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7630580 |
Diffusion-based interactive extrusion of 2D images into 3D models
Systems and methods are provided for performing diffusion-based image extrusion. According to one embodiment, a three dimensional model is created by polygonizing an input image to produce an...
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7630572 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program
Image data to be recovered having a loss part is input into an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates restoration data with the loss part corrected. The image...
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7593598 |
System and method for efficient filter design through weighted difference of Gaussian filters
A method of designing filters for filtering digitized images includes constructing a set of difference-of-Gaussian (DoG) filters that partition a frequency space, forming a linear combination of...
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7587098 |
Pixel data generating method
A method of generating pixel data of a missing block in an image frame is disclosed. Edge points are detected from neighboring image side adjacent to the missing block. A direction is calculated...
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7583843 |
Method for the transmission of additional information when using a method for compressing data by means of prioritizing pixel transmission
The invention relates to a method for the transmission of additional information when using a method for compressing data by means of a prioritizing pixel transmission, said data consisting of...
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7561990 |
Interactive triangulated irregular network (TIN) surfaces design
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to update a drawing surface in a CAD/GIS computer application. First, a drawing surface is displayed in a CAD/GIS application. A...
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7558417 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing three-dimensional images containing voxels
A method for analyzing a three-dimensional (3D) image representative of an initial volume of interest (VOI) containing a lesion is disclosed. The 3D image has an associated binary map having voxels...
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7551181 |
Image region filling by exemplar-based inpainting
An example-based filling system identifies appropriate filling material to replace a destination region in an image and fills the destination region using this material, thereby alleviating or...
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7539351 |
Model-based line width control
Image object adjustment is achieved without lookup tables or templates. Cross sections of image objects are modeled. Parameters of the modeled cross-section are adjusted in accord with a desired...
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7536561 |
Method and apparatus for improved information transactions
A method and system for making information available of a computer system and compensating information owners or creators for access to said information. In various aspects, the invention provides...
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7505632 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for enhancing document image, method, apparatus and storage medium for character recognition
The present invention relates to method, apparatus and storage medium for enhancing document image, and method, apparatus and storage medium for character recognition. For enhancing the document...
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7502503 |
Radiographic image composition and use
The present invention concerns the blending of plural x-ray images to form a blended composite image wherein in blending the images, a stitching boundary adjustment is determined for use in...
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7466872 |
Object based boundary refinement method
An object based boundary refinement method for object segmentation in digital images receives an image and a single initial object region of interest and performs refinement zone definition using...
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7418131 |
Image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image
An image-capturing device and method for removing strangers from an image are described. First, a first image is input. Then, a control module determines if an unwanted object processing step is...
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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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7362806 |
Object activity modeling method
An object activity modeling method which can efficiently model complex objects such as a human body is provided. The object activity modeling method includes the steps of (a) obtaining an optical...
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7327880 |
Local watershed operators for image segmentation
We propose local watershed operators for the segmentation of structures, such as medical structures, from an image. A watershed transform is a technique for partitioning an image into many regions...
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7295346 |
Methods and apparatus for antialiasing using selective implementation of logical and averaging filter operations
Methods and apparatus for antialiasing images that contain one or more image objects such as colored text, line art, and graphical objects, such that the edge pixels of an antialiased image object...
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7270422 |
Image processing system, projector, program, information storage medium, and image processing method
A projector includes an image projection section, a sensor that senses a projected first calibration image at a low resolution and generates first sensing information, senses the first calibration...
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7224827 |
Method for matching and registering medical image data
An automatic method for the registration of prone and supine computed tomographic colonography data is provided. The method improves the radiologist's overall interpretation efficiency as well as...
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7173734 |
Intercolor bleed reduction in liquid ink printers
A system and method for detecting edge locations where intercolor bleeding would likely be a problem, and reducing the amount of ink printed at those locations. The method operates on image data...
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7167583 |
Image processing system for use with inspection systems
An inspection system includes a plurality of models are applied in a way that enhances the effectiveness of each type of model. In one embodiment, a printed circuit board inspection system includes...
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7155069 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program
A first image enlargement processing section enlarges an original image to a specified size to generate an initial enlarged image. A domain block extraction section extracts a domain block image...
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7084889 |
Digital picture scaling
A method for scaling a digital picture to generate a scaled picture including following steps:(a) scaling a portion of the digital picture instead of the whole digital picture in a first direction;...
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7061642 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and image information printing system
A printing system simultaneously prints both images and related information which is recorded together with the images. The print output may be unsuitable for use, depending on the combination of...
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7058233 |
Systems and methods for constructing an image having an extended depth of field
Systems and methods are provided for constructing a composite image having an extended depth of focus from a plurality of spatially congruent source images of lesser depth of focus. The systems and...
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7024040 |
Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus and method wherein consecutive image data is input, the image data is divided into blocks each constituted of a plurality of pixels, a motion vector of each block is...
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6993174 |
Real time interactive segmentation of pulmonary nodules with control parameters
Segmentation of pulmonary nodules from digital volumetric image includes segmenting, automatically, the pulmonary nodule from attached anatomical structures by analyzing a structure of interest,...
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6993170 |
Method for quantitative analysis of blood vessel structure
We disclose quantitative geometrical analysis enabling the measurement of several features of images of tissues including perimeter, area, and other metrics. Automation of feature extraction...
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6975779 |
Method for modifying the image size of video images
The invention relates to a method for changing the image size of video images, in which a decimation of video image signals (V) by an integral decimation factor (MHD, MVD) is carried out, and the...
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6958753 |
Method and apparatus for reducing three-dimensional shape data
A method and apparatus for reducing three-dimensional shape data, includes calculating estimation values for portions to be deformed by converging two or more vertices of a polygon model, and...
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6950552 |
System and method for precise location of a point of interest
A scanning system and method for locating a point within a region. The method may: 1) determine or locate a region of interest in the region; 2) determine one or more characteristics of the region...
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6943916 |
Method of minimizing trapping, I.E., choking or spreading, in a printing-original production process
A method of determining trapping, i.e., spreading or choking, in color boundary areas in a printed image, includes characterizing with respect to register behavior one of a printing machine and a...
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6928182 |
Imaging
A de-convolution process is applied to an MR, CT or other image ( 25 ) of a scanned-object ( 23 ) to derive the point-spread function ( 22 ′) at an object-edge and to pin-point from the mid-point...
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6785409 |
Segmentation method and apparatus for medical images using diffusion propagation, pixel classification, and mathematical morphology
A method of digital imaging includes receiving image data and fitting a curve to boundaries within the image data. The curve is fit to the boundaries within the image data by extracting a region of...
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6778296 |
Color imaging processing method with boundary detection and enhancement
A color image processing provides a thin-line enhancement module for a color image for finding and keeping thin lines in the color image. A boundary enhancement module is provided for finding and...
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6694057 |
Method and apparatus for processing images with curves
A system according to the invention identifies image data points defining a curve. The method comprises the steps of determining a start point and an end point for the curve, establishing a search...
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6671070 |
Coverage-area gain compensation for high resolution printing
A method of and system for compensating artwork for coverage gain that occurs during reproducing of the artwork on a reproduction system. The artwork includes one or more graphic elements. The...
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6647147 |
Method for measuring fine pattern, apparatus for measuring fine pattern, and record medium that can store therein program to measure fine pattern and can be read by using computer
This at least comprises: a first step of capturing an image of a fine pattern; a second step of extracting a contour of the fine pattern from the image; a third step of capturing a standard figure...
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6628840 |
Boundary mapping for multi-pel thickness lines
A method for mapping a boundary for a multi-pel thickness line into a bitmap image which describes the pel boundary with respect to an orthogonal pel array. The line has thickness T centered around...
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6516097 |
Image segmentation system
In a system for segmenting a pixel based image, pixels containing image boundaries are identified. The image boundaries are then fattened by repeatedly adding fattening rows of pixels to the pixels...
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6463178 |
Image processing device and method, and transmission medium, transmission method and image format
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus 10 D for processing image data that composes a dynamic image, wherein pixels are thinned for each frame with respect to the pixels of the respective...
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6456394 |
Method for reducing halo print defects associated with color images
A method is disclosed for reducing halo print defects occurring in printed/copied color images. The method includes detecting a boundary between a first image object and a second image object...
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6429951 |
Apparatus and method for producing print data of a two-dimensional code and related recording media
Regular-size white cells are expanded in advance to adjust a boundary between black cells and the white cells before a printing operation is performed. Shrinkage of black cells occurs in the region...
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6415062 |
System and process for repairing a binary image containing discontinuous segments of a character
A system is provided for repairing a binary image image containing discontinuous segments of a character. The binary image comprises a two-dimensional array of pixels, and the system comprises a...
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6400846 |
Method for ordering image spaces to search for object surfaces
A method determines a surface of an object in a sequence of images. The method begins by estimating a boundary of the object in each image of the sequence using motion information of adjacent...
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6400838 |
Pattern inspection equipment, pattern inspection method, and storage medium storing pattern inspection program
Pattern inspection equipment has at least a measured data generation unit for generating measured data from patterns that have been delineated on a sample according to design data, a reference data...
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6396945 |
Image defect detection apparatus and method
An image defect detection apparatus comprises a means to prepare two replicates of inspection image from a single inspection image, the first image processing means to process an image applying the...
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6393159 |
Multiscale characterization and analysis of shapes
An adaptive multiscale method approximates shapes with continuous or uniformly and densely sampled contours, with the purpose of sparsely and nonuniformly discretizing the boundaries of shapes at...
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6393150 |
Region-based image binarization system
A region-based binarization system applies adaptive thresholding and image rendering to a gray scale image to generate first and second binary images. The gray scale image can also be subsampled to...
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