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7269516 Systems and methods for monitoring behavior informatics  
A system and method used to assess animal behavior includes a module having sensors that collects a variety of physical and biological data from a test subject. Interpretation of the data is...
7200266 Method and apparatus for automated video activity analysis  
The invention is a new method and apparatus that can be used to detect, recognize, and analyze people or other objects in security checkpoints, public-places, parking lots, or in similar...
7184048 System and method for generating an animatable character  
A system and method are disclosed for generating an animatable object. A skeleton of the desired character is constructed by the user utilizing various predetermined components. These predetermined...
7091993 Computer-implemented digital video object compositing  
A system and method are disclosed for digitally compositing an object from an input image onto a destination image. The object is composited from an image having an arbitrary or non-uniform colored...
6909455 System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for...
6775835 Web based video enhancement apparatus method and article of manufacture  
Presented herein is a video enhancer plug-in for a web browser that may either interface directly with the browser or indirectly as a plug-in for another more general multimedia browser plug-in....
6738066 System, method and article of manufacture for detecting collisions between video images generated by a camera and an object depicted on a display  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for detecting collisions or any other type of interactions between video images and an object depicted on a display. First, video images...
6654483 Motion detection using normal optical flow  
A system and method allow for the detection, segmentation and analysis of regions of motion. The system and method use a motion history image generated by observing an object over a given period of...
6647131 Motion detection using normal optical flow  
A system and method obtain images of an object and generate a motion region image of the object. The motion region image is processed to obtain normal gradients of the portion of the object that...
6545706 System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for...
6538649 Computer vision control variable transformation  
The generation of control variables for computer vision is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized system includes a video camera and a controller. The video camera tracks an...
6532022 Method and apparatus for model-based compositing  
An object is composited digitally from an input image onto a destination image. A background model is created and a frame of an input image containing the object is obtained. An alpha image is...
6396476 Synthesizing computer input events  
Synthesizing computer input events is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computerized system includes a sensor, a controller, a utility and an application. The sensor detects external events, such as...
6363160 Interface using pattern recognition and tracking  
A method for interfacing with an electronic system is provided. The method includes receiving images from a camera. A portion of at least one image from the camera is tracked. A pattern in the...
6288704 Motion detection and tracking system to control navigation and display of object viewers  
A computer program, system and method to track motion and control navigation and display of an object viewer. Information content generated by a digital processor is mapped into a virtual display...
6256033 Method and apparatus for real-time gesture recognition  
A system and method are disclosed for providing a gesture recognition system for recognizing gestures made by a moving subject within an image and performing an operation based on the semantic...
6072494 Method and apparatus for real-time gesture recognition  
A system and method are disclosed for providing a gesture recognition system for recognizing gestures made by a moving subject within an image and performing an operation based on the semantic...
6031934 Computer vision system for subject characterization  
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for determining one or more characteristics of a sub-image within an electronic image. In one embodiment, the present invention includes an alpha image...
6020892 Process for producing and controlling animated facial representations  
A process for real-time motion control of ultra-high quality animated faces of any kind (human, dog, fish, etc.), or control of robotic faces. The system uses common motion capture equipment to...
6009210 Hands-free interface to a virtual reality environment using head tracking  
A hands-free navigation system for tracking a head and responsively adjusting the display of a virtual reality environment includes a camera, the camera employed to follow movements of the head, a...
5953439 Apparatus for and method of extracting time series image information  
An object of the present invention is to construct a sensing system capable of extracting change information as new time series information from a continuous moving picture in a non-contact manner...
5687280 Speech input device including display of spatial displacement of lip position relative to predetermined position  
A speech input device includes a speech input section for converting the input speech made by a speaker into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal, and a display section for...
5482048 System and method for measuring and quantitating facial movements  
A system and method for measuring and quantitating facial movements useful in detecting, characterizing and treating facial paralysis or abnormal facial movements. A preferred embodiment of the...
5249199 Method and apparatus for reducing spurious noise levels in an audio system  
An audio system (600) typically includes an audio signal processor (610), a controller (607) for controlling data signals, and a peripheral data source (613). The audio signal processor (610)...
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