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6748112 |
Method and apparatus for finding shape deformations in objects having smooth surfaces
The present invention is directed to an imaging apparatus for examining an object having smooth surfaces to determine shape deformations in the surface of object. The imaging apparatus includes an...
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6741725 |
Motion tracking using image-texture templates
Image templates are extracted from video images in real-time and stored in memory. Templates are selected on the basis of their ability to provide useful positional data and compared with regions...
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6741255 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for using deferred execution for a tiling pull model in a tiled image processing architecture
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that optimize the application of deferred image operations on a tiled source image. The invention dynamically creates a data...
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6741744 |
Compiliable language for extracting objects from an image using a primitive image map
The invention features a method wherein a recognition environment utilizes pseudo-English as a programming language to extract simple and complex objects with image-and/or map-data as inputs. Based...
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6738534 |
Apparatus, and associated method, for altering the resolution of a digital image
Apparatus, and an associated method, for reducing the resolution of a digital image, such as a JPEG image. The digital image is pre-scaled by a pre-scaling factor that is selected such that a...
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6731821 |
Method for enhancing compressibility and visual quality of scanned document images
A system and method of image processing for smoothing, denoising, despeckling and sharpening scanned document images which is performed prior to a compression. The scanned image is selectively...
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6729544 |
Fast barcode search
A method for locating a barcode in an image includes dividing the image into a plurality of tiles, and scanning each of the tiles so as to detect a pattern of stripes associated with the barcode in...
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6731991 |
System for projecting light on a work surface to produce an image for tracing
A method and system of projecting light on a planar surface to produce an image for tracing is disclosed. The system includes a projector that has a light source and a signal conditioner that is...
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6728419 |
Multi-tasking multi-threaded image processing system and method for image capture devices
A method and apparatus for multi-threaded, multitasking processing of image data includes inputting a plurality of image data portions representing one or more images to be processed and putting...
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6707950 |
Method for modification of non-image data in an image processing chain
A method for modification of metadata in an image processing chain is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing metadata corresponding to characteristics of a specific digital image;...
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6704442 |
Composite color transformation using customized gamut mappings
A color management system that transforms input image data from an input colorant space to an output colorant space using input and output device appearance transforms and a customizable gamut...
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6704459 |
Process and arrangement for transforming an input variable
A method for transforming an input variable having a plurality of binary input positions into an m-position output variable in accordance with a predeterminable transformation specification. The...
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6690396 |
Scannable design of an executable
The present invention is directed to a system and method for scannable executable design. In a first aspect of the present invention, a system and method for developing an executable includes...
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6687415 |
Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and recording medium
A method and apparatus, which can transform one multidimensional information pattern into another multidimensional information pattern and inversely transform the multidimensional information...
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6687771 |
Parallel processing of multiple data values within a data word
An input data word contains multiple abutting input data values An. The input data word is split into two intermediate data words into which respective high order portions and low order portions of...
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6687387 |
Velocity-dependent dewarping of images
A method and apparatus are provided for dewarping images. According to one aspect of the present invention, rotational motion of a scene is taken into account for purposes for performing image...
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6683984 |
Digital imaging device with background training
Various backgrounds, forms, or templates are scanned, features are extracted, and the features are stored in memory. When a composite image is scanned (image of interest plus part of background),...
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6683703 |
Photoelectric transducer and photoelectric transducing method of the same
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of elements (D) for receiving reflected light from an object, photoelectrically converting it into image signals (OS 1 -OS 4 ), and...
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6674916 |
Interpolation in transform space for multiple rigid object registration
A method of mapping a chosen point in real space to its corresponding location in image space includes obtaining a diagnostic medical image of a subject including multiple rigid objects, and...
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6671390 |
Automated collection, processing and use of sports movement information via information extraction from electromagnetic energy based upon multi-characteristic spatial phase processing
A system and method for tracking movement of a sports participant or a sports object associated with a sports activity, wherein in one example the system includes an article associated with the...
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6671536 |
Magnetic resonance angiography using floating table projection imaging
A 3D projection reconstruction pulse sequence is employed to acquire CEMRA data as the subject is continuously moved through the field of view of the MRI system. The acquired k-space data is phase...
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6665438 |
Method for hyperspectral imagery exploitation and pixel spectral unmixing
An efficiently hybrid approach to exploit hyperspectral imagery and unmix spectral pixels. This hybrid approach uses a genetic algorithm to solve the abundance vector for the first pixel of a...
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6665435 |
Image data processing method and corresponding device
The invention relates to an image data processing method receiving an input image data split in elementary units of information and providing an output image data with a particular image format...
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6665449 |
Method and algorithm for image processing
The present invention is a modified Radon transform. It is similar to the traditional Radon transform for the extraction of line parameters and similar to traditional slant stack for the intensity...
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6665450 |
Interpolation of a sequence of images using motion analysis
Two images are analyzed to compute a set of motion vectors that describes motion between the first and second images. A motion vector is computed for each pixel in an image at a time between the...
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6661931 |
Image processing method, image processing system, and modifying-data producing method
A method of processing batches of object-part-image data representing object-part images which are taken by one or more image-taking devices from parts of an object, respectively, and thereby...
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6661930 |
Method for nesting a computer model of a part with a computer model of a fixture
A method of nesting a computer model of a part ( 100 ) into a computer model of a fixture ( 104 ) useful for situations where the original positions of the part and fixture are completely separate...
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6658166 |
Correction of distortions in form processing
A method for processing an input image includes applying one or more transformations to the input image, whereby different shifts are applied to different pixels in the input image, so as to...
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6650442 |
Multiple non-directional scanning
A multiple non-directional scanning method. A document preview scanning is carried out from one end of the document to the other. The preview image is next analyzed to provide a set of scan...
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6630937 |
Workstation interface for use in digital mammography and associated methods
A workstation-user interface for evaluating computer assisted diagnosis (CAD) methods for digital mammography is disclosed. Implementation of such an interface enables multiple, large-size images...
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6628811 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE PATTERN, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JUDGING IDENTITY OF IMAGE PATTERNS, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE PATTERN RECOGNIZING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE PATTERN IDENTITY JUDGING METHOD
A plurality of teaching identification face image patterns of teaching persons are obtained in a first pattern obtaining process using an image scanner, and a plurality of teaching video face image...
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6628844 |
High definition imaging apparatus and method
A high definition radar imaging system receives SAR image data and adaptively processes the image the data to provide a high resolution SAR image. The imaging technique employs an adaptive filter...
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6621938 |
Image capture apparatus and method
In an apparatus for capturing the image of a user, transforming the image and then printing the transformed image, the user is notified of the manner in which the image will be transformed before...
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6618501 |
Object similarity calculation method and apparatus
Although methods employing chain codes or Fourier descriptors are known for calculating an outline similarity between a model image and an object image, these methods are difficult to achieve...
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6615297 |
System and method for manipulating device settings across different types of devices
A system and method for manipulating the private settings of a peripheral device where the system includes at least one host computer and a peripheral device in a communication interface. The...
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6614425 |
System and method for the adaptive mapping of matrix data to sets of polygons
A system and method for converting bitmapped data, for example, weather data or thermal imaging data, to polygons is disclosed. The conversion of the data into polygons creates smaller data files....
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6614925 |
System and method for performing basic training
A system and method for performing basic training in a dynamic image recognition system, including collecting raw image data on a blank object, segmenting out a region of interest on the object,...
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6608919 |
Method and apparatus for encoding paper with information
Paper is textured with a pattern that yields a known signature signal when transformed to the frequency domain. This signature can be used for various purposes, including determining the angular...
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6594403 |
Systems and methods for registering scanned documents
The scanned image registration systems and methods according to this invention register sets of scanned subimages of an original document into a composite scanned image of the original document....
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6580822 |
Device, method and record medium for color space conversion from RGB data to CMYK data
A color space conversion device for executing color space conversion from RGB data to CMYK data comprises a color space conversion circuit, a CMY position detection circuit, three UCR/BG tables, a...
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6577776 |
Transforming video images
The invention provides a method for transforming pixels of a digital image by a preselected-transformation. The method includes acts for receiving pixel values of a selected pixel block from an...
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6552734 |
System and method for generating a composite image based on at least two input images
A system receives and/or generates a first input image and a second input image. The system generates a first low frequency image as a function of the first input image, and a second low frequency...
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6546153 |
Method for image processing
A method for image processing, especially for converting a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional real subject into a three-dimensional representation of the same three-dimensional real...
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6546133 |
Methods and apparatus for print scraping
Systems and processes that automate receiving of unstructured information contained in electronic documents, detecting the document type, determining the corresponding document format, extracting...
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6546155 |
System and method for rotation invariant representation of texture in images
There is disclosed an image processing device capable of receiving an image file having a first texture representation in rotation variant format and converting the texture representation to a...
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6539127 |
Electronic device for automatic registration of images
An electronic data processing device receives first and second data sets representing first and second comparable digital images. It comprises registration means comprising a first module which...
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6535646 |
Discrete cosine transform method and apparatus
A linear transform apparatus for implementing a linear transform on input data values to produce linear transformed output data, the apparatus comprising: input means for inputting input data...
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6529639 |
Modulation transfer function characterization employing phased slit reticle
Apparatus and method for determining a modulation transfer function of a plurality of radiation detectors ( 12 ). The method includes a step of simultaneously illuminating, with a slit illumination...
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6529206 |
Image processing apparatus and method, and medium therefor
A projected image of a three-dimensional object is displayed in a frame which is a constituent of a moving picture. Shape information concerning the shape of a surface of the three-dimensional...
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6526183 |
Static image generation method and device
The invention relates to a method and device for generating a large static image M(n), such as a sprite or a mosaic, from a video sequence including successive video objects. This method comprises...
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