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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)...
7620216 Method of tracking a human eye in a video image  
A human eye is tracked between successively produced video image frames by consecutively applied eye location techniques. First, potential eye candidates within a local search window are identified...
7616233 Perfecting of digital image capture parameters within acquisition devices using face detection  
Within a digital acquisition device, acquisition parameters of a digital image are perfected as part of an image capture process using face detection within said captured image to achieve one or...
7613361 Information processing method and device  
An information processing device for obtaining placement information regarding an imaging device of markers to be calibrated that are provided upon the imaging device, includes: a first image...
7613323 Method and apparatus for determining camera pose  
A method and apparatus for determining camera pose characterized by six degrees of freedom (e.g., for use in computer vision systems) is disclosed. In one embodiment an image captured by the camera...
7603000 System and method for learning relative distance in a shape space using image based features  
A system and method for identifying a shape of an anatomical structure in an input image is disclosed. An input image is received and warped using a set of warping templates resulting in a set of...
7602996 Microscope system and method  
A microscope system and method is described for determining a position of an area of an object within the complete object, wherein the image of the area of the object is contained within a field of...
7602965 Object detection using cross-section analysis  
In a method of 3-D object detection, an image is pre-processed. Using cross-section analysis, a confidence array is built. A plurality of peaks in the confidence array are detected, wherein the...
7599560 Embedded interaction code recognition  
In accordance with embodiments of the invention, embedded interaction code (EIC) symbols are recognized. EIC dots are generated based on effective EIC symbols, which have been generated by...
7587102 Method and apparatus for performing a sensor fusion to provide a position of a target-of-interest  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for estimating a position of a target of interest using a plurality of position detection sensors wherein for at least one of the sensors, a corresponding...
7587101 Facilitating computer-assisted tagging of object instances in digital images  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates computer-assisted tagging of objects in a digital image. During operation, the system receives locations for one or more...
7577286 Machine vision equipment  
A method of setting-up machine vision equipment is disclosed. The equipment includes a camera defining a field of view, processing means for determining physical properties of a test object, and...
7574043 Method for modeling cast shadows in videos  
A method models a scene. A video is acquired of the scene, and for each frame of the video, the method updates a set of background models for each pixel; a set of shadow models for each pixel; a...
7555140 Image processing using object information  
A CPU 300 divides an image into plural regions and for each of the regions, generates a histogram and calculates an average brightness Y ave. The CPU 300 determines a focus location on the...
7539327 System and process for bootstrap initialization of nonparametric color models  
A system and process for automatically learning a reliable color-based tracking system is presented. The tracking system is learned by using information produced by an initial object model in...
7536035 Object velocity measuring apparatus and object velocity measuring method  
An object velocity measuring apparatus of this invention for measuring an object velocity in a photographic field from a plurality of photographic frames made up of a plurality of pixels comprises...
7532975 Imaging apparatus for vehicles  
A vehicle is provided with a plurality of imaging cameras for imaging the front left side, front right side, rear left side, rear right side and rear side. Imaging conditions such as a position...
7532744 Video and audio content analysis system  
The present invention is directed to various methods and systems for analysis and processing of video and audio signals from a plurality of sources in real-time or off-line. According to some...
7532224 Information processing method and apparatus  
An information processing method and apparatus enables one or more further users to share a mixed reality space image including a virtual object superimposed in a space where a first user exists. A...
7528998 Discrimination sensor and discrimination machine  
A discrimination machine optically senses an object having a surface with a planar structure while scanning the planar structure along the surface. The machine includes a discrimination sensor...
7526143 Imaging method  
A method which, while displacing the field-of-view, allows the image in a target area to be acquired without degradations such as out-of-focus of the image. Plural pieces of images are acquired...
7526116 Automated microscopic sperm identification  
A method and device for automatically identifying sperm cells in a smear on a microscope slide, including capturing a first digital color image within an area of interest on the microscope slide....
7519234 Apparatuses and methods for incorporating a border region within an image region  
A hardware implemented method for incorporating a border region within an image region is provided. In this hardware implemented method, a position of a pixel along a line within the image region...
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...
7519207 Detection and correction method for radiograph orientation  
A method for detecting and correcting the orientation of a radiograph. The method generally includes the steps of accessing the radiograph; locating a region of interest in the radiograph; and...
7515773 Facial parts position detection device, method for detecting facial parts position, and program for detecting facial parts position  
A facial parts position detection device which includes an image inputting device for inputting a captured face image, an ends position detecting device for detecting right and left ends position...
7512251 Monitoring system and vehicle surrounding monitoring system  
A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image...
7505639 Information presentation method and information presentation system  
An information presentation method is to photograph an object by use of an image input device and display related information corresponding to the object on the object in a display screen or the...
7502492 Integrated circuit device and microcomputer  
An integrated circuit device having an image change detection circuit which receives image data acquired by imaging means in time series, detects a change in an image, and generates a change...
7492966 Image mapping method and image mapping program  
An image mapping method comprising the steps of acquiring a captured image as well as positional information of an image object in the captured image and positional information of an image taking...
7492471 Image forming apparatus for printing images properly arranged relative to index tab  
An image forming apparatus prints images on print sheets, and insets tab-index sheets between the printed print sheets. The image forming apparatus includes an orientation detecting unit which...
7489803 Object detection  
Object detection apparatus for detecting objects in a test image comprises means for comparing blocks of a test window of the image with reference data indicative of the presence of an object to...
7477799 Image shifting module and optical projection device  
An image shifting module for shifting imaging positions of sub-images projected on a screen in each frame, and an optical projection device using the same are provided. The image shifting module...
7477798 Specified image position estimating apparatus and method, specified image position estimating program, and specified image position estimating program recorded computer-readable recording medium, medium, game system, and transaction apparatus  
According to the present invention, in a specified image position estimating apparatus, for, even if an original image varies in size to vary a size of a mark, detecting the mark in the original...
7477776 Method and apparatus for determining a plane of symmetry of a three-dimensional object  
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a plane of symmetry of a three-dimensional object from at least two two-dimensional mappings, wherein the mappings are obtained from different...
7474959 Method for providing recommendations using image, location data, and annotations  
A method for providing information with digital images includes receiving a digital image of a subject, the digital image including as metadata a geographic position of the subject and other...
7474809 Implement for optically inferring information from a jotting surface and environmental landmarks  
The present invention relates to a jotting implement that infers hand-jotted information from viewing a jotting surface and environmental landmarks. The hand-jotted information is any information...
7466842 Modeling low frame rate videos with bayesian estimation  
A video is acquired of a scene. Each pixel in each frame of the video is represented by multiple of layers. Each layer includes multiple Gaussian distributions. Each Gaussian distribution includes...
7466841 Method for traffic sign detection  
A method for detecting and recognizing at least one traffic sign is disclosed. A video sequence having a plurality of image frames is received. One or more filters are used to measure features in...
7463790 Calculation module  
A calculation module for calculating the position of a mechanical element, the calculation module being operable to receive an input signal, detect a first plurality of corresponding features in...
7463773 Fast high precision matching method  
An initial search method uses the input image and the template to create an initial search result output. A high precision match uses the initial search result, the input image, and the template to...
7460732 Method and system for object recognition using fractal maps  
A method for recognizing an object in an image is disclosed wherein a fractal map of the image is generated by estimating the fractal dimension of each pixel in the image. The fractal map may be...
7460689 System and method of detecting, recognizing, and tracking moving targets  
A system and method of tracking moving targets in video images comprises retrieving a reference video frames each comprising arrays of digital pixels; computing a first averaged image for each of...
7457456 Image generation method and device  
An image generation method for generating a viewpoint-modified image is carried out based on camera information sensed by one or a plurality of image sensing unit sensing an image around an image...
7450739 Image processing apparatus and method, red-eye detection method, as well as programs for executing the image processing method and the red-eye detection method  
An image processing apparatus which processes an input image to detect a specified object of interest that is recorded in the input image is provided. The apparatus has a detection unit and a...
7447381 Method and apparatus for filtering an image  
Objects are detected in an image using a spatially variant filter. The size of the filter is adjusted based on the portion of the image being processed by the filter. Portions of the image which...
7436982 Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus  
A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, includes: an infrared imaging device that captures an image; a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object by binarizing the...
7433510 Information presentation apparatus and information presentation system using the same  
A three-dimensional position posture relation detection unit detects a relation of relative three-dimensional position and posture between an image input unit and a target object using the image of...
7424174 Image processing device  
An image processing device comprises an image acquisition apparatus configured to acquire an image of an object, a feature extraction unit configured to extract a feature portion from a visual...
7418126 Image distortion correcting method and apparatus, and storage medium  
An image distortion correcting apparatus is provided with an image input section to input an image of a flat rectangular paper surface imaged by an imaging section, as an input image, an imaging...