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7623726 |
Method and apparatus for using a virtual camera to dynamically refocus a digital image
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that dynamically refocuses an image to simulate a focus plane and a depth-of-field of a virtual camera. During operation, the system...
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7623683 |
Combining multiple exposure images to increase dynamic range
Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for processing multiple exposure source images, including a reference image and one or more non-reference images, are described. In one aspect,...
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7616826 |
Removing camera shake from a single photograph using statistics of a natural image
A computer method and system for deblurring an image is provided. The invention method and system of deblurring employs statistics on distribution of intensity gradients of a known model. The known...
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7613354 |
Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program
A user interface unit sets a parameter based on operations of a user, and outputs to a parameter correction unit. The parameter correction unit extracts the feature quantity of pixels in an...
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7599568 |
Image processing method, apparatus, and program
A blur checking region is determined by selecting a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear in a digital photograph image as the blur checking region. Then, an image of a region...
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7596273 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program
Edges are efficiently extracted from digital photographic images. A reduction rate determining means determines reduction rates for images, such that larger images are assigned higher reduction...
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7586520 |
Image correction apparatus, image correction program storage medium, image correction method, and image correction system
The present invention has an object to provide an image correction apparatus which can correct image blur properly, a storage medium storing an image correction program which makes a computer...
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7583860 |
Method for producing enhanced-resolution image by use of a plurality of low-resolution images
The invention is to provide a method that reconstructs enhanced-resolution images with improved super-resolution algorithms, which is based on an iterative method and employs our suggested initial...
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7583417 |
Bi-directional scanning and imaging with scanning compensation
In bi-directional imaging, such as bi-directional printing, a driving mechanism scans a light beam through a scan path across an imaging window. A controller enables transmission of video data to a...
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7570879 |
Image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, and automatic focus adjusting device for image sensing apparatus
This invention provides a technique of stably focusing on a major object without any sense of discomfort regardless of differences in lens unit type in a camera body on which a lens unit can be...
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7561186 |
Motion blur correction
A method and apparatus of correcting blur in a motion blurred image includes estimating the direction of blur in the motion blurred image based on edge response of the motion blurred image over a...
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7558414 |
Iterative image reconstruction
Systems and methods using an image produced by a constrained image reconstruction process as a constraint in a forward iterative reconstruction process are described. One example system may include...
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7551791 |
Image evaluation method, image evaluation device, and storage medium having program stored thereon
In the present invention, an image evaluation method includes: (a) a step of acquiring image information to be evaluated; (b) a step of setting an evaluation area for the acquired image...
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7550701 |
Non-linear wavefront coding systems and methods
Systems and methods reduce aberrations in a wavefront imaged by an optical system having a non-linear detector. A wavefront of electromagnetic radiation from an object imaged to the non-linear...
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7537351 |
Image forming projection system and projector using input and output signals
A projection system includes a projector and a computer connected to the projector, wherein the projector projects an image according to an image information output from the computer. The projector...
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7536053 |
Method and apparatus for the correction of nonlinear field of view distortion of a digital imaging system
Nonlinear distortions of imaging optics within a computer vision system are quantified as corrective values within a viewing window defined by a pixel array. A test artifact is displaced within an...
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7532772 |
Coding for compressive imaging
Embodiments of the present invention can estimate an image using an encodement provided by an optical component, an encodement provided by a detector array, or both an encodement provided by an...
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7528883 |
Method for blurred image judgment
A method for blurred image judgment is provided. Firstly, a focus value FV 1 of an original image is calculated. By using a blur function, the original image is obfuscated to generate a blurred...
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7522780 |
Frequency domain processing of scanning acoustic imaging signals
Method and apparatus useful in the inspection of a target comprises scanning the target with a pulsed acoustic beam, sensing the pulsed beam after it has been modified by interaction with the...
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7512285 |
Signal processing device and signal processing method, and program and recording medium
A signal processing device, signal processing method, and program and recording medium which provide images and the like closer approximating real world signals. The signal processing device...
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7502523 |
Auto focusing apparatus and method using discrete cosine transform coefficients
Disclosed herein is an auto focusing apparatus and method for a camera. The auto focusing apparatus includes an image sensor unit, an Image Signal Processor (ISP) unit, a compression module, a...
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7499600 |
Method for characterizing a digital imaging system
A method for use in characterizing a digital imaging system ( 53 ) having an array of imaging elements ( 35 ), and in particular for measuring the modulation transfer function (sometimes called the...
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7492958 |
Digital imaging with autofocus
In digital imaging, in a case where the full resolution digital image needs to be scaled down before presenting it on a display, before the image is scaled down, statistical data is gathered from...
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7489828 |
Methods, system, and program product for the detection and correction of spherical aberration
The present invention provides methods, a system, and a program product for the rapid detection and correction of spherical aberration in microscopy systems. More specifically, the present...
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7483559 |
Method and apparatus for deblurring mask images
The invention comprises processes for determining and applying a deblurring filter that reduces inspection system distortion, of mask inspection images, by compensating for the non-uniform...
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7475995 |
Projector trapezoidal correction
A projector includes an image projecting section that is structured to project an image according to an input image, to a virtual projection plane arranged in a predetermined positional...
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7474846 |
Method and apparatus of determining the best focus position of a lens
A method and apparatus for accurately auto focusing a lens of an imaging device. An imaged scene is split into an array of zones. The minimum and maximum sharpness score for each zone is determined...
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7471886 |
Camera with shake correction mechanism
A camera casing 100 accommodates therein a shake correction unit 2 for oscillatingly supporting an image sensor 20 , a control circuit board 6 loaded with electronic components such as ASIC ...
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7457478 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus, an image processing system and an image processing method can correct the distortion of an image at a low cost and can generate a high quality image in real time. An...
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7454134 |
Image signal processing unit and digital camera
An image signal processing unit which processes image signals corresponding to an image divided into a plurality of image-areas is provided. The image signal processing unit comprises a first...
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7450745 |
Systems and methods for minimizing aberrating effects in imaging systems
An imaging system for reducing aberrations from an intervening medium, and an associated method of use are provided. The system may be an optical or task-based optical imaging system including...
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7444014 |
Extended depth of focus microscopy
Imaging techniques. The focus of an imaging device is varied while acquiring an image of an object. The resulting blurred image is deconvolved to generate, in one embodiment, a two-dimensional...
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7440634 |
Method for de-blurring images of moving objects
Systems and methods for providing methods are provided for deblurring images, which are blurred due to the movement of objects in the imaged scene. The systems and methods involve separating a...
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7437012 |
Singular integral image deblurring method
The present invention provides a method for image deblurring based on correctly specifying the lack of smoothness in the unknown desired sharp image, in terms of Lipschitz (Besov) space...
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7433527 |
Time series data dimensional compression apparatus
A time series data dimensional compression apparatus performing dimensional compression for improving the efficiency of searching for time series data without losing the features of data. The...
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7424165 |
System and method for auto-focusing an image
A method and system for auto-focusing is disclosed where the number of the fractal pixels having a fractal dimension within a predetermined range is determined. The focused image is determined by...
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7421091 |
Image-capturing apparatus
Outputs of pixels present around a given pixel at an image-capturing unit having a plurality of pixels disposed two-dimensionally are added to the output of the given pixel. During this process,...
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7394943 |
Methods, software, and apparatus for focusing an optical system using computer image analysis
Methods, software, and apparatus for focusing an image in biological instrument are disclosed. Focusing elements are moved to various focus positions within a focus element travel range, and sample...
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7394927 |
Iterative method of determining a spatial distribution of values of a property
An iterative method determines a spatial distribution of values of a property of an object, and particularly values of its absorption, in an examination region, on the basis of measured values that...
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7379614 |
Method for providing services on online geometric correction using GCP chips
Disclosed is a method for providing services on online geometric correction using, in which information related with GCP (Ground Control Point) used for correcting geometric distortion of an image...
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7379613 |
Optimized image processing for wavefront coded imaging systems
An image processing method includes the steps of wavefront coding a wavefront that forms an optical image, converting the optical image to a data stream, and processing the data stream with a...
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7379565 |
Method and system for determining displacement of a pixel, and recording medium therefor
This method determines the displacement of a pixel between a first and a second image, the first image representing, moreover, an object in a first scene taken from given viewpoint, and the second...
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7376272 |
Method for image segmentation to identify regions with constant foreground color
The present invention is a method for image segmentation to produce a mixed raster content (MRC) image with constant foreground layers. The invention extracts uniform text and other uniform color...
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7373011 |
Density-dependent sharpening
A sharpening filter is disclosed for performing density-dependent sharpening on digital images. In one embodiment, a digital image to be sharpened is decomposed into a plurality of high-pass...
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7370976 |
Projection type image display device
The device has flexure correcting means for operating to rotate a first eccentric cam provided at a central part of a first side of a reflecting mirror, thereby moving up and down the central part...
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7365295 |
Image inspection system for correcting focal position in autofocusing
An image inspection system includes a mount stage for a subject; an observation optical system for imaging light reflected by the subject; a focal position moving mechanism for relatively moving a...
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7359535 |
Systems and methods for retrospective internal gating
A method for retrospective internal gating is described. The method includes acquiring images at multiple z-locations z 1 . . . z n and at different times t 1 . . . t n at each of the...
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7356254 |
Image processing method, apparatus, and program
An image of a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear is extracted from a digital photograph image as a blur checking regional image. Then, the extracted blur checking regional image is...
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7349580 |
Apparatus and method for calibrating zoom lens
A calibrating apparatus for a zoom lens comprising: a first image-acquiring section 60 for acquiring a first image-for-calibration by photographing an area, in which reference marks for...
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7346221 |
Method and system for producing formatted data related to defects of at least an appliance of a set, in particular, related to blurring
A system and method for producing formatted information related to at least one image-capture appliance and/or at least one image-restitution appliance. The system and method provide for production...
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