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7308155 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium  
In case of a “N-up” function, a correcting unit executes a correcting process operation with respect to an image read by an image input unit, a editing unit executes a magnification changing...
7308157 Method and apparatus for optical inspection of a display  
A method and apparatus for optically inspecting a display employs sub-pixel accuracy for each primary color to take into account angle of rotation. The method includes capturing images of a display...
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...
7302109 Method and system for image processing for structured light profiling of a part  
An image processing method for structured light profiling includes sampling an image of a structured light pattern to obtain an intensity distribution, selecting a number of sets of sampled points...
7301971 Method and apparatus for continuous synchronization of a plurality of asynchronous data sources  
An apparatus and method for continuous synchronization of a pair of independently clocked asynchronous data streams ( 100, 101 ) consisting of raster data from independent imaging acquisition...
7302115 Method for using customer images in a promotional product  
A method of offering a customized promotional product to a user. The method comprises the steps of: accessing a user-supplied digital image at a digital imaging device; providing a digital image...
7301568 Cameras, other imaging devices, and methods having non-uniform image remapping using a small data-set of distortion vectors  
A camera has a body and an electronic capture unit mounted in the body. The electronic capture unit selectively captures and stores a scene image as a representational electronic image having a...
7302114 Methods and apparatuses for generating composite images  
Methods and apparatuses for generating composite images are disclosed. A first image is selected via a Web interface presented on a browser and a second image is selected via a Web interface...
7298922 Synthetic panchromatic imagery method and system  
Method and system for generating synthetic panchromatic imagery. A method for making a multi-spectral image includes capturing a panchromatic image of an imaging target. Additionally, the method...
7295720 Non-photorealistic camera  
A camera has a single lens and multiple flash units distributed around the lens. A set of images is acquired of a scene with different controlled lighting applied by the flash units, one at the...
7296231 Video structuring by probabilistic merging of video segments  
A method for structuring video by probabilistic merging of video segments includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of frames of unstructured video; generating video segments from the...
7292255 Image data acquisition optimisation  
A method of creating an image is disclosed. The image is formed by rendering at least a plurality of graphical objects to be composited according to a first hierarchical structure (eg. 4500 )...
7287701 Handheld coordinate reference system  
A method and apparatus for determining a spatial position of interest in an assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of determining a reference position of reference...
7283277 Image borders  
A border can be added to an image using pixels of a graphic piece that can be copied into or around an image. The graphic piece can be repeatedly copied around an image to form a border. A mask...
7281021 Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums  
Correlation between images and photography locations thereof is facilitated when generating an album of images photographed during a trip. Map data sets are stored in a storage means of an album...
7280124 Vehicle with image processing system and method for operating an image processing system  
A vehicle ( 01 ) has at least two image data sources ( 02 ), at least one mixing unit ( 03 ), at least one conversion unit ( 04 ) and an image display unit ( 05 ). The pixel data ( 09 ) generated...
7280707 Registration of separations  
Images may be registered using temporal (time-based) and spatial information. In a film implementation, because film is a sequence of frames, using information from neighboring frames may enable a...
7277572 Three-dimensional interior design system  
A system and method in a client-server computing environment is provided for generating and rendering a photorealistic three-dimensional (3D) perspective view of a 3D object selectively positioned...
7274830 System for multi-sensor image fusion  
A method and system for fusing image data includes an electronic circuit (L) for synchronizing image frames. An adaptive lookup table unit ( 302 a, 302 b ) receives the image frame data sets and...
7272253 Method for non-destructive inspection, apparatus thereof and digital camera system  
An image input can be executed without any influence of physical conditions of an inspection object and environment such as installation area by utilizing a cordless type image pickup apparatus in...
7272267 Image processing method and apparatus for normalizing faces for a layout image  
Face information is detected from each of original image signals, each of the original image signals representing a person image, in which a face pattern of a person is embedded. The face...
7269299 Image warp  
Methods and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for warping overlapping images. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting a first set of points in a first image that are located in an...
7269297 Illuminant-neutral gray component replacement in systems for spectral multiplexing of source images to provide a composite image, for rendering the composite image, and for spectral demultiplexing of the composite image  
Methods and apparatus for spectrally-encoding plural source images and for providing the spectrally-encoded plural source images in a composite image, for rendering the composite image in a...
7262777 Approximation of level of detail calculation in cubic mapping without attribute delta function  
A method of cubic mapping with texturing is described. Neighboring pixels on an object are mapped to adjacent faces of the cube, but these adjacent faces do not guarantee continuity in the texture...
7260273 System and method of editing a digital image to remove unwanted artifacts, objects and the like  
A system and method of editing a digital image to remove an unwanted object includes designating a rectangular region of the digital image including a subset of pixels within the digital image that...
7260275 Image processing device, image processing program and image composing method  
An image processing device, an image processing program and an image processing method for forming a composite image by superimposing an overlay image on a base image. Fixed length compressed image...
7260274 Techniques and systems for developing high-resolution imagery  
Systems and techniques for synthesizing high-resolution images are described. Using as input hybrid high- and low-resolution images ( 110, 120 ), processing techniques including three-dimensional...
7260260 Image processing apparatus and method  
An object of the present invention is to separate in real time a captured image into a foreground component image and a background component image. An image captured by an image-capturing unit 74 ...
7256799 Image synthesizer, image synthesis method and computer readable recording medium having image synthesis processing program recorded thereon  
In an image stitcher for arranging a plurality of images to be stitched in m rows and n columns (both m and n are natural numbers) on a monitor screen such that their respective arrangement...
7254280 Method and apparatus for reducing image acquisition time in a digital imaging device  
A method and apparatus for reducing the image acquisition time in a digital imaging device by processing segments of the image through an image processing pipeline and storing the processed image...
7254283 Image processor processing image data in parallel with a plurality of processors  
In order to efficiently process image data in a circuit dividing single image data into a plurality of data and processing the data with a plurality of MPUs in parallel with each other, the MPUs...
7248794 Remote platform multiple capture image formation method and apparatus  
A method of controlling a remote imaging platform for image acquisition of an imaging target, the method comprises: controlling said platform to aim a camera at said target, and controlling said...
7248751 Algorithmic technique for increasing the spatial acuity of a focal plane array electro-optic imaging system  
A system for enhancing images from an electro-optic imaging sensor and for reducing the necessary focal length of a sensor while preserving system acuity. This system uniquely reduces the necessary...
7245318 Imaging apparatus that corrects an imbalance in output levels of image data  
In an imaging apparatus, a method of correcting image data, or a storage medium storing a program, a target is imaged in a plurality of imaging regions and image data is output from each of the...
7239805 Method and system for combining multiple exposure images having scene and camera motion  
A panoramic high-dynamic range (HDR) image method and system of combining multiple images having different exposures and at least partial spatial overlap wherein each of the images may have scene...
7236645 Image synthesizing apparatus and method  
An α value in a desired shape in a desired position can be rewritten to a desired value in a desired range. α value rewriting units for rewriting an α value showing an opaqueness degree of an...
7236165 System and method for asynchronous storage and playback of a system state  
A system and method for asynchronous storage and playback of system data provides asynchronously recording of a set of data as a dynamic snapshot at a predetermined time, and periodically...
7231096 Screening method for overlapping sub-images  
A method and system for reproducing an image on a carrier, the method includes: generating a conjoined first and second sub-image, each representative for a portion of the image; defining an...
7231097 Lens defect correction  
Methods and systems related to: (a) capturing a primary image of a subject with a lens at a primary position, the lens having at least one deviation that exceeds a first tolerance for a target...
7230653 Method and apparatus for real time insertion of images into video  
The present invention comprises a real time image insertion system for video utilizes a three-dimensional model of at least one target area within a site for identifying the target area within an...
7230738 System for spectral multiplexing of source image to provide a composite image with noise encoding to increase image confusion in the composite image, for rendering the composite image, and for spectral demultiplexing of the composite image  
Methods and apparatus for spectrally-encoding plural source images and for providing the spectrally-encoded plural source images in a composite image, for rendering the composite image in a...
7221810 Method and device for recording of information  
A device and a method for recording of text by imaging the text on a light-sensitive sensor ( 8 ). The device converts the images ( 14–17, 47–49 ) into a set of characters ( 50, 51 ) each using...
7221796 Character input device, character input method and character input program  
A character input device for inputting a character by extracting and recognizing a character from an image of a document photographed by a photographing device includes the photographing device....
7221780 System and method for human face detection in color graphics images  
A system and method for determining the location of human faces within a color graphics image is disclosed. The proposed method consists of several steps to distinguish face candidates from a...
7221395 Digital camera and method for compositing images  
The digital camera includes an image pickup unit, an image storing unit, an image display unit, a reference image designating unit with which one or more of at least partial areas of an image to be...
7218751 Generating super resolution digital images  
Slight camera movement between capture of successive images is advantageously utilized to minimize or eliminate the need to interpolate in order to fill in the “holes” in a Bayer pattern. The...
7218785 Systems for spectral multiplexing of source images to provide a composite image, for rendering the composite image, and for spectral demultiplexing of the composite image  
Methods and apparatus for spectrally-encoding plural source images and for providing the spectrally-encoded plural source images in a composite image, for rendering the composite image in a...
7215364 Digital imaging system using overlapping images to formulate a seamless composite image and implemented using either a digital imaging sensor array  
An imaging system for obtaining a wide field of view comprises a plurality of imaging devices each having a defined field of view and each of the imaging devices having a mechanism for capturing an...
7212687 Method and apparatus for processing information  
When a CG object is overlapped onto a photographed real scenery image as a background and an image of a photographed real photographic subject is synthesized in front of the overlapped image, an...
7209601 CMOS image sensor using high frame rate with frame addition and movement compensation  
A method of forming a composite image using a CMOS image sensor. The method comprises capturing a plurality of frames using the image sensor, identifying a reference point in each of the frames,...