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6041148 System and method for extracting image data  
A data extraction processor receives data, such as image data, at a high rate of speed and generates processed results, generally at a much lower overall data rate. This sort of processing is...
6038350 Signal processing apparatus  
A multiple parallel digital signal processor having a large number of bit processing processor elements arranged in one-dimensional array is treated as a processor block, and a plurality of the...
6038352 Two-bit morphology processing apparatus and method  
The present invention provides a novel system and method that permits a "mask" to be directly incorporated into an image during image processing. This is accomplished by processing binary images or...
6009191 Computer implemented method for compressing 48-bit pixels to 16-bit pixels  
The present invention provides a method, in a computer system, for compressing bit formats provided in a first packed data sequence. One embodiment of the method comprises the steps of generating,...
6002814 Means and method for configuring a data processing pipeline  
A configurable data processing pipeline for processing data, such as print data, provides configuration flexibility, thereby allowing the data processing operations to be optimized for the data,...
5956421 Image processing method and apparatus for determining a binarization threshold value used for binarizing a multi-valued image and performing binarization processing  
An image processor determines a binarization threshold value used for binarizing a multi-valued image, and performs binarization processing on the multi-valued image. The multi-valued image is...
5946405 Block-matching motion estimation apparatus under use of linear systolic array architecture  
A block-matching motion estimation apparatus in the form of linear systolic array architecture. The apparatus includes a selecting unit for inputting data of a reference block and other data to...
5909520 Noise coding processor  
A noise coding processor employing pipeline processing techniques is disclosed. The noise coding processor employs parallel pseudo-random number sequence generation to generate multi-dimensional...
5878173 Pipeline image processing method and device for computing image block on half-grid  
Method and device for enabling high-speed write/read operation of image information in units of blocks, so as to fully meet the demand on high-speed operation of MPEG, etc. Eight memory arrays...
5852683 Method for automatic image merge  
A method for automatic merging two images having overlapped parts for a handy scanner. The method starts from defining a meaningful sample in a first image using fuzzy logic. Then, a two level...
5818967 Video decoder engine  
MPEG compressed video data is decompressed in a computer system by sharing computational decompression tasks between the computer system host microprocessor, the graphics accelerator, and a...
5793899 Vision coprocessing  
A coprocessor in an image processing system is coupled to the bus to which a CPU and RAM holding image data are also coupled. The coprocessor extracts an input pixel stream corresponding to input...
5781667 Apparatus for high speed morphological processing  
A method for high speed morphological processing in a computerized image processing system starts by acquiring a binary image and selecting feature and height values corresponding to a desired...
5752036 Apparatus for generating a program for parallel processing  
In a printer driver 11, a source code for an image processing procedure called out by an application program 12 is generated. A grain size detection process 48 counts the number of procedures which...
5745249 Pipelined architecture for patterned halftone generation  
The present invention is a super-scalar method and apparatus for the generation of halftone dot patterns in an image processing system. The super-scalar design employs at least one block of memory...
5696849 Cascaded anti-aliasing filter control for sampled images  
A cascaded anti-aliasing filter control circuit for sampled images has a plurality of video effects modules coupled in a chain,. each module performing a particular transform of a cascaded video...
5689575 Method and apparatus for processing images of facial expressions  
A real time output containing data relating to states of facial parts is generated. A facial area detection unit (11) has monitoring (51-57) and determining (59-61) processing circuits operating in...
5642444 Specialized image processing system architecture and method for image data arrays  
An image processing system and method for an array of image data having a plurality of rows and columns, includes a plurality of serially connected processing elements. Each of the processing...
5604821 Structure and method for dynamic scene analysis  
Circuit architecture for dynamic scene analysis uses a difference picture based technique wherein pixel values corresponding to the same position from previous and current frames are inputted to...
5594812 Apparatus and method for compressing still images  
Transforms such as the DCT are useful for image compression. One close relative of the DCT is preferred for its arithmetic simplicity. A method and apparatus is described whereby the quantization...
5553167 Method and apparatus for thresholding images in pipeline fashion utilizing aging functions  
An adaptive thresholding filter generates multiple threshold values for use in thresholding the multi-bit pixels of a gray-scale input image. Each threshold value is based on a current white...
5524068 Method and apparatus for finding areas of interest in images  
An apparatus, and corresponding method for finding an area of interest in an input image, filters the input image with at least one compression filter to generate a final compressed image. The...
5513282 Method and apparatus for controlling the processing of digital image signals  
A method and apparatus for controlling the execution of image processing operations carried out on an array of image signals, the specific operations having been identified by a plurality of...
5502773 Method and apparatus for automated processing of DNA sequence data  
A method and apparatus for the processing of DNA sequence image data in real time is implemented using a series of linked neural network processors. As raw image data is received from a sequencing...
5459798 System and method of pattern recognition employing a multiprocessing pipelined apparatus with private pattern memory  
A computer implemented apparatus and method of pattern recognition utilizing a pattern recognition engine coupled with a general purpose computer system. The present invention system provides...
5261012 Method and system for thinning images  
Image data is subjected to a thinning process so as to derive a medial axis for each image. Boolean image data is reduced to lines and/or dots, each line generally being a centroid line of an...
5247586 Correlator device  
Correlation device calculating a correlation between a current block of a first image and symbol blocks taken from a second image to determine the displacement vectors. Selection means (26) (27)...
5067167 Apparatus and method for rotating of three-dimensional images  
A system is described for rotating a 3D image so that a selected projection thereof is oriented to a chosen angular orientation in a three-dimensional space. The 3D image comprises a plurality of...
5046190 Pipeline image processor  
An image morphological processing system is formed by a cascade of a plurality of transformation stages. A pair of handshake data flow control lines couple each pair of adjacent stages. One line...
5022090 Digital image processing apparatus for correctly addressing image memory  
Each of the processing circuits connected to an image data bus is adapted such that a delay of n transfer clocks (n is a positive integer) or an integer multiple thereof is generated between the...
5020115 Methods and apparatus for dynamically scaling images  
An image processing system is disclosed in which the various image processing circuits are arranged in a pipeline such that the output of each circuit is passed on to the next circuit in the...
5007100 Diagnostic system for a parallel pipelined image processing system  
A pipelined image processor is disclosed which contains a diagnostic apparatus which, under normal processing conditions, is coupled to and is in communication with resequencer, image processor,...
4984282 Parallel processing of reference and guardband data  
A laser pattern inspection and/or writing system which writes or inspects a pattern on a target on a stage, by raster scanning the target pixels. Inspection can also be done by substage...
4949390 Interconnect verification using serial neighborhood processors  
A serial data image processing system is described whereby interconnect artwork for electronic component manufacturing is scanned by a 1×n CCD image pickup element and converted into serial...
4901360 Gated architecture for computer vision machine  
A computer architecture 10 for performing iconic and symbolic operations on image data is disclosed. Three levels of processing elements (CAAPP, ICP, GPPA) are disclosed. The processing elements in...
4860375 High speed cellular processing system  
A cellular processing system for analyzing an image comprising a matrix of points employs an image memory for storing digital data signals representative of each of the points, a plurality of...
4850027 Configurable parallel pipeline image processing system  
Configurable processing element groups (PEGs), made up of processing elements (PEs) and boolean combiner image switches (BC), arrayed in image processing subassemblies (CAGEs) having limited...
4817175 Video stream processing system  
A video stream processing system comprising a novel modular family of image processing and pattern recognition submodules, the submodules utilize a unique system signalling and interface protocol,...
4805227 Parallel pipeline image processor with 2×2 window architecture  
The present invention discloses an image processor which utilizes a neighborhood transformation module for performing a two by two window transformation. Further, the invention utilizes raster scan...
4797806 High speed serial pixel neighborhood processor and method  
A serial pixel neighborhood processor serially receives successive rows of pixels at a 10 MHz rate, and operates on three digit by three digit pixel "neighborhoods" to serially output filtered...
4790026 Programmable pipelined image processor  
A pipelined image processor selectively interconnects modules in a column of a two-dimensional array to modules of the next column of the array of modules 1,1 through M,N, where M is the number of...
4760607 Apparatus and method for implementing transformations in grayscale image processing  
The specification discloses a system and method for processing serialized digital representations of grayscale images. The system includes a geometric logic unit through which the serialized...
4750211 Method and apparatus for image processing with field portions  
A field of image information is processed with operations on a relatively coarse representation of the full field and with operations on a high resolution representation of only a portion of the...
4747157 Spatial product sum calculating unit  
The present invention is directed to an arithmetic which calculates the spatial product sum of each of a plurality of picture element data stored in a frame memory, through utilization of load...
4742552 Vector image processing system  
Hybrid parallel internally pipelined Vector Image Processors (24, 41, 54) which may also be externally pipelined. The exemplary Processors (24, 41, 54) include n processing elements (PE a -PE n...
4718104 Filter-subtract-decimate hierarchical pyramid signal analyzing and synthesizing technique  
A pyramid frequency analyzing technique is taught in which an input sampled temporal signal is convolved with a spatially localized, gradual rolloff kernel weighting function, which is subtracted...
4709394 Multiplexed real-time pyramid signal processing system  
The amount of hardware required to implement a Burt Pyramid or an FSD (filter-subtract-decimate) pyramid analyzer (or synthesizer) stage of a sampled temporal signal representing an n-dimensional...
4703513 Neighborhood comparison operator  
Digital values in a moving window are compared by an operator having nine comparators (18) connected to line buffers (16) for receiving a succession of central pixels together with eight...
4700319 Arithmetic pipeline for image processing  
The arithmetic pipeline processor (which is used for computer graphics such as a flight simulator) is a group of boards capable of solving an equation of the form A m B n +C o D P +E q F r ...
4685144 Image processing system with transformation detection  
Provision is made in a serial neighborhood transformation stage for generating statistical information relating to the number of transformations performed by the stage. This information can be...
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