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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...