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7623730 System and method that compensate for rotations of textures defined by parametric texture maps  
A texture mapping system comprises memory and a texture map manager. The memory stores a parametric texture map, and the parametric texture map has a plurality of texels. Each of the texels defines...
7623685 Biometric signatures and identification through the use of projective invariants  
Techniques, systems and methods for obtaining biometric signatures and identification are described. Broadly stated, embodiments of the present invention utilize specified geometric principles to...
7620892 Server based image processing for client display of documents  
Methods and systems that allow the viewing of arbitrary documents on a client display by up-loading all necessary image processing steps to the server, thereby eliminating any software downloads...
7620265 Color invariant image fusion of visible and thermal infrared video  
A methodology for forming a composite color image fusion from a set of N gray level images takes advantage of the natural decomposition of color spaces into 2-D chromaticity planes and 1-D...
7620264 Image-size dependent facial caricaturing  
Increased recognizance of caricatured images is provided for the level of caricaturing to be applied to an image to be set in dependence on the intended size of the caricature image. Preferably,...
7620198 Watermark coding method and recording medium thereof  
A watermark coding method and its recording medium utilize image interleaving and wavelet-based transformation to enhance the robustness of the image. The watermark series to be inserted is...
7619663 Image processing apparatus for correcting distortion of image and image shooting apparatus for correcting distortion of shot image  
A digital camera acquires the image of an original including an original from a shot image acquired by shooting. The digital camera reduces the image of the original and corrects distortion of the...
7619628 Caching digital image data  
Methods and systems for processing digital image data utilizing vertically-oriented Effect graphs are provided. When processing digital image data utilizing Effect graphs, it is often necessary for...
7616836 Method and system for motion compensation in a temporal sequence of images  
A method and system for performing motion compensation in a temporal sequence of images include performing a conjugate gradient maximization of a similarity measure between two images, based on the...
7616834 System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images  
A system is disclosed for delivering and displaying images on web pages and enabling and implementing various interactive functions with respect to the images, so as to give a user the illusion...
7613362 Image warp  
Method for warping first and second overlapping images includes selecting a first set of points in a first image, the first set of points being located in an overlap region between first and second...
7613359 Single-chip color camera for high accuracy image measurements  
An image measuring apparatus comprises an imaging portion with pixels, each pixel being allocated with one color, four pixels constituting one set, one set being allocated with a plurality of...
7612910 Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information output control method, storage medium and program  
An information processing apparatus accurately and automatically determines whether a page to be printed out or rendered is a color page or a monochrome page. In order to efficiently output the...
7609910 System and method for creating a panoramic view of a volumetric image  
A system and method for creating a panoramic projection of a volumetric image of an object is disclosed. A virtual camera is placed in a center of a cubic space within the object. Images obtained...
7609903 Spread spectrum signal demodulating method and apparatus  
A spread spectrum signal demodulating method whereby spread-code synchronous acquisition and carrier synchronous acquisition are performed using FFT at high speed, wherein a received signal, of...
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...
7606430 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method utilizing a multiple dictionary compression method for FPD  
A lithographic apparatus comprises an array of individually controllable elements that modulate a beam of radiation, a compressed-pattern memory that stores a compressed representation of a...
7606419 Translated document image production device, recording medium and translated document image production method  
A translated document image production device has an extraction section, a translation section and a region backfill section. The extraction section extracts a group of pixels to be processed, the...
7602983 Wavelet transformation apparatus  
A wavelet transformation apparatus including a unit that comprises a first adding device that adds a first input signal and a second input signal input by a predetermined order, a first multiplying...
7599927 Method for searching content particularly for extracts common to two computer files  
The present invention relates to searching content, particularly for at least one extract common to a first data file and a second data file. The method comprises a preliminary step of preparing at...
7599578 Apparatus, program, and method for image tone transformation, and electronic camera  
A tone transformation apparatus of the present invention extracts or generates a signal Z[i, j] according to a pixel value of a pixel [i. j] of an original image or a pixel value of its immediate...
7599517 Digital watermark detecting device and method thereof  
There is provided a digital watermarking detecting device that can accurately detect watermarking information weakened by an attack such as image cut-out, scaling or the like without increasing a...
7599096 Tint adjustment for monochrome image printing  
On the basis of a standard one-dimensional LUT 412 , a plurality of one-dimensional LUTs 413 having mutually different tones are generated. Next, a plurality of monochrome sample images are...
7598955 Hinted stem placement on high-resolution pixel grid  
Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for rendering a hinted character for display in grayscale on a grayscale output device in accordance with a hinted stem placement policy. In one...
7596281 Apparatus and method for alignment of spatial or temporal non-overlapping images sequences  
A method and system for computing at least one of spatial and temporal relationships between at least first and second sequences of representations having respective first and second temporal...
7596248 Method for identification of person by recognition of a digital fingerprint  
The invention relates to a method for identification of a person by recognition of a digital fingerprint, whereby the characteristic points on a digitized image of a digital fingerprint (E) are...
7593961 Information processing apparatus for retrieving image data similar to an entered image  
More accurate retrieval of original documents is conducted by adaptively evaluating retrieval results, which are obtained by retrieving attributes, in accordance with layout information. To achieve...
7593596 Phase unwrapping method, program, and interference measurement apparatus  
A candidate pixel generating unit searches a path-undetermined adjacent pixel j which is adjacent around a parent pixel i, and, with respect to the searched adjacent pixel j, generates a candidate...
7593595 Photographic document imaging system  
An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture...
7587524 Camera interface and method using DMA unit to flip or rotate a digital image  
A camera interface employing a direct memory access (DMA) unit to digitally perform an image transformation such as “flipping” and “rotating” an image (e.g., to correct for X-axis, Y-axis,...
7586495 Rendering multiple clear rectangles using a pre-rendered depth buffer  
According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means are provided to set a first depth value associated with a plurality of pixels of a video image comprising...
7583855 Signal source data input for radio frequency planning  
A method includes displaying a reference polar coordinate system on a display screen, and displaying a radiation pattern image on the display screen in juxtaposition with the displayed reference...
7583854 Data processing system and method for 2-dimensional data with setting a block shape  
A data processing system includes a block setting module setting a to-be-processed block shape including subject data, which is one of 2-dimentional data in a matrix stored in a virtual storage...
7583853 Image processing method and system for microfluidic devices  
A method for processing an image of a microfluidic device. The method includes receiving a first image of a microfluidic device. The first image corresponds to a first state. Additionally, the...
7583851 Apparatus and method for processing an image  
An image processing apparatus is provided for enhancing the image processing function without having to increase the circuit scale. The image processing apparatus includes an image divider, a pixel...
7583844 Method, device, and system for processing of still images in the compressed domain  
The present invention concerns the manipulation and especially the filtering of image data in the compressed domain. A method and a device is provided which allows for manipulating image data in...
7580586 Enhanced recovery of low spatial frequency spectral information in a Fizeau Fourier transform spectrometer  
A method of restoring low spatial frequency spectral information to an image using a Fizeau Fourier transform spectrometer (“FFTS”) system is provided. Portions of a wavefront collected by the...
7580581 Image data processing circuit and image processing apparatus including transfer control section for selective operation of transfer section  
An image data processing circuit including: an input section for inputting image data; a plurality of compressing sections which are capable of compressing the input image data solely or in...
7580571 Method and apparatus for detecting an orientation of characters in a document image  
An apparatus and method for extracting a predetermined number of consecutive characters from a document image; converting the consecutive characters into a set of symbols using layout information...
7580151 Image processing system and method, printing system  
When image processing is performed, the present invention increases the speed of processing for an individual scanning line constituting an image, and improves the throughput while suppressing the...
7576751 Pixel center position displacement  
A pixel center position that is not covered by a primitive covering a portion of the pixel is displaced to lie within a fragment formed by the intersection of the primitive and the pixel. X,y...
7574071 Method and apparatus for resizing images  
A method of fractionally resizing an image comprises locating areas of sensitivity in the image. Adjustment lines in the image are selected at least partially based on the location of the located...
7574069 Retargeting images for small displays  
A method retargets an image to a different size. An input image is segmented into regions. Selected regions are cut from the input image to construct a background image. The background image is...
7574045 Model-based recognition of objects using a calibrated image system  
A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted...
7570839 Tool range selection  
Operations on a sequence of digital images can be performed by causing an operation associated with the currently-active tool to be performed on each digital image that corresponds to a...
7568209 Method and system for the management of targeted material insertion using a campaign manager  
A media manager can insert targeted material into content in accordance with a campaign. A campaign can identify the location in the content where the targeted material should be inserted. A...
7567728 Method and apparatus using image transformation of picked up image into image enabling position  
An image transformation method to be implemented by a computer carries out an image transformation process, by transforming a picked up image that is picked up by a pickup unit having an optical...
7567703 System for combining multiple disparity maps  
There is provided a method of processing image data, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of images of a scene; (b) generating a disparity map for each of at least two pairs of images...
7567260 Grouping layers in composited image manipulation  
A method of compositing a plurality of ordered image layers which include a group of consecutive layers. The group has a shape effect and a composition effect. Any image layers under the group are...
7565005 Three-dimensional data processing method, three-dimensional data processing program, and three-dimensional data processing system  
A three-dimensional data processing technique is disclosed which makes natural CG reproduction of a real existing object possible with as small a data amount and as small a calculation amount as...