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6178261 Method and system for extracting features in a pattern recognition system  
Method and system for extracting features from measurement signals obtained from real world, physical signals by first forming an invariant component of the measurement signals and then using a...
6173275 Representation and retrieval of images using context vectors derived from image information elements  
Image features are generated by performing wavelet transformations at sample points on images stored in electronic form. Multiple wavelet transformations at a point are combined to form an image...
6160913 Method and apparatus for digital halftone dots detection and removal in business documents  
An image processing method for detection and removal of halftone dots includes converting a gray scale image into a binary thresholded image with halftone dots; identifying halftone regions within...
6148106 Classification of images using a dictionary of compressed time-frequency atoms  
A method for automatically classifying test images based on their similares with a dictionary of example target and non-target images. The method operates by receiving a test image and then...
6137911 Test classification system and method  
Documents are classified into one or more clusters corresponding to predefined classification categories by building a knowledge base comprising matrices of vectors which indicate the significance...
6137909 System and method for feature set reduction  
A system and method for ranking features by exploiting their relationship the Fisher projection space. The system ranks n features in a feature set using a design set comprising exemplars from each...
6137907 Method and apparatus for pixel-level override of halftone detection within classification blocks to reduce rectangular artifacts  
A method and apparatus to process an electronic image of a document that is previously divided into a plurality of classified tiled rectangular blocks. Each pixel within halftone blocks is analyzed...
6128408 Method for augmenting sum-of-laplacians in light and dark areas of halftone field to maintain reliable segmentation  
A method and apparatus are disclosed which analyze the video surrounding a pixel being classified and augment a calculated absolute value of the sum of the laplacians Sij just enough to enable...
6128397 Method for finding all frontal faces in arbitrarily complex visual scenes  
A method for detecting a face in an image includes the steps of applying the image to a first classification tool that determines a rotational angle for rotating the image that makes the image most...
6112021 Markov model discriminator using negative examples  
Negative examples are used along with positive examples to modify a Markov Model resulting in lower error rates in classification tasks as compared with conventionally trained Markov models. The...
6091843 Method of calibration and real-time analysis of particulates  
A method of analyzing particles for chemical or biological species. Spectral images of the particles are acquired. Targets are identified in the images and are classified according to morphology...
6088040 Method and apparatus of facial image conversion by interpolation/extrapolation for plurality of facial expression components representing facial image  
An input/output control mechanism receives facial image information of different facial expressions of a plurality of human beings to provide control so that a normalization processing mechanism...
6084987 Collaborative judgement in statistical coding  
A method of generating a collaborative judgment for use in coding a symbol is described. One method includes generating multiple probability estimates for a symbol to be coded, selecting an...
6078680 Method, apparatus, and storage medium for detection of nodules in biological tissue using wavelet snakes to characterize features in radiographic images  
A method and apparatus for discrimination of nodules and false positives in digital chest radiographs, using a wavelet snake technique. The wavelet snake is a deformable contour designed to...
6075891 Non-literal pattern recognition method and system for hyperspectral imagery exploitation  
A processing system and method identifies materials present in a pixel of a multispectral or a hyperspectral image. Underlying data models representing spectral endmembers or materials of interest...
6072904 Fast image retrieval using multi-scale edge representation of images  
An image retrieval system for retrieving images from a data base in dependence upon the degree of correspondence with a user-input target image. The target image and each image in the data base are...
6064767 Automatic language identification by stroke geometry analysis  
A computer-implemented process identifies an unknown language used to create a document. A set of training documents is defined in a variety of known languages and formed from a variety of text...
6052483 Methods and apparatus for classification of images using distribution maps  
An image classifier receives input images and assigns each input image to one of a plurality of image classes. The image classifier includes plural class distribution maps, each based on a...
6047079 Method of and an apparatus for pre-selecting fingerprint cards  
To provide an apparatus for pre-selecting fingerprint cards having certain similarity to an S-card to be identified, at a high-speed, among a plurality of F-cards, an apparatus of the invention...
6044171 Method and apparatus for pattern recognition and representation using fourier descriptors and iterative transformation-reparametrization  
A boundary curve or line pattern is recognized by using iterative parametrization and transformation to develop a Fourier descriptor set that is mutually independent and of minimal size and then...
6026185 Outline image generation apparatus and method that generates space correction data  
Horizontal lines of a character are divided into groups of lines which are not offset from each other and distances between which are less than a predetermined value. Further, on conditions that...
6023529 Handwritten pattern recognizer with selective feature weighting  
A handwritten pattern recognition system for recognizing an input pattern is provided. The system has a plurality of parameter determining units, each determining the value of a desired parameter...
6018587 Method for remote sensing analysis be decorrelation statistical analysis and hardware therefor  
A method for remote scenes classification comprising the steps of (a) preparing a reference template for classification of the remote scenes via (i) classifying a set of reference scenes via a...
6014461 Apparatus and method for automatic knowlege-based object identification  
An apparatus and method for automatic knowledge-based object or anomaly classification is provided by capturing a pixel map of an image and from that generating high level descriptors of the object...
6009196 Method for classifying non-running text in an image  
The present invention is a method for analyzing image data, and more particularly for analyzing of image data representing images containing text to partition the image into running and non-running...
6009199 Classification technique using random decision forests  
In a decision-forest classifier in accordance with the invention, a decision forest including multiple decision trees is used to classify "seen" training data and "unseen" data. Each individual...
5995664 Information recognition apparatus for recognizing recognition object information  
The invention provides an information recognition apparatus for recognition of an address or the like which can recognize recognition object information, which is inputted in the form which does...
5991702 Axisymmetric figure shaping device for generating curvilinear figure precisely axisymmetric with respect to axis of symmetry and method therefor  
An axisymmetric figure shaping device including an input unit for receiving input of a figure formed including a curve and a data processing unit for shaping an input figure to be precisely...
5987158 Apparatus for automated identification of thick cell groupings on a biological specimen  
A thick group of cells classifier. Image data acquired from an automated microscope from a cytological specimen is processed by a computer system. The computer applies filters at different stages....
5982920 Automated defect spatial signature analysis for semiconductor manufacturing process  
An apparatus and method for performing automated defect spatial signature alysis on a data set representing defect coordinates and wafer processing information includes categorizing data from the...
5982932 Method and apparatus for flash correlation  
Flash correlation instantaneously compares two or more patterns to determine whether they are the same or essentially the same, regardless of the complexity of the images, and in spite of the...
5978507 Method of forming a template of an image of an object for use in the recognition of the object  
A method of forming a template of an image of an object includes the steps of: detecting occurrences of at least one feature type within the image which meet a respective criterion; for each such...
5978501 Adaptive inspection method and system  
A method and system for detecting defects in the design of a photolithographic mask or a printed wafer. It derives an adaptive inspection algorithm that allows for a tighter inspection of a mask to...
5974177 Apparatus and method of network distribution of record data using transmittal symbols hand entered on a transmittal sheet  
Document distribution system 10 receives user record documents 10R containing record data 10D for distribution and storage throughout a user network 10N. Controller 10C controls the operation of...
5970166 System or method for identifying contents of a semi-opaque envelope  
A method and system detect for the presence of an object of unknown shape, configuration, orientation and location within a non-rigid semi-opaque enclosure. The semi-opaque enclosure has a pattern...
5966459 Automatic defect classification (ADC) reclassification engine  
A method of determining classification codes for defects occurring in semiconductor manufacturing processes and for storing the information used to determine the classification codes. A wafer is...
5966460 On-line learning for neural net-based character recognition systems  
A neural network based improving the performance of an omni-font classifier by using recognized characters for additional training is presented. The invention applies the outputs of the hidden...
5949964 Method and apparatus for halftoning of images in a printer  
A method for halftoning an image to be rendered onto a media sheet includes the steps of: classifying data portions of a received data stream into one of plural image types, each image type to be...
5949902 Pattern recognition method which utilizes a calibration rule  
For a pattern recognition method, a calibration rule is generated during a training phase for evaluations supplied by a classifier with regard to possible identifiers and, during a recognition...
5946410 Adaptive classifier for compound characters and other compound patterns  
A statistical classifier utilizes combined output values to determine posterior probabilities for certain output classes. In the field of handwriting recognition, compound characters are factored...
5943436 Method and system for inspecting packages  
A method and system for verifying the presence of a lens in a transparent package. The method comprises the steps of moving the package into an inspection position, and conducting a light beam...
5940535 Method and apparatus for designing a highly reliable pattern recognition system  
A design for a high reliability recognition system utilizes two optimized thresholds for each class k of a prototype data base. One threshold is a class region threshold CR k and the other is a...
5940139 Background extraction in a video picture  
A novel video object extraction has a first object 12, such as a foreground object, illuminated with visible light 16 and a second object 14, such as a background object, illuminated with a...
5937084 Knowledge-based document analysis system  
A knowledge-based document analysis system and method for identifying and decomposing constrained and unconstrained images of documents is disclosed. Low level features are extracted within bitonal...
5937103 Method and apparatus for alias free measurement of optical transfer function  
Measurement of the optical transfer function of an optical system imaging a bar pattern. A one dimensional fast Fourier transform processes sampled image data from the bar pattern. A model of the...
5915038 Using index keys extracted from JPEG-compressed images for image retrieval  
Index keys from JPEG encoded still images are extracted based on the gray-scale, luminance, and/or chrominance values. The index keys are stored in a database, along with corresponding location,...
5909508 Parallel image-clustering apparatus  
In an image clustering apparatus for classifying an image into plural clusters, modification of cluster parameter is executed by parallel processing as well as parallel processing of comparison of...
5909510 Method and apparatus for document classification from degraded images  
A word shape token-based document classification system prepares a plurality of sets of training data degraded by image quality and selects the optimum training data set by examining scores from a...
5907631 Document image processing method and system having function of determining body text region reading order  
An extracting step extracts text regions from an input document image. A classifying step classifies the text regions into in-order reading regions to be successively read in the predetermined...
5878164 Interleaved segmental method for handwriting recognition  
A method of handwriting recognition is provided that combines the efficiency of a point oriented system and the shape information of a segment oriented system in an HMM based handwriting...
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