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7636486 |
Method of determining PSF using multiple instances of a nominally similar scene
A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer regarding...
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7630583 |
Circuit and method for decoding an encoded version of an image having a first resolution directly into a decoded version of the image having a second resolution
An image processing circuit includes a processor that receives an encoded portion of a first version of an image. The processor decodes this encoded portion directly into a decoded portion of a...
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7627198 |
Information signal processing device and processing method, codebook generating device and generating method, and program for executing the methods
Standard Definition signals are divided into blocks at a tap extracting unit, and pixel data contained in each block is extracted as a class tap. A class classification unit obtains class code...
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7623738 |
Method, apparatus and a unit for image conversion
An image conversion unit for converting a first image with a first resolution into a second image with a second resolution, the second resolution being higher than the first resolution being higher...
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7623687 |
Three-dimensional face recognition
Apparatus for obtaining 3-Dimensional data of a geometric body for matching, and particularly for use in facial matching, comprises a three dimensional scanner for obtaining three-dimensional...
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7616838 |
Edge-directed images sharpening method
An apparatus includes an edge width detection circuit which detects an edge portion of image data and outputs an edge width of the detected edge portion, a ratio control amount generation circuit...
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7616357 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus
A scanner unit 105 of an MFP 100 performs prescanning and generates white area determination data 301. Next, at the scanning operation, the scanner unit 105 refers to the white area...
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7613363 |
Image superresolution through edge extraction and contrast enhancement
A technique for generating high-resolution bitmaps from low-resolution bitmaps. A low-resolution bitmap is magnified to form a magnified image. Edge detection is performed on the magnified image to...
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7609307 |
Heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction
The present invention discloses a heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction, which utilizes a heterogeneity-projection method to determine the optimal edge...
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7602997 |
Method of super-resolving images
This invention presents a super-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of aliased imagery. The sub-pixel shifts (displacement) among the images are unknown due to uncontrolled natural...
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7602973 |
Image processing apparatus, program, recording medium, and image editing method
An image processing apparatus includes a first image editing unit, an informing unit, a job supplying unit, and a second image editing unit. The first image editing unit edits a low resolution part...
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7596284 |
High resolution image reconstruction
A technique of reconstructing a high resolution image from at least one image sequence of temporally related high and low resolution image frames wherein each of said high resolution image frames...
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7596285 |
Providing a portion of an electronic mail message at a reduced resolution
A method and an apparatus for providing a portion of an electronic mail message having a reduced resolution are presented. The method includes determining whether it is desirable to provide less...
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7593600 |
Black white image scaling for optical character recognition
A system and method for capturing and scaling images includes a scaling engine with the ability to employ a first scaling factor in a first direction and a second scaling factor in a second...
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7593037 |
Imaging device and method for capturing image
An imaging device includes: a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates; a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit; a...
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7593601 |
Image processing device, method, and program
The present invention enables processing results which are more accurate and which have higher precision as to events of the real world to be obtained. A non-continuity component extracting unit ...
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RE40905 |
Video signal converting apparatus and display device having the same
Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of...
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RE40906 |
Video signal converting apparatus and display device having the same
Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of...
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7580590 |
Optical image system surface resolution calibration method
An optical image system surface resolution calibration method is provided herein, which utilizes a calibration standard and an image sensor device. The surface of the calibration standard is...
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7574017 |
Statistically comparing and matching plural sets of digital data
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for statistically comparing a first set of digital data to at least a second set of digital data and matching the first set of digital data...
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7574071 |
Method and apparatus for resizing images
A method of fractionally resizing an image comprises locating areas of sensitivity in the image. Adjustment lines in the image are selected at least partially based on the location of the located...
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7573488 |
System and method for organizing two and three dimensional image data
A method and system are disclosed for storing, retrieving and otherwise handling two and/or three dimensional image data forming a picture or image. The picture is defined by a plurality of levels,...
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7570790 |
Image processing method and apparatus for acquiring higher resolution image data for a region of interest from a data stream
An apparatus having image processing function performs image processing method. In the image processing method, a first portion of data is acquired as a data stream obtained from image data that...
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7567732 |
Image resolution conversion
Methods to convert the resolution of digital images have been achieved. The methods invented support the decrease or the increase of the resolution of digital images, even enlargement in one...
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7567706 |
Ultra light weight browser
The present invention relates to the field of computer technology, and in particular to a method and system for compressing digital data from a row-column structured, multi-color bitmap image...
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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...
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7564594 |
Digital multifunctional imaging apparatus
In a digital multifunctional apparatus, enlargement/reduction parameters for respective pixels are calculated by an image processing circuit multiplying a length enlargement/reduction ration output...
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7561731 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing the dynamic range of a stereo vision system
Systems and methods are provided for producing a stereo disparity map representing an imaged subject. A plurality of sensors ( 102 and 104 ) are operative to produce a plurality of images. Each...
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7558441 |
Resolution conversion upon hierarchical coding and decoding
In a decoding method of decoding encoded image data which has been hierarchically encoded in advance, a size of an image to be outputted is determined, and then the encoded image data is decoded up...
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7555171 |
Systems and methods for down scaling a bitmap
A method for scaling a first bitmap from a first size to a second size is disclosed. A first bitmap is accessed. The first bitmap is iterated through and the following are performed until no more...
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7551803 |
Image adapter with tilewise image processing, and method using such an adapter
An image adapter transforms an input image into an output image by successively processing tiles and by changing numbers of columns and of rows of image points. The image adapter includes queue...
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7551230 |
Device and method for producing coefficient seed data used for format conversion, and information-providing medium therefore
The present invention relates to an information signal processor and the like preferable for use in the case of converting a format of an image signal or converting an image size. An input image...
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7551804 |
Method and apparatus for distributed analysis of images
A method and apparatus for intelligent distributed analyses of images including capturing the images and analyzing the captured images, where feature information is extracted from the captured...
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7551771 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional range information
Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional range information are disclosed. According to one aspect, acquiring three-dimensional range information of a scene...
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7548662 |
System and process for increasing the apparent resolution of a display
A system and process for creating an apparently higher resolution image on a display exhibiting a lower resolution is presented. The basic idea is to make multiple decimated versions of an image at...
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7542174 |
Image processing method for reducing jaggy effect
An image processing method for reducing jaggy effect, which is applied in an image output device, is provided. Firstly, a continuous tone image is generated, and continuous tone pixels are defined...
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7536561 |
Method and apparatus for improved information transactions
A method and system for making information available of a computer system and compensating information owners or creators for access to said information. In various aspects, the invention provides...
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7536063 |
Resolution conversion method and device
Provided a resolution conversion method, which converts the resolution of an image by using orthogonal transform, and in which block noise reduction processing is performed according to the...
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7532773 |
Directional interpolation method and device for increasing resolution of an image
A directional interpolation method and device for increasing resolution of an image is disclosed. The device includes an input terminal, a memory, a texture analysis module, a texture variance...
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7532772 |
Coding for compressive imaging
Embodiments of the present invention can estimate an image using an encodement provided by an optical component, an encodement provided by a detector array, or both an encodement provided by an...
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7529427 |
Zoom algorithm
Methods to zoom a region of interest from a digital image have been achieved. The methods invented support according to the scale of zooming the decrease or the increase of the resolution of...
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7528814 |
Method and device providing enhanced characters
A method of providing enhanced characters suitable for display on substantially low-resolution displays includes scaling-down a first representation of at least one character belonging to a given...
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7523078 |
Bayesian approach for sensor super-resolution
Bayesian super-resolution techniques fuse multiple low resolution images (possibly from multiple bands) to infer a higher resolution image. The super-resolution and fusion concepts are portable to...
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7511863 |
Scanning device and method for saving compensation memory
A method of reducing memory requirement in the compensation memory unit of a scanner. The method includes providing an even compensation data value and an odd compensation data value and averaging...
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7508992 |
Image-processing apparatus for compressing binary-format image data
An apparatus for image processing is disclosed. The apparatus is for reducing one or more runlengths by converting binary-format image data for each of black and white runlengths in one direction...
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7508963 |
Surface shape recognition sensor device
A detection element ( 1 A) having a detection electrode ( 11 A) connected to a surface shape detection unit ( 2 ) and a detection electrode ( 12 A) connected to a common potential, and a detection...
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7502144 |
Method of preparing bit map
A method of generating a second bit map, improved in first-direction resolution, from a first bit map having a plurality of image-forming pixels arranged two-dimensionally, the method comprising a...
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7499600 |
Method for characterizing a digital imaging system
A method for use in characterizing a digital imaging system ( 53 ) having an array of imaging elements ( 35 ), and in particular for measuring the modulation transfer function (sometimes called the...
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7492920 |
Method for robust asymmetric modulation spatial marking with spatial sub-sampling
Example embodiments relate to a method for applying a special mark, that is invisible to the naked eye, on a medium. That is, the example embodiments provide a method for generating and applying on...
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7492967 |
Super-resolution processor and medical diagnostic imaging apparatus
A super-resolution processor includes a storage section for storing data of point spread functions of an X-ray CT scanner which are acquired using a phantom and a super-resolution processing...
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