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6314209 |
Video information coding method using object boundary block merging/splitting technique
An improved video information coding method for an object boundary block merging/splitting technique which makes it possible to use an object boundary block merging and a merging/separation as a...
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6304927 |
Digital copier with scalable architecture
A digital copier or multi-function device with a scalable architecture which provides for a reusability of the architecture and reduced cost of the system. The digital copier utilizes an industry...
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6301382 |
Extracting a matte of a foreground object from multiple backgrounds by triangulation
A method for pulling (extracting) a matte of an image of a foreground object from a composite image, using a computer. An image of the foreground object is recorded over at least two backgrounds...
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6298404 |
Digital copier with an unified memory which stores computer instructions and image data
A digital copier or multifunction machine which has a unified memory structure so that a memory sub-system stores both computer instructions for controlling a processor within a digital copier and...
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6292593 |
Image synthesizing device and method
A one-dimensional image synthesizing unit 3 images an subject, and produces a plurality of image-to-be-combined signals expressing images-to-be-combined having overlapped regions. A central...
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6275620 |
Method and apparatus for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios
An improved technique for processing a color or gray scale pixel map representing a document is disclosed. The pixel map is decomposed into a three-plane representation, a reduced-resolution...
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6272634 |
Digital watermarking to resolve multiple claims of ownership
A method and apparatus for digital watermarking to resolve multiple claims of ownership is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first watermark requiring the host data for...
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6271890 |
Chromakeying system
A chromokeying panel for use in conjunction with a chromakeying system includes a plurality of first and second location. Each of the first and the second locations has a color within the color of...
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6269195 |
Apparatus and methods for selectively feathering a composite image
A mechanism and process for feathering a first image and a second image in a composite image includes defining an original matte image. A portion of the original matte image is box filtered...
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6268611 |
Feature-free registration of dissimilar images using a robust similarity metric
An image registration (alignment) system which achieves alignment by determining an optimal focus for a composite image produced from the combination of misregistered images. The system also uses...
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6269196 |
Image blending with interpolated transfer modes including a normal transfer mode
Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for blending image layer data. A definition of a first layer of an image includes a solidity parameter beta, in the range zero to one inclusive, and a...
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6268926 |
Mail transmission/reception system
In a mail reception side, it is judged in S994 whether or not the number of sheets required to print the received print mail becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed number. This judgment is...
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6266068 |
Multi-layer image-based rendering for video synthesis
A computerized method and related computer system synthesize video from a plurality of sources of image data. The sources include a variety of image data types such a collection of image stills, a...
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6259828 |
Sprite-based video coding system with automatic segmentation integrated into coding and sprite building processes
A sprite-based coding system includes an encoder and decoder where sprite-building is automatic and segmentation of the sprite object is automatic and integrated into the sprite building as well as...
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6259826 |
Image processing method and device
A method of reconstructing an image captured as a stream of image data, for example as input received from a linear sensor in unconstrained scanning, comprises reconstructing the image in the form...
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6249616 |
Combining digital images based on three-dimensional relationships between source image data sets
A computer-implemented method combines related source images, each represented by a set of digital data, by determining three-dimensional relationships between data sets representing related source...
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6246804 |
Image retrieval method and apparatus using a compound image formed from a plurality of detected regions
An image retrieval method and apparatus for searching a plurality of images stored in an image file for a desired image are disclosed. When a designated image for designating an image to be...
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6243103 |
Panoramic image generation in digital photography
An image synthesizing system comprising a digital camera and a personal computer. When a first image is picked up by the camera, the personal computer takes the image sensed by the camera and a...
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6229930 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image data structure, and data storage media
A transparency coding apparatus for coding a transparency signal corresponding to an object constituting an image, which transparency signal indicates a composition ratio used when compositing an...
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6222637 |
Apparatus and method for synthesizing a subject image and template image using a mask to define the synthesis position and size
An image synthesizer where desired template image is selected, and a subject image is synthesized at a predetermined position on the selected template image. Template image data, mask image data...
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6222947 |
Image editing apparatus and method and medium on which programs are recorded
An image editing apparatus for laying out a plurality of images input from an image input unit to a plurality of pages includes an input unit for inputting the number of images to be laid out on...
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6219459 |
Image transform device for transforming a picture image to a painting-type image
A low cost image transform device capable of converting an input image to the linear drawing style in real time is presented. An edge signal of the input image is detected and normalized. The...
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6219437 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining a signature from a fired bullet
A method for obtaining a signature from a fired bullet by mounting the bullet to turn substantially about a longitudinal axis of the bullet, illuminating a surface of the bullet, obtaining and...
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6215914 |
Picture processing apparatus
A picture processing apparatus which can reduce matching errors and shorten a processing time for matching. In the picture processing apparatus, a binarization circuit individually binarizes a pair...
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6201899 |
Method and apparatus for extended depth of field imaging
A method for constructing an extended depth of field image from a plurality of source images taken of an object at substantially identical fields of view but at differing focal distances, the...
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6201541 |
System and method for "Stitching" a plurality of reconstructions of three-dimensional surface features of object(s) in a scene defined relative to respective coordinate systems to relate them to a common coordinate system
A system is disclosed for stitching a plurality of reconstructions of three-dimensional surface features of at least one object in a scene to relate the reconstructions to a common coordinate...
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6198852 |
View synthesis from plural images using a trifocal tensor data structure in a multi-view parallax geometry
The invention is embodied in a process for synthesizing a new image representing a new viewpoint of a scene from at least two existing images of the scene taken from different respective...
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6195471 |
Method and apparatus for combining a plurality of images at random stitch points without incurring a visible seam
The present invention eliminates artifacts in an image formed using a plurality of imaging sources. Visible seams in the image are eliminated by randomizing the stitch point between the scan lines...
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6185342 |
Adjustment layers for composited image manipulation
A method and system for compositing graphical images, wherein an advanced adjustment layer may be applied during a compositing process to a set of image layers 1 . . . n, or to any subordinate...
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6181831 |
Spatial frequency-domain video signal processing
A method of generating an output array of image spatial frequency coefficients from input arrays of image spatial frequency coefficients overlapped by the required array, the spatial frequency...
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6178273 |
Image forming apparatus for storing document image in memory by one document feeding operation and the method thereof
An image forming apparatus comprises first function for scanning the image of a document placed on a document table and storing it in a memory area, a designating function for asking whether or not...
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6178270 |
Method and apparatus for selecting text and image data from video images
A method carried out in an image processing system in which images of documents are captured by an image capture device, such as a video camera, comprising: (a) displaying successive images...
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6178465 |
Image processors for reading and outputting data
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6175663 |
Method and apparatus for preserving background continuity in images
The disclosed system has particular applications to image archives and reediting. Given an image of an article having graphic objects including texts and pictures, the disclosed system first...
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6175648 |
Process for producing cartographic data by stereo vision
The method produces three dimensional cartographic data of a scene from n two-dimensional images of the scene, n being an integer higher than 2. The images are delivered by n respective detectors...
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6173087 |
Multi-view image registration with application to mosaicing and lens distortion correction
An embodiment of the invention is a system and process for true multi-image alignment that does not rely on the measurements of a reference image being distortion free. For instance, lens...
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6163617 |
Backprojection with a multi-color rendering engine
A method of diagnostic image reconstruction from projection data is provided. It includes generating projection data followed by a convolution of the same. The convolved projection data is then...
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6157733 |
Integration of monocular cues to improve depth perception
One or more monocular cues are extracted from an original image and combined to enhance depth effect. An original image is acquired and segmented into one or more objects. The objects are...
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6157747 |
3-dimensional image rotation method and apparatus for producing image mosaics
The invention aligns a set of plural images to construct a mosaic image. At least different pairs of the images overlap partially (or fully), and typically are images captured by a camera looking...
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6151421 |
Image composing apparatus and method having enhanced design flexibility
In an image composing apparatus, a desired image, which is selected from first digital images having been stored previously, and a desired image, which is selected from second digital images having...
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6148118 |
Image processing apparatus capable of reproducing large-sized document
In a method of joining image data divided into a plurality of parts each having an overlap region with the other at a border line portion into a single image for output, an image processing...
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6144778 |
Pixel weighted transition scanning to ameliorate swath scanner banding
A computerized methodology for reducing swath scanner swath boundary discontinuities is provided by using a predetermined overlap of pixel rows during each sequential scan. Pixel data from a first...
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6144777 |
Image forming apparatus having editing function
Originals are fed onto a platen glass one by one by an automatic original feeder to be read out by a reading system. The originals are converted into digital image data. The image data is...
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6137498 |
Digital composition of a mosaic image
A mosaic image is formed from a database of source images. More particularly, the source images are analyzed, selected and organized to produce the mosaic image. A target image is divided into tile...
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6137919 |
Apparatus and methods for feathering a composite image
The invention provides a mechanism and process for feathering a first image and a second image in a composite frame. In this process an original matte image is defined according to the first and...
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6130965 |
Image data outputting apparatus and facsimile apparatus in which image data on a plurality of record sheets are combined into one page of image data for transmission
A facsimile avoids waste of record sheets due to recording of image data only at the top of a record sheet with the bottom of the sheet being left blank. This is achieved by summing the number of...
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6128416 |
Image composing technique for optimally composing a single image from a plurality of digital images
The present invention discloses an image composing apparatus comprising a reference block setting circuit for setting a search area having a stored arbitrary size in an overlap region of composed...
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6124864 |
Adaptive modeling and segmentation of visual image streams
A technique for converging upon a computer-based model of a real world or synthetic scene. The computer model makes use of abstraction-based data objects as well as image-based data objects. A...
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6115485 |
Introducing reduced data set information into a primary image data set
Secondary data set information is incorporated into a primary data set (such as a digital image) retaining a desired dynamic range and retaining the original primary set data quality. The secondary...
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6104840 |
Method and system for generating a composite image from partially overlapping adjacent images taken along a plurality of axes
A composite image is generated from partially overlapping adjacent images taken at a single location along a plurality of axes. The angular relation among the overlapping images is initially...
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