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7545969 Method and system for wide-area ultraviolet detection of forensic evidence  
The present invention comprises a method for detecting and analyzing forensic evidence. A digital image is taken of background radiation from a suspected-evidence area suspected to contain...
7545390 Multiple backdrop compositing  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for compositing a digital image. The invention performs the steps of providing a current accumulation image;...
7545967 System and method for generating composite subtraction images for magnetic resonance imaging  
In time-resolved contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, a measure quantifying image quality provides a basis for generating a linear filtered composite image by facilitating selection of...
7542592 Systems and methods for face detection and recognition using infrared imaging  
Methods for image processing for detecting and recognizing an image object include detecting an image object using pose-specific object detectors, and performing fusion of the outputs from the...
7539356 Image processing device, image processing method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method thereof, a recording medium, and a program that is able to adjust precisely overlap portion of an omnidirectional picture....
7532739 Image processing apparatus, control method for the image processing apparatus, and storage medium storing computer program for executing the control method of the image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus includes a production unit that can produce data by putting original image data into a first region and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data into a second region,...
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...
7532770 Method for combining two images based on eliminating background pixels from one of the images  
Two or more images are combined by designating one image as a threshold image based on information within the images themselves. Pixels in this threshold image are then segregating into foreground...
7529430 System and method for displaying an image indicating a positional relation between partially overlapping images  
A device includes a display monitor configured to display on a screen of the display monitor at least one of a current image and a preceding image taken by an optical unit, a storage unit...
7529429 Auto collage  
It is required to provide an automated process for forming a visually appealing digital collage (also referred to as a tapestry or photomontage) from a plurality of input images. Input images and a...
7529393 Guidance of invasive medical devices by wide view three dimensional ultrasonic imaging  
A three dimensional ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is operated to guide or observe the operation of an invasive medical device ( 30 ) in three dimensions. The invasive medical device ( 30 )...
7529428 Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing program  
An image processing apparatus includes a CPU and an imaging unit. In this image processing apparatus, an image captured by the imaging unit is displayed on an LCD together with an imaging index,...
7526139 Image processing for improving character readability of characters disposed on an image  
An image processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores a background image and a character image that is separate from the background image and overlaps the background image; a processing...
7526144 Image processing method, image expansion method, image output method, image conversion method, image processing apparatus, image expansion apparatus, image output apparatus, image conversion apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium  
An image processing method generating a single image group file from a plurality of still images, by setting an output sequence of the plurality of still images, and adding data indicating a...
7526725 Context aware video conversion method and playback system  
A computer implemented method converts and displays a video. An input video acquired of a scene is segmented into shots. Similar shots are combined sequentially into corresponding chains. Each...
7522764 Method and system for imaging an object  
In a method of imaging an object, for dental purposes, comprises: a) projecting a striped pattern on to the object to be imaged, b) recording the projected striped pattern as a basic image (R i )...
7515770 Information processing method and apparatus  
In order to associate image data with speech data, a character detection unit detects a text region from the image data, and a character recognition unit recognizes a character from the text...
7515311 Image synthesis apparatus and image synthesis method  
An image synthesis apparatus stores a synthesis order in which input images are to be synthesized with each other, and first and second synthesis numbers respectively designating how many of the...
7515827 Photographing apparatus and method for taking a picture  
A photographing apparatus includes a storage device for storing a silhouette image; an image sensor for capturing a first image of an object, the first image including a first object image and a...
7515771 Method and apparatus for reducing brightness variations in a panorama  
In one embodiment, a method of reducing brightness variations in a panorama comprises calculating a gamma plane based on the panorama, blurring and normalizing the gamma plane and then applying the...
7511721 Radiographic image connection processing method, radiographic image connection processing apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium  
In a radiographic image connection processing method of connecting plural partial radiographic images, the partial radiographic images are selected, and if appropriate the operation mode is...
7512275 Image collating apparatus, image collating method, image collating program and computer readable recording medium recording image collating program  
When first and second images are input, a partial image feature calculating unit calculates feature values of partial images of the two images. A maximum matching score position searching unit...
7512288 Image blending using non-affine interpolation  
Systems and techniques for blending image data such that noise, texture and/or high-frequency data may be better preserved in a resulting blended image. In general, in one implementation, the...
7508996 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
An image processing apparatus includes: image inputting portions for inputting a plurality of images; attribute inputting portions for inputting attribute information for the plurality of images;...
7508980 Method for preparing stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation system  
A method for preparing stereo images by using a surveying instrument, which comprises an image pickup means for acquiring an image in a collimating direction, and a distance measuring and angle...
7505612 Image construction method, fingerprint image construction apparatus, and program  
When slide operation of a finger on a sweep type fingerprint sensor is not constant, it is difficult to construct a general image of a fingerprint. An inspection region, which is used to find a...
7505633 Image processing apparatus, method, program and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus that generates image data from which it can be determined from the processed image what kind of processing has been performed on the image, and that enables bulge...
7505634 Radiographic image processing apparatus, radiographic image processing method, computer program, and recording medium therefor  
In a radiographic image processing apparatus for generating synthesized image data by synthesizing a plurality of partial radiographic images generated by radiation that has passed through the same...
7505162 Digital scanning systems and methods for scanning multi-sided cards and documents  
The present invention relates to scanning multi-sided documents. The scanner device scans the multi-sided document one side at a time. The image of each side is tiled vertically or horizontally to...
7502503 Radiographic image composition and use  
The present invention concerns the blending of plural x-ray images to form a blended composite image wherein in blending the images, a stitching boundary adjustment is determined for use in...
7502067 Electronic camera that synthesizes two images taken under different exposures  
Disclosed herein is an electronic camera for generating an image having a wide dynamic range by synthesizing two image pickup signals of different exposure amount generated by using an electronic...
7502527 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program product  
An image processing apparatus has a mode selecting unit for selecting one of plural image selection modes having different objects. There is also an image selecting unit for selecting a set of...
7499586 Photographing big things  
The subject application provides an architecture that facilitates producing a single image that can visualize a scene too large to depict from any single perspective view. These images can be...
7492964 System and method for detecting obstacle  
A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image...
7492962 System or method for enhancing an image  
A system and method for enhancing the contrast within an image. An enhanced image can be generated in a real-time or substantially real-time manner from an initial image. A low-contrast image is...
7492965 Multiple map image projecting and fusing  
A system and method for multiple map image projecting and fusing in an object oriented computer environment. The multiple map image projecting and fusing method may provide a flexible and efficient...
7492535 Multimodal miniature microscope  
Apparatus for receiving and positioning optical components. The apparatus includes a substrate, one or more mounting slots, and one or more springs. The one or more mounting slots are formed in the...
7489800 Image processing method  
Sub-information is embedded in main image information having undergone thinning-out processing and rotation processing. The resultant composite image information in which the sub-information is...
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,...
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...
7486412 Printing service system  
Finish of a composite image generated from an image and characters can be confirmed by enlarging the characters alone and without enlarging a copyrighted image such as a cartoon character. In order...
7486808 Image processing device, image processing method and image processing program  
The image processing device comprises: a photo image input unit which inputs a photographed image including a character; an extraction unit which extracts a facial image which is an image of a...
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...
7486296 Caricature generating system and method  
A caricature generating system and method. The caricature generating system comprises an edge tracing and stroking unit, a posterizing and texturing unit, an image blending unit, a facial image...
7486824 System, computer software product and method for transmitting and processing handwritten data  
A system, computer program product and method are provided that smooth handwritten information following the transmission of handwritten data to a second computing device, thereby reducing the...
7486840 Map image object connectivity  
A system and method for creating a connectivity framework between map image objects and map data objects in an object oriented computer environment. The connectivity framework may provide a...
7486841 Puzzle machine and method of operating same  
A method and apparatus for producing a customized jigsaw puzzle is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an image capturing mechanism, such as a camera, that captures one or more images of one or more...
7483588 Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an icosahedron panorama image  
A method of and apparatus for efficient encoding and decoding by reconstructing an icosahedron panorama image are provided. The method includes: dividing patches forming a top part and a bottom...
7483042 Video graphics module capable of blending multiple image layers  
A video graphics module capable of blending multiple image layers includes a plurality of video graphic pipelines, each of which is operable to process a corresponding image layer. One of the video...
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...