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7623737 Information processing apparatus, control method and control program for registration of information related to ground tint  
In an information processing apparatus, an image pattern of a background and an image pattern of a latent image are selected from image patterns stored in a storage unit. Image data of a ground...
7623733 Image combination device, image combination method, image combination program, and recording medium for combining images having at least partially same background  
An image combination device acquires a first object image, a second object image, and a background image by first object image acquiring section ( 1 ), second object image acquiring section ( 3 ),...
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...
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...
7620265 Color invariant image fusion of visible and thermal infrared video  
A methodology for forming a composite color image fusion from a set of N gray level images takes advantage of the natural decomposition of color spaces into 2-D chromaticity planes and 1-D...
7613362 Image warp  
Method for warping first and second overlapping images includes selecting a first set of points in a first image, the first set of points being located in an overlap region between first and second...
7613360 Multi-spectral fusion for video surveillance  
A multi-spectral imaging surveillance system and method in which a plurality of imaging cameras is associated with a data-processing apparatus. A module can be provided, which resides in a memory...
7609866 Image connection method, and program and apparatus therefor  
Fingerprint section images of a finger are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a fingerprint sensor, and characteristic shapes such as ridge shapes, edge lines, and portions...
7609290 Surveillance system and method  
A method and apparatus for detecting motion in a large area with a single imaging device, such as a camera. A fixed object is located in the area and a camera is panned across the area with the...
7606440 Linear image sensing device with image matching function  
In a linear image sensing device with image matching function, a linear sensors array senses a finger, which is moving over it, to obtain fragment image analog signals, which are amplified, by a...
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...
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...
7602991 User definable image reference regions  
A method for image processing of a digital image, in which a region of interest is defined in the digital image, one or more sets of pixel characteristics are determined for the region of interest,...
7602968 Overlaid graphical user interface and method for image processing  
A graphical user interface for execution on a computer for image processing of a digital image, and method, in which an input interface is overlaid on the digital image and visually connected to...
7599567 Image encoding apparatus and image encoding method  
In an image encoding apparatus, pattern image cut-out means cuts out partial regions of an image of image data and generates pattern images. At the same time, the pattern image cut-out means...
7599078 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
An image processing system includes a first obtaining section for obtaining a first image and a color mode for the first image; a second obtaining section for obtaining a second image and a color...
7597663 Adjunctive ultrasound processing and display for breast cancer screening  
An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described comprising an adjunctive ultrasound display configured for quick, intuitive, interactive viewing of data derived...
7596249 Focusable virtual microscopy apparatus and method  
A virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen for a given level of optical magnification which are associated and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the...
7593599 Method of assembling a composite data map having a closed-form solution  
Local data maps of an optical imaging system are stitched together into a composite global data map based on a merit function supporting closed-form processing. Overlapping regions of the local...
7593553 Image connection method, and program and apparatus therefor  
Fingerprint section images of a finger are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a fingerprint sensor, and characteristic shapes such as ridge shapes, edge lines, and portions...
7590292 Information-theoretic method for clustering and merging imprecise data  
An information-theoretic method clusters and merges bi-variate normal data or ‘error ellipses’ lying in a plane. Two or more error ellipses are clustered and then merged into a single error...
7587089 Method and apparatus for image processing  
An image processing apparatus comprises a characteristic value generator for receiving image data, analyzing neighboring pixels of a to-be-processed pixel and calculating characteristic values...
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...
7583275 Modeling and video projection for augmented virtual environments  
Systems and techniques to implement augmented virtual environments. In one implementation, the technique includes: generating a three dimensional (3D) model of an environment from range sensor...
7580553 Medical imaging apparatus  
A medical imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first processor, a second processor, a display unit, and an output unit. The imaging unit is configured to image a subject. The first...
7577314 Method and apparatus for generating a panorama background from a set of images  
A method of generating a panorama background from a set of images comprises dividing each of the images into blocks and comparing color-space features of corresponding blocks of the images to...
7577313 Generating synthesized texture in differential space  
A method and system for generating a portion of an image uses n differential representations of an image texture, with n>1, which are mixed to produce a synthesized texture. The n differential...
7574070 Correction of subject area detection information, and image combining apparatus and method using the correction  
An image combining method for combining an image obtained by image sensing real space with a computer-generated image and displaying the combined image. Mask area color information is determined...
7567729 Photo image matching method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for matching two images having areas of overlapping text, first image data, and second image data is provided. The method includes dividing the first image data into a...
7567703 System for combining multiple disparity maps  
There is provided a method of processing image data, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of images of a scene; (b) generating a disparity map for each of at least two pairs of images...
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...
7565029 Method for determining camera position from two-dimensional images that form a panorama  
A method of estimating three-dimensional camera position information from a series of two-dimensional images that form a panorama employs common features in adjoining image pairs in the series to...
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...
7565019 Method of volume-panorama imaging processing  
The present invention discloses a method of volume-panorama imaging processing, which generates a volume-panorama image by subsequently splicing respective image frames from an image sequence...
7561755 Image distortion for content security  
A software module is presented that enables a person to determine the relevance of an electronic document while preventing the person from making a complete copy of the document. In one embodiment,...
7558438 System for synthesizing divisional images based on information indicating relationship between a series of divisional images  
An image synthesizing system for synthesizing more than one item of divisional image data respectively representing more than one divisional image of more than one portion of an object. The more...
7558430 Apparatus method and computer-readable medium for processing hierarchical encoded image data  
An image processing apparatus reconstructs coded image data, having hierarchical encoded data structure for stepwise decoding from a low resolution toward a high resolution, in accordance with a...
7554539 System for viewing a collection of oblique imagery in a three or four dimensional virtual scene  
A system for selecting oblique images from a collection of geo-referenced oblique images and viewing them within the context of a virtual, three- or four-dimensional (3D space and time) geographic...
7551802 Map image matching method and apparatus  
The present application relates to an image processing apparatus and a method for matching and combining two map images with at least some overlap area. In some embodiments, color features of a...
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...
7548984 Stream distribution system, stream server device, cache server device, stream record/playback device, related methods and computer programs  
The invention aims to protect content copyright and reduce the load on a stream server device in a stream distribution system having the stream server device, which stores bitstreams that include...
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...
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...
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;...
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....
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...
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,...
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...