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8447752 |
Image search by interactive sketching and tagging
Sketch and tagging based image search may include receiving a sketch query input and identifying an object in a desired image. The object or objects of the sketch query may be tagged with a text,...
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8442118 |
Calculating transformation parameters for image processing
The invention relates to a method for obtaining transformation parameters. A camera motion can be modeled by providing a vector field of motion vectors describing estimated motion vectors,...
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8437045 |
Bitmapped based trapping methods, apparatus and system by modifying non-black halftone pixel bitmap plane using estimated continuous tone value
Provided are bitmap based trapping methods, apparatus and systems. According to one exemplary method, black trapping color image data is performed by estimating the continuous tone values...
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8417034 |
Apparatus and method for separating foreground and background
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for separating a foreground and a background. The apparatus includes a background model creation unit for creating a code book including a plurality of...
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8401325 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer program for core line modification of a thinning figure in an image process
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: a thinning process unit which extracts a core line by applying a thinning process; a...
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8385670 |
Image restoration by vector quantization utilizing visual patterns
The restoration of images by vector quantization utilizing visual patterns is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises restoring detail in a transition region of an unrestored image, by first...
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8379725 |
Motion-vector searching method and motion-vector searching apparatus
A motion-vector searching method is provided. The motion-vector searching method includes the steps of: reading out observed processing blocks and reading out reference processing blocks;...
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8374452 |
Method and apparatus for fast cell search
The GCL sequence index of each cell/sector is assigned so that a difference of the indices between adjacent cells/sectors is more than N, where N≧1. During GCL index detection, the adjacent N−1 ind...
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8358692 |
Image-processing apparatus and method thereof
In order to set a quantization step according to a target amount of code with high precision, a coefficient set according to the resolution of a moving picture to be encoded and the encoding method...
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8340439 |
Image conversion method and apparatus, and pattern identification method and apparatus
In an image conversion method, a value which reflects the mutual relationship between the classes of pixel patterns each formed from a pixel classified as one of a plurality of classes and...
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8341671 |
System and method for synchroning broadcast content with supplementary information
Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing a supplementary information associated with a broadcast content. The system provides a supplementary information associated with a specific...
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8340451 |
Method for constructing image database for object recognition, processing apparatus and processing program
Provided is a method for constructing an image database for object recognition, which includes a feature extraction step of extracting local descriptors from object images which are to be stored in...
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8340450 |
Successively refinable lattice vector quantization
A vector quantizer includes a lattice quantizer (10) approximating a vector x by a lattice vector belonging to a lattice Λ0. A lattice vector decomposer (14) connected to the lattice quantizer ...
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8335260 |
Method and device for vector quantization
A method for quantizing vector. The method includes: performing a quantization process on a vector to be quantized by use of N basic codebook vectors and the adjustment vectors of each of the basic...
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8331447 |
Apparatus for decoding video compression coded data
A decoding apparatus includes a standard predicted image generating unit which generates a standard decoded image and a standard predicted image of standard image quality; a non-standard decoded...
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8331708 |
Method and apparatus for a multidimensional discrete multiwavelet transform
Methods and apparatuses for compressing and decompressing digital data. The method for compressing digital data comprises a number of steps: a) generating a vector-valued dataset according to the...
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8320696 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
In order to reduce wasteful operation processes by operation units, a data supply unit reads out a plurality of pieces of pixel data from an image memory and temporarily stores the pixel data in...
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8270747 |
Image encoding device, image decoding device, and integrated circuit
An image encoding device that receives a plurality of component values of a color input signal inputted to an object pixel, vector quantizes, and encodes each of the plurality of component values...
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8228983 |
Method and device for order-16 integer transform from order-8 integer cosine transform
The invention is used in video coding. Systems, apparatuses and methods for processing an order-16 integer transform from an order-8 transform are provided. The order-16 transform method involves...
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8208718 |
Method for deriving parameter for three-dimensional measurement processing and three-dimensional visual sensor
In the present invention, processing for setting a parameter expressing a measurement condition of three-dimensional measurement to a value necessary to output a proper recognition result is easily...
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8208731 |
Image descriptor quantization
Image descriptor quantization technique embodiments are presented which quantize an image descriptor defined by a vector of number elements. This is generally accomplished by lowering the number of...
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8179400 |
Motion adaptive ambient lighting
A method for controlling an ambient lighting element including receiving a content signal, analyzing the content signal to determine a motion vector of an object (120A) depicted in the content...
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8175149 |
Method and apparatus for controlling bitrate of scalable video stream
Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling a bit-rates in which an amount of generated bits is adjusted according to the complexity of each frame, and a bit-rate within a frame can be...
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8155445 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and processing program for image inversion with tree structure
The present invention relates to an image processing method, an image processing apparatus and an image processing program for dealing with inverted characters (outlined characters) constituted by...
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8150177 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, defect detection method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and program
An image processing apparatus which compresses an image, the apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores a code book, the code book being prepared by allocating identification codes to code...
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8150186 |
Amount-of-compressed data control method and image data compressing apparatus
An amount-of-compressed-data control method applicable to image data compression processing for compressing an amount of data is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: performing quantization...
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8130828 |
Adjusting quantization to preserve non-zero AC coefficients
A video encoder identifies one or more AC coefficients of each of plural blocks in the picture. The encoder identifies a threshold quantization step size such that the identified AC coefficient(s)...
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8103089 |
Method and apparatus for generating projecting pattern
A pattern generating apparatus includes a sequence generating unit and an image data generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates a sequence formed by terms having M-value numeric...
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8081679 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes a quantizing unit configured to quantize an input moving image signal using a set quantization scale; a coding unit configured to perform variable length...
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8077994 |
Compression of MQDF classifier using flexible sub-vector grouping
Systems and methods to compress MQDF data are disclosed herein. A plurality of eigenvectors is identified. Each eigenvector in the plurality of eigenvectors can correspond to a pattern to be...
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8077769 |
Method of reducing computations in transform and scaling processes in a digital video encoder using a threshold-based approach
A method of reducing computations utilizing a threshold to increase efficiency and speed of a video encoder is described. Computations of transform and scaling processes of a video encoder are able...
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8064710 |
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling thereof, and program
An object of the present invention is to detect characteristics of images such as blurring and the like without expanding compressed and stored image data. And, the above-described detection is...
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8045816 |
Image quantization method and apparatus with color distortion removing quantization matrix
An image quantization method and apparatus are provided in which a block with a high possibility of having color distortion is more elaborately quantized using a predetermined color distortion...
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8019000 |
Motion vector detecting device
A frame memory holds a reference frame that is to be referenced for motion detection for a target block of a coding target frame in motion images. A motion compensation unit that includes a motion...
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8019165 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, defect detection method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and program
An image processing apparatus which compresses an image, the apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores a code book, the code book being prepared by allocating identification codes to code...
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7952769 |
Systems and methods for image processing coding/decoding
An image processing system includes a coding device configured to code input image data, and a decoding device configured to decode the coded input image data, wherein, if coding and decoding are...
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7940981 |
Method and apparatus for generating projecting pattern
A pattern generating apparatus includes a sequence generating unit and an image data generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates a sequence formed by terms having M-value numeric...
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7929771 |
Apparatus and method for detecting a face
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for detecting a face from an image. The apparatus and method uses color components and enables a Support Vector Machine (SVM) having superior recognition...
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7929795 |
Coding scheme for a data stream representing a temporally varying graphics model
Introducing a further prediction stage, namely a prediction of the motion vectors or the prediction error of the first prediction stage, does indeed at first increase the encoding or compression...
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7924315 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image file format
In a learning process, first, images having different resolutions are obtained from a target region of the subject (S101). Further, the subject characteristic of the target region is obtained...
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7917504 |
Indexing system and method for nearest neighbor searches in high dimensional data spaces
Vectors representing objects in n-dimensional space are approximated by local polar coordinates on partitioned cells of the data space in response to a query, e.g., a query data vector entered with...
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7907147 |
Texture filtering apparatus, texture mapping apparatus, and method and program therefor
A texture filtering apparatus includes a first generating unit configured to generate first texture data having a size designated by a user or satisfying a condition designated by the user by using...
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7889103 |
Method and apparatus for low complexity combinatorial coding of signals
To reduce the complexity of the encoding/decoding of pulse positions and/or pulse magnitudes associated with complex combinatorial computations, a method and structure for encoding and decoding of...
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7889386 |
Image processing apparatus and method for processing vector image data units of blocks
An image processing apparatus processes vector image data in units of blocks. When vector image data associated with a first block satisfies a predetermined condition, the image processing...
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7872648 |
Random-access vector graphics
A “Vector Graphics Encoder” encodes vector graphics in a randomly accessible format. This encoding format enables particular portions of encoded images to be directly accessed, at any desired lev...
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7869504 |
Coefficient scaling operational units
Techniques for providing a coefficient scaling operational unit to perform the coefficient scaling computation for various image compression schemes are disclosed. To minimize multiple units, each...
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7860266 |
Image processing system and image processing method
This invention provides an image processing system and image processing method which allow a user to easily confirm conversion result information when image information is converted into vector...
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7853092 |
Feature block compression/decompression
A compressor for compressing a block of feature vectors representing a feature associated with image elements, includes electronic circuitry for determining the distribution of the feature vectors,...
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7844125 |
Systems and methods for image pattern recognition
Systems and methods for image pattern recognition comprise digital image capture and encoding using vector quantization (“VQ”) of the image. A vocabulary of vectors is built by segmenting ima...
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7804901 |
Residual coding in compliance with a video standard using non-standardized vector quantization coder
This disclosure describes residual coding techniques that use vector quantization coding, which relies on template matching. However, rather than transmit vector quantization codebook indexes (or...
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