the degree of consistency of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for determining the degree of consistency of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by...
4747150 Apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by complex valued...
4641355 Pattern recognition apparatus  
In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, a pattern recognition apparatus includes a memory for storing information relating to a known set of characters, means...
4611345 Bank bill identification device  
There has been proposed in prior art an identification device which identifies the denomination of a bank bill from the numerical figures thereon; however, it is of a simple type which recognizes...
4523331 Automated image input, storage and output system  
A computer algorithm and apparatus for automated image input (including recognition), storage and output (including image generation) is described. Each image is transformed into a unique binary...
4510617 Character recognition system utilizing pattern matching method  
A character recognition system is disclosed in which an input character is compared to a plurality of standard characters. Each standard character is stored with respect to its black meshes in a...
4495644 Apparatus for signature verification  
A method for real-time signature verification uses a transducer pad in which the pressure of a stylus causes contact to be made between two resistive films. Such a transducer is energized by...
4490850 Matrix character recognition  
A character recognition system is disclosed in which each row of a plurality of parallel rows of binary signals representing the configuration of an unknown character is sequentially compared to a...
4464786 System for identifying currency note  
A currency note identification system comprises a line sensor generating a scanning signal corresponding to the printed pattern on a currency note, an adder for summing picture element signals in...
4464787 Apparatus and method for currency validation  
A method of identifying and designating one of a plurality of denominations of a bill or other paper currency, and apparatus therefor, scans a line along the length of the bill, and stores...
4288782 High speed character matcher and method  
A high speed character matcher and method for measuring the similarity between a pair of binary patterns representing two-dimensional images. The patterns are compared on a bit by bit basis and...
4288781 Currency discriminator  
A currency discriminator for determining the denomination of a bank note or the like is disclosed. It includes a source of light directed at the note to be identified. A 2 mm×80 mm stripe is...
4063219 Character recognition system  
An apparatus and method for recognizing a presented character are provided. The apparatus includes a scanner for extracting black and white information from a document in the form of an analog...
3644889 SYMBOL RECOGNITION SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY FOR ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS UTILIZING ELECTRO-OPTICAL TECHNIQUES WITH NONCOHERENT LIGHT  
An optical multiplier, such as a fly's eye lens projects a symbol to be recognized on a plurality of masks, which are subdivided into strips, each strip of the mask having predetermined...
3609686 CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEMS  
A character recognition system, in which the outputs of individual photocells of a matrix are grouped together, is disclosed, Each group of outputs is applied through a detector to produce a group...
3605093 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION  
System and apparatus for recognizing both handwritten and machine-printed character patterns in which the character filed is scanned by photoelectric means to generate an analog-form signal which...
3496542 MULTIFONT CHARACTER READING MACHINE  
3334335 Electronic data processing  
3297993 Apparatus for generating information regarding the spatial distribution of a function  
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