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7623732 |
Method and apparatus for digital image filtering with discrete filter kernels using graphics hardware
The invention provides, in some aspects, methods and apparatus for signal and/or image processing which perform convolution-based filtering utilizing a graphics processing unit (GPU, also called...
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7623724 |
Interface method and system for mapping image intensity
Provided is a computer implemented method and interface for mapping image intensities on a computing device. The processing method includes displaying an image on a display device having a range of...
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7623141 |
Methods and systems for sub-pixel rendering with gamma adjustment
Sub-pixel rendering with gamma adjustment allows the luminance of the sub-pixel arrangement to match the non-linear gamma response of the human eye's luminance channel. For each of a subset of...
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7620266 |
Robust and efficient foreground analysis for real-time video surveillance
Systems and methods for foreground analysis in real-time video include background subtraction and foreground detection, shadow removal, quick lighting change adaptation, static foreground region...
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7620249 |
Analysis of patterns
A first pattern (A) is represented by a first ordered set of elements (x i ) each having a value whilst a second pattern (B) is represented by a second ordered set of element (u i ) each having a...
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7620239 |
Color determination device and color determination method
A color determination device sections a hue plane, in which unit data constituting determining image data is mapped, into partial regions by a color determination boundary, and carries out a color...
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7620206 |
Image processing device and method, and distribution medium
To make it possible to accurately track a prescribed part a low-resolution overall image is taken in from an input image, and a medium-resolution image, whose center is the head part, is extracted...
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7616233 |
Perfecting of digital image capture parameters within acquisition devices using face detection
Within a digital acquisition device, acquisition parameters of a digital image are perfected as part of an image capture process using face detection within said captured image to achieve one or...
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7616214 |
Method and apparatus for generating characteristic data of illumination around image display device
A method of generating illumination characteristic data around an image display device, includes: obtaining predetermined illumination characteristic data around the image display device; and...
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7613363 |
Image superresolution through edge extraction and contrast enhancement
A technique for generating high-resolution bitmaps from low-resolution bitmaps. A low-resolution bitmap is magnified to form a magnified image. Edge detection is performed on the magnified image to...
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7613338 |
Image processing method and apparatus, program, and storage medium
A method and apparatus obtains an image of a proper brightness in various scenes in which it is difficult to appropriately determine the brightness of an image. The apparatus includes a unit which...
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7609909 |
Image density test chart and method for determining image density level
An image density discrimination chart is used to discriminate a density of a test image printed by an image forming apparatus. The chart includes an exposing portion for exposing the test image...
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7609908 |
Method for adjusting the brightness of a digital image utilizing belief values
A method of processing a digital image, including the steps of: assigning belief values to pixels in the digital image, wherein the belief values are proportional to a belief that the pixels are...
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7609907 |
Visualization of field of view constraints
A “field of view” (FOV) consists of all possible directions along which scalar valued functions satisfy selected thresholds. This combination of a scalar function and a threshold is called a...
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7609883 |
Method and apparatus for compensating for uneven lighting in an image
A system that compensates for uneven lighting in a digital image of a surface. During operation, the system receives the digital image of the surface. Next, the system obtains a reference lighting...
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7609880 |
Display apparatus and its control method
An image display apparatus includes a display device, and a signal processing circuit. In at least one case where an image is displayed by a first image signal which designates a first image having...
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7609869 |
Processing method for a two-dimensional initial image and objects corresponding thereto
A computer dismantles a two-dimensional initial image into partial images containing components that vary locally with partial image frequencies and a residual image containing a direct component...
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7609419 |
Image scanning apparatus and method
An image scanning apparatus and method are provided in which shading data of the image scanning apparatus is acquired when manufacturing the image scanning apparatus, which is when a white...
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7606439 |
Method for extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot
The method according the invention allows the extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot. It comprises determining, for each point of the image of a combination V 0 [C,L] of...
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7606415 |
Image gradation correction based on switching resolution of correction coefficients
The invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. An area to which image data belongs is discriminated, and a correction coefficient to be used for correction of...
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7605825 |
Fast zoom-adaptable anti-aliasing of lines using a graphics processing unit
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for performing anti-aliasing operations on lines using a graphics processing unit (GPU). Input comprising a plurality of...
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7602992 |
Image processing device, method, and program
An image processing device, method, and program are capable of obtaining processing results which are even more accurate and even more precise as to events in the real world, taking into...
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7602988 |
Method for adjusting saturation and contrast of an area of an image and apparatus thereof
A method for adjusting saturation of an area of an image is disclosed. The method includes calculating a deviation level of a pixel in the area of the image and calculating a modified saturation...
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7602969 |
Imaging data processing method, imaging data processing device, and computer program
An accurate white balance adjustment process is provided for an image captured in an environment where different color components, such as an ambient light and a flash light are mixed. With respect...
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7602960 |
System and method for measuring thin film thickness variations and for compensating for the variations
A method for measuring thin film thickness variations of inspected wafer that includes an upper non-opaque thin film. The method including (i) scanning the wafer and obtain wafer image that...
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7602952 |
Scanner having spatial light modulator
The present invention features incorporating an adaptive spectral filter into a confocal scanner optical arrangement or other suitable optical device to permit real time control of the fluorescence...
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7599575 |
Method and apparatus for reducing noise in a sequence of fluoroscopic images
A method and apparatus for reduction of noise in an image of a sequence of fluoroscopic images of an object in motion having a differentiation of the pixels of the image between pixels in motion...
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7599574 |
Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, correction value generation apparatus, correction value generation method, and display apparatus manufacturing method
A signal processing apparatus supplied with a signal obtained by performing orthogonal transform on a video signal corresponding to a plurality of pixels includes a correction circuit for...
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7599573 |
Image processing device, method, and program
An image processing device and method, and a program, obtains processing results which are even more accurate and even more precise as to events in the real world, taking into consideration the...
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7599550 |
Method for accurate real-time compensation for changing illumination spectra in digital video cameras
A method for determining a correction for a spectra of scene illumination based on analysis of color content of a video image, in which average image colors are obtained by considering only those...
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7599519 |
Method and apparatus for detecting structural elements of subjects
Structural element candidates, estimated to be predetermined structural elements of a predetermined subject, are detected from an image that includes the subject. The subject that includes the...
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7598966 |
Methods and systems for automatically rendering information on a display of a building information system
A method, system and computer program product for automatically rendering information on a display screen of a building information system. Following generation of a plan image, such as a floor or...
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7596280 |
Video acquisition with integrated GPU processing
Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is...
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7595825 |
Image pickup system and image processing program
An image pickup system includes a color noise estimation section, which has a local region extraction section that extracts luminance and color difference signals in units of 4×4 pixels from...
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7595800 |
Signal processing device, method, and program
A data processing apparatus and method, where the apparatus includes a region selecting unit configured to select a region corresponding to a pixel of interest, a frequency detector configured to...
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7593835 |
Reformulated atmospheric band model method for modeling atmospheric propagation at arbitrarily fine spectral resolution and expanded capabilities.
A radiative transport band model method for prediction and analysis of high spectral resolution radiometric measurements. Atomic and molecular line center absorption is determined from finite...
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7593591 |
Method and apparatus for increasing contrast in a digital image
A method of enhancing contrast in a digital image comprises isolating pixels of the image having intensities falling within a low intensity range, determining at least one feature of the pixel...
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7593590 |
Image status estimating method, image correcting method, image correction apparatus, and storage medium
An apparatus divides an original image into a plurality of areas, computes a characteristic amount for the plurality of areas, and computes a statistic amount for estimation of the status of an...
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7593587 |
Spectral feature generation using high-pass filtering for scene anomaly detection
A method of detecting an image anomaly (target) within a scene represented by image data comprises obtaining test data from a test window within the scene, combining the test data with reference...
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7593570 |
Image processing method and apparatus and storage medium
Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not...
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7593141 |
Image apparatus with batch scan and real time display and method of the same
An image apparatus with batch scan and real time display and a method of the same are provided. The method of the present invention comprises steps of utilizing a transmission device for...
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7590304 |
Signal processing device, method, and program
An image processing device and method, where the image processing device includes an angle detector configured to detect an angle between a reference axis of data continuity with image data made up...
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7590303 |
Image enhancement method using local illumination correction
An image processing system for implementing a variant of Retinex algorithm based on local illumination correction is provided to improve an intensity value of each position of an input image. The...
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7590301 |
Method and system for correcting defective pixels of a color image
A method and system for correcting defective pixels of a color image, which first performs an interpolation on a Bayer image captured by an image sensor to thus reconstruct red, green and blue...
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7590285 |
Imaging apparatus and method of processing images
The present invention realizes a function equivalent to an optical half-ND filter electrically and incorporates this function in an image-signal processing system, thereby to compress the dynamic...
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7589729 |
Image synthesis by rank-1 lattices
Systems and techniques are described in which rank-1 lattices are used in computerized image processing, in particular in the context of image synthesis. These include systems and techniques for...
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7586631 |
Image quality correction method, image data processing device, data storing/reproducing method, data batch-processing system, data processing method, and data processing system
An object of the invention is to process image data the quality by simply uploading the image data prepared by the user himself himself to a server of a provider without using a particular hardware...
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7583857 |
System and method for salient region feature based 3D multi modality registration of medical images
A method for aligning a pair of images includes providing a pair of images, identifying salient feature regions in both a first image and a second image, wherein each region is associated with a...
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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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7580588 |
Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
An apparatus includes a CCD that reads a script image, an analog front end unit (AFE) that adjusts the offset and the gain of an image signal and A/D-converts the image signal, an image processing...
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