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7613352 Compression encoder  
A DWT unit applies wavelet transform to an input signal to output transform coefficients, and a quantization unit quantizes those transform coefficients with a quantization step size determined...
7609895 Methods and apparatus for performing MQ-decoding operations  
Methods and apparatus for providing JPEG decoder functions are described. In particular, features and methods of the present invention are directed to an efficient way of implementing a non-common...
7606434 Apparatus and method for forming a coding unit  
An apparatus and a method for forming a data structure that improves error resilience when applied to the coding of hierarchical subband decomposed coefficients, e.g., wavelet transform...
7602985 Multi-scale enveloping spectrogram signal processing for condition monitoring and the like  
A signal processing technique that decomposes complex, dynamically changing non-stationary signals from machine components such as bearings into different scales by means of a continuous wavelet...
7602984 Adaptive method and system for encoding digital images for the internet  
A system and method comprise defining a current rectangular region of the image bitmap, quantifying spectral characteristics of the current rectangular region, dividing the current rectangular...
7602983 Wavelet transformation apparatus  
A wavelet transformation apparatus including a unit that comprises a first adding device that adds a first input signal and a second input signal input by a predetermined order, a first multiplying...
7602982 Method for image coding by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-based residual vector quantization and system for effecting same  
Methods and systems for encoding, transmitting and decoding digital images by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-based residual vector quantization are disclosed. A method of the invention includes...
7602978 Deriving multiple identifiers from multimedia content  
The presently claimed invention relates generally to content identification, such as deriving identifiers from content itself. One claim recites a method including: using a processor, deriving...
7599567 Image encoding apparatus and image encoding method  
In an image encoding apparatus, pattern image cut-out means cuts out partial regions of an image of image data and generates pattern images. At the same time, the pattern image cut-out means...
7599535 System and method for tree-model visualization for pulmonary embolism detection  
A system and method for tree-model visualization for detecting an abnormality in an anatomical tree structure are provided. The method comprises: fitting a tree-model to an anatomical tree...
7599095 Wavelet-based image processing path  
A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image...
7593557 Methods of signal processing of data  
A method of signal processing of data using a computer by generating a symbolic map of the data using at least one wavelet transform, identifying target sequences in the symbolic map; and...
7593543 Apparatus, system, and method for tracing distribution of video content with video watermarks  
Video watermarks are added to video content to trace distribution. The video watermarks are in the form of watermarking pixels. Watermarking modules in individual computers add additional sets of...
7590298 Decompression with reduced ringing artifacts  
A process for improving the reconstruction of images compressed by the wavelet-based JPEG2000 specification. The basic reconstruction is followed by an edge-preserving filter (such as a sigma...
7583849 Lossless image compression with tree coding of magnitude levels  
Data values, such as residual values based on a predictive value, are compressed based on a number of significant digits used to represent the data value that is termed a magnitude level. Data...
7583848 Scrambling of image portions via color component interchange  
An image processing apparatus that is capable of presenting a general overview of the contents of an original image from its corresponding scrambled image is disclosed. The image processing...
7583847 Parsing a JPM file into another JPM file  
A method and apparatus for parsing a JPM file into another JPM file are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing a first JPM file and converting the first JPM file to a second...
7580577 Methods, apparatus and computer products for generating JPEG2000 encoded data in a client  
Encoded data, which can be used by a versatile JPEG2000 decoder in a client, and can assure a high-speed decode process of the encoded data and a high-speed display process of image data, is...
7580461 Barbell lifting for wavelet coding  
A method for encoding motion-compensated video data includes generating, for a current frame, a high-pass wavelet coefficient based on a function of pixels in a temporally adjacent frame. The...
7577841 Watermark placement in watermarking of time varying media signals  
A method of placing a watermark in a video stream estimates motion between frames in the video stream, and computes a representative motion for a frame. Before embedding the watermark in that...
7577308 Image data generation with reduced amount of processing  
An image data generator for generating data on a size reduced image of an original image. In one embodiment, the image data generator includes: an inverse wavelet transform unit to perform on...
7577307 Fast adaptive lifting lossless wavelet transform  
An adaptive lifting transform provides lossless image data compression on an improved edge prediction process. The adaptive predictor works on pixel-by-pixel basis that does not need bookkeeping...
7577301 Multiple page descriptions for the same page  
A method and apparatus for using multiple page descriptions for the same page is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a file in a file format, wherein the file has a...
7577203 Minimizing non-deterministic noise by using wavelet transform  
A wavelet transform noise minimization circuit comprises a differential receiver, a voltage comparator, a wavelet transform circuit, an electrical idle (EI) detector circuit, a phase interpolator,...
7574064 Fast lifting lossless wavelet transform  
The lifting transform reduces the number of lifting steps in lossless data compression while improving the overall rounding errors incurred in the real-to-integer conversion process at each of the...
7574061 Encoding device and method utilizing table data for selection of bit planes  
An encoding process is provided which can easily control the compression rate or guarantee a maximum required processing time when representing the factor data, obtained from a wavelet...
7570825 Method and device for determining a data configuration of a digital signal of an image  
A method relates to the of determining a data configuration of a digital signal of an image, the signal having undergone at least one spatio-frequential transformation in at least one resolution...
7570817 Signal compression and decompression  
A method of data compression, for example for image or audio signals, comprises encoding the data using a transform such as a wavelet transform or DCT, and transmitting only a predefined number of...
7570812 Super precision for smoothly changing area based on segmentation and low-pass filtering  
A super precision image processing system improves the precision of videos and images and eliminates the stage-like artifacts in the smoothly changing areas. In order to obtain higher precision...
7565023 Method for encoding images according to object shapes  
A method for encoding images according to object shapes is provided. The method enables reduced usage of storage space when an image encoding system encodes a received image frame. The method uses...
7565022 Bit-plane formatting including zero bit-plane detection  
A method and apparatus for accelerating the conversion and detecting image data in pixel format into bit-plane format and bit plane format to pixel format for JPEG2000 compression and decompression...
7565021 Efficient implementation of block-based transform on graphics processing unit  
Implementations of transforms, such as a discrete cosine transform (DCT) and inverse DCT on a graphics processing unit (GPU), use direct matrix multiplication. GPU features such as parallel...
7565020 System and method for image coding employing a hybrid directional prediction and wavelet lifting  
A system and method that provides an efficient scheme to code images and video by exploiting spatial correlations within an image by employing hybrid directional prediction and lifting wavelet...
7561208 Method and decoder for composing a scene  
The present invention relates to a method for composing a scene containing a plurality of objects, an object comprising chrominance and luminance components, a chrominance value being associated...
7558441 Resolution conversion upon hierarchical coding and decoding  
In a decoding method of decoding encoded image data which has been hierarchically encoded in advance, a size of an image to be outputted is determined, and then the encoded image data is decoded up...
7558430 Apparatus method and computer-readable medium for processing hierarchical encoded image data  
An image processing apparatus reconstructs coded image data, having hierarchical encoded data structure for stepwise decoding from a low resolution toward a high resolution, in accordance with a...
7555168 Method of wavelet coding a mesh object  
The invention relates to a method for the coding an object having at leas two dimensions which is associated with a basic mesh comprising a set of basic surfaces and with coefficients in a base of...
7551788 Digital image coding device and method for noise removal using wavelet transforms  
A digital image coding device based on wavelet transform technology includes a lower-bitplane replacement section which is provided after a coefficient modeling section and before an arithmetic...
7548656 Method and apparatus for processing image signals by applying a multi-resolution conversion processing for reducing the image size and applying a dyadic wavelet transform  
There are described image-processing method and apparatus, which make it possible to reduce the processing load even in the image-processing environment employing the Dyadic Wavelet transform. The...
7548654 Header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale transforms  
A method and apparatus are described for performing header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale transforms. In one embodiment, the method for adaptively scaling an...
7545997 Simulated high resolution using binary sub-sampling  
In an image processing method, a first raster having a first resolution is divided into a plurality of sub-sampling cells each containing a selected number of neighboring pixels. A pixel from each...
7542611 Image processing apparatus and method for converting first code data sets into second code data for JPEG 2000 and motion JPEG 2000  
In an image processing apparatus, first code data including multiple sets of code data in which image data of multiple static images are compressed and encoded, are synthesized. The first code data...
7538770 Tree-based compositing system  
A method of rendering a graphical image described by an expression tree is disclosed. The expression tree has one or more parent nodes and one or more leaf nodes, with each parent node representing...
7532740 Method and apparatus for embedding auxiliary information within original data  
This patent application is generally related to watermarking and steganography. In one implementation, a method of embedding auxiliary information within original data is provided. The original...
7529420 Method of displaying a thumbnail image, server computer, and client computer  
A method of displaying a thumbnail image of the original image of a data file stored in a storage unit on a display unit includes: (a) storing in the storage unit a first compressed code relating...
7529415 Adaptive and progressive protection of fixed images encoded in wavelets  
A process for secured distribution of fixed numerical images according to a nominal format resulting from numerical encoding in wavelets, represented by a original stream including a packet...
7526134 Image processing apparatus, program, recording medium, and data decompression method  
An image processing apparatus includes a decompressing unit decompressing image data having a first data compression format, an obtaining unit obtaining a second data compression format that is...
7522778 Image decoding technique for suppressing tile boundary distortion  
An image decoding device for decoding a hierarchically encoded compressed code obtained by dividing an image into a plurality of tiles and performing discrete wavelet transform on the pixel values...
7522777 Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof  
This invention enables deleting and protecting a part of sensed image data in accordance with a situation so as to enable efficient utilization of a finite capacity of a storage medium. To realize...
7522315 Image processing apparatus with hierarchical encoder  
When image data are sent through a network, bit streams of hierarchically encoded JPEG 2000 data of a plurality of pages of a document are formed by prioritizing resolution, and the bit streams of...