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7623734 |
Method and system for automatically inscribing noisy objects in scanned image data within a minimum area rectangle
A minimum area rectangle inscription method and system for automatically generating a minimum area rectangle that inscribes and bounds an approximately rectangular object (or “noisy” object)...
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7623731 |
Direct method for modeling non-rigid motion with thin plate spline transformation
A system and a method model the motion of a non-rigid object using a thin plate spline (TPS) transform. A first image of a video sequence is received, and a region of interest, referred to as a...
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7620267 |
Collage generation with occlusion costing
In a computer implemented method of creating a collage of images, a first image is seeded into a viewing region to start the collage. A plurality of trial layout arrangements are provided with an...
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7602998 |
Image signal processing apparatus
In order to allow an arbitrary combination of image processing function blocks and an arbitrary processing order to be executed with a single command and avoid calculation loads on a host CPU even...
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7602995 |
Correcting image distortion caused by scanning
An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product is disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image....
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7602994 |
Advertising
The invention relates to a method for producing advertising, comprising the following steps: in a first step, individual image information that is stored on a storage medium is prepared for image...
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7602993 |
Image processing and display using a plurality of user movable viewer areas
The image processing method includes specifying an original image to be processed, displaying the specified original image, dividing the image into a plurality of movable or transformable areas,...
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7600191 |
Image display method, program, and image display apparatus
A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of...
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7599572 |
System for manipulating noise in digital images
An apparatus for analyzing the broadband noise content of a digital image comprising the following: a means of automatically identifying regions of originally constant color in the image by...
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7593854 |
Method and system for collecting user-interest information regarding a picture
A user is presented with a picture image either in hard-copy or electronic form. Particular picture features in the image each have associated information that is presented to the user upon the...
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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...
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7590267 |
Accelerated face detection based on prior probability of a view
A method and system for detecting faces at different views within images that allocates the computational effort based on a prior probability associated with a view is provided. A face detection...
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7587100 |
Masking tool
A system for controlling effects performed on an image includes a digital camera having a display that displays the image. A masking tool positions a graphical representation on the display, the...
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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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7583841 |
Table detection in ink notes
Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions and apparatuses detect a table in a handwritten document. Line segments are derived from drawing strokes so that a bounding frame of...
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7580577 |
Methods, apparatus and computer products for generating JPEG2000 encoded data in a client
Encoded data, which can be used by a versatile JPEG2000 decoder in a client, and can assure a high-speed decode process of the encoded data and a high-speed display process of image data, is...
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7577312 |
Image sequence enhancement system and method
Motion picture scenes to be colorized are broken into separate elements, backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined separately into single frame...
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7574038 |
Method and apparatus for determining the background of an image sequence
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines a background image for a sequence of image frames. During operation, the system receives a sequence of input image-frames,...
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7570836 |
Backlit image judgment
A CPU 200 analyzes inner region pixels IP and outer region pixels OP independently; compares an inner luminance distribution characteristic i.e. a luminance distribution characteristic regarding...
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7567346 |
System and method for multimode imaging
A system and method for multimode imaging of at least one sample is disclosed. The system includes at least one light source; an optical system selected responsive to a mode of operation of the...
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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...
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7565028 |
Digital composition of a mosaic image
A mosaic image resembling a target image is composed of images from a data base. The target image is divided into regions of a specified size and shape, and the individual images from the data base...
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7561165 |
System for texturizing electronic representations of objects
A texturizing system for texturizing electronic representations of objects includes a texture library, a texture engine and a graphical user interface module. A source texture may be stored in the...
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7558414 |
Iterative image reconstruction
Systems and methods using an image produced by a constrained image reconstruction process as a constraint in a forward iterative reconstruction process are described. One example system may include...
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7558318 |
Method and apparatus for processing images, method and apparatus for recording and reproducing images, and television receiver utilizing the same
The moving images under reproduction are displayed in a main screen and a plurality of thumbnail images that serve as indexes by which to search for a desired scene are displayed. Moreover, the...
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7555158 |
Apparatus for recovering background in image sequence and method thereof
Provided is a background recovering apparatus for deleting an object of an arbitrary region and recovering a background covered with the object. The apparatus includes a storing block for storing...
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7551182 |
System and method for processing map data
A system and method is provided for assembling graphics information as a graphics display for presentation on a visual interface, the graphics information including a plurality of image tiles...
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7551179 |
Image display apparatus and image adjusting method
An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic;...
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7548661 |
Single-image vignetting correction
A system and process for determining the vignetting function of an image and using the function to correct for the vignetting is presented. The image can be any arbitrary image and no other images...
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7548247 |
Image editing apparatus and control method for the same, computer program, storage media
The present invention enables dust removal to be effectively performed even when using the operation history on images containing different pictures. An image editing apparatus includes a storage...
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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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7532771 |
Image processing system for digital collage
It is required to provide a framework for an automated process for forming a visually appealing collage from a plurality of input images. It is required to provide a framework for this type of...
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7529427 |
Zoom algorithm
Methods to zoom a region of interest from a digital image have been achieved. The methods invented support according to the scale of zooming the decrease or the increase of the resolution of...
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7529423 |
SIMD four-pixel average instruction for imaging and video applications
According to some embodiments, a Single-Instruction/Multiple-Data (SIMD) averaging instruction is used to process pixels of image data. The averaging instruction generates a set of four-pixel...
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7519218 |
Marker detection method and apparatus, and position and orientation estimation method
A marker detection method includes the steps of acquiring a captured image, detecting a marker from the captured image, and determining whether or not a surrounding region of the detected marker...
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7515769 |
Mapping-data analyzing method and apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mapping-data analyzing method that can display a map in which sufficient information is extracted from the spectra of obtained mapping data to...
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7496218 |
System and method for identifying objects of interest in image data
A system and method for identifying objects of interest in image data is provided. The present invention utilizes principles of dynamic discontinuity in which objects in images, when subjected to...
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7489833 |
Transmitting device, reconstruction device, transmitting method and reconstruction method for broadcasts with hidden subtitles
A transmitting device includes a main image generation unit generating a main image by overlaying first overlay data over an original image; an extraction unit extracting, from the original image,...
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7486843 |
Image processing overlaying one image on another
According to one aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus scales the image size and places one image onto another to display a compose image. The image processing apparatus includes...
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7486842 |
Registration of separations
Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically...
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7483589 |
Method for copying objects
A method for copying objects smaller than a background defined by a scanner of an apparatus includes scanning a plurality of objects to acquire image data associated with the plurality of objects...
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7479968 |
Semi-transparent highlighting of selected objects in electronic documents
Highlighting selected objects in an electronic document is provided in a manner such that a highlighted object maintains coloring and formatting properties to allow for a maintenance of visual...
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7479966 |
Method and apparatus for super montage large area spectroscopic imaging
The disclosure relates to Method and Apparatus for Super Montage Large area Spectroscopic Imaging. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method for producing a spectroscopic image of an object...
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7474807 |
System and method for generating usable images
The present invention includes systems, methods, and computer readable media for locating, sorting, and modifying images for future use. A conversion engine submits search requests to an image...
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7474791 |
Content and display device dependent creation of smaller representations of images
A method and apparatus to receive an image and to create a smaller representation of the image from a wavelet representation of the image is described. The size of the smaller representation of the...
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7471401 |
Information processing apparatus, printing processing method, and program therefor
The present invention aims that in a printing environment holding only a print instruction and a print data, a printing system capable of updating, changing, correcting, etc. only an additional...
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7469074 |
Method for producing a composite image by processing source images to align reference points
A method is described for producing a composite image that is viewable through lenticular lenses to create a special visual effect. The method includes the steps of storing a first source image and...
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7466866 |
Digital image adjustable compression and resolution using face detection information
A method of adjustable spatial and/or temporal compression of an image including a face includes identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image. A first...
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7463389 |
Image processing method, image processing device and program
A copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image can be enlarged or reduced. More specifically, the shapes of a latent image portion and a background portion are changed according to a certain magnification...
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7457483 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing program and storage medium
There is disclosed an image processing program causing a computer to perform the following operations setting image processing executed for a processing target image as application image...
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