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7623712 |
Image processing method and apparatus
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which vector data from which noise has been removed and amount of data reduced can be generated in ideal fashion with regard to an illustration area...
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7623687 |
Three-dimensional face recognition
Apparatus for obtaining 3-Dimensional data of a geometric body for matching, and particularly for use in facial matching, comprises a three dimensional scanner for obtaining three-dimensional...
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7609893 |
Method and apparatus for producing classifier training images via construction and manipulation of a three-dimensional image model
A system ( 400 ) for generating training images for a pattern recognition classifier ( 54 ) from three-dimensional image data representing an output class comprises a model constructor ( 404 ) that...
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7606425 |
Unsupervised learning of events in a video sequence
Methods and systems for the unsupervised learning of events contained within a video sequence, including apparatus and interfaces for implementing such systems and methods, are disclosed. An...
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7602972 |
Method and apparatus for identifying white space tables within a document
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates detecting white space tables within a document, wherein a white space table is comprised of text arranged in rows and...
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7595878 |
Spectroscopic methods for component particle analysis
The invention relates to methods of assessing one or more geometric properties of a particle of a substance using an infrared spectroscopic property of the substance. The method is useful, for...
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7593020 |
Image editing using image-wide matting
An image editing technique employing a layered representation of the image is presented. The image representation includes a main pixel color layer, a secondary pixel color layer, an alpha layer...
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7590292 |
Information-theoretic method for clustering and merging imprecise data
An information-theoretic method clusters and merges bi-variate normal data or ‘error ellipses’ lying in a plane. Two or more error ellipses are clustered and then merged into a single error...
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7590291 |
Method and apparatus for non-parametric hierarchical clustering
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of forming windows corresponding to a data point of a data set, successively expanding the windows, determining a local hill for the...
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7590266 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus is provided that is capable of executing identification of an object by using a two-dimensional-image having a relatively low resolution. In the image processing...
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7587075 |
Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses
A method for producing a virtual forecasted model of a breast augmentation subject, comprising, receiving a preoperative subject's scanned image, wherein the scanned image comprises a three...
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7584100 |
Method and system for clustering using generalized sentence patterns
A method and system for clustering documents based on generalized sentence patterns of the topics of the documents is provided. A generalized sentence patterns (“GSP”) system identifies a...
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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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7567715 |
System and method for representing and encoding images
A system and method for representing and encoding an input image. Pixels associated with the structural part of the image are referred to as “sketchable,” and pixels associated with the texture...
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7567714 |
System, method and apparatus for clustering features
A method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an expansion shape to...
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7561304 |
Method of judging whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read, method of calculating representative value of darkness of test pattern, and apparatus that judges whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read
A method of judging whether or not darkness of a foreign matter on a test pattern printed on a medium with predetermined darkness has been read at the time of reading the darkness of the test...
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7558426 |
Device for outputting character recognition results, character recognition device, and program therefor
An output mechanism of a character recognition device includes a category classifier for classifying image data of characters to be recognized for each category recognized in character recognition...
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7542959 |
Feature selection method using support vector machine classifier
Identification of a determinative subset of features from within a large set of features is performed by training a support vector machine to rank the features according to classifier weights,...
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7539326 |
Method for verifying an intended address by OCR percentage address matching
An OCR percentage matching algorithm achieves a significant reduction in false mismatches accounting for combinations of unprocessed spaces, missing characters, extra characters and character...
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7536052 |
Corner sharpening of text and line art in a super resolution anti-aliasing image path
A method for sharpening the corners of digital image data within an anti-aliasing image path so as to overcome corner rounding when displayed or printed. The method comprises stepping a window...
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7536044 |
System and method for detecting and matching anatomical structures using appearance and shape
A detection framework that matches anatomical structures using appearance and shape is disclosed. A training set of images are used in which object shapes or structures are annotated in the images....
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7519227 |
Finding structures in multi-dimensional spaces using image-guided clustering
A method executed on a computer for determining a hierarchical clustering of a multidimensional dataset in a multidimensional image space comprises receiving a pyramid of multidimensional images of...
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7512276 |
System and method for feature identification in digital images based on rule extraction
A method for classifying features in a digital medical image includes providing a plurality of feature points in an N-dimensional space, wherein each feature point is a member of one of two sets,...
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7505841 |
Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system
A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which...
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7480412 |
Toboggan-based shape characterization
A method and apparatus for characterizing an image. The method selects one or more toboggan potentials from the image, or a portion thereof, to be tobogganed. It toboggans the selected toboggan...
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7480400 |
Detection of fiber pathways
A computer-implemented method for detection of fiber pathways includes determining initial data as a subset of voxels that have been selected from a diffusion tensor image by applying a threshold...
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7477786 |
Data conversion device, data conversion method, learning device, learning method, program, and recording medium
The present invention relates to a data conversion device and a data conversion method, in which HD image data having an image quality higher than that of the original SD image data can be...
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7474997 |
Construction and selection of a finite mixture model for use in clustering and vector quantization
A model selection process for selecting a finite mixture model that is suitable for a given task is described. A set of finite mixture models (FMMs) is produced from a set of parameter values and...
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7474790 |
Multiscale detection of local image structures
A method and apparatus for the detection of local image structures represented as clusters in a joint-spatial range domain where the method comprises receiving an input image made having one or...
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7471833 |
Method and apparatus for processing image data
A method of representing a data distribution derived from an object or image by processing signals corresponding to the object or image comprising deriving an approximate representation of the data...
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7466861 |
Method for outputting character recognition results
An output mechanism of a character recognition device includes a category classifier for classifying image data of characters to be recognized for each category recognized in character recognition...
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7457449 |
Figure moving method
A method of moving figures whereby a number of aligned figures can be efficiently moved while maintaining the alignment. The method includes a figure group generating step of generating a plurality...
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7454067 |
Symbol classification depending on cluster shapes in difference image
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for classifying elements of a digital image. An element of the digital image and a prototype representing a class of elements are...
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7440138 |
Conversion of color images to gray value images
A method of converting a digital color image to a digital gray value image and in so doing distinguishably reproducing colors present in the color image is provided. The digital color image is...
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7433497 |
Stabilizing a sequence of image frames
Respective sets of motion vectors are computed for pairs of image frames. The computed motion vectors are classified into motion classes. Motion clusters are identified in the image frames based at...
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7430324 |
Method and apparatus for classifying and ranking interpretations for multimodal input fusion
A method used in an electronic equipment ( 100 ) generates a set of joint multimodal interpretations ( 125 ) from a set of multimodal interpretations ( 115 ) generated by one or more modalities (...
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7428337 |
Automatic design of morphological algorithms for machine vision
The present invention provides a technique for automated selection of a parameterized operator sequence to achieve a pattern classification task. A collection of labeled data patterns is input and...
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7428331 |
Page background estimation using color, texture and edge features
An algorithm for estimating which pixels belong to the background of a scanned page. The algorithm is particularly designed to handle situations in which the page background varies in...
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7426301 |
Usual event detection in a video using object and frame features
The invention provides a method for detecting usual events in a video. The events are detected by first constructing an aggregate affinity matrix from features of associated items extracted from...
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7426292 |
Method for determining optimal viewpoints for 3D face modeling and face recognition
A method determines an optimal set of viewpoints to acquire a 3D shape of a face. A view-sphere is tessellated with a plurality of viewpoint cells. The face is at an approximate center of the...
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7412425 |
Partially supervised machine learning of data classification based on local-neighborhood Laplacian Eigenmaps
A local-neighborhood Laplacian Eigenmap (LNLE) algorithm is provided for methods and systems for semi-supervised learning on manifolds of data points in a high-dimensional space. In one embodiment,...
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7412098 |
Method for generating a low-dimensional representation of high-dimensional data
A method represents a class of objects. A set of samples for the objects in the class is acquired, there being one sample for each object, and each sample includes a plurality of data values...
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7406200 |
Method and system for finding structures in multi-dimensional spaces using image-guided clustering
A method is provided clustering data points in a multidimensional dataset in a multidimensional image space that comprises generating a multidimensional image from the multidimensional dataset;...
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7397945 |
Method and system of image segmentation using regression clustering
A processor-based method and a system are provided which are configured to regressively cluster pixels of an image and segment the image based upon the step of regressively clustering.
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7391908 |
Pattern detection using reduced set vectors
Systems and methods for object or pattern detection that use a nonlinear support vector (SV) machine are described. In the illustrated and described embodiment, objects or patterns comprising faces...
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7379602 |
Extended Isomap using Fisher Linear Discriminant and Kernel Fisher Linear Discriminant
A method for representing images for pattern classification extends the conventional Isomap method with Fisher Linear Discriminant (FLD) or Kernel Fisher Linear Discriminant (KFLD) for...
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7366352 |
Method and apparatus for performing fast closest match in pattern recognition
A method and apparatus for determining a closest match of N input patterns relative to R reference patterns using K processing units. Each of a set of input patterns are loaded into the K...
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7365745 |
Method of rendering a surface from a solid graphical image
A method for transforming solid, three-dimensional image data into three-dimensional surface data first smoothes the surface of the solid image by removing extraneous voxels both attached to main...
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7356184 |
Analysis of array/assay data utilizing transformation of scatter plot to image plot
In processing images of arrays of differently-dyed particles or microbeads (“beads”), a template cluster map of the array is first generated of a first set of such beads. Each cluster is...
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7343046 |
Systems and methods for organizing image data into regions
The image data is initially processed in a manner that is similar to that used to convert the image data into 3-layer mixed raster content format. After the image data is initially processed...
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