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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...
7619548 Correlated noise and spurious signal reduction  
Error introduced by analog to digital conversion of a set of laser pulses can be reduced by shifting the clock reference time associated with the firing of the laser pulse. A timing offset module...
7613336 Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation  
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library,...
7602996 Microscope system and method  
A microscope system and method is described for determining a position of an area of an object within the complete object, wherein the image of the area of the object is contained within a field of...
7602965 Object detection using cross-section analysis  
In a method of 3-D object detection, an image is pre-processed. Using cross-section analysis, a confidence array is built. A plurality of peaks in the confidence array are detected, wherein the...
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...
7593597 Alignment of lens array images using autocorrelation  
In a parallax correction method and system, corresponding regions of first and second digital images of the same subject are upsampled to provide a pair of upsampled regions. The corresponding...
7593575 Systems and methods of capturing information using association of text representations  
Methods and systems are provided for capturing written information from an information field of a document using a computer system. A document may be provided to the computer system. The document...
7589735 Aircraft flat panel display system with graphical image integrity  
An improvement over prior art aircraft instrument flight display systems for imaging on a bit-mapped display formed of a multiplicity of individually addressable pixels at locations throughout the...
7567721 Digital watermarking of low bit rate video  
Methods for embedding digital watermarks in compressed video include perceptual adapting a digital watermark in predicted and non-predicted data based on block activity derived from the compressed...
7567694 Method of placing constraints on a deformation map and system for implementing same  
A system and method of placing constraints on a deformation map. The method includes the acts of generating a deformation map between two images, identifying a defined structure in one of the...
7552120 Method for indexing and identifying multimedia documents  
The method of indexing multimedia documents comprises the following steps: a) for each document identifying and extracting terms t i constituted by vectors characterizing properties of the; b)...
7545995 Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images dependent upon changes in extracted parameter values  
A method of automatically correcting dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital camera includes determining that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within...
7542597 Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views  
An apparatus and method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views during optical tomographic imaging in three dimensions. An object of interest is illuminated to...
7529426 Correlation function for signal detection, match filters, and 3:2 pulldown detection  
A system and method that computes correlation between a first signal and a second signal. The correlation is computed as a ratio of a numerator and a denominator. The numerator may be computed...
7526138 Context based adaptive image resampling  
A resampling process uses a predictive model to capture the spatial correlation among pixels in an input image, thus enabling adaptation of resampling schemes to the specific contents of the signal...
7523311 Method for embedding electronic watermark, decoding method, and devices for the same  
The method extracts a plurality of blocks from a master image, processes image data corresponding to each block by orthogonal transform, compares coefficients of adjoining blocks with each other,...
7519234 Apparatuses and methods for incorporating a border region within an image region  
A hardware implemented method for incorporating a border region within an image region is provided. In this hardware implemented method, a position of a pixel along a line within the image region...
7519226 Form search apparatus and method  
Forms such as business forms used in banks and post offices are automatically classified using a form search apparatus and method. The method of classifying forms comprises extracting features from...
7477803 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing system has an input unit for inputting an image signal obtained with offset sampling per pixel, a correlation detecting unit for, based on the input image signal, producing a...
7477798 Specified image position estimating apparatus and method, specified image position estimating program, and specified image position estimating program recorded computer-readable recording medium, medium, game system, and transaction apparatus  
According to the present invention, in a specified image position estimating apparatus, for, even if an original image varies in size to vary a size of a mark, detecting the mark in the original...
7477785 Fuzzy image comparator  
A system and method for improved image comparison is provided. An adjustable tolerance level may be set for comparing the images, and filtering may be applied to the images, for example, to...
7460738 Systems, methods and devices for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images  
Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images based on auxiliary input such as user provided input or input from some reference...
7460686 Security monitor device at station platform  
The present invention provides a more reliable safety monitoring device on the station platform, where the safety monitoring device detects the fall of a person on the platform edge on the...
7454039 Method of performing shape localization  
A method for performing shape localization in an image includes deriving a model shape from a database of a plurality of sample shapes. The model shape is defined by a set of landmarks. The method...
7450785 Method and device for sorting similar images  
A method of comparing images is disclosed herein. The images may be represented by image data comprising a plurality of image data values. An embodiment of the method may comprise determining at...
7450778 Artifact reduction in a digital video  
A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises performing a first set of correlations between a first plurality of pixel values in a first frame and a target pixel...
7440619 Image matching method and image interpolation method using the same  
An image matching method includes setting first and second lattices to first and second images respectively, computing potential force to each second lattice point of the second lattice by a...
7432496 Encoder scale writing or calibration at an end-use installation based on correlation sensing  
A method for writing or calibrating the scale of a scale-based position encoder. The scale is installed where it will be used to provide ongoing position measurements for a host system. The image...
7421125 Image analysis, editing and search techniques  
Disclosed is a method for characterizing the content of a digital image. A component of the method is the homogeneity measure, which calculates a value or values based on the local similarity of...
7404083 Image signal analysis for watermark detection and decoding  
An image processing apparatus records an input image signal into another recording medium or displays the input image signal on a display device. When a digital image signal having superimposed...
7397938 Method and system for fast normalized cross-correlation between an image and a Gaussian for detecting spherical structures  
A method of identifying spherical objects in a digital image is provided, wherein the image includes a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space. The...
7386187 Method and system for pseudo-autonomous image registration  
A method and system for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation...
7386151 System and method for assessing suspicious behaviors  
Identity and biometric data are collected from individuals. The collected data is used to form biometric data packages, each of which contains information about one biometric feature and identity...
7382935 Homogeneous and plain surface detection in optical navigation systems  
One embodiment in accordance with the invention relates to detecting a homogeneous surface. A first surface image is received. A plurality of values are generated by performing a plurality of auto...
7373022 Apparatus and method for reproducing image  
An apparatus reproduces an image recorded with a difference between adjacent frames at at least one scene change point and scaled-down images for identifying each scene change point. A...
7362880 Unresolved target detection improvement by use of multiple matched filters approach at different spatial phases  
A method and system for detecting a point source target using multiple matched filters are disclosed. A sensor, which is preferably an infrared focal plane array, includes a plurality of pixels for...
7356201 Process and device for the automatic rectification of single-channel or multi-channel images  
A process and a device for the automatic rectification of images, where at least one image is rectified by a mapping function onto a reference image and at least some of the parameters of the...
7343048 Edge based alignment algorithm  
A method for aligning images includes (1) selecting a pair of overlapping pixels when two second image are aligned with a camera motion; (2) if both pixels are edge pixels, incrementing a...
7340095 Subject estimating method, device, and program  
A personal computer issues an instruction to estimate a subject included in an image represented by image data stored in an image server. A database in which a place of photography, time periods,...
7330602 Variable density signal sampling  
An optimal sampling pattern for variable density sampling of a continuous signal uses a statistical knowledge of the signal to determine an autocorrelation matrix from which a basis set is...
7324710 Method and device for determining nominal data for electronic circuits by capturing a digital image and compare with stored nominal data  
A method and a corresponding device for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device. In the...
7324665 Method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing  
A method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing of images, such as seeded fluid flow images, to efficiently increase the spatial resolution and dynamic range of detecting particle...
7317814 Authentication system and method  
An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input with a reference wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures, preferably...
7315658 Digital camera  
A digital camera that automatically corrects dust artifact regions within acquired images by compiling a statistical dust map from multiple images acquired under different image acquisition...
7305089 Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same  
The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing...
7298921 Document scanning method and document scanner  
A document scanning method comprises causing relative movement between a document and first and second imaging elements, such that each of a succession of scan lines of the document is exposed in...
7295942 Increasing robustness of online calibration through motion detection  
In a method for controlling an orienting/positioning system, the orienting system comprises at least one sensor means, an external motion detection device for detecting an externally-caused motion...
7277581 Method for video format detection  
The invention provide methods and code for better detecting 3:2 pulldown or other video formats. In one respect, embodiments of the invention improve the way in which fields of video data are...
7272259 Systems and methods for capturing handwritten information using handwriting analysis  
Methods and systems are provided for analyzing and assessing documents using a writing profile for documents, such as a payment instrument. A method may include providing a document to a computer...
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