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6848789 System, method and article of manufacture to determine and communicate optical lens sizing and prescription information  
The proposed invention calculates the circumference of an optical lens taking into consideration external variations in lens size and shape. The invention, utilizing a uniquely designed optical...
6381012 System, method and article of manufacture to determine and communicate optical lens sizing and prescription information  
The proposed invention calculates the circumference of an optical lens taking into consideration external variations in lens size and shape. The invention, utilizing a uniquely designed optical...
6271860 Method and system for display of an additional dimension  
A method AND A SYSTEM for displaying in an N-dimensional display means the N+1 st dimension of an equation of N+1 variables, comprising converting the equation into the form inwhich the N+1 st ...
5898797 Image processing system and method  
A method and system for processing a digital image of an object comprises forming a single pixel image outline of the object in a digital image and producing a measure of the outline shape as a...
5878165 Method for extracting object images and method for detecting movements thereof  
In a method for extracting an object image, an extraction area for extraction of a candidate for a predetermined object image from an image is determined. The center point of a view window, which...
5862245 Method of extracting contours using a combined active contour and starter/guide approach  
A semi-automatic method of extracting a contour in a digital image using a combined active contour and starter/guide approach is based on an iterative process of deforming an active contour to...
5740266 Image processing system and method  
A method and system for processing a digital image of an object comprises forming a single pixel image outline of the object in a digital image and producing a measure of the outline shape as a...
5669871 Endoscope measurement apparatus for calculating approximate expression of line projected onto object to measure depth of recess or the like  
A line projection part provided on a distal-end part of an endoscope for projecting a light of a line toward the side of an object. A plurality of points are assigned on a line which is projected...
5625709 Method and apparatus for identifying characteristics of an object in a field of view  
To identify the boundary pixels of a number of particles in the same field of view, an electrical image of the field of view is formed by a CCD raster scan device. The electrical signal from the...
5600733 Method for locating eye points on objects subject to size variations  
A novel method for locating eye point features on patterns or objects whose size varies between the reference object and the find object includes generating a set of reference vectors that define...
5590220 Bending point extraction method for optical character recognition system  
A computer-implemented method is provided for extracting bending points from character images for use in an optical character recognition procedure that recognizes the characters. In a preferred...
5581250 Visual collision avoidance system for unmanned aerial vehicles  
A collision avoidance ability for UAV (42) during its non-VFR pre-programmed autonomous flight is achieved by using a forward-looking TV camera (20) which senses visual obstacles in direction of...
5568567 Two-dimensional image processing method and apparatus for approximating circular arc configuration of an object  
Two-dimensional image data of an object is processed to inspect a circular arc configuration of the object. Initially, the two-dimensional image data is subjected to a data extraction process in...
5524064 Device for coding still images  
A device for coding still images has a device for segmenting the images into homogeneous regions whereto a specific label is attached, and a device for coding the contents of the contour. The...
5170440 Perceptual grouping by multiple hypothesis probabilistic data association  
Computer vision algorithms for detecting contours or localized regions of prescribed intensity distributions in an image scene utilizing multiple hypothesis probabilistic data association...
5054094 Rotationally impervious feature extraction for optical character recognition  
A feature-based optical character recognition system, employing a feature-based recognition device such as a neural network or an absolute distance measure device, extracts a set of features from...
5036544 Apparatus for discriminating linearity of line segment in image processing system  
An apparatus and method for discriminating the linearity of a line segment in an image processing system consisting of elements for extracting and tracking a train of points from a high contrast...
4947247 Displacement measurement apparatus and method for an automated flow rotameter  
A camera is mountable near the target for generating a composite video signal including the target and a region extending along a predetermined direction from the target. A video signal converter...
4933889 Method for fine decomposition in finite element mesh generation  
A method for fine decomposition in finite element mesh generation, in which a polygonal boundary of a domain is input into the system by an analyst and the domain is automatically divided into...
4901362 Method of recognizing patterns  
A method of identifying an object from a digitized image is disclosed. One embodiment of the method is particularly applicable to the classification of ships and a second embodiment is particularly...
4896279 Method and an apparatus for inspecting an external shape of an object having a symmetry  
An object is sensed by a photoelectric conversion sensor having a photoelectric conversion screen expressed as an XY coordinate grid such that the symmetrical axis of the object is parallel to one...
4884224 Method for generating image contour data and apparatus therefor  
An image contour data generating apparatus comprises a digitizer for holding an original film having a section which is bounded by a particular contour. The digitizer serves for inputting...
4856528 Tumor volume determination  
A computer-implemented arrangement (apparatus and method) for semi-automatically determining from CT image data the volume of a tumor. A primary application is to determining a tumor volume for...
4843568 Real time perception of and response to the actions of an unencumbered participant/user  
Apparatus and method for using an image of the human body to control real time computer events wherein data regarding a participant are acquired through any means of imaging without marking the...
4817024 Spectacle-frame shape data producing method  
A spectacle-frame shape data producing method in which a spline interpolation function is used to digitize the shape M of a spectacle frame to provide spectacle-frame shape data, and the shape M of...
4807143 System for forming design pattern data  
In a design pattern data forming system, a design pattern such as an apparel pattern having marks for discriminating feature points of the pattern is read by an image reader to prepare binary...
4797842 Method of generating finite elements using the symmetric axis transform  
A method, amenable to automation, for generating finite elements of a geometric model. The model is first subdivided into coarse subdomains and then the coarse subdomains are further subdivided....
4771469 Means and method of representing an object shape by hierarchical boundary decomposition  
Information on the shape of an object is extracted by generating an image of the object, encoding and ordering the boundary points of the image, selecting points on the outermost portions of the...
4747152 Apparatus for determining the degree of consistency of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for determining the degree of consistency of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by...
4747151 Apparatus for determining the degree of variation of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for determining the degree of variation of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by...
4747150 Apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements  
The invention concerns an apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by complex valued...
4731858 Arrangement for the segmentation of lines  
A coarse or rough segmentation apparatus has been developed for use in a sensor system for analyzing half-tone images. In contrast with previously employed methods, the apparatus is based on the...
4712248 Method and apparatus for object identification  
An object identification method and apparatus determines within the boundary of an object to be identified points corresponding to abrupt changes in the profile of the object. Each segment of the...
4679076 Means for registering coordinates  
The coordinates are determined for arbitrary points on the contour of any body (1). This is achieved by producing a line (13) circumventing the body (1). The circumferential line (13) is moved...
4644583 Method of identifying contour lines  
A contour line of a circle or an object having a configuration close to a circle or a portion thereof is identified by presuming picture image data representing a contour candidate point of the...
4628532 Alphanumeric handprint recognition  
The recognition of patterns is accomplished through boundary tracing and subsequent storage of encoded range testable data commensurate with the occurrence, interrelationship and orientation of...
4624367 Method and apparatus for determining conformity of a predetermined shape related characteristics of an object or stream of objects by shape analysis  
In its simplest sense, the present invnetion contemplates a method and apparatus for determining a characteristic or property of randomly oriented, irregularly shaped objects by obtaining an image...
4550438 Retro-stroke compression and image generation of script and graphic data employing an information processing system  
A method for compactly storing and reproducing script and graphic data from a computer input device. The computer input device sends a time sequence stream of x,y coordinates indicating graphic...
4542412 Method for compressing character or pictorial image data  
A method for compressing character or pictorial image data which contemplates to compress a quantity of data by means of a method for establishing sampling points and a method for establishing...
4519041 Real time automated inspection  
A method and apparatus relating to the real time automatic detection and classification of characteristic type surface imperfections occurring on the surfaces of material of interest such as moving...
4490848 Method and apparatus for sorting corner points in a visual image processing system  
Method and apparatus is disclosed for automatically processing visual images electronically so as to permit intelligent machine analysis of the image content. A special distributed logic system...
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