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7412075 Picture processing apparatus for processing picture data in accordance with background information  
The present invention relates to a picture processing apparatus that allows detection of an area in which a plurality of objects, such as a background picture and a picture of a moving object, is...
7352880 System and method for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time by integrating visual ques  
A face detection and tracking system for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time from an input image comprises: a background removing unit which extracts an area having a motion by...
7321699 Signal intensity range transformation apparatus and method  
A system and method for manipulating image data is disclosed. Generally, the system and method identifies useful grey-levels within an input image. The image is then scaled based upon the...
7162055 Tracking semantic objects in vector image sequences  
A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method...
7139409 Real-time crowd density estimation from video  
A system and method for automated and/or semi-automated analysis of video for discerning patterns of interest in video streams. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is directed to...
7133537 Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object  
A method of tracking an object moving relative to a scene includes generating a background image by acquiring a plurality of images of the scene and comparing a pair of comparison images with the...
7113193 Method for color transition detection  
A hand-manipulated prop is picked-up via a single video camera, and the camera image is analyzed to isolate the part of the image pertaining to the object for mapping the position and orientation...
7102615 Man-machine interface using a deformable device  
In one embodiment a method for triggering input commands of a program run on a computing system is provided. The method initiates with monitoring a field of view in front of a capture device. Then,...
7088845 Region extraction in vector images  
A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method...
7084910 System and method for using multiple images in a digital image capture device  
A digital image capture and processing system, comprising a lens coupled to a lens control element is disclosed. The image capture system includes an image sensor configured to capture images from...
7071914 User input device and method for interaction with graphic images  
A device and method for effecting movement, responsive to user input, of an object on a graphical display are disclosed. An input device comprises a component for capturing video images, an input...
6985172 Model-based incident detection system with motion classification  
Surveillance apparatus and methods effective for detecting incidents are based upon improved image processing techniques applied to infrared and visible light spectrum images in a time sequence. A...
6795068 Prop input device and method for mapping an object from a two-dimensional camera image to a three-dimensional space for controlling action in a game program  
A hand-manipulated prop is picked-up via a single video camera, and the camera image is analyzed to isolate the part of the image pertaining to the object for mapping the position and orientation...
6766055 Method of extracting image from input image using reference image  
This invention relates to an image processing method for precisely and automatically recognizing a specific image extraction region to be divided from an input image, and extracting the specific...
6757444 Image extraction apparatus and method  
There is disclosed an image extraction method for extracting, from a subject image that records both the background and the object to be extracted, image data of the object using a mask. An initial...
6738424 Scene model generation from video for use in video processing  
A method of generating and utilizing a scene model from a sequence of video frames produces a three-dimensional scene model, useful for video processing. The method separates foreground and...
6731799 Object segmentation with background extraction and moving boundary techniques  
Image data for an image frame are allocated among three groups. In one group are image data which are part of a derived motion boundary, along with image data which differ by at least a threshold...
6711278 Tracking semantic objects in vector image sequences  
A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method...
6707940 Method and apparatus for image segmentation  
A method and apparatus is described that smoothes images within regions but not across boundaries. In one embodiment, a segmentation map is smoothed. Based on the color difference between pixels in...
6603880 Method and device of object detectable and background removal, and storage media for storing program thereof  
A method and device for an object detectable and background removal and storage media for storing program thereof enable automatic detection of an object to be executed minutely and high precisely...
6593956 Locating an audio source  
A system, such as a video conferencing system, is provided which includes an image pickup device, an audio pickup device, and an audio source locator. The image pickup device generates image...
6591006 Intelligent image recording system and method  
A method for intelligent image recording includes receiving a first image ( 44 ) and a second image ( 46 ) from an image source ( 18 ). The method also includes automatically determining variations...
6556708 Technique for classifying objects within an image  
A technique for classifying objects within an image is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by identifying a portion of an image, and then filtering the portion of the image...
EP0811202B1 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE LOCATION OF AN IMAGE TARGET REGION FROM TRACKED MULTIPLE IMAGE LANDMARK REGIONS  
Abstract not available for EP0811202 Abstract of corresponding document: US5581629 An image processing method for inserting a given pattern at a target region having a particular location with...
EP0792494B1 MOSAIC BASED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES  
Abstract not available for EP0792494 Abstract of corresponding document: US5649032 A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes...
6463174 Macroblock-based segmentation and background mosaicking method  
There is disclosed a macroblock-based segmentation and background mosaicking method for object-based coding of image sequence having a stationary background. An image comprising a background having...
6430303 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus for extracting the specified objects has a background image extract unit for extracting a background; a first average background extract unit which extracts an image...
6400831 Semantic video object segmentation and tracking  
A semantic video object extraction system using mathematical morphology and perspective motion modeling. A user indicates a rough outline around an image feature of interest for a first frame in a...
6393163 Mosaic based image processing system  
A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that,...
6298143 Moving target detecting system and moving target detecting method  
A moving target detecting system for identifying a moving target by distinguishing the moving target from a background precisely and quickly is disclosed. In the system, an image pick-up unit for...
6141435 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus for extracting the specified objects has a background image extract unit for extracting a background; a first average background extract unit which extracts an image...
6141433 System and method for segmenting image regions from a scene likely to represent particular objects in the scene  
A system and method for extracting image information from a video frame for regions of a the video frame that likely are objects of interest in a scene. An initial region set is generated by...
6081605 Clutter rejection through edge integration  
A device and method for performing clutter rejection through edge integran. The invention uses optical flow estimation to produce target centering information which is used to control an image...
6075875 Segmentation of image features using hierarchical analysis of multi-valued image data and weighted averaging of segmentation results  
Homogeneous moving objects of arbitrary shapes are segmented and tracked with respect to the motion of the objects. In an intraframe mode of operation, a segmentation method includes obtaining a...
6069918 Method of detecting moving objects in chronologically successive images  
A method for detecting moved objects in chronologically successive pictures is disclosed in which a current picture is divided into picture blocks and in each picture block a change of a picture...
6049619 Method and apparatus for detecting moving objects in two- and three-dimensional scenes  
A method and apparatus for detecting moving objects in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional scenes. The method repetitively applies a two-dimensional transformation to a plurality of images...
6044166 Parallel-pipelined image processing system  
Apparatus for image processing a sequence of images containing a parallel-pipelined image processor comprised of image memories, a pyramid processing circuit, an arithmetic logic unit, a crossbar...
6037988 Method for generating sprites for object-based coding sytems using masks and rounding average  
A sprite generation method used in video coding generates a sprite from the video objects in the frames of a video sequence. The method estimates the motion between a video object in a current...
6035067 Apparatus for tracking objects in video sequences and methods therefor  
A method of image processing for tracking a subject in a sequence of image frames using predefined criteria for classifying image regions as potentially being part of the tracked subject includes...
6005609 Method and apparatus for digital correlation object tracker using a shape extraction focalization technique  
A method and an apparatus for tracking a target wherein a shape of a target is extracted from a former image which includes an initial image of the target for tracking, and then an area including...
5999662 System for automatically aligning images to form a mosaic image  
A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that,...
5995900 Infrared traffic sensor with feature curve generation  
The present invention is an infrared traffic sensor with feature curve generation to derive empirical information for determining traffic patterns. A real-time IR image camera is positioned over an...
5991444 Method and apparatus for performing mosaic based image compression  
A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that,...
5982438 Overlapped motion compensation for object coding  
To represent the motion of a pixel between successive image frames, this method utilizes the motion information for the transformation block containing the pixel, as well as the motion information...
5959673 Transform coding of dense motion vector fields for frame and object based video coding applications  
A video compression encoding process compresses or encodes dense motion vector fields to provide and improved compression ratio. In accordance with this method, a dense motion vector field is...
5933535 Object-based video compression process employing arbitrarily-shaped features  
Video encoding and decoding processes provide compression and decompression of digitized video signals representing display motion in video sequences of multiple image frames. The encoder process...
5930379 Method for detecting human body motion in frames of a video sequence  
In a computerized method, a moving object is detected in a sequence of frames of a video of a scene. Each of the frames includes a plurality of pixels representing measured light intensity values...
5920657 Method of creating a high resolution still image using a plurality of images and apparatus for practice of the method  
The invention is a method for generating a still image, comprising the steps of producing a plurality of images, each of the plurality having been produced at a distinct focal length, scaling each...
5892856 Method of presence detection using video input  
A method of detecting whether a user is in close proximity to an end point. A base video frame of the end point is captured when the user is not in close proximity to the end point. A current video...
5889878 Moving object image pickup apparatus  
An ITV camera picks up an image of an image pickup region including a moving object and a fixed object which serves as a reference to measure a distance. Images are fetched through the ITV camera...
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